SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER
As recorded by The Blues Brothers
(From the 1980 Album THE BLUES BROTHERS: MUSIC FROM THE SOUNDTRACK)
Words and Music by Otha Hayes, Andre Williams & Verlie Rice
Arranged by The Blues Brothers
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=158
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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1st Verse
N.C.
W W W W
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W W W E E E E E E E E
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|----------|----------|----------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
2nd Verse
D G D G
Q E E E E Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E E E Q E. S E E +E E q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------7-7---x--|-3--x-3-(3)--x--|------7-7---x--|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3---|
|------7-7---x--|-4--x-4-(4)--x--|------7-7---x--|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4---|
|-7--x-7-7-7-x--|-5--x-5-(5)--x--|-7--x-7-7-7-x--|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-5--x-5-5-5-x--|----------------|-5--x-5-5-5-x--|--------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------|
D Bm E7 N.C.
E. S E E E E q E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E W
|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------||
|----7---7-7---7--|--------7-(7)-------|--------------------|-------||
|----7---7-7---7--|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7---|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-------||
|-7--7-x-7-7-7-7--|-9--9-x-9-(9)-9-9-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-------||
|-5----x-5-5-5-5--|-9--9-x-9-(9)-9-9-x-|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-------||
|-----------------|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|--------------------|-/5----||
Bridge
N.C.
+W E Q. +H +W
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|-4s5----(5)----|-(5)----|
|------------|-5s6----(6)----|-(6)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|-(5)--------|---------------|--------|
E Q. +H +W E Q. +H
|-4s5----(5)----|-(5)--------|-8s9----(9)----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-5s6----(6)----|-(6)--------|-8s9----(9)----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
+W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q
|-(9)--------|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9--||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-(9)--------|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9----||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
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Chorus
D G D
E. S E E +E E q Q E E E E Q E. S E E +E E E E
||--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o----7---7-(7)-7-7--|---------------|----7---7-(7)-7-7---|
||-----7---7-(7)-7-7--|-4--4-4---4-4--|----7---7-(7)-7-7---|
||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7--|-5--5-5---5-5--|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5--|-5--5-5---5-5--|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5-x-|
||--------------------|-3--3-3---3-3--|--------------------|
A G
E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-7--5-5-7-5-|-(5)-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D G
E E q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-7-7-9--7-7-9-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-7--5-5-7-5-|
|----------------|-------------------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
+E E E E E E E E W +W
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-(5)-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--------|-(5)----|
a E Q. +H +W E Q. +H
|-----------------|------------|-4s5----(5)----|
|-4s5-5----(5)----|-(5)--------|---------------|
|-5s6-6----(6)----|-(6)--------|-5s6----(6)----|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
+W E Q. +H +W
|-(5)--------|-8s9----(9)----|-(9)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|-(6)--------|-8s9----(9)----|-(9)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E E q
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9---||-9-----9-----9--||
|-----------------|----------------o||----------------||
|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9-----||---8s9---8s9----||
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-----------------|----------------o||----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
Bridge
D G D
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G D G
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D G D
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-||---------------------|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-||o----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||-----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------||---------------------|
G D
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|
G D
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|---------------------|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
1.,2.
G D G
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E 3x
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x--||
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-o||
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5----||
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
3.
G
E. S E E +E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9--||
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|-----------------|----------------||
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9----||
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------||
Outro
D G
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
||---------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|
||o----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
||-----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|
||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|
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D G
E. S E E +E E e E E. S E E +E E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x--||
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-o||
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5----||
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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