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Its The Same Old Song by Four Tops

Its The Same Old Song tab by Four Tops

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IT'S THE SAME OLD SAME OLD SONG

As recorded by Four Tops
(From the 1965 Album SECOND ALBUM)

Words and Music by Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Vibraphone'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=128
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (Vibraphone arr. for Gtr.)
 W      E E E E E E E E
|----------|----10-12---------------|
|----------|-13-------10---10----10-|
|----------|------------------12----|
|----------|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
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  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----10-12---------------|----10-12----------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10--|
|------------------12----|------------------12-----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|


              1st - 3rd Verses
             $
                 C    Csus4
  E E E E E E E E   Q E E Q  Q
|----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---|
|-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----13---|
|------------------12----||--12----12----12---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W             Q E E Q  E E
|------------------------||------3--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------6---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||o-----3--------3---|
|------------------------||-------------------|


   C    Csus4   Dm   Dsus4
  Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


   F     G      C    Csus4
 Q Q  E E +E E  Q E E Q  Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---|
|---------------------|-12----12----12---|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E Q   E E  Q E E Q  E E
|----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---|
|----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---|
|----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---|
|---------------------|------------------|


   C    Csus4   Dm   Dsus4
  Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


   F     G      C    Csus4
 Q Q  E E +E E  Q E E Q  Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---|
|---------------------|-12----12----12---|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E Q   E E  Q E E Q  E E
|----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---|
|----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---|
|----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---|
|---------------------|------------------|


   C    Csus4   Dm   Dsus4
  Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


            Chorus
   F     G       C    Dm/F
 Q Q  E E +E E   Q E E Q  Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---||-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---||-13----13----15---|
|---------------------||-12----12----14---|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|
| Q E E Q   E E   Q E E Q  E E
|----1-----------3----||-----3--------1---|
|----1-----------3----||-----5--------3---|
|----2-----------4----||-----5--------2---|
|----3-----------5----||-----5--------3---|
|----3-----------5----||-----3------------|
|---------------------||------------------|


   G         Dm   Dsus4
  Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


   G    F     C    Dm/F    G         Dm   Dsus4
  Q  Q  E E Q   Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-10--10---8-8-----|-12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|--8---8---6-6-----|-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q  E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|------3-------1---|-----3--------1---|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|------3-------1---|-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|------4-------2---|-----5--------2---|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|------5-------3---|-----5--------3---|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|------5-------3---|-----3------------|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


          1.
     To Coda
   G    F   N.C.
  Q  Q  E E Q   E E E E E E E E
|-10--10---8-8-----|----10-12---------------|
|--8---8---6-6-----|-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------|------------------12----|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q  E E Q  E E  W
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------4-------2---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|


              2.
               N.C.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----10-12----------------||----10-12---------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-o||-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------12-----||------------------12----|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|
| W             W
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|


              Sax Solo
                 C    Dm/F
  E E E E E E E E   Q E E Q  Q
|----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---|
|-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----15---|
|------------------12----||--12----12----14---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|
| W             Q E E Q  E E
|------------------------||------3--------1---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------3---|
|------------------------||------5--------2---|
|------------------------||------5--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----3------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|


   G         Dm   Dsus4
  Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  E E
|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


 1.         2.
             D.S. al Coda &
   G    F      G    F
  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-10--10---8-8------||-10--10---8-8-----||
|--8---8---6-6-----o||--8---8---6-6-----||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|------------------o||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|
| Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|------3-------1----||------3-------1---||
|------3-------1---o||------3-------1---||
|------4-------2----||------4-------2---||
|------5-------3----||------5-------3---||
|------5-------3---o||------5-------3---||
|-------------------||------------------||


 Outro
 N.C.
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----10-12---------------|----10-12---------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------12----|------------------12----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W            W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


    C    Dm/F    G
   Q E E Q  Q   Q E E Q  Q
||--12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|
||o-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|
||--12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|  Q E E Q  E E  Q E E Q  E E
||------3--------1---|-----3--------3---|
||o-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---|
||------5--------2---|-----4--------4---|
||------5--------3---|-----5--------5---|
||o-----3------------|-----5--------5---|
||-------------------|------------------|


   Dm   Dsus4    G    F
  Q E E Q  E E  Q  Q  E E Q
|-10----10----12-10-|-10--10---8-8-------||
|-10----10----------|--8---8---6-6------o||
|-10----10----------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| Q E E Q  E E  Q  E E Q  E E
|-----1--------3----|------3-------1-----||
|-----3--------3----|------3-------1----o||
|-----2--------2----|------4-------2-----||
|-----0--------0----|------5-------3-----||
|-------------------|------5-------3----o||
|-------------------|--------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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