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HONEY BEE
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
(From the 1984 Album COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER)
Transcribed by Slowhand
Words and Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'SRV'
Intro
Q=120(8=s8)
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------7------9-7h8p7----7------|------5-7-6-5-3-5---------||----7---10-7---------10---10-7-|----5---------------------||-/8----------------------------|-/6-----------------------||-------------------------------|------------------7-5---7-||-------------------------------|----------------------7---||-------------------------------|--------------------------|
1st Verse
E E7 E
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E. S S S E E E E E E E Q Q E E|-0--/4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-0------------0-x-0-||-x-----------0-||-0--/3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-0------------0-x-0-||-x-----------0-||-1--/4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-1------------1-x-1-||-x-----------1-||-2---------------2-0---|-2------------2-x-2-||-x-----------2-||---------------------2-|----0-0h1-1-2-------||---------------||-----------------------|--------------------||---------------|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E|-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-||-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-||-x--------1-x-1-|-x--------1-x-1-|-x--------1-x-1-||-x--------2-x-2-|-x--------2-x-2-|-x--------2-x-2-||----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q H H E E E E|-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-|-x-----------|---------------|||-x--------0-x-0-|-x--------0-x-0-|-x-----------|---------------|||-x--------1-x-1-|-x--------1-x-1-|-x-----------|---------------|||-x--------2-x-2-|-x--------2-x-2-|-x-----------|---------------|||----------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|||----------------|----------------|-------------|--------0-3-4--||
Chorus $ A E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-2-2-----2-2---0-|-2-------------0-|---------------0-|---------------0--||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H H E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------3-|||---------------0-|---------------0-|-------------|--------2-2S4---|||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-0-|-4-----------|----------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-----------|----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
E7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|----0------0------0---------||-/3-3-3-/3-3-3-/3-3-3-/3-3-3-|-/5---5-/5---5-/5---5-------||-/4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4-4-|----------------------2p0---||-----------------------------|--------------------------2-||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E. S +E. S E E E|---0------0-3-0---------|---0-----0-(0)-----0-----0-||-----3b5----------------|-----3b5-------3b4---3b4---||----------------\2p0----|---------------------------||---------------------2--|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||-0----------------------|-0-------------------------|
A
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------5------5-----5-5-----5-5-|-----5-------5-------5---------||----5------5-------5-5-----5-5-|-7b8---5-7b8---5-7b8---5-------||-/6-----/6-----7b9-----7b9-----|-------------------------2p0---||-------------------------------|-----------------------------2-||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E. S E. S E E E|---0------0------------|---0-----0-0--0-----0-0-||-----3b5----3-0--------|-----3b5-0-0--0-3b4-----||----------------\2p0---|------------------------||---------------------2-|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------||-0---------------------|-0----------------------|
B A
|-3-| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|------7-9-8-7------7---------7-7-|----5-5-7-6---5--------||----7---------9b10---9b10----7-7-|----5-5---------8----0-||-/8-----------------------/8-----|-/6------------------0-||---------------------------------|------------------7\---||---------------------------------|-----------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------|
E
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E E E|-0----------------------|-0----------------------------||-0-0-/3-3-3-3-3-3-------|----0-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-||-1-0-/4-4-4-4-4-4-2p0---|------------------------------||-2--------------------2-|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-|-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-3b5-0-0-------||---------------------------------|-------------------------2p0---||---------------------------------|-----------------------------2-||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
e E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E Q S S E. S E E E|---0---------3b5--3-0---|---------------0--0-0-|----0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-||-----3b5-0-0----------0-|------------------0-0-|----5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-||------------------------|-2p0------------------|-/6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6-||------------------------|-----2-0-1-2----------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------|----------------------||-0----------------------|-------------0--------|----------------------|
B E
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E E E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0--0-------0-------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-0--0-----0---3p0---------||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-2p0---|------2b4---------3-2p0---||-----------------------2-|------------------------2-||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda & |-3-| E E E S S S S S S S S Q|--------------------------|||--------------------------|||--------------------------|||-0-1-2-1h2p1h2p1h2p1h2----|||--------------------------|||--------------------------||
Outro Guitar Solo
A
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---0------0-0-0--------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----3b5----3------5-5-|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||----------------/6-----|-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-0---------------------|---------------------------|
B E
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |---3----| |--3--| |---3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------12-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-------12-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-15b17-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------|-14b16----------------14b16----------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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|--3--| |---3----|
E E E S S S S E. S E E E|-12--------------------------------12-12-||----15-12--------------------------12-12-||----------15p14-12----12-----14b16-------||-------------------14-----14-------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E S S E +E E|-15b17---15-12-----------12----|---------12-15----17b19==(17)r-17b19-||----------------------12----12-|-15b17---------17--------------------||----------------14b16----------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E. S E E E|-17p15-----------0-------0-|-(0)-----------0--0-0---0-||-------17----------0-3b5-0-|-(0)-----------0--0-0-0-0-||----------\2-0-------------|-----2b4r2p0--------------||---------------------------|-------------2------------||---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------0-----------|--------------------------|
A B
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|----0-0-/9-9-9-(9)-8---7-7-||----5-5----5-5----5-5----5-5-|----7-7----7-------7---7---||-/6-----/6-----/6-----/6-----|-/8--------8---------8-----||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
E
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E +E S S Q E E E S S S E +E S S E. S|-----------0-(0)----------|-0-----------------0-------0-||-----------0-(0)-3p0-3b5--|-0-3-0---------------0-3b5---||-2p0---0h1----------------|-------3-2p0-----------------||-----2--------------------|-------------2-(2)-----------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-3b4-0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0----0----0-------||------------0-0----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0----0----0-------||---------/4-----/4-----/4-----|-/4-----/4---/4---/4---2p0---||------------------------------|---------------------------2-||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E E Q E E E S S S E E E E E. S E. S E E E|---0--------0-------------|---0-------0-0--0-----0-0-||-----0-3b5----3-0---------|-----0-3b5-0-0--0-3b5-----||------------------3p2p0---|--------------------------||------------------------2-|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||-0------------------------|-0------------------------|
A B
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-----------------------------------------||-/8-8-8-/8-8-8-/8-8-8-/8-8-8-|-/10-10-10-/10-10-10-/10-10-10-10-10-10S=||-/9-9-9-/9-9-9-/9-9-9-/9-9-9-|-/11-11-11-/11-11-11-/11-11-11-11-11-11S=||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------||-15-15-15-15-15-15S17-17-17-17-17-17-||-16-16-16-16-16-16S18-18-18-18-18-18-||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
A
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|---3----| |---3----|
E E E E E E E. S E E E E +Q Q Q|-------12-12-------12-12------------------|-15-17b19==(17)--17--17---||-14b15-12-12-14b15-12-12-15b17==15-15-15r-|--------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E
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|--3--| |----3----| |--3---| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |----3----|
E E E E E E +E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E S +S E E|-17-17-17r17b18==17-17r(17)-17-17-19-17----|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||----------------------------------------17-|-17--17-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------2b3r(2)p0---||-------------------------------------------|------------------------------2-||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A7 B7
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E Q S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|---0-------------------------|---3--3p0-5-5-5-|-----2---2----||-----0-3b5-0-0---------------|---2--2p0-2-2-2-|--------------||---------------3p2p0---------|----------------|---2---2---2--||---------------------2-0-1-2-|----------------|--------------||-----------------------------|-0--------------|-2------------||-0---------------------------|----------------|--------------|
E F9E9 |-3-| E Q S S E E E E E E E E E +H +H. S S E|---3b5--0-------------|-----8-7-(7)----|-(7)-------------*||----------0-----------|-----8-7-(7)----|-(7)-------------*||------------3p2p0-----|-----7-6-(6)----|-(6)-------------*||------------------2-0-|-----7-6-(6)----|-(6)-------------*||----------------------|-7---8-7-(7)----|-(7)------7-7-7--*||-0--------------------|---0---0-(0)----|-(0)-------------*|
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
