FORTY FOUR As recorded by Howlin' Wolf (From the 1959 Album MOANIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT) Words and Music by Chester Burnett Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jody Williams - Electric Guitar w/ light distortion' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Hubert Sumlin - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=140(8=s8) 4/4 Gtr I |-3-| W H. E E E H H H. Q |----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |----------|---------------|-----------|-------------| |----------|---------------|-----------|-3-----------| |----------|---------------|-3----5----|---------5---| |----------|-1-------5-x-x-|-----------|-------------| H E E E E H. a Q H H H. Q |--------------|--------------|-----------|------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|-3----------| |-3--------3-6-|--------------|-3----5----|---------5--| |------4h5-----|-1-------4h5--|-----------|------------| Q Q Q Q H. a Q H Q Q H. a Q |-------------|--------------|------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|------------|----------------| |----------3--|--------------|-3----5--3--|----------------| |-3--5--6-----|-1-------4h5--|------------|-1-------4h5----| |-------------|--------------|------------|----------------| W H. a Q H H H. Q |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-3--------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|-3------5---------|-----------3-----| |----------|-1---------4h5-----|------------------|-1---------------| | | Gtr II | |-3-| | W Q Q Q S S E Q E E E E E E E Q Q Q S S E |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----------|-----1--3----1h3p1-|----1-3-----------|-----1--3--1h3p1-| |----------|-------------------|--------1h2p1-----|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|--------------3---|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| 1st & 2nd Verses $ Q Q H H. Q H Q Q H. E E |------------||------------|-------------|-------------| |------------||------------|-------------|-------------| |------------||------------|-------------|-------------| |------------||------------|-3----6--/5--|-------------| |------------||-1-------5--|-------------|-1-------4h5-| |-1----------||------------|-------------|-------------| H Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-3----6------------|--------------------| |-------------------|----3-----/5--3-----| |-------------------|-1------------------| | | Gtr II | H Q E +S S Q E E a Q S S E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|----1-3-4s=3--1h3p1-| |---------3b5r(3)p1-|--------------------| |-------------------|-3------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |----3---/5-----3---|----3-----/5--3------| |-1-----------------|-1-------------------| | | Q E E Q E E Q E E a Q S S E |-------------------|---------------------| |----1-3------------|----1-3-4s=3--1h3p1--| |---------1tr2------|---------------------| |---------------3---|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|------1------|-----------| |----3--5--3--|-1----4----|-5-----------|-1----4----| |-1-----------|-----------|---------4/--|-----------| | | Q Q Q Q W W W |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |----1--3--1--|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------| H Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-5----6------------|----3-----5--3-------| |-------------------|-1-------------------| | | H Q E +S S Q E E a Q S S S S |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|----1-3-4s3--1h3p1h3-| |---------3b5r(3)p1-|---------------------| |-------------------|-3-------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |----3---5-----3---|----3-----5----3-----| |-1----------------|-1-------------------| | | Q E E S S E E E Q E E a Q a E E |------------------|---------------------| |----1-3-----------|----1-3-4s3--1h3-----| |--------1h2p1-----|---------------------| |--------------3---|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| Q Q H Q Q H H. Q a Q Q H |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-5---------5--|-5s3-------------| |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |-1--------------|-1---------------|--------------|-----------------| | | |3| | Q E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E +H |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----1-3---------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| |--------1h2-----|-------1tr2--3s5-|--------------|--------3-(3)----| |------------3---|----3------------|-----5--------|---5--5----------| |----------------|-----------------|--------6--7--|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------| To Coda H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------|------1--3--|---------------|-----------------| |-1----4----|-5----------|----3---5--3---|----3-----5--3---| |-----------|------------|-1-------------|-1---------------| | | W W Q E E Q E E Q E E a Q E E |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------|------------|----1-3-3--1---|----1-3----------| |-----------|------------|---------------|--------1h2------| |-----------|------------|---------------|-------------3---| |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------|------------|---------------|-----------------| Piano & Harmonica Solo Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||o--------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------| |----3-----5--3-----|----3---5----3---|----3-----5--3-----||o-1--1--1--4---| |-1-----------------|-1---------------|-1-----------------||---------------| | | Q E E a Q Q Q E E S E. E E Q E E a Q S S E W |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------| |----1-3-4s3--1tr3--|----1-3----------|----1-3-4s3--1h3p1-||o--------------| |-------------------|--------1h2------|-------------------||---------------| |-------------------|-------------3---|-------------------||---------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||o--------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------| q q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q Q Q Q |---------------||-||--------------------|------------------||---------------|| |--------------o||-||o-------------------|-----------------o||---------------|| |---------------||-||--------------------|------------------||---------------|| |---------------||-||--------------------|------------------||---------------|| |-5--5--6--8\--o||-||o----3-----5--3-----|----3---5----3---o||----3--5--3----|| |---------------||-||--1-----------------|-1----------------||-1-------------|| | | W Q E E a Q Q Q E E S E. E E 3x W |---------------||-||--------------------|------------------||---------------|| |--------------o||-||o----1-3-4s3--1tr3--|----1-3----------o||---------------|| |---------------||-||--------------------|--------1h2-------||---------------|| |---------------||-||--------------------|-------------3----||---------------|| |--------------o||-||o-------------------|-----------------o||---------------|| |---------------||-||--------------------|------------------||---------------|| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|--------------o||-||o-------------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|| ||o-1--1--1--4--|-5--5--7--8\--o||-||o----3-----5--3-----|----3---5----3----o|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--1-----------------|-1-----------------|| | | W W Q E E a Q Q Q E E S E. E E ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|| ||o-------------|--------------o||-||o----1-3-4s3--1tr3--|----1-3-----------o|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|--------1h2--------|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------3-----|| ||o-------------|--------------o||-||o-------------------|------------------o|| ||--------------|---------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|| |-3-| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q |-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|-------1h2p1----| |-5--5--------|-8\--5--8-----|-------------|-------------3--| |-------6--7--|-----------0--|-1--1--4--4--|-5--5-----------| |-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------| D.S. al Coda Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |----3-----5--3-----|----3---5----3---|----3--5------|| |-1-----------------|-1---------------|-1--------1/--|| | | Gtr II | Q E E a Q Q Q E E S E. E E W |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |----1-3-4s3--1tr3--|----1-3----------|--------------|| |-------------------|--------1h2------|--------------|| |-------------------|-------------3---|--------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|--------------|| & Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||--------------------|------------------|| ||o-------------------|-----------------o|| ||--------------------|------------------|| ||--------------------|------------------|| ||o----3-----5--3-----|----3---5----3---o|| ||--1-----------------|-1----------------|| | | Q E E a Q Q Q E E S E. E E ||--------------------|------------------|| ||o----1-3-4s3--1tr3--|----1-3----------o|| ||--------------------|--------1h2-------|| ||--------------------|-------------3----|| ||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