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James Brown
Bass Tab

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Song

Song: Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved )

Artist: James Brown

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

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

http://www.basstabarchive.com/

This song is pretty much the exact same riff as David

Bowie's "Fame". "Fame" was actually written and recorded

BEFORE this song, yet Brown accused Bowie of stealing

his "groove". ...so he rewrote and recorded this

version.

Intro

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

Verse

G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|*--------------------------------------------------|
A|*--------------------------------------------------|
E|---1--1-1---1--\1--1--1-1--1--1--1-1--1--1-1-------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|*--------------------------------------------------|
A|*--------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--1--1--1--1-1---------------------------------|
G|------------3--1-----------------------------------|
D|*--------------------------------------------------|
A|*--1--1--1--------1--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

The run they play while they're jamming:

G|--------------1-3--5--8-10-8-|-13-13----------------|
D|*---------1-3----------------|--------15-x-15-13-15-|
A|*-----1-3--------------------|----------------------|
E|--1-4------------------------|----------------------|

repeat twice

the variation of the run the second time

G|--------------1-3--5--8--|-13-13-------------------------|
D|*---------1-3------------|--------15-x-13-13-------------|
A|*-----1-3----------------|-------------------15-13p11----|
E|--1-4--------------------|----------------------------13-|

repeat twice

Another riff played during the verse

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

Run back into verse

G|---3-3--1-1-----------------------------------------|
D|*------------3-3--1-1----------------------3p1------|
A|*----------------------3-3--1-1----------------3----|
E|---------------------------------4-4--3-3--------1--|

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