Bee Gees - You should be dancing
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YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
As recorded by Bee Gees
(From the 1976 Album CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar '
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Intro
Q=120
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H E. S S S E
|----------|----------|----------|---------3---3-3--|
|----------|----------|----------|---------3---3-3--|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----||
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------||
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
|
| Gtr III
| W W W W
||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
||o----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
||--3--------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
W H E S S e E W H E S S e E
|----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15----||
|----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15----||
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
Chorus
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
1.
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-----||
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15-------||
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
2.,D.S.
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-|
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----|
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------|
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Gt
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-||
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|
| W H E S S e E
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---||
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Interlude
Outro
|
| Gtr II
| W H E S S e E
||--------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
||o-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E 4x
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----||
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3---o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| W H E S S e E 4x
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------||
|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15-----o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------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
N.C.
Gtr II W H E S S e E W H E S S e E ||-----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15---| ||o----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15---| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||o----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|N.C.
Gtr I E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| r
|
| W H E S S e E
|-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---|
|-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S e S S S S e S S e S S S S e S S H
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8-8---6-6-10-10---6-6-6-7-8-|-8-8---6-10-6-8--------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-5---3-3--7--7---3-3-3-4-5-|-5-5---3--7-3-5--------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| G
| W H E S S e E
|-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---|
|-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
W W
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-11------------------|-10----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|--8------------------|--7----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|tr III
| ~~~~~ ~~~~~
| Q Q H Q S +S E E Q.
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----18b20--18b20----|-----18b20r(18)p15-18-18b20----|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
e S S S S E H e S S S S E Q e e
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-8-6-10--6------8---------------------|--8-------6--10--6----8----------------------8----10-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-3--7--3------5---------------------|--5-------3---7--3----5----------------------5-----7-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| Q S +S E E Q +E E +E S S S E S +S E Q
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------18b20r(18)p15-18-18pb20r=(18)-|-18pb20r(18)----15h18p==15---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------17-17b19r(17)p15-17b19----|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
W W
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-11------------------------------------|-13-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--8------------------------------------|-10-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
| Q S +S E E +E +Q Q S +S E H
|-----20pb22r(20)p18-20-(20)b22==(20)r--|-20b22--20pb22r(20)p18-20b22----|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e S S S S S S H
|------------------------------------|
|-13----11-15---11-13----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-10-----8-12----8-10----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| H. +E S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5b7-|
|--5tr3--------------------(5)-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
N.C.
IV (Horns arr. for Gtr.) S S S S e S S S S e S S e S S S S e S S H |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-8-8---6-6-10-10---6-6-6-7-8-|-8-8---6-10-6-8--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-5-5---3-3--7--7---3-3-3-4-5-|-5-5---3--7-3-5--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| Gtr
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E W
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|---3-5---3-5-3------------------||--------------------------|
|-------5-------5-3--------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------5-4-3-1-3-1--||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
E E S S E E E E E E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|---8---8-8-8--------8-8-|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8--------8-8-||
|---7---7-7-7--------7-7-|-7---7---7-7---7-7-7---7-|---7---7-7-7--------7-7-||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| H E S S e E W H E S S e E
|-------------15-15-15---|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---||
|-------------15-15-15---|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
Breakdown
N.C.
I W E S S S S E S S E E S S |--------------------------------||-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3--| |--------------------------------||-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3--| |--------------------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------|N.C.
Wx16 |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------|N.C.
Gtr I E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E ||--3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| ||o-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||o-------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------|