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Funky Mabel

John Lee Hooker
Bass Tab

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

Song

Funky Mabel~ John Lee Hooker

Tabbed By : intermisine

e-mail: alexatwell@squinkles.com

Tuning: standard five string

notes: if you dont have a 5 string then simply change the tuning to (low to high)

d,g,c,f, move everything up one string and down 3 frets

(ex: 5 on the b string = 2 on the d string)

Verse:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------5-7---7---------------------------------------------------------|
B|5-5--x-9-9-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5----4/5-5-5-5-5---4/5-5-5-5-5---4-----------4/5-5-5-5-5-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------3--3-4-5----------------|

Chorus continued:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|4/5-5-5-5-5---4/5-5-5-5-5-------------9\-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------|

also, theres fills in the verses through out the song, stay in e domninant and you'll be fine.

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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