Lessons - Guitar – Buddy Boldens Blues - Funky Butt (Guitar Fingerpicking Tab)
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1.0x
Chords
This is a fingerstyle version of the jazz standard 'Buddy Bolden's Blues' AKA 'Funky Butt'.
It borrows from various versions and is provided as an alternative to the more common
open-chords style of playing, and should function as a good boilerplate for the piece.
Eb
e|---------| (Opening notes played before the 1)
B|------8--|
G|----8----|
D|--8------|
A|----6----|
E|---------|Main Progression
Eb/G. F#° Bb/F Eb Eb⁷ Ab¹³ Eb° Eb Eb⁷ e|------------------------|---------------6---|------------------------------6---| B|--11---11---10---9------|--8-7/8--8-----8---|---6------7--7---8-7/8--8-----8---| G|---8----8----8---7------|--8-7/8--6-----6---|---5------5--5---8-7/8--6-----6---| D|---8----8---10---6------|--8-7/8--8---------|---4------7--7---8-7/8--8---------| A|--10---10----9---8----6-|---------6---------|----------6--6---6------6---------| E|------------------------|-------------6---0-|-4---4----------------------6---0-| Ab¹³ Cm6 Eb° Cm6 Eb C⁷ F⁷ F⁹ F⁷ Bb⁷ e|------------------------|---------------3---|------------------10-9-8-6-------6--| B|----6----------7--------|--8-7/8--5-----5---|--6---6---8---10---------------9----| G|----5----8-----5-----8--|--8-7/8--3-----3---|--8---8---8---8----------------7----| D|----4----7-----7-----7--|--8-7/8--5---------|--7---7---7---10--------------------| A|---------------6--------|--6------3---------|--8---8-------8-------------8-------| E|--4----8-------------8--|-------------3h4-0-|----------8-------10-9-8-6----------|