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