James Brown – Mother Popcorn (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by James Brown
(From the 1969 Album IT'S A MOTHER)
Words and Music by James Brown & Alfred Ellis
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charles Sherrell - Bass'
Verse
Q=117
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E +E Q E E E E S S S S E E E
|----------||--------7-(7)----7-|----------------------|
|----------||o---7---------7----|----------------------|
|----------||o-5----------------|-5-----------------3--|
|----------||-------------------|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5----|
E E E E +E Q E E E S S E E S S +S S E 4x
|-------7-(7)----7-|--------------------------||
|---7---------7----|-----4-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-o||
|-5----------------|-5-5---------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
E E E E +E Q E E E E S S S S E E E Q E E +E Q E
|-------7-(7)----7-|---------------------||-------5-(5)----5-|
|---7---------7----|---------------------||o------------5----|
|-5----------------|-5-----------------2-||o-3---------------|
|------------------|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---||------------------|
1.
E E +S E S +E E +S E. Q E E +E Q E E E +S E S +E. S +S S E
|--------------------------|------5-(5)----5-|-----------------------------||
|-3-3-(3)------------------|------------5----|-3-3-(3)--------------------o||
|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-2--|-3---------------|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-1-2--o||
|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
2.
Q E E +E Q E E E +S E S +E. S +S S E E E E E +E Q E
|------5-(5)----5-|---------------------------||--------7-(7)----7-|
|------------5----|-3-3-(3)-------------------||o---7---------7----|
|-3---------------|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-2-3-||o-5----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------||-------------------|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E E +E Q E E E S S E E S S +S S E 4x
|---------------------|-------7-(7)----7-|--------------------------||
|---------------------|---7---------7----|-----4-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-o||
|-5-----------------3-|-5----------------|-5-5---------------------o||
|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---|------------------|--------------------------||
Saxophone Solo
E E E E +E Q E E E E S S S S E E E
||--------7-(7)----7-|---------------------|
||o---7---------7----|---------------------|
||o-5----------------|-5-----------------3-|
||-------------------|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---|
E E E E +E Q E E E S S E E S S +S S E 4x
|-------7-(7)----7-|--------------------------||
|---7---------7----|-----4-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-o||
|-5----------------|-5-5---------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
Verse
E E E E +E Q E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E +E Q E
||--------7-(7)----7-|---------------------|-------7-(7)----7--|
||o---7---------7----|---------------------|---7---------7-----|
||o-5----------------|-5-----------------3-|-5-----------------|
||-------------------|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---|-------------------|
E E S S E E S S +S S E 4x E E E E +E Q E E E E S S S S E E E
|--------------------------||-------7-(7)----7-|---------------------||
|-----4-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-o||---7---------7----|---------------------||
|-5-5---------------------o||-5----------------|-5-----------------2-||
|--------------------------||------------------|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---||
Bridge
Q E E +E Q E E E +S E S +E E +S E.
||-------5-(5)----5-|--------------------------|
||o------------5----|-3-3-(3)------------------|
||o-3---------------|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-2--|
||------------------|--------------------------|
1.
Q E E +E Q E E E +S E S +E. S +S S E
|------5-(5)----5-|------------------------------||
|------------5----|-3-3-(3)---------------------o||
|-3---------------|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-1-2---o||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
Outro
2.
Q E E +E Q E E E +S E S +E. S +S S E E E E E +E Q E
|------5-(5)----5-|---------------------------||--------7-(7)----7-|
|------------5----|-3-3-(3)-------------------||o---7---------7----|
|-3---------------|---------0-0-(0)-1-(1)-2-3-||o-5----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------||-------------------|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E E +E Q E E E S S E E S S +S S E 5x
|---------------------|-------7-(7)----7-|--------------------------||
|---------------------|---7---------7----|-----4-4-4-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-o||
|-5-----------------3-|-5----------------|-5-5---------------------o||
|---0-2-2-2-3-3-4-5---|------------------|--------------------------||Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths