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Ladies Night

Kool & the Gang
Bass Tab
★4.7(6)

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

Intro

Q=118

4/4

Gtr I

H S E S E. S W H. a Q +H H

G|-------------------|----------|---------16s18--|-(18)---------|
D|-------------16\---|----------|----------------|--------------|
A|--------4/---------|----------|----------------|--------------|
E|-------------------|----------|----------------|--------------|

H. E E Q. E H W W H. Q

G|--------------|--------------|----------|----------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|----------|----------|---------------||
A|--------------|-11\----------|----------|----------|---------16\---||
E|-----------6/-|--------------|----------|----------|---------------||

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 4x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Chorus

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 4x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Verse 1

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 4x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Chorus

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 4x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Verse 2

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 8x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Chorus

E E E E E S S +Q e e e S S H 4x

G||---------------------|-----------------||
D||o-----2---4---6-(6)--|---------4------o||
A||o-4------------------|-4-4-7-7--------o||
E||---------------------|-----------------||

Bridge

E. S E E E Q S S E Q Q. S S S S

G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|
A||o-------------------|------7----7-5-----|
E||--5--5---3-5----5-6-|-7-------------8-7-|

E. S E E E Q S S E Q. E E E E

G|-------------------|------------------||
D|-------------------|-----------------o||
A|-------------------|--------7-7------o||
E|-5--5---3-5----5-6-|-7----------7-7---||

Outro

|-3-| |-3-|

Q Q Q Q E S S Q +E E Q S S S S Q Q Q Q E S S H E E E E 6x

G||-----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------||
D||o----------------|--------4-4--4-2-----|----------------|------4-4-----o||
A||o-2-2---2----2-3-|-4--(4)----------4-3-|-2-2---2----2-3-|-4--------4-4-o||
E||------4----------|---------------------|-----4----------|---------------||

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents

the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| +() - note tied to previous

| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

| s - legato slide

| |-3-| - triplet

| | - bar

| || - double bar

| ||o - repeat start

| o|| - repeat end

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