Artist: James Brown
Album: Dead On The Heavy Funk (1975-83)
Tabbed by: Dave Miller ([email protected])
http://www.basstabarchive.com/
This song is funk-ay! If it doesn’t get your hips
shakin’, they must be broke!
It’s in dropped D tuning.
This bass line is actually fingered, but the synth
follows the bass giving it a slap/pop sound. It’s
tabbed with the slap/pop notation if you’re playing
it without a synth.
Intro
G|——————-/12——————————-|
D|*————————-12h14-12——————-|
A|*–1-2-3—/10—————————————|
D|————————————–/5——-/17–|
Verse
G|———————————————-|
D|*———————————————|
A|*————3–5-5-5-3h5————–3——|
D|—0–3-5-x——————-0–3-5-x—x-3–|
s s s s p p p p p s s s s p s s
Bridge
Part A
G|————————————————–|
D|*—————————————15-16-17–|
A|*————————————————-|
D|–5-5-3-5-3-5-x-5-3-4-5—-5-5-3-5-3-5————|
G|————————————————|
D|*———————————————–|
A|*———————————————–|
D|–5-5-3-5-3-5-x-5-3-4-5—-5-5-3-5-3-5–9-10-12-|
Part B
G|–/12-12—-/12——————————|
D|*——————12h14-12——————|
A|*——————————————–|
D|——————————–/5—-7-8-9–|
Break Down
G|——————————————————————|
D|*—————————————————————–|
A|*——————-x-3-5-5-5-3-h-5———x-3-5-5-5-3h5———|
D|————————————0———————0—–3-|
leads back into verse
