Willie Mitchell The Champion guitar tab

The Champion by Willie Mitchell

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The Champion - Willie Mitchell
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Tabbed by: Iain Peters
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

http://www.williemitchell.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_yN7DpnWI

After hearing of Willie Mitchell's passing this year, I've decided to attempt to 
tab this Northern Soul Classic.
(I'm quite surprised nobody has taken the time to tab this awesome track before)
Enjoy.


Intro Riff

e|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-13tp~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|--------------------|---------------------|------------13b15-11----11b----|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------5b7-3---3b---|--12--12-12----------12-----12-|--------------------|
D|------------3---3-5-|-5--5-5-------5----5-|-------------------------------|--------------------|
A|---------/5---5-----|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|
E|--3--3-3------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|


Verse Chords

| C / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |F7 / / / | / / / / | 

| C / / / | / / / / |G7 / / / | / / / / |

Verse Riff

e|----------------------------|
B|--------------------5b6-4---|
G|-5-5----5-5-5-3-5-5-------5-|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-4-5-----|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Fill

e|---------------8-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-10b12~--10b12---10b12r10p8----8---------|
D|----------------------------10---10-8-10-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Saxophone Solo
                      |strike note again before releasing bend
                      V 
e|-18b20-18b20---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------11b13~13r11--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------12/10b12--10/1210/128v-10----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------13~b16~16r13-13-13-13~--/10---------13-13-----------------------|
G|--/14-/14-/14-----------------------------10--/16-------151210-8-10-9/10-8--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----8h10-10b12-10b12--10-10-10b12-10-10-10b12-10-10-10b12-10-10-10b12-10-10-10b12-(12)-(12)-|
D|-/10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10b12-10p8----10b12-10p8----10b12-10p8-------/10-8----|
D|-------------10------------10------------10-10-------10-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10b12r10p8----------------8------10------10v---------|
D|-------------10~~---------8---8h10----8h10-----10p8h10-|
A|---------------------8h10------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------8---10---8/9-------10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-8/9--|
D|-------8h10p8h10---x----x----10-10-----------------------------------------------------------10|
A|-8h10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------8---10---8/9----|
D|-------8h10p8h10---x----x-----10-|
A|--8h10---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

e|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-13tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|--------------------|---------------------|------------13b15-11----11b----|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------5b7-3---3b---|--12--12-12----------12-----12-|--------------------|
D|------------3---3-5-|-5--5-5-------5----5-|-------------------------------|--------------------|
A|---------/5---5-----|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|
E|--3--3-3------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|


| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  mute note
| b  bend note
| r  release bent note
| v  vibrato
| tp tremelo pick

Thanks for looking :)
Ratings, Comments and corrections welcome :)
Cheers again,

Iain.