Respect - Aretha Franklin
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
RESPECT

As recorded by Aretha Franklin
(From the 1967 Album I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU)


Words and Music by Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand


C F G F#m
x x 10 9 8 8 x x 3 2 1 1 x x 5 4 3 3 x x 4 2 2 2

B
x x 9 8 7 7


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'King Curtis - Sax'


Intro
Q=116
C F
4/4
Gtr II
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

Gtr I
Q S S S S +E +Q. Q S S S S +E +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----|
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


C F
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

Q S S S S +E +Q. Q S S S S +E +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----||
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||


1st - 4th Verses
$
G F G F
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q Q q Q q q q Q Q q q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x x / x / x / / / x x / / x x

Gtr I
a q a q Q Q a q a q Q Q a q a q Q Q a q a q Q Q
||----3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||o---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||--3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


Chorus
G F C N.C. F N.C.
q q Q Q q q Q Q W W
| | | | | | | |
/ / x x / / x x

a q a q Q Q a q a q Q Q Q Q S S S S E E E Q E +E Q E
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||-------------------|---1-------------|
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||----5--------------|---1--3-(3)-4----|
|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--||----5--------------|---2--3-(3)-5----|
|-----------------|-----------------||----5--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3---------3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------3-5---5---0-|-1---------------|


1.,2. 3.
To Coda
C N.C. F N.C. F N.C.
Q Q S S S S E E E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E
|--------------------|---1--------------||---1-------------||
|----5---------------|---1--3-(3)-4----o||---1--3-(3)-4----||
|----5---------------|---2--3-(3)-5-----||---2--3-(3)-5----||
|----5---------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-3---------3---3----|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-------3-5---5---0--|-1----------------||-1---------------||


Bridge / Sax Solo
F#m
Gtr II
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

Gtr III (Sax. arr. for Gtr.)
|--3--|
E S S E E +E e E E E E S S H.
|--------------------14---------|---------------------|
|------10-12-14-(14)------14-12-|----10-12------------|
|---11--------------------------|-11-------11---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|


B
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

|--3--| |--3---| |-3-|
Q E E E +E E E +E S S E E E +E a E a E a S E. +E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------12-(12)-14-12-|---9-7-(7)-----------------------|
|---------11-(11)-13---------------|-----------6h8-6h8---------------|
|------13--------------------------|-------------------9h10-9----(9)-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


F#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

E S S E E E a E E S S S S E +H Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|------10-12-14-14-10h12---10-12-|-10-12----------------|
|---11---------------------------|-------11-(11)--------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|


G
Q q Q q
| | | |
x / x /

|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S
|---14-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------14-13-14-13-----------------------------|
|------------------14-15-14-12-11--------------|
|---------------------------------12-13-12-11--|
|----------------------------------------------|


D.S. al Coda &
Q q Q q
| | | |
x / x /

|--3--| |--3--|
E E E a E E E +S S S S +Q
|-----------------------------------------||
|---------10h12-14-15-(15)-12-------------||
|---13-14---------------------14-13-(13)--||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||


Interlude
F C
Gtr II
E E E E Q Q q Q H
| | | | | |
x / x x x /

Gtr I Gtr III
E Q E +E Q E E E E S S +E E Q
|---1---------------||-----------------------------|
|---1---3-(3)-4-----||-----------------------------|
|---2---3-(3)-5-----||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13---|
|-1-----------------||-----------------------------|


F
q Q H
|
/

E E E S S +E E Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13--|
|----------------------------|


C F
q Q H q Q H
| |
/ /

E E E S S +E E Q E E E. S +E E Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------15----18-(18)--------|---18-----18-(18)--------||
|-15-17----17---------20-18--|------20----------20-18--||


Out-Chorus
C F
Gtr II
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

Gtr I
Q Q S S S S E E E Q E +E Q E
||--------------------|---1---------------|
||o----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4-----|
||-----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-----|
||-----5--------------|-------------------|
||o-3-------0-3-0-3---|-------------------|
||--------3---------0-|-1-----------------|


C F
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
x / x / x / x /

Q Q S S S S E E E Q E +E Q E 3x
|-------------------|---1-----------------||
|----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4------o||
|----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-------||
|----5--------------|---------------------||
|-3-------0-3-0-3---|--------------------o||
|-------3---------0-|-1-------------------||


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
Song info
Respect
Aretha Franklin
2001
  • Funk / Soul
  • Soul
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