Son Of A Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
SON OF A PREACHER MAN
As recorded by Dusty Springfield
(From the 1969 Album DUSTY IN MEMPHIS)
Words and Music by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Reggie Young - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Emmons - Electric Piano'
Intro
Q=92
E
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
H Q E. S S E S +H.
|---------------|----0-<12>-(<12>)------|
|------------11s|=12--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|------------11s|=12--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| W W
|---------------|--0--------------------|
|---------------|--0--------------------|
|---------------|--1--------------------|
|---------------|--2--------------------|
|---------------|--2--------------------|
|---------------|--0--------------------|
S E S +H +E. S S E S +H.
|------0-(0)----(0)----|----0-<12>-(<12>)----|
|-10s9--------------11s|=12------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-10s9--------------11s|=12------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| W W
|--0-------------------|--0------------------|
|--0-------------------|--0------------------|
|--1-------------------|--1------------------|
|--2-------------------|--2------------------|
|--2-------------------|--2------------------|
|--0-------------------|--0------------------|
1st Verse
A E
PM|
S E S +Q +E E. S E E Q. H H Q S S S S +H. +E. S
|------0-(0)--(0)--------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-10s9-------------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-10s9-------------------||-------------|-------------0h2-|-(2)------(2)-0-|
|--------------------2p0-||-------------|-----------2-----|----------------|
|------------------------||-0-0---------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| W W H H W
|--0---------------------||-0-----------|------0----------|--0-------------|
|--0---------------------||-0-----------|-2----0----------|--0-------------|
|--1---------------------||-1-----------|-2----1----------|--1-------------|
|--2---------------------||-2-----------|-2----2----------|--2-------------|
|--2---------------------||-2-----------|-0----2----------|--2-------------|
|--0---------------------||-0-----------|------0----------|--0-------------|
B
Q +E. S S E. +E S S H. +E. S H. +E. S H. S S E
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------------5p|=4-------(4)-5p|=4-------(4)-5p|=4--------------||
|---------------------6p|=4-------(4)---|-------------6p|=4--------------||
|---------------------6p|=4-------(4)-6p|=4-------(4)-6p|=4--------------||
|-2--(2)---2-2--(2)-----|---------------|---------------|-----------2p0--||
|--------2--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|
| W W W W
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-4---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------||
|-4---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------||
|-4---------------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4--------------||
|-2---------------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2--------------||
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Chorus
E A E A E
E Q. +H H Q S S S S +Q Q H H H
|---------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------0h2-|-(2)----------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------2-----|--------------------|-------------|
|-0-0----(0)----|------------------|--------------------|-0-----------|
|
| H H Q Q H H. +S S E Q Q Q Q
|-0-------0-----|-------0----------|--0---------(0)-0-0-|-------0--0--|
|-0-------0-----|-2--2--0----------|--0---------(0)-0-0-|-2--2--0--0--|
|-1-------1-----|-2--2--1----------|--1---------(1)-1-1-|-2--2--1--1--|
|-2-------2-----|-2--2--2----------|--2---------(2)-2-2-|-2--2--2--2--|
|-2-------2-----|-0--0--2----------|--2---------(2)-2-2-|-0--0--2--2--|
|-0-------0-----|-------9----------|--0---------(0)-0-0-|-------0--0--|
Interlude
B A E
Q Q Q e E W H. S S E +H. S E S
|--------------|----------||---------------<12>-|-(<12>)-----------0--||
|-9-----4--x---|-2--------||---------11s12------|-------------10s9----||
|-9-----4--x---|-2--------||--------------------|---------------------||
|-9-----4--x---|-2--------||---------11s12------|-------------10s9----||
|-7-----2--x---|-0--------||--------------------|---------------------||
|-0------------|----------||-0------------------|---------------------||
|
| H H W W W
|-0------------|----------||-0------------------|----0----------------||
|-0-----4------|-2--------||-0------------------|----0----------------||
|-1-----4------|-2--------||-1------------------|----1----------------||
|-2-----4------|-2--------||-2------------------|----2----------------||
|-2-----2------|-0--------||-2------------------|----2----------------||
|-0------------|----------||-0------------------|----0----------------||
2nd Verse
E A E
+W H Q S S S S e Q. +Q. S S
|-(0)--------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------0h2-|------------------|
|------------|-----------2-----|--------------2---|
|------------|-----------------|-0-0----(0)-----4-|
|
| W H H W
|--0---------|------0----------|-0----------------|
|--0---------|-2----0----------|-0----------------|
|--1---------|-2----1----------|-1----------------|
|--2---------|-2----2----------|-2----------------|
|--2---------|-0----2----------|-2----------------|
|--0---------|------0----------|-0----------------|
B
H +Q. S S H. +E. S H +E. S S S S S
|----------------|---------------|--------------------||
|--------------5p|=4-------(4)-5p|=4----(4)-----------||
|--------------6p|=4-------(4)-5p|=4----(4)-----------||
|--------------6p|=4-------(4)-6p|=4----(4)---0---0-2-||
|-2----(2)-------|---------------|----------2---2-----||
|----------------|---------------|--------------------||
|
| W W W
|----------------|---------------|--------------------||
|-4--------------|-4-------------|-4------------------||
|-4--------------|-4-------------|-4------------------||
|-4--------------|-4-------------|-4------------------||
|-2--------------|-2-------------|-2------------------||
|----------------|---------------|--------------------||
Chorus
E A E
e Q. +H H Q E E W
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------14-|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----(0)----|----------------|-----------------|
|
| H H Q Q H H. +S S E
|-0-------0-----|-------0--------|-0-------(0)-0-0-|
|-0-------0-----|-2--2--0--------|-0-------(0)-0-0-|
|-1-------1-----|-2--2--1--------|-1-------(1)-1-1-|
|-2-------2-----|-2--2--2--------|-2-------(2)-2-2-|
|-2-------2-----|-0--0--2--------|-2-------(2)-2-2-|
|-0-------0-----|-------0--------|-0-------(0)-0-0-|
A E B A
W Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-9-----4-----|-2----||
|-------------|-9-----4-----|-2----||
|-------------|-9-----4-----|-2----||
|-------------|-7-----2-----|-0----||
|-------------|-0-----------|------||
|
| Q Q Q Q H H W
|-------0--0--|-0-----------|------||
|-2--2--0--0--|-0-----4-----|-2----||
|-2--2--1--1--|-1-----4-----|-2----||
|-2--2--2--2--|-2-----4-----|-2----||
|-0--0--2--2--|-2-----2-----|-0----||
|-------0--0--|-0-----------|------||
Bridge
D C A
Q E E S S S S E E Q E E S E S E e Q E E S E S E e
|----10---x-x---10----8-|-5--5---x---x---5-|----5---5---5---5-|
|----10---x-x---10----8-|-5--5---x---x---5-|----5---5---5---5-|
|----11---x-x---11----9-|-6--6---x---x---6-|----6---6---6---6-|
|----12---x-x---12---10-|-7--7---x---x---7-|----7---7---7---7-|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B
Q E E S E S E e Q E E E. S S S e Q E E E. S S S e
|----5---5---5---5-|----7------7---7-7-|----7------7---7-7--|
|----5---5---5---5-|----7------7---7-7-|----7------7---7-7--|
|----6---6---6---6-|----8------8---8-8-|----8------8---8-8--|
|----7---7---7---7-|----9------9---9-9-|----9------9---9-9--|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
E A D A
Q E E H Q E E S E S Q Q E E S E. E E Q E. S +Q E E
|----12--------|----12---12---12----||----5---5----5---|-------5-(5)--5----|
|----12--------|----12---12---12----||----5---5----5---|-7--7--5-(5)--5----|
|----13--------|----13---13---13----||----6---6----6---|-7--7--6-(6)--6----|
|----14--------|----14---14---14----||----7---7----7---|-7--7--7-(7)--7----|
|---------------|---------------------||------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------------||------------------|-------------------|
D A E D
Q a E E E. S S S E Q E. S +Q E E Q Q Q Q H +Q. E
|------5--------5-----|-------5-(5)--5---|-5-----------|---------------||
|------5--------5-----|-7--7--5-(5)--5---|-5-----9-----|-7----(7)------||
|----5h6--------5h6---|-7--7--6-(6)--6---|-6-----9-----|-7----(7)------||
|------7------7-------|-7--7--7-(7)--7---|-7-----9-----|-7----(7)------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|---------------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------|---------------||
Out-Chorus
A D A
Q E E Q E E Q E. S +Q E E +Q E E Q S S E
|----5------5---|-------5-(5)----5-|-(5)--5------5-5---|
|----5------5---|-7--7--5-(5)----5-|-(5)--5------5-5---|
|----6------6---|-7--7--6-(6)----6-|-(6)--6------6-6---|
|----7------7---|-7--7--7-(7)----7-|-(7)--7------7-7---|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|
D A G A D A G
Q E. S +S S E E E E E E E Q S S E Q E. S +S S E S S S S
|-------5-(5)-5-5-5-3-|---5-5------5-5---|-------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-|
|-7--7--5-(5)-5-5-5-3-|---5-5------5-5---|-7--7--5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-|
|-7--7--6-(6)-6-6-6-4-|---6-6------6-6---|-7--7--6-(6)-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|-7--7--7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|---7-7------7-7---|-7--7--7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
A D A G
E E E E Q S S E Q E. S +S S E S S S S
|---5-5------5-5---|-------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-|
|---5-5------5-5---|-7--7--5-(5)-5-5-5-5-3-3-|
|---6-6------6-6---|-7--7--6-(6)-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|---7-7------7-7---|-7--7--7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
A D A
E E E E Q S S E E E E. S +S S E E E
|---5-5------5-5---|--------5-(5)-5-5-5-----*|
|---5-5------5-5---|---7-7--5-(5)-5-5-5-----*|
|---6-6------6-6---|---7-7--6-(6)-6-6-6-----*|
|---7-7------7-7---|---7-7--7-(7)-7-7-7-----*|
|-------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------|------------------------*|
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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