Song: It's Too Funky In Here
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