TESTIFY
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble
(From the 1983 Album TEXAS FLOOD)
Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Transcribed by BAMBAM
Theme
Fast Rock Q=204
N.C. (E) E7+9
4/4
Gtr I
~ PM
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------8---8----||-----------------|--------7---7----||-----------------|-------(6)--6----||---------5-5-6-6-|-7-7----7---7----||--6s7--7---------|-----0---------0-|
N.C. (E) E7+9 ~~~ PM|--------------------||---------------------||--8-----------------||o--------8----8------||--7-----------------||---------7----7------||-(6)----------------||--------(6)--(6)-----||--7---------5-5-6-6-||o-7-7----7----7------||-----6/-7-7---------||------0-----------0--|
N.C. (E) PM 5x|--------------------||-----------------||--8----------------o||-----------------||--7-----------------||-----------------||-(6)----------------||-----------------||--7--------5-5-6-6-o||-7---------------||-----6-7-7----------||---4--5-(5)-6--6-|
1st Guitar Solo (B)B7 (E) ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~|------------------||----------------------------------||------------------||----------------------------------||----8--(8)-8-x-x\-||-14pb16r(14)p12----12-(12)--------||----7--(7)-7-x-x\-||----------------14----------14p12-||------------------||----------------------------------||-7----------------||----------------------------------|
~~|-------------------12----------------------|--------------------------------------||-x--------------12----15--------------15---|--------------------------------------||-x-14b16==(14)r----------14b16==(14)-(14)r-|-14pb16r(14)p12----12-----------------||-------------------------------------------|----------------14-----14p12----12-14-||-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------14-------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------12----12--------|--------12----12-----------------------||-x--------------12----12----15b17==|=(15)r-----12----15--------------15----||-x-14b16==(14)r--------------------|--------------------14b16==(14)-(14)r--||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
(B)|-------------------------------------12-15b17==|=(15)r-15b15.5==(15)r--12-------------||----------------------------------15-----------|--------------------------15-------12-||-14b16r(14)p12----12-14b16==(14)r--------------|-----------------------------14b16----||---------------14------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(E) ~~~~~|-12--------------------------------|--------------12-15b17==(15)r-15b15.5==(15)r---||----15--------------15-------------|-----------------------------------------------||-------14b16==(14)r----14-12----12-|-14b16==(14)r----------------------------------||-----------------------------14----|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
(A)|-12---------------------------------------|----------12-(12)------------------||----15--------------15--------------------|-------12---------12-15b17==(15)r--||-------14b16==(14)r----14p12----12-14b16==|=(14)r-----------------------------||-----------------------------14-----------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(E) ~~|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-15-12-----------------------|---------------------------------||-------15-14-12pb13----12-14-|-14pb16r(14)-12-14-12------------||--------------------14-------|-----------------------14p12-----||-----------------------------|-----------------------------14--||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
(B) (E) ~~~~~~~|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|----------x---------------||-------------------------|---------12-(12)-12-------||-12-14-12----------------|-12-14--------------14-12-||----------14-13-12-10----|--------------------------||----------------------12-|-------0------------------|
2nd Guitar Solo B9 N.C. (E) PM ~~~~~~~~~~|----14--(14)\-------||-17b19==(17)---(17)----||----14--(14)\-x-x---||-----------------------||----14--(14)\-x-x---||-----------------------||----13--(13)\-------||-----------------------||-0------------------||-----------------------||-0----------------0-||-----------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~|-(17)r--15-17b19==(17)r-17-17pb19----|-------15---------------12-----------||----------------------------------17-|-(17)-----17p15s12-(12)----12-15b17==||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-(15)r--15--------------15---------|------------15b17==(15)r------------------||-----------14b16==(14)r-----14pb16r|=(14)-12-----------------14pb15r(14)-12---||-----------------------------------|---------14-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
(B) ~~~~~|----------------12----12-15b17==|=(15)r-15b15.5==(15)r--12-------------||-------------12----12-----------|--------------------------15-------12-||-12-14-14b16--------------------|-----------------------------14b16----||--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(E)|-12--------------------------------------|------------------------12----||----15-15-----(15)-----------------------|-12----12-14-14b14.5-14-12----||-------14b16==(14)r-14pb16r(14)-12-------|-12----12-14-14b15.5-14-12----||-----------------------------------14-14-|-12------------------------14-||-----------------------------------------|----14------------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
(A) PM|--------12----14----12----|----------------------------------||--------12----14----12-14-|-14pb15r(14)-12-------------------||--------12----14----12-14-|-14pb16r(14)-12-14----12----------||-(14)------14----14-------|-------------------14----14p12----||--------------------------|-------------------------------14-||------0-------------------|----------------------------------|
(E) ~~~~~~~|---------------------------|----------12---------x---------||---------------------------|-------12----15-(15)---x-------||----------12-(12)-12-14-12-|-14b16-------------------2-0---||-12-14-14------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------------||----12-12------------------|-------------------------------|
(B) (E) ~~~~~|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-2-0---------------|-------------------||-----2-0-----------|-----0-2-(2)-0-2-0-||---------2-1-0h1p0-|-------------------||-------------------|-3-0---------------|
3rd Guitar Solo (B) (E)|------------------||-------------------|---------------||------------------||-------------------|---------------||------------------||-2b3==(2)---(2)----|-(2)r===(2)----||-2-0--------------||-------------------|---------------||-----2--(2)-------||-------------------|---------------||------------x-x-x-||-------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------|---0------------0----------||------------------------------|---0--3b5==(3)r---0--------||-0-2b4==(2)r-0tr1-(0tr1)------|------------------0-2b3.5==||-0------------------------2---|---------------------------||------------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------0-|-0-------------------------|
|--------0-----0-3p0-----|-0----------------||------0-0-3b5-------3-0-|---3-----3---3----||-(2)r-------------------|-----2s4---4---4s=||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
(B)|-----7---7----------|-7-7--------7------7-7\-||---7---7---7-9b10-7-|-7-7-9b10-7-7-9b10-7-7\-||-8------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------|
(E)|-----/12-12-12-12-12-12-15b17==|=(15)r-15b15.5==(15)r--12-------------||-(0)-/12-12-12-12-12-12--------|--------------------------15-------12-||-(0)---------------------------|-----------------------------14b16----||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(A) ~~~~~~~|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-15-12-------15-------------14-|-14pb15-12-14----------------||-------14b16----14p12----12-14-|-14pb16-12-14-14-(14)--------||----------------------14-------|--------------14-(14)--12-14-||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
(E) (B)|--------------------------------------|---------------------------||---14pb15r(14)----14------------------|-------12----14-12---------||---14pb16r(14)-12-14-12b12.5----------|-------12----14-12---------||-----------------------------14p12----|-12-14----14-------14-12---||-----------------------------------14-|---------------------------||-x------------------------------------|---------------------------|
(E) B9 N.C. PM||-------------------------|------14--(14)\------|||-------12----14-12-------|------14--(14)\------|||-------12----14-12-------|------14--(14)\------|||-14-14----14-------14-12-|---------------------|||-------------------------|-14\-----------------|||-12-12----12-------12----|-----------------5-7-||
4th Guitar Solo (E)|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-5-7---7---7---7-|---7---7-5-7-7-5-||-----0---0---0---|-0---0-----------|
~~~~~~|------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------------||-5-7-7-5-(5)------|---7b9====(7)r--5-7-||--------------7-5-|--------------------||------------------|-0------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||---5-------------/7-|-(7)-7-5-----------||-7---7p5---5-7------|----------7-5-7----||---------7-----0----|----------------6s=|
(B) ~~~~~~~~|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||---------------7-|-(7)--------------||-----9-9-7-9-9---|------9-9-7-9-9-7-||-----------------|------------------||-7-7-7-7---------|------------------|
Em7 N.C.|-------12----12-12----12-|-(12)-----------------14-12------||-------12----12-12----12-|-(12)-14b15==(14)r-12-14-12------||-------12----12-12----12-|-(12)-14b16==(14)r-12-14-12------||----------14-------14----|----------------------------14\--||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-12-12----12-------12----|---------------------------------|
Bm7 Am7 A7+5 Em7 N.C.Bm7 N.C.|-----10---10-----8-|-(8)-8-----8-8-8---|----------------|-----10---10-10-10---||-----10---10-----8-|-(8)-8-----8-8-8---|-----8-8-8-8----|-----10---10-10-10---||-------------------|-----------6-6-6---|-----7-7-7-7----|---------------------||-9-9----9----7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7---------|--------------7s|=9-9----9----------0-||-------------------|-------------------|---------7-7----|---------------------||-7-7----7----5-5---|-------5-5-------0-|-0-0----------5s|=7-7----7------------|
5th Guitar Solo Em7+5 E7+9 N.C. PM PM PM|---------8-8-----|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------||---------8-8-----|-----------------||--------8----8-----|-8---------------||---------7-7-----|----8--(8)-8-----||--------7----7-----|-7---------------||-----------------|----7--(7)-7-----||-------(6)--(6)----|-----------------||-----7-----------|-----------------||-7-7----7----7-----|-7-------5-5-6-6-||-0-0---0-----0-0-|-0-----------0-x-||-----0-----------0-|---6s7-7---------|
E E7+9 N.C. ~~~ PM|-------------------|-------------------||--------8----8-----|--8----------------||--------7----7-----|--7----------------||-------(6)--(6)----|-(6)---------------||-7-7----7----7-----|--7--------5-5-6-6-||-----0-----------0-|-----6s7-7---------|
(E) E7+9+5|--------8--(8)--8-----8--|-(8)--------8-----8----||--------8--(8)--8-----8--|-(8)--------8-----8--x-||--------7--(7)--7-----7--|-(7)--------7-----7--x-||-------(6)-(6)-(6)---(6)-|-(6)-------(6)---(6)---||-7-7----7--(7)--7-----7--|-(7)--------7-----7----||-----0-------------0-----|-----0-0-0-----0-------|
Bm7 N.C. PM|-----10---10-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-10-10---||-----10---10-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-10-10---||---------------------|------------------------||-9-9----9-------9----|------9----9------------||---------------------|------------------------||-7-7----7-------7----|------7----7----------0-|
E7+9+5 N.C. PM|------8----8---8----8--|-(8)----8-----8---8------||------8----8---8----8--|-(8)----8-----8---8--x-x-||------7----7---7----7--|-(7)----7-----7---7--x-x-||-----(6)--(6)-(6)--(6)-|-(6)---(6)---(6)-(6)-x-x-||------7----7---7----7--|-(7)----7-----7---7------||-0-0-------------------|-----0-----0-------------|
(A) Em7 N.C.(B) Bm7 ~~~~~~~~ PM----||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----10---10-10-10-7-||------------------|------------------|-----8---8-8-x---|-----10---10-10-10-7-||----------------5-|-(5)--------------|-----7---7-7-x---|---------------------||-/7-7-7-7-5-7-7---|------7-5-5-5-7---|-------------x-7s|=9-9----9------------||------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------||------------------|----------------0-|-0-0---0-------5s|=7-7----7------------|
E7+9 B7 N.C. PM PM PM ~~~~~~~|------8-----8---8-----|---------------------|||------8-----8---8-----|---------------x-----|||------7-----7---7-----|-/8-8-8-8--(8)-x-----|||-----(6)---(6)-(6)----|--------7--(7)-------|||-7----7-----7---7-----|-----------------5-7-|||---0-----0----------0-|---------------------||
6th Guitar Solo (E) ~~~~~~~~~~~|----------12--------------12---|-(12)--12-------------12----||-------12----15b17==(15)r------|----------15-------12----15-||-14b16-------------------------|-------------14b16----------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~|------------------------|---------------------||-(15)----(15)------(15)-|---------------------||--14b16==(14)r=====(14)-|-12----(12)-12-12-12-||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
~~|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-14-12-------------------|-12---------------------||-------14-12----12-14-14-|-----14-12-14-12-12-----||-------------12----------|--------------------13s=||-------------------------|------------------------|
(B)|-------------------------|----------14-------14----||-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------14-------|-14----------------------||-------13----------------|-------------------------||-14-14----14-14----14-14-|----14-14----14-14----14-||-------------------------|-------------------------|
(E)|-12-12-12-12\-x-0-0-0-0-|-12p0-0-12p0-0-12p0-12p0-12p0--||-12-12-12-12\-x-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------|
(A)|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-0-15b17==|=(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)r-15b17==||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(E) (B)|-(15)--(15)--(15)r=(15)-----15b17==|=(15)r-15-12h14p12-------12-------------||--------------------------x--------|-------------------15b16----12----------||------------------------x----------|-------------------------------14b16====||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
(E) (B)|----------12-------------------------------|-----------------------12--------|||-------15----15-------15-------------------|-----------------------12--------|||-(14)r----------14b16----14pb16r(14)p12----|-12-14b16==(14)--(14)r-----14b16-|||----------------------------------------14-|---------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
7th Guitar Solo (E)|-12-12-------12-------12-|-------12-------12---------||-12-12----12-12----12-12-|----12-12----12-12-15-12---||-------14-------14-------|-14-------14----------12---||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~|-------12-------------------|----------------------------------||-------12-------------------|-------------------------------15-||-14b16----12-12-(12)--------|------14b16==(14)-(14)-(14)r------||-------------------------12-|-(12)-----------------------------||----------------------14----|----------------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
\1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-(15)---(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)----|-(15)--------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|---------14b16==(14)-(14)-(14)--14r(14)-12-||------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
(B)|--------------12-12----15b17==(15)r-15b17==|=(15)r-15-12h14p12----12-----||--------------12----12---------------------|-------------------15------x-||-14b16==(14)r------------------------------|-------------------15----0-x-||-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
(E)|-15b20=====(15)-(15)r(15)-----15b17==|=(15)r(15)-12--------------------------||----------------------------x--------|--------------15-12--------------------||--------------------------x----------|--------------------14b14.5r(14)p12----||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------14-||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
(A) ~~|----------------------------|-------------------||----------14-12-------------|-------------------||-12-14b15-------14-12-------|-12----------------||----------------------14-14-|-------14-12-------||----------------------------|-------------14-13-||----------------------12-12-|-------------------|
(E) (B) ~~~~~~~~~|---------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------12-|-(12)-12------------------------||---------------12-14-14----|---------14-12------------------||-12h13p12-10-0-------------|---------------14-13-12h13p12---||------------------12-12----|--------------------------------|
(E) (B)|---------------------------|------------------------0-|||---------------------------|------------------------0-|||---------------------------|---------14-14-14-14-14---|||-------12-14-(14)-14-12----|--------------------------|||-10---------------------14-|-(14)-14-14-14-14-14-14---|||----12---------------------|--------------------------||
8th Guitar Solo (E)|-15p0-0-0-15p0-0-0-15p0-0-0-0-|-0-15p0-0-0-15p0-0-15-0-15--||------------------------------|-0--------------------0--x--||------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-12-15-12-15p12p0-15p12p0-15p12p0-|-15p12p0-15p12p0-15p12p0-0-0--15b17==||----------------------------------|-----------------------------(15)----||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(15)--(15)r--15b17r(15)-12h14p12-|----12--------------------------||----------------------------------|-15----15-15-----(15)--15-------||----------------------------------|----------14b16==(14)r----14-12-||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(B) ~~~~~~~|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-14b16===(14)--(14)r(14)-12-14b16==|=(14)r(14)p12-14------------12-14-||-----------------------------------|-----------------14-(14)-14-------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(E) PM|-------------------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|------------------||-14pb16r(14)-12-14-12-11-12-11-|-9-11p9s7-9p7-6-7-||-------------------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|------------------|
(A)|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------||-6h7p6p4-6-4h6p4s2-4p2-|-2p0h2p0---0-2b4===(2)--||-----------------------|---------2--------------||-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
(E) (B)|-------------------------|-------------------||------3------------------|-------------------||-(2)-(2)-(2)r(2)-2-1-----|-------------------||---------------------2-0-|---------------2-2-||-------------------------|-2-1-0h1p0---------||-------------------------|-----------3-0-----|
(E) B7 N.C. ~|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|---------8----8---||-----2---0-2---------|---------7----7---||---------------------|-<5>--------------||-0-0---0-----<5>-<5>-|-----<7>--------0-|
Theme Recap E E7+9 N.C. ~~~ PM||--------------------|------------------||||o--------8----8-----|-8---------------o||||---------7----7-----|-7----------------||||--------(6)--(6)----|------------------||||o-7-7----7----7-----|-7-------5-5-6-6-o||||------0-----------0-|---6s7-7----------||
(E) E7+9 N.C. ~~~ PM|-------------------|-----------------||--------8----8-----|-8---------------||--------7----7-----|-7---------------||-------(6)--(6)----|---------------7-||-7-7----7----7-----|-7-------5-6-7---||-----0-----------0-|---6s7-7---------|
Bm7|-------10-(10)-------|-10---10-10---10-10---||-------10-(10)-------|-10---10-10---10-10---||---------------------|----------------------||-9-9-9---------9-9-9-|----9-------9---------||---------------------|--------------------0-||-7-7-7---------7-7-7-|----7-------7---------|
E7+9|-------------------------|--------------------------||------8-----8---8-----8--|-(8)----8----8---8---8----||------7-----7---7-----7--|-(7)----7----7---7---7----||-----(6)---(6)-(6)---(6)-|-(6)---(6)--(6)-(6)-(6)-5s||------7-----7---7-----7--|-(7)----7----7---7---7----||-0-0-----0---------0-----|-----0------------------3s|
Am7|-----8---8-8---8-|-8---8---8-8-8---||-----8---8-8---8-|-8---8---8-8-8---||-----------------|---------------0-||-7-7---7-----7---|---7---7-------0-||-----------------|-----------------||-5-5---5-----5---|---5---5---------|
Em7 N.C.(B7) Em7 B7 ~~~~~~~|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------||---------8-8-----|------------------|-----8---8-8-8-x-|-------------||-----7---7-7-----|------------------|-----7-x-7-7-7-x-|---8--(8)----||---------------7s|=9-9-9-9-7/-9-9-9-|-----------------|---7--(7)----||-----7---7-7-----|------------------|-7---7-x-7-7-7-x-|-------------||-0-0---0-----0-5s|=7-7-7-7-5/-7-7-7-|---0-------------|-------------|
Outro E7+9 TP ~~|------------|------------||----------|-----12-12------------------------------||------------|------------||-8--------|-/12-12-12-15-12------------------------||-(8)--------|-(8)--------||-7--------|-/12-------------14pb16r(14)p12----12---||-(7)--------|-(7)--------||-6--------|--------------------------------14------||------------|------------||-7--------|----------------------------------------||------------|------------||----------|----------------------------------------|
~~|---------------------------|------------||---------------------------|------------||---------------------------|------------||-14p12---------------------|------------||-------14-13-12-(12)s14s12s|=11---------||---------------------------|---------0--|
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/|----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------*||-(0)----(0)--(0)--(0)--(0)--|-0--------*|
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
