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
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