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Funk

James Gang
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From: richardm@green.cse.ogi.edu (Richard Marshall)

Funk #49

by James Gang

Intro:

e ---------5----------X---X---X----------------------------------|
b ---6^(8)--(8)^6--5---8---7---5---------------------------------|
g -------------------------------7--7-P-5-P-0--------------------|
d --------------------------------------------5------------------|
a ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
e ---------------------------------------------------------------|
b -5--------7--5------7-H-8--7-------7--5------------------------|
g -5-H-6----7--5-H-6--7------7-------7--5-H-6--------------------|
d -5--------7--5------7------7-------7--5------------------------|
a ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|

Main riff: (Play a bunch of times)

e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b -5-----X-X-X-X--7--5-----X-X-X-X--7-H-8--7---X-X-X-X--7--5-------X-X-X-X-X-|
g -5-H-6-X-X-X-X--7--5-H-6-X-X-X-X--7------7---X-X-X-X--7--5-H-6---X-X-X-X-X-|
d -5-----X-X-X-X--7--5-----X-X-X-X--7------7---X-X-X-X--7--5-------X-X-X-X-X-|
a -------X-X-X-X-----------X-X-X-X-------------X-X-X-X-------------X-X-X-X-X-|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

First break:

e ----------------------X--X---5------------------------X--X--X--X--X-|
b ----------------------X--X---5------------------------X--X--X--X--X-|
g ----------------------X--X---6------------------------X--X--X--X--X-| Play
d -7--5-----------------X--X---7---7--5-----------------X--X--X--X--X-| twice
a -------7--5-----------X--X---7---------7--5-----------X--X--X--X--X-|
E -------------8--3--5--X--X---5---------------8--3--5--X--X--X--X--X-|
e ----------------------X--X---7------------------------X--X--X--X--X-|
b ----------------------X--X---7------------------------X--X--X--X--X-|
g ----------------------X--X---8------------------------X--X--X--X--X-|
d -9--7-----------------X--X---9---9--7-----------------X--X--X--X--X-|
a -------9--7-----------X--X---9---------9--7-----------X--X--X--X--X-|
E -------------10-5--7--X--X---7---------------10-5--7--X--X--X--X--X-|
e ----------------------X--X---7--------------------------------|
b ----------------------X--X---7-------------------------7------| Back to
g ----------------------X--X---8-------------------------7------| Main riff
d -9--7-----------------X--X---9---9--7------------------7------|
a -------9--7-----------X--X---9---------9--7-------------------|
E -------------10-5--7--X--X---7---------------10-5--7----------|

H = hammer on

P = Pull off

X = Muted string

There is another break in the recording (where Joe gets REALLY funky) and

I dont't have the words handy but this should be enough to get most people

started.

Have fun

richardm

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