Its Too Funky In Here

Song: It’s Too Funky In Here
Artist: James Brown
Album: Dead On The Heavy Funk (1975-83)
Tabbed by: Dave Miller (dave@basstabarchive.com)
http://www.basstabarchive.com/

This song is funk-ay!  If it doesn’t get your hips
shakin’, they must be broke!

It’s in dropped D tuning.

This bass line is actually fingered, but the synth
follows the bass giving it a slap/pop sound.  It’s
tabbed with the slap/pop notation if you’re playing
it without a synth.

Intro

G|-------------------/12-------------------------------|
D|*-------------------------12h14-12-------------------|
A|*--1-2-3---/10---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------/5-------/17--|


Verse

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|*---------------------------------------------|
A|*------------3--5-5-5-3h5--------------3------|
D|---0--3-5-x-------------------0--3-5-x---x-3--|
     s	s s s  p  p p p p       s  s s s p s s
		

Bridge

Part A

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|*---------------------------------------15-16-17--|
A|*-------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-3-5-3-5-x-5-3-4-5----5-5-3-5-3-5------------|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|*-----------------------------------------------|
A|*-----------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-3-5-3-5-x-5-3-4-5----5-5-3-5-3-5--9-10-12-|


Part B

G|--/12-12----/12------------------------------|
D|*------------------12h14-12------------------|
A|*--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------/5----7-8-9--|


Break Down

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|*-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|*-------------------x-3-5-5-5-3-h-5---------x-3-5-5-5-3h5---------|
D|------------------------------------0---------------------0-----3-|
						leads back into verse