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Play That Funky Music Guitar Tablature
Play that funky music

this is the classic funk song play that funky music white boy by James
Brown.  i was listening to this song one day and felt i should learn it
since none of the tabs i saw here are correct i figured i should figure
it out.  so i did and this is what i found to be as accurate as i could
manage to get it.  it shows all the different pieces of the song so you
will have to listen to the song to put it all together.


gtr. 1    he does this riff throughout the song unless indicated otherwise
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------2--0--2-------0-2--------2--0--2-------0-2-------------------
a-----------------0h2----------------------0h2------------------------
e--0--0---------------------0--0--------------------------------------

gtr. 2
e--7---x-x-x-x-7-x-9--8-8---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7/9-9-9-8-------------------
b--7---x-x-x-x-7-x-9--8-8---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7/9-9-9-8-------------------
g--7---x-x-x-x-7-x-9--8-8---7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7/9-9-9-8-------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------

      this is the part where he's like, "and they were dancin' and 
gtr. 1   singin' and movin' to the groovin'"
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------
d--2--0--0h2----2--0--0h2----2--0--0h2----2--0--0h2-------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------

gtr. 2
e--7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7-------------------
b--7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7-------------------
g--7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7----7-7---7-7-------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------

then it's the same main riffs except everything jumps up 3 frets.
then it goes back down to normal
then it goes back up 3 frets
and at the end it goes up another 2 frets

Enjoy!
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