James Brown – Think (Guitar 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 B E) - 'Bobby Roach - Electric Guitar' Chorus Q=160 Eb7 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H

||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|
||--6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
||--5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|

  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|
|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|
|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|

  Bb7                 Ab7                 Eb9                   Bb7
  E E e E +E  e E E   E E e E +E  e E E   E E E E +E  E Q    Q  H.
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|----------||
|---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----6-----||
|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----7-----||
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|----6-----||
|---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|----8-----||
|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|----6-----||

1st - 3rd Verses Eb7 PM------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5--|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6----|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Bb7 PM------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5--|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|

PM----------------------------------------------------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   3x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3-----------||
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-----||
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------o||
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6-----------------||

   Chorus
    Eb7
    Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------o||
||--6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6-----------||
||--5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5-----------||
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||

    Bb7                 Ab7                 Eb9                   Bb7
    E E e E +E  e E E   E E e E +E  e E E   E E E E +E  E Q    Q  H.
||----6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|-----------||
||o---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----6-----o||
||----7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----7------||
||----6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|----6------||
||o---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|----8-----o||
||--6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|----6------||

 Outro
  Bb7                 Ab7                 Eb9
  E E e E +E  e E E   E E e E +E  e E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|
|---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|
|---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|

     Bb7       Eb9
  Q  H.        W          +W
|------------|----------|--------*|
|----6-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----7-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----6-------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|----8-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----6-------|----------|--------*|

Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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