James Brown - Its Too Funky In Here bass tab

Song: It's Too Funky In Here

Artist: James Brown

Album: Dead On The Heavy Funk (1975-83)

Tabbed by: Dave Miller (dave@basstabarchive.com)

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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