GROOVIN' As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s (From the 1967 Album HIP HUG-HER) Music by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati Arranged by Booker T. & The M.G.'s Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar w/ amp tremolo' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Booker T. Jones - Organ' Q=108 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ amp tremolo) H Q Q H E E E E +H Q a Q |--------------|--------------|--------0-------| |--------------|--------------|-----------0h2--| |--------------|------1-2-4---|----------------| |--------------|------------2-|-(2)------------| |--------------|--------------|----------------| |---------12\--|-0------------|----------------| Gtr II (Organ arr. for Gtr.) H E E E E H Q E E |--------------|-----------------|| |-0------------|-------------9---|| |------1-2-4---|-------------9---|| |------------2-|-(2)-------------|| |--------------|-----------------|| |--------------|-----------------|| +H. Q N.C. |---3---| |---3---| +Q E E H Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q ||-----------------|-----------------------| ||o-(9)------------|-----------------------| ||--(9)--11-9------|---8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9-| ||-------11-9------|-----------------------| ||o----------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------|-----------------------| a Q E E +H +H +Q. a E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------8s9---| |-------------------|--------------8s9---| |-9h11-----9-(9)----|-(9)----(9)---------| |-------11----------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |---3---| |---3---| +Q E E H Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q |----------------|-----------------------| |-(9)------------|-----------------------| |-(9)--11-9------|---8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9-| |------11-9------|-----------------------| |----------------|-----------------------| |----------------|-----------------------| a Q E E +H +H a Q Q |-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|--------10h12--10--|| |-------------------|-------------------|| |-9h11-----9-(9)----|-(9)---------------|| |-------11----------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------||

^G#mQ a E a E a E a E E a E ^F#m a E E E E Q E E |--------------------------|----------------------| |----8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9---8s9-|----------------------| |--------------------------|-13s11-9-9----9-------| |--------------------------|-----------11----11---| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------|

| | Gtr I | W W |-4------------------------|-----2----------------| |-4------------------------|-----2----------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|-----4----------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| 1.

^G#m E a E a E a E a E a E E a E |------------------------------| |----8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9-8s9---8s9-| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------|

| | W |------------------------------| |-^4---------------------------| |-^4---------------------------| |-^6---------------------------| |-^6---------------------------| |------------------------------|

^F#m E E E E Q. E ^G#mE a E a E E E E E E ^F#m7 E E E ^A E E ^B E Q |-------------------|--------------9--------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---8s9-8s9-12---12---9-|-10-10---10---12----o|| |-11-9-9s11---------|-----------------------|--9--9----9---11-----|| |-----------11------|-----------------------|-11-11---11---13-----|| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------|-----------------------|---------------------||

| | W W E E E E E E Q |-------------------|-4---------------------|---------------------|| |-^2----------------|-4---------------------|----------5----7----o|| |-^2----------------|-4---------------------|----------6----8-----|| |-^4----------------|-6---------------------|----------7----9-----|| |-^4----------------|-6---------------------|--4--4--------------o|| |-------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|| 2. G#m E a E E E E E E E |--------------------------| |------------12-14-12---14-| |---12h13-13---------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| | | W |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |-4------------------------| |-6------------------------| |-6------------------------| |-4------------------------|

a ^F#m E a Q a E +E Q. ^G#mE a E a E a E E E E E |-11s12-11s12-------------------|--------------------------| |--------------13s14-(14)-12----|---8s9-8s9-8s9------------| |-------------------------------|---------------11-9-------| |-------------------------------|----------------------11--| |-------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------|

| | W W |-------------------------------|-4------------------------| |-------------------------------|-4------------------------| |-----2-------------------------|-4------------------------| |-----4-------------------------|-6------------------------| |-----4-------------------------|-6------------------------| |-----2-------------------------|-4------------------------|

^F#m7 E E E ^A E E ^B E Q

N.C.

W W W |--------------------||--------------|------------|---------------| |-10-10---10---12----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--9--9----9---11----||--------------|------------|---------------| |-11-11---11---13----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--------------------||--------------|------------|---------------| |--------------------||--------------|------------|---------------|

| | E E E E E E Q H E E E E +W H E E E E |--2--2----5----7----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--5--5----5----7----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--2--2----6----8----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--2--2----7----9----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--4--4----7----9----||--------------|------------|---------------| |--2--2----5----7----||-0----4-5-6-7-|-(7)--------|-0----4-5-6-7--|

Gtr I ^E +W a Q E. S e E e E |------------||-------------------------| |------------||----------------------10-| |------------||----9---------9--9--9--9-| |------------||-9h11---9--9--9--9-11-11-| |------------||---11--11----11-11-------| |-(7)--------||-------------------------|

^F#m7 PM| PM| PM| PM| +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |------12-12-12---12-12---12-12---12-12----| |-(10)-10-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10----| |--(9)-------------------------------------| |-(11)----11-11------11---11---------11----| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|

^E Q E. S S S E E E ^F#m7 +S S E S E S S S S S S S E |-----------------------|---------------------------------------| |--9--9--------------10-|-(10)-10-10-10-10---10-10-----10-10-10-| |--9--9---------------9-|--(9)--9-11-11--9-9-11-11-9-9-11-11--9-| |-11--9--9------9-11-11-|-(11)----------------------------------| |----------9s11---------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------------------|

^E Q E. S a E E E E |--------------------12--| |--------------------10--| |--9--9---------------9--| |-11--9--9------9-11-11--| |----------9s11----------| |------------------------|

^F#m7 +S S E S S S S +E S S S S S S |-(12)-12---12-12---12-(12)-12-----12-12---| |-(10)-10---10-10---10-(10)-10-----10-10---| |--(9)-------------------------------------| |-(11)------11---------------------11-11---| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|

^E S S +E E. S a E E E S S ^F#m7 +S S E e e e e e E |--9--9---------------------12-12-|-(12)-----------------------|| |--9-(9)-(9)-9--------------10-10-|-(10)---10-10-10-10-10-10---|| |--9-(9)-(9)-9---------9--9--9--9-|--(9)-9-11-11-11-11-11-11---|| |-11p=9--(9)-9--9------9-11-11-11-|-(11)------11-11-11-11-11---|| |-----------------9s11------------|----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------||

^G#mGtr II ^F#m ^G#m ^F#m H. Q H +E Q E H Q Q W |----------------|-------------------|------------12--|-/12----| |-/12-------/12--|-10----(10)--------|-------/12------|--------| |-/13-------/13--|-11----(11)-9--/11-|-13-------------|--------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------|

| | Gtr I | W W W W |---4------------|--2----------------|----------------|--------| |---4------------|--2----------------|-^4-------------|-^-2----| |----------------|-------------------|-^4-------------|-^-2----| |----------------|--4----------------|-^6-------------|-^-4----| |----------------|-------------------|-^6-------------|-^-4----| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------|

^G#m H +E a Q E ^F#mE E E ^G#m E +H |-----------------------|---12-12-11-(11)-------| |-/16----(16)-16s14--12-|---10-10-12-(12)-------| |-----------------------|---11-11-11-(11)-------| |-----------------------|---11-11-13-(13)-------| |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------|

| | W E Q E +E E E E |---4-------------------|-2--2-----4--(4)-4-4-4-| |---4-------------------|-2--2-----4--(4)-4-4-4-| |---4-------------------|-2--2-----4--(4)-4-4-4-| |---6-------------------|-4--4-----6--(6)-6-6-6-| |---6-------------------|-4--4-----6--(6)-6-6-6-| |-----------------------|-2--2-----4--(4)-4-4-4-|

^A E E E ^B E +H ^EH Q Q |--9--9---11-(11)----||---------16--| |-10-10---12-(12)----||---------17--| |--9--9---11-(11)----||---------18--| |-11-11---13-(13)----||-------------| |--------------------||-------------| |--------------------||-------------|

| | E E E E +H W |--------------------||-------------| |--5--5----7--(7)----||-------------| |--6--6----8--(8)----||-------------| |--7--7----9--(9)----||-------------| |--7--7----9--(9)----||-------------| |--5--5----7--(7)----||-------------|

^F#m7 +E Q. +H ^E W ^F#m7 H Q E E ^E +Q E E H |-(16)---------------|-16--------|------------16-||-(16)--14-12\------| |-(17)-17----(17)----|-17--------|-17---------17-||-(17)--14-12\------| |-(18)-18----(18)----|-18--------|-18---------18-||-(18)--14-13\------| |------19----(19)----|-----------|-19------------||-------------------| |--------------------|-----------|---------------||-------------------| |--------------------|-----------|---------------||-------------------|

N.C.

E a E +S a E. a Q a Q S E. +H. |-----------------------------------|------------------| |---14h15-(15)-14h15--14h15--14h15--|------------------| |-----------------------------------|-16-14--(14)------| |-----------------------------------|------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------|

+H a E a E a S a S a S a S |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-(14)----14h16-14h16-14h16-14h16-14h16-14h16-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| W +E a Q E Q E E |-10--------|-(10)-17h18--17-15--17-15-| |-----------|--------------------------| |-----------|--------------------------| |-----------|--------------------------| |-----------|--------------------------| |-----------|--------------------------| S S Q. +H +Q Q E E E E |-17p15---------------|--------------------------| |-------17----(17)----|-(17)--/15----------------| |---------------------|------------\14-12-14-12--| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------|

Q H. ^F#m7 E E E E E E E E ^E E E Q Q E E ^F#m7 E E E E E E E E |-12\-----------|--7----7---7---7---|-12-----------7---|--7----7---7---12----| |-12\-----------|--8----8---8---8---|-12-----------8---|--8----8---8---12----| |-------9-------|--9----9---9---9---|--------------9---|--9----9---9---------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|

| | Gtr I | Q +H. +W Q +H. +W |--0---(0)------|-(0)---------------|--0---(0)---------|-(0)-----------------| |--3------------|-------------------|--3---------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|

N.C.

Q Q E E E E Q S S E E E E E +E Q. +H |-15\---------/19-/19-/19-|-/19---17s18s17-15-17-15-19-|-(19)s12-------(12)----| |-15\---------------------|-------------------------17-|-(17)------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|

| | Q +H. +W Q +H. |--0---(0)----------------|--(0)-----------------------|---0------(0)----------| |--3----------------------|----------------------------|---3-------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------| +H +Q. E +Q E E H |-(12)----(12)---16-|-(16)--14--12\------*| |----------------17-|-(17)--14--12\------*| |----------------16-|-(16)---------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| | | +W Q +H. |--(0)--------------|---0---(0)----------*| |-------------------|---3----------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| |-------------------|--------------------*| 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

Booker T and the Mgs - Groovin