Ill Be Around (ver 2) by Spinners
I'LL BE AROUND (WHENEVER YOU WANT ME)
As recorded by The Spinners
(From the 1973 Album SPINNERS)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & Phill Hurt
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Norman Harris - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Roland Chambers - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=110
Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m EmaG#m
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
H E E E E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|---------------11-|-(11)----(11)-11--11-|-(11)----(11)-11--11--|
|------------12----|---------------------|----------------------|
|------11S13-----8-|--(8)-----(8)--8---8-|--(8)-----(8)--8---8--|
|-------------9----|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------9S11-------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| H Q E E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|------------------|---------------4---2-|--(2)-----(2)--4------|
|----------------4-|--(4)-----(4)--4---4-|--(4)-----(4)--4---4--|
|----------------4-|--(4)-----(4)--4---3-|--(3)-----(3)--4---4--|
|----------------2-|--(2)-----(2)--6---4-|--(4)-----(4)--6---2--|
|------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G#m F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H E E E E +H +E Q E
|-(11)----(11)-11--11-|-(11)--------------11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|---------------------|----------------12----|-----------------------|
|--(8)-----(8)--8---8-|--(8)----11S=13-----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|---------------------|-----------------9----|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------9S=11-------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|---------------4---2-|--(2)----(2)--4-------|----------------4----2-|
|--(4)-----(4)--4---4-|--(4)----(4)--4-----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(4)-----(4)--4---3-|--(3)----(3)--4-----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
|--(2)-----(2)--6---4-|--(4)----(4)--6-----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W W Q q Q q
|---------------------|----------------------|-------4----------4----|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------4----------4----|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H E E E E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)---------------11-||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------12----||
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)-----11S=13-----8-||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------9----||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------9S=11-------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|--(2)-----(2)--4-------||
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)-----(4)--4-----4-||
|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)-----(3)--4-----4-||
|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)-----(4)--6-----2-||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----||
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
1st & 3rd Verses
Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
||--(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||---(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
||-----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|
||o--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
||---(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
||---(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
||--------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|
||o-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
2nd, 4th & 5th Verses
$
G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-||-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-||--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------||----------------4----2-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-||--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-||--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-||--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----||-------4----------4----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----||-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-||-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-||--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|--(2)------(2)--4------||----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-||--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(3)------(3)--4----4-||--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--6----2-||--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------2----------2----||-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|
|-------4----------4----||-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
1.
To Coda
Emaj7
+H H W H E E E E
|-(11)------------|-------------|------------------11--||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------12----o||
|--(8)------------|-------------|---------11S13-----8--||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------9-----||
|-----------------|-------------|----------9S11-------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|
| +H E E E E +H H E E E E E E E E
|--(2)----2-2-2---|-------------|----------------------||
|--(4)----4-4-4-4-|-(4)---------|---4-4-4--4--4--4--4-o||
|--(3)----3-3-3-4-|-(4)---------|---4-4-4--4--4--4--4--||
|--(4)----4-4-4-2-|-(2)---------|---2-2-2--2--2--2--2--||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|
| W W W
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
2.
D.S. al Coda &
Emaj7 Emaj7
+H E E E E +H E E E E
|-(11)----------------11--||-(11)----------------11-|
|------------------12-----||------------------12----|
|--(8)-------11S13-----8--||--(8)-------11S13-----8-|
|-------------------9-----||-------------------9----|
|-------------9S11--------||-------------9S11-------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------4-4-4--4--4--4--4--||------4-4-4--4--4--4--4-|
|------4-4-4--4--4--4--4--||------4-4-4--4--4--4--4-|
|------2-2-2--2--2--2--2--||------2-2-2--2--2--2--2-|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
Out-Chorus
G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E
||--(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||---(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
||-----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|
||o--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
||---(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|
||---(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q
||--------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|
||o-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
G#m F#6 G#m Emaj7 G#m F#6
+H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|-(11)-----(11)-11---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|--(8)------(8)--8----8-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +H +E Q E +H +E Q E +H +E Q E
|----------------4----2-|--(2)------(2)--4------|----------------4----2-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----4-|
|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|--(3)------(3)--4----4-|--(4)------(4)--4----3-|
|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|--(4)------(4)--6----2-|--(2)------(2)--6----4-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------4----------4----|-------2----------2----|-------4----------4----|
|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|-------4----------4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Emaj7
+H H W H E E E E
|-(11)------------|-------------|------------------11--||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------12----o||
|--(8)------------|-------------|---------11S13-----8--||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------9-----||
|-----------------|-------------|----------9S11-------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|
| +H E E E E +H H E E E E E E E E
|--(2)----2-2-2---|-------------|----------------------||
|--(4)----4-4-4-4-|-(4)---------|---4-4-4--4--4--4--4-o||
|--(3)----3-3-3-4-|-(4)---------|---4-4-4--4--4--4--4--||
|--(4)----4-4-4-2-|-(2)---------|---2-2-2--2--2--2--2--||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|
| W W W
|-----------------|-------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------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
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