Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Chords
by Otis Redding
Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa by Otis Redding is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, D, G, B, Bb, G7, Eb, Eb6 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'The Memphis Horns - Horns'
Intro
Q=98
Bb
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q e E
|-10------------------|-10------------------|
|------11--------11---|------11--------11---|
|-----------10--------|-----------10--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
G G7 G G7 G
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E Q E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|-(4)-4--4-4-(4)--4----||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-3-|-(3)-5--5-3-(3)--5----||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-(5)-5--5-5-(5)--5----||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|-(3)-3--3-3-(3)--3----||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q e Q E
|-10------------------|-10-------------------||
|------12--------12---|-------12-------12----||
|-----------10--------|------------10--------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
Bb Eb B Bb Eb Eb6 Bb
Q E E Q E E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E E E E E +H
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---8------------|
|---------------|--------------8-|----------------|-8-8------------|
|-7--x-7-7--x-7-|-7----7-(7)---8-|-7----7-(7)---7-|-8-8---7-(7)----|
|-8--x-8-8--x-8-|-8----8-(8)---8-|-8----8-(8)---8-|-8-8---8-(8)----|
|-8--x-8-8--x-8-|-8----8-(8)-----|-8----8-(8)---8-|-6-6---8-(8)----|
|-6--x-6-6--x-6-|-6----6-(6)---6-|-6----6-(6)---6-|-------6-(6)----|
Eb6 Bb A
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +H Q E E Q. E E E E E +Q E e
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-8-8---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-8-8---------------|
|----7-7-(7)--7-7-|-(7)--7-7-(7)----|-7--7-7-7----7-|-8-8---7-(7)----6--|
|----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)----|-8--8-8-8----8-|-8-8---8-(8)----7--|
|----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)----|-8--8-8-8----8-|-6-6---8-(8)----7--|
|----6-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--6-6-(6)----|-6--6-6-6----6-|-------6-(6)----5--|
Bb Eb6 Bb
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E Q E E +H
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-------------||
|----x-7-(7)--7-7-|-(7)--x-7-(7)--x-7-|-(7)--x-7-(7)--x---|-8----7-(7)----||
|----x-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x---|-8----8-(8)----||
|----x-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x---|-6----8-(8)----||
|----x-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--x-6-(6)--x-6-|-(6)--x-6-(6)--x---|------6-(6)----||
1st & 2nd Verses
$
Bb F Eb Bb A
Q E E +Q e E Q E E +Q E E Q e E +E E e E E E E E +Q. e
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|------------------|
|----x-7-(7)--7---|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-(7)---6--|
|----x-8-(8)--8---|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-(8)---7--|
|----x-8-(8)--8---|--8--x--8--(8)---8-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6---|-8-8-8-8-(8)---7--|
|----x-6-(6)--6---|---------------------|------------------|-6-6-6-6-(6)---5--|
F
Q e E +Q e E Q E E +E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----7-7-(7)--7---|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----8-8-(8)--8---|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----8-8-(8)--8---|--8--x--8--(8)--8--8---|
|----6-6-(6)--6---|-----------------------|
Eb Bb
Q E E +Q e E Q E E +Q e e
|-----------------|------------------||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|------------------||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7--||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--||
|-6--x-6-(6)--6---|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--||
|-----------------|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6--||
Chorus
To Coda
Bb A Bb Eb6 Bb A
Q e E Q e E Q e E +E E E E Q e E +Q e e E e E E +Q. e
|---------------|------------------|------------------|-8-8-------------|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|-8-8-------------|
|----7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-6-|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7--|-8-8---7-(7)---6-|
|----8-8-8--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--|-8-8---8-(8)---7-|
|----8-8-8--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--|-6-6---8-(8)---7-|
|----6-6-6--6-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-5-|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6--|-------6-(6)---5-|
D.S. al Coda
Bb Eb6 A
Q E E Q +E E Q. E +E E E E Q e E Q e e E e E E +Q. e
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|-8-8---8-(8)------||
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|-8-8---8-(8)------||
|-7--x-7-7--(7)-7-|-7----7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-8-8---8-(8)---6--||
|-8--x-8-8--(8)-8-|-8----8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8---8-(8)---7--||
|-8--x-8-8--(8)-8-|-8----8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-|-6-6---6-(6)---7--||
|-6--x-6-6--(6)-6-|-6----6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6--6-6-|---------------5--||
Bridge
&
Eb6 Bb A Bb F Bb Eb6 Bb F
E e E E +Q. e Q E E Q E E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|-8-8-------------||------------------|--------8--8---|------------------|
|-8-8-------------||--------10--10-10-|--------8--8---|--------10--10----|
|-8-8---7-(7)---6-||----7-7-10--10-10-|-7--7---8--8---|-7--7---10--10----|
|-8-8---8-(8)---7-||----8-8-10--10-10-|-8--8---8--8---|-8--8---10--10----|
|-6-6---8-(8)---7-||----8-8--8---8--8-|-8--8---6--6---|-8--8----8---8----|
|-------6-(6)---5-||----6-6-----------|-6--6----------|-6--6-------------|
Bb Eb6 Bb F Bb Eb6 Bb F
Q e E Q e e Q E e Q e E Q e E Q q Q e E Q q
|--------8--8-8-|-----------------|--------8--8--|-----------------|
|--------8--8-8-|--------10--10---|--------8--8--|--------10--10---|
|-7--7---8--8-8-|-7--7-7-10--10---|-7--7---8--8--|-7--7---10--10---|
|-8--8---8--8-8-|-8--8-8-10--10---|-8--8---8--8--|-8--8---10--10---|
|-8--8---6--6-6-|-8--8-8--8---8---|-8--8---6--6--|-8--8----8---8---|
|-6--6----------|-6--6-6----------|-6--6---------|-6--6------------|
Interlude
Bb Eb6 Bb
Q e E Q q Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|--------8--8--||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------8--8--||-------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7---8--8--||--7---7-7--7---7-7-|--7---7-7--7---7-7-|
|-8--8---8--8--||--8---8-8--8---8-8-|--8---8-8--8---8-8-|
|-8--8---6--6--||--8---8-8--8---8-8-|--8---8-8--8---8-8-|
|-6--6---------||--6---6-6--6---6-6-|--6---6-6--6---6-6-|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q Q q Q Q Q e E
|--------------||-10----------------|-10----------------|
|--------------||-----11-------11---|-----11-------11---|
|--------------||----------10-------|----------10-------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|
G G7 G7 G
E E e E E E E E +E E E E +E Q E
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|-(4)-4--4-4-(4)--4------||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-3-|-(3)-5--5-3-(3)--5------||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-(5)-5--5-5-(5)--5------||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|-(3)-3--3-3-(3)--3------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q e Q E
|-10------------------|-10---------------------||
|------12--------12---|-------12---------------||
|-----------10--------|------------10--10------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
Outro
Bb A Bb Eb6 Bb A
Q e E +Q e E Q e E +E E E E Q e E +Q e e E e E E +Q. E 3x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-8-8--------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-8-8-------------o||
||-----7-7-(7)--7-7-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-6-|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7-|-8-8---7-(7)---6--||
||-----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8-8---8-(8)---7--||
||o----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-6-6---8-(8)---7-o||
||-----6-6-(6)--6-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-5-|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6-|-------6-(6)---5--||
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