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WOKE UP THIS MORNING As recorded by B.B. King (From the 1965 Album LIVE AT THE REGAL) Words and Music by B.B. King & Jules Bihari Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'B.B. King - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns' Intro Q=174 N.C. C 4/4 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q H |---11---10-8---10---|-8----------|---11---10-8-8-------|-8-8---------| |---10--------8-10---|-8----------|---10--------8-10----|-8-8---------| |---------------10---|-9----------|---------------10-10-|-9-9---------| |--------------------|------------|------------------10-|-------------| |--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------| |--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|
E a Q E E E E E FE E Q H E a Q E E E E E CE E Q H |---5s12--10-8---------|-------------|---5s11--10-8---------|-8-8---------| |--------------8-------|-7-8---------|--------------8-------|-8-8---------| |----------------10----|-7-8---------|----------------10----|-9-9---------| |-------------------10-|-------------|-------------------10-|-------------| |----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------| |----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|
E a Q E E E E E GE e Q H |---5s12--10-8---------|--------------| |--------------8-10----|-8------------| |-------------------10-|---10---------| |----------------------|--------------| |----------------------|--------------| |----------------------|--------------|
E Fa Q E E E E E CE E Q H W |---8s12--10-8-8-------|-8-8---------|------|| |--------------8-10----|-8-8---------|------|| |----------------10----|-9-9---------|------|| |-------------------10-|-------------|------|| |----------------------|-------------|------|| |----------------------|-------------|------||
1st & 2nd Verses
CGtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.) E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E ||----------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-| ||o---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E S S E E E E E E FE S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E |---------3-5p3-5p3-|----------8-10p8-10p8-|----------8-10p8-10p8-| |---1h3s5-----------|---6h8s10-------------|---6h8s10-------------| |-------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E GE S S E E E E E E |---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-----------10-12p10-12p10-| |---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---8h10s12----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
1. 2.
FE S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E Q Q H Q Q H |----------8-10p8-10p8-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-------------||------------|| |---6h8s10-------------|---1h3s5-----------|-1----------o||-1----------|| |----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------|| |----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------|| |----------------------|-------------------|------------o||------------|| |----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
3rd & 4th Verses Q=174(8=s8)
CGtrs I, II Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H ||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| ||o----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------| ||-----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------|----9-9-(9)--8--|-9\----------| ||--------------10--|-------------|----------------|-------------| ||o-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| ||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
FQ E E +Q Q Q Q H CQ E E +Q Q Q Q H |----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----8-8-(8)--6--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------| |----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------|----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------| |----------------|-------------|-------------10--|-------------| |----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
1.
GQ E E +Q Q Q Q H CQ E E +Q Q Q Q H |----------------|------------|----------------|--------------|| |----6-6-(6)-----|-6----------|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------o|| |----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------|----9-9-(9)-----|-9\-----------|| |-------------7--|------------|-------------7--|--------------|| |----------------|------------|----------------|-------------o|| |----------------|------------|----------------|--------------||
5th Verse 2.
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H C7Q E E +Q Q Q Q H |----------------|-------------||----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------| |----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------||----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------| |----9-9-(9)-----|-9\----------||----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------| |-------------7--|-------------||----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------| |----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------|
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H F7Q E E +Q Q Q Q H |----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------| |----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----8-8-(8)--10--|-8\----------| |----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------| |----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----7-7-(7)------|-7\----------| |----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H G7Q E E +Q Q |----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|-----8--8--(8)------| |----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--| |----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--| |----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----------------12--| |----------------|-------------|--------------------| |----------------|-------------|--------------------|
Q Q H C7Q E E +Q Q Q Q H |--8\----------|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8----------*| |-10\----------|----5-5-(5)-----|-5----------*| |-10\----------|----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------*| |--------------|----8-8-(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