Mr Pitiful by Otis Redding

Mr Pitiful tab by Otis Redding

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MR. PITIFUL

As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1965 Album THE GREAT OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL BALLADS)

Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'The Memphis Horns - Horns'


 Intro
 Q=132
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
 H  E E E E  +W      +Q  Q E E E E  +W
|--------3----8-|--(8)--------|--(8)-----5-------|--------|
|------5--------|-------------|------------4---5-|-(5)----|
|-------------9-|--(9)--------|--(9)-----------5-|-(5)----|
|--------5---10-|-(10)--------|-(10)-----7-5-----|--------|
|------7--------|-------------|------------6---3-|-(3)----|
|---------------|-------------|------------------|--------|

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         1st - 3rd Verses
       $
 C        C
 Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
 e E Q H    e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5-----------||--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5-----------||--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-3-----------||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                            G
 e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


          C                  F
 e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-4---4---4---4---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-2---2---2---2---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                            1.
                        To Coda
          C         G         C
 e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E e E e E
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-3---3---3---3----|------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|------------------|-3---3---3---3----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|


         2.
         C
 e E Q H     e E e E e E e E  e E  Q    H
|--------------||--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------------------------||
|-5-----------o||--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------------------------||
|-5------------||--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------------------------||
|-5------------||-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------------------------||
|-3-----------o||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W        W           E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------||---------------------|----3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-||
|-------------o||---------------------|----5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------o||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||


 Interlude
 N.C.
 Q E E E E  E  E   Q E E E E  E  E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--------------------|-3--------------------|
|------5-3-5---3---5---|------5-3-5---3---5---|
|
| Q Q  E S S S S S S  Q Q  E S S S S S S
|-3--------3-2-3-2-3-2-|-3--------3-2-3-2-3-2-|
|-5--5-----5-4-5-4-5-4-|-5--5-----5-4-5-4-5-4-|
|----5-----------------|----5-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|


 Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------|
|-------------5---3---5---3---5----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2--|
|-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


            Bridge
    C   G/B  Am  G             C   G/B  Am
 Q Q  E S S S S E  e E e E e E e E  e E e E E S S S S E
|--------8--8-7---7-5-||-3---3---3---3---|-3---3----8--8-7---7-5-|
|--------8--8-8---8-5-||-3---3---3---3---|-3---3----8--8-8---8-5-|
|--------9--9-7---7-5-||-4---4---4---4---|-4---4----9--9-7---7-5-|
|-------10-10-9---9-7-||-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---10-10-9---9-7-|
|-3-------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|


 C                   G/B  Am G
  e E e E e E e E  e E e E E S S S S E  e E e E e E e E
|--8----8----8----8---|--8----8----8--8-7---7-5-|-3---3---3---3---|
|--8----8----8----8---|--8----8----8--8-8---8-5-|-3---3---3---3---|
|--9----9----9----9---|--9----9----9--9-7---7-5-|-4---4---4---4---|
|-10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10-10-9---9-7-|-5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|


                       D.S. al Coda
     C   G/B  Am C
 e E e E E S S S S E  e E e E e E e E  e E Q H
|-3---3----8--8-7---7-5-|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||
|-3---3----8--8-8---8-5-|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||
|-4---4----9--9-7---7-5-|--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------||
|-5---5---10-10-9---9-7-|-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------||


                    Outro
 &
 C                   N.C.
  e E e E e E e E  e E Q H    H  Q  E E
|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||-------------12-|
|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||o---------------|
|--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------||----------------|
|-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------||----------------|
|---------------------|--------------||o---------------|
|---------------------|--------------||----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W           W        H  E E E E
|---------------------|--------------||---------3----8-|
|---------------------|--------------||o------5--------|
|---------------------|--------------||--------------9-|
|---------------------|--------------||---------5---10-|
|---------------------|--------------||o------7--------|
|---------------------|--------------||----------------|


  Q  Q H    H   Q  E E  Q  Q H   4x
|--12-----------|----------------12-|-12------------||
|---------------|-------------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||
|
| +W       +Q  Q E E E E  +W      4x
|--(8)----------|--(8)-----5--------|---------------||
|---------------|------------4----5-|-(5)----------o||
|--(9)----------|--(9)------------5-|-(5)-----------||
|-(10)----------|-(10)-----7-5------|---------------||
|---------------|------------6------|--------------o||
|---------------|-----------------8-|-(8)-----------||


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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