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Pusherman

Curtis Mayfield
Bass Tab
4.5(28)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse

G|-----------------------||----------------------||
D|--------3--1-----------||*-----3--1-----------*||
A|--------------3--1--3--||*-----------3--1--3--*||
E|--1--1-----------------||---1------------------||

Some variations for guitar solo:

(Not exactly what's played. Jam some of your own out.)

G|--------------------------|--------------------|
D|--------3-----3-----------|-----3--------------|
A|-----------1--------0--1--|-----------1--2--3--|
E|--1--1-----------4--------|--1-----4-----------|

Chorus

3x

G|------------------|--------------|---------------||
D|*-----------8h10--|--8--6--------|--------------*||
A|*--------8--------|--------8--4--|-----------4--*||
E|---6--8-----------|--------------|--6--4--6------||
G|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-----------8h10--|--8--6--------|--------------|
A|--------8--------|--------8--4--|--------------|
E|--6--8-----------|--------------|--6--4--6--4--|

And back to the verse:

G|-----------------------||----------------------||
D|--------3--1-----------||*-----3--1-----------*||
A|--------------3--1--3--||*-----------3--1--3--*||
E|--1--1-----------------||---1------------------||

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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

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G|----------                ----------                ----t---|
D|----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6---| Tap
A|----------                ---------- Note           --------|
E|----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------|
G|----------                ----------                -----p--|
D|----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7--| Pop
A|----------                ---------- Note           --s-----|
E|----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5-----| Slap
G|----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------|
D|----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^---| Bend
A|----------                ||*----*||                --------|
E|----------                ||------||                --------|
G|----------                ----------                --------|
D|-4:------- Time           ----------                --------|
A|-4:------- Signature      ----------                --------|
E|----------                ----------                --------|

Rhythm:

w = whole note W = dotted whole

h = half note H = dotted half

q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter

e = eighth note E = dotted eighth

s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth

t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd

x = 64th note X = dotted 64th

^ = triplet

Comments

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