Tune the guitar to a dropped D (lower the low E to a low D)
Most of the song is played on the D chord -
---------|--2--2--
---------|--3--3--
---------|--2--2-- ETC...
---------|--0--0--
---------|--0--0--
5--3^--0-|--0--0--
If you play often with Dropped D, you know how to play the funky
notes after they sing the chorus. Here are some ways to play them -
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--2--..-----0-----0--|--2--..------------------------2--
--3--..-----3-----3--|--3--..------------------------3--
--2--..-----0-----0--|--2--..------------------------2--
--0--..-----0-----0--|--0--..------------------------0--
--0--..--3-----2-----|--0--..------------------------0--
--0--..--------------|--0--..--5--3--3--3--5--3^--0--0--
The D chord with the ".."'s after it means to strum that chord as you want.
This isn't a note-for-note transcription, its just to give you some ideas.
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Here is the rest of the song- (chords are tabbed at the end)
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D A
I was just a skinny lad...(etc) But I knew life before I left my luxury...
D G D
Left alone with big fat fatty, she was such a naughty nanny, you big woman,
A D
You made a fat boy out of me...
Chorus -
D C G D C A
Oh, won't you take me home tonite, Oh, Down beside your red fire light,
D G
Oh, you gonna give it all you got,
D A D
fat bottomed girls you make the rocket world round...
Here are the chords -
D
|
EADBGE
D 000232
C x32010
G x20033
A X02220