Song: Play that Funky Music
Artist: The Commodores
Tuning: Regular (E, A, D, G)
Tabbed By SquierBass
Listen to the song to get all the timing right.
Intro and Verse
G|——————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————2—0—2—————0h2——————2—0—2———————0h2————|
A|———————————0h2——————————————————0h2———————|
E|—0——————————————————0—————————————————————|
G|————|
D|————|
A|————| Play this open note when the bit before the chorus starts.
E|—0——|
No bass in bit before chorus.
Pre Chorus
G|—————————|
D|—————————|
A|—————————| straight into chorus from here
E|—0—1—2—3—|
Chorus
G|—————————————————————————————————————|
D|———3—3————3h5——————3—3—————3h5———————|
A|———————3h5——————————————3h5——————————|
E|———————————————3—————————————————3———|
G|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————8—8—————————————————————————————————2—0—2—————0h2————|
A|——————————————7——5———7——————————————————————————————0h2———————|
E|—3—5—6—————————————7———7——5——7——5——3——5——3—0——————————————————|
Go onto verse again from here.
Outro (straight out of last chorus)
G|————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————7—7————5h7——————7—7—————5h7—————————|
A|————————5h7——————————————5h7————————————|
E|—5———————————————5——————————————————————|
Keep playing this until it fades out.
Thats all of it! Repeat as necessary.
The Commodores is an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour. The Commodores have sold over 75 million records worldwide.
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