James Brown – Think (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by James Brown
(From the 1960 Album THINK!)
Words and Music by Lowman Pauling
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bernard Odum - Bass'
Chorus
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q H.
|------10-(10)-10---10-|------8-(8)-8-6---|------8-(8)-8-6---|----------||
|-8---------------8----|-6--------------8-|----------------8-|----------||
|----------------------|------------------|-6----------------|-6--8-----||
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|----------||
1st - 3rd Verses
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------8-(8)-8-6-5-|------8-(8)-8-6-5-|------8-(8)-8-6-5-|------------8-6-5--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------8-(8)--------|
|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------8-(8)-8-6-5-|------------8-6-5-|------8-(8)-8-6-5-|------------8-6-5--|
|------------------|------8-(8)-------|------------------|------8-(8)--------|
|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------6---|--------------6---|--------------6---|--------------6----|
|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8--|
|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6-----------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E 3x
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|--------------6---|--------------6---|--------------6---|--------------6----o||
|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8-|------8-(8)-8---8--o||
|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6----------------|-6------------------||
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------|------------o||
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
Chorus
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q H.
||-------10-(10)-10---10-|------8-(8)-8-6---|------8-(8)-8-6---|-----------||
||o-8---------------8----|-6--------------8-|----------------8-|----------o||
||o----------------------|------------------|-6----------------|-6--8-----o||
||-----------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------||
Outro
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------10-(10)-10---10-|------8-(8)-8-6---|------8-(8)-8-6---|
|-8---------------8----|-6--------------8-|----------------8-|
|----------------------|------------------|-6----------------|
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q H. W +W
|------------|----------|--------*|
|------------|----------|--------*|
|-6--8-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|------------|----------|--------*|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