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Motor Booty Affair

Parliament
Bass Tab

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

Song

Parliament

"Motor Booty Affair" (1978)

Bass tab by Jay "J Thang" Julian, jjulian@excite.com

Note: 5-string bass (B-E-A-D-G)

(Intro & Refrain)

G|---------------|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|-
D|---------------|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|-
A|-----------6-7-|------6-8-|----------6-7-|------6-8-|----------6-7-|-
E|---8-8-8-8-----|----------|--8-8-8-8-----|----------|--8-8-8-8-----|-
B|---------------|-4-6------|--------------|-4-6------|--------------|-

(Verse - Repeat)

G|----------|---------------|----------|----------||--------------------
D|----------|---------------|----------|----------||*-----6---------6---
A|------6-8-|-----------6-7-|------6-8-|------6-8-||----8---8-6---8---8-
E|----------|---8-8-8-8-----|----------|----------||*-------------------
B|-4-6------|---------------|-4-6------|-4-6------||--6---------6-------
G|---|-----6/8/6--------8-8------||-
D|---|--------------------------*||-
A|-6-|---------------------------||-
E|---|---9-------9-9-11---------*||-
B|---|----------------------4-4--||-

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