James Brown – Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Guitar Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As recorded by James Brown
(From the 1972 Album SOUL CLASSICS)
Words and Music by Charles Bobbit
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Nolen - Electric Guitar'
[Intro]
Q=106
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
PM--------------------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e|----------||--------------------------------| B|----------||o---------------------------x-x-| G|----------||----------------------------x-x-| D|----------||--------------------------------| A|----------||o-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-------| E|----------||--------------------------------|
PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e|------------------------------------|| B|-----------------------------------o|| G|------------------------------------|| D|---------------------------3--------|| A|-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-----5-----o|| E|------------------------------------||
[1st Verse]
N.C.
PM--------------------| PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 11x
e||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------x-x-|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------x-x-|----------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|---------------------------3------||
A||o-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-------|-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-----5---o||
E||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
e|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------x-x---||
G|---------------------------x-x---||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5---------||
E|---------------------------------||
[Bridge]
G9
Q S S S S S S S S E E
e||--/10-----------------------10---|
B||o-/10--10-10-10-10---10---0-10---|
G||--/10--10-10-10-10---10-----10---|
D||---/9----------------------------|
A||o--------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S E Q Q S S S S S S E Q
e|-10-----------------------|-10-------------------------|
B|-10--10-10---10---10------|-10--10-10-10-10---10---10--|
G|-10--10-10---10---10------|-10--10-10-10-10---10---10--|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|
F#9 G9
S S S S S S E S S S S E E Q S S S S +S E S Q
e|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10---10---10---10-10---9s|=10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10--|
G|-10-10-10-10---10---10---10-10---9s|=10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10--|
D|---------------------------------8s|==9-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
S S S S +S E. S S S S +S S E
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-x-|
G|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-x-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
F#9
E Q. S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S E E
e|---10----------------------|--------------------------9/--||
B|-x-10----10-10-10-10---x-x-|-10---10---10---10---0-10-9/-o||
G|-x-10----10-10-10-10---x-x-|-10---10---10---10-----10-9/--||
D|---------------------------|--------------------------8/--||
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------o||
E|---------------------------|------------------------------||[2nd Verse]
N.C.
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E e|-||---------------------------------| B|-||o---------------------------x-x--| G|-||----------------------------x-x--| D|-||---------------------------------| A|-||o-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5--------| E|-||---------------------------------|
PM--------------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 8x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
e|----------------------------------||-------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------o||---------------------------x-x-||
G|----------------------------------||---------------------------x-x-||
D|---------------------------3------||-------------------------------||
A|-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-----5---o||-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-------||
E|----------------------------------||-------------------------------||
[Bridge]
G9
Q S S S S S S S S E E
e|-/10-----------------------10---|
B|-/10--10-10-10-10---10---0-10---|
G|-/10--10-10-10-10---10-----10---|
D|--/9----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S E Q Q S S S S S S E Q
e|-10-----------------------|-10--------------------------|
B|-10--10-10---10---10------|-10--10-10-10-10---10---10---|
G|-10--10-10---10---10------|-10--10-10-10-10---10---10---|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#9 G9
S S S S S S E S S S S E E Q S S S S +S E S Q
e|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10---10---10---10-10---9s|=10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10--|
G|-10-10-10-10---10---10---10-10---9s|=10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10--|
D|---------------------------------8s|==9-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
S S S S +S E. S S S S +S S E
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-x-|
G|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-(10)-10-x-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
F#9
E Q. S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S E E
e|---10----------------------|--------------------------9s|
B|-x-10----10-10-10-10---x-x-|-10---10---10---10---0-10-9s|
G|-x-10----10-10-10-10---x-x-|-10---10---10---10-----10-9s|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------8s|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G9
Q S S S S S S S S E E
e|-10-----------------------10----|
B|-10--10-10-10-10---10---0-10----|
G|-10--10-10-10-10---10-----10----|
D|--9-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|[Outro]
N.C.
PM--------------------|
Q S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
e|-10-----------------------||-------------------------------|
B|-10--10-10---10---10------||---------------------------x-x-|
G|-10--10-10---10---10------||---------------------------x-x-|
D|--------------------------||-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------||-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-------|
E|--------------------------||-------------------------------|PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e|---------------------------------*| B|---------------------------------*| G|---------------------------------*| D|---------------------------3-----*| A|-3-3-3---3-3-x-3---5---5-----5---*| E|---------------------------------*|
[Lyrics]
Baby give it up or turn it a loose
Uh ha baby gives it up or turn it a loose
Starting over again
Baby, give it up or turn it a loose
Oh ha baby, give it up or turn it loose
Oooooh all right
Baby, give it up, oh turn it a loose oh
Oh o o all night long, uh
All right, hey, hey, hey, hey
All night long, isn't no use oh o
Oh oo baby give it up ha
Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey
All night long, isn't no use oh o
Oh oo baby give it up ha
Lord have mercy, hey, hey, hey, hey
Uh ha oh oh e wow
Baby need you so
Uh turn it a loose
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, hold you tight
Because I need you so
With all my might
I've got to squeeze you
Hold you tight because I love you so
Oh oh oh baby oh
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| s - legato slide
| x - mute
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| PM - palm muting
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