I tried to publish this before I had an account, but apparently it didn't come through,
I'll do it again. The extra time allowed me to improve the tab though, so it wasn't all
The song is in sftandard tuning. Hope the tab helps.
Tab legend:
h: Hammer on
p: Pull off
b: bend
r: release bend
gb: ghost bend
/: slide up
\: Slide down
x: muted string
Intro:
e |----------------------------------------------|
B |------8---------------------------------------|
G |--7b9-----9r7-5--9-x-8-x-7-x-5--7p5p0---------|
D |-------------------------------------7p5p0----|
A |----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
Riff 1:
e |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-5h6-xx-xx-7--5h6-xx-xx--7---7-xx--7--5h6-xx-----|
D |-5---xx-xx-7--5---xx-xx--7h9-7-xx--7--5---xx-----|
A |----------------------------------------------0--|
E |-------------------------------------------------| (4x)
Riff 2a:
e |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |--7-5------------xx--7---xx--7-5-------------xx--|
A |------7-5-3------xx--7---xx------7-5-3-------xx--|
E |------------3-5--xx--5---xx------------3-5---xx--| (2x)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james_gang/funk_49_tab_ver_5.html ]
Riff 2b:
e |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |--9-7------------xx--9---xx--9-7-------------xx--|
A |------9-7-5------xx--9---xx------9-7-5-------xx--|
E |------------5-7--xx--7---xx------------5-7---xx--|
e |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------8-----|
G |-------------------------------------------7-----|
D |--9-7------------xx--9---xx--9-7-----------6-----|
A |------9-7-5------xx--9---xx------9-7-5-----7-----|
E |------------5-7--xx--7---xx------------5-7-------|
Repeat riff 1 4 times.
Repeat riff the riff 2 sequence (riff 2a twice and riff 2b once).
Part without guitar.
Bridge/solo:
e |-----x-x--8-----------10b11-8---------------------------------------|
B |-----x-x---7---7---------------10-8---------------------------------|
G |-----x-x----5---5-------------------7-5---------xx-x-x-x-x-7-5h6-xx-|
D |-----x-x-----0---6-----------------------7--5/7-xx-x-x-x-x-7-5---xx-|
A |------------------0-------------------0--0--0-----------------------|
E |--5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-7-xx-7-5h6-xx-----5h6-x-x-x-x-7-5h6-xx-7--xx-7--xx-5h6--xx------|
D |-7-xx-7-5---xx-----5---x-x-x-x-7-5---xx-7--xx-7--xx-5--------0---|
A |---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat riff 1 twice.
Repeat riff 2 sequence.
Play riff 1 with slight variations until the end.
Hope the tab was helpful! Enjoy the song. :)
