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Shout Bama Lama

The Detroit Cobras
Bass Tab

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

Song

SHOUT BAMA LAMA (Otis Redding)

Artist: Detroit Cobras

Album: Life, Love and Leaving (2002)

This is basically it. Some minor variation is added in the song. The chords are indicated above each bar.

key is Eb major.

Tabbed by Stefan Term?n 8/10/2002 (stefant@users.basstabarchive.com)

Riff A

Ab Ab Eb Eb Ab Ab Eb Bb7 Eb

G --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D --------|--------|----5-8-|----5-8-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A ----3-6-|----3-6-|6-------|6-------|----3-6-|----3-6-|6-------|6-------|
E 4-------|4-------|--------|--------|4-------|4-------|----6---|--------|

Riff B

Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab Ab

G --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
D ----5-8-|--------|----5-8-|--------|----5-8-|--------|--------|- Pause   --|
A 6-------|----3-6-|6-------|----3-6-|6-------|----3-6-|6-------|- 1? bars --|
E --------|4-------|--------|4-------|--------|4-------|--------|------------|

Riff order: A B A B A B A A

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