Funk Is Not Dead
S= Slap
P= Pluck
ST= Strum
HM= Hand Muting. I do this by, when plucking, using the back of my right hand to mute
the
strings so
you hear the note, but only for a short while.
The drums start off the song by playing the tempo and this comes in about 5 seconds
into
it. The
tempo is 135 so just plug that into your metronome and go crazy.
Intro:
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---15/3-3-3/6-6/8-8-8--3-3-3/6-6/8-8-8--3-3-3/6-6/8-8-8------------
A|----------------6h8-8--8h6------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------6h8----------------8-8h6----------------------------------------------------
B|---6-6h8------------------------------8---3-3-3/6-6/8-8-8--3-3/6-6/8-8-8---
A|---------------------------------8------7------6-----5------5--------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---3-3-3/6-6/8-8-8—0h6---6-6---5-5---4-4----3-3---3-----------------------
S P S S P S S P S S P S S P S
Verse:
GI------------------3—3--3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/3------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3------777--555--333--111—3h1-------
DI--------------5-------------------------777--555--333--111--------3h1
AI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EI---3-X--3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P ST ST ST ST P S
GI------------------3—3--3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/3------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9-------------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-------777--555--333--111—3h1---------------
DI--------------5--------------------------777--555--333--111--------3h1---------
AI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EI---3-X--3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P ST ST ST ST P S
Chorus:
G|-------------3--1—3h1-------------------------------------3--1—3h1-------------
D|-------1h3---------------3-------1h3-----------------1h3--------------3-----------
A|-1h3------------------------1h3-----------------1h3--------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------3--1------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------
G|-3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1--------------3-1--3h1---------------------------
D|------3------3-------3------3------3-------1h3------------3-------1h3-------------
A|------------------------------------------1h3--------------------1h3-------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--1-------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----
G|------------3-1-3h1----3X-5X-6X-8X----------------
D|------1h3------------3-----------------------------------
A|-1h3------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
Verse:
GI------------------3—3--3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/3------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3------777--555--333--111—3h1-------
DI--------------5-------------------------777--555--333--111--------3h1
AI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EI---3-X--3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P ST ST ST ST P S
GI------------------3—3--3h5h3-----------------------5----7-7h5h7/9------
DI--------------5---------------------5h3-----------------------------------------
AI------------------------------------------------3-X-3----------------------------
EI---3-X--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P P P S S S S P P P P
GI---------------15--15—15h17h15--------------------17----19-19h17h19/15-
DI------------17---------------------------17h15-----------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P S S S P P P
P
GI---------------15--15—15h17h15--------------------17----19-19h17h19/21-
DI------------17---------------------------17h15-----------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P S S S P P P
P
GI------------------3--3—3h5h3-------777--555--333--111—3h1---------------
DI--------------5--------------------------777--555--333--111--------3h1---------
AI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EI---3-X--3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P ST ST ST ST P S
Chorus:
G|-------------3--1—3h1-------------------------------------3--1—3h1-------------
D|-------1h3---------------3-------1h3-----------------1h3--------------3-----------
A|-1h3------------------------1h3-----------------1h3--------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------3--1------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------
G|-3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1--------------3-1--3h1---------------------------
D|------3------3-------3------3------3-------1h3------------3-------1h3-------------
A|------------------------------------------1h3--------------------1h3-------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--1-------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----
G|------------3-1-3h1----3X-5X-6X-8X----------------
D|------1h3------------3-----------------------------------
A|-1h3------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
The bridge is very interesting because it starts up pretty slow but as the lyrics
unravel,
I start to get
Faster and by the time the lyrics are done for the bridge, which is about 45 seconds
in,
the bass
increases at a fast rate and basically I play it as fast as I possibly can but then,
after
about maybe a
Minute, the lyrics begin again, the bass riff slowly winds down along with the drums.
Bridge:
| G | 3 3h5 3 5 5h7 5 |
| D | 5h3 5 5 7h5 7 7 |
A|----------------------------------------------------------------- Repeat this about
E|--3--------------------------5---------------------------------- five to seven times
B|----------------------------------------------------------------- then do this:
S P P P HM S P P P HM
| G | 3 3h5 3 5 5h7 5 This is done until |
| D | 5h3 5 5 7h5 7 7 the lyrics stop |
A|------------------------------------------------------------------ and at the point
E|--3X3X3------------------------5X5X5----------------------- you do this, getting
B|------------------------------------------------------------------ faster as you go:
S S S P P P HM S S S P P P HM
G|----------------3-3h5-3-------------------5-5h7-5----- Do this for about a
D|-----------5h3-----------5-----------7h5------------7--- minute and then,
A|------------------------------------------------------------- for the final part
E|--3X3X3---------------------5X5X5--------------------- of the bridge, you
B|-------------------------------------------------------------- just do this:
S S S P P P PP S S S P P P P P
G|--------------3-4X5---------------5-6X7----- Do this until you come to a
D|-------5h3--3-4X5--------7h5--5-6X7---- slow stop but the song isn’t
A|------------------------------------------------- ova yet.
E|--3X3-----------------5X5--------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
S S P P P P S S P P P P
Between the bridge and the final chorus/outro, there is a slight pause for everyone
except for the
drummer, in which the drummer hits the top hat about 4 times leading into the
Chorus/outro
which is
down about 3-4 times before fading out. However, this isn’t the exact same as the
original
Chorus,
there are some changes near the end.
Chorus:
G|-------------3--1—3h1-------------------------------------3--1—3h1-------------
D|-------1h3---------------3-------1h3-----------------1h3--------------3-----------
A|-1h3------------------------1h3-----------------1h3--------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------3--1------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------
G|-3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1---3h1--------------3-1--3h1---------------------------
D|------3------3-------3------3------3-------1h3------------3-------1h3-------------
A|------------------------------------------1h3--------------------1h3-------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--1-------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----
G|------------3-1-3h1----3X-5X-6X-8X----------------
D|------1h3------------3-----------------------------------
A|-1h3------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------15-13-15h13----------------------------------------------
D|----------13h15------------------15----------13h15-----------------------
A|-13h15--------------------------------13h15-------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------15-13--------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------15----------
G|-------------------15-13-15h13-----15h13-----15h13----15h13----15h13---
D|----------13h15------------------15-----------15---------15---------15---------15
A|-13h15----------------------------------------------------------------------------------