CURTIS MAYFIELD - "Freddie`s Dead" Tablature
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Freddie’s Dead
By Curtis Mayfield
Tabbed by bassplayerarg@hotmail.com
Intro
|-----------------------4----| |------------|
|-2-5-5-4---4----------------| |------------|
|---------4---4-2---2-2------| |-2-2--------|
|-----------------4----------| x3 |------------|
Verse
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
repeat a few times (listen to the song)
Pre Chorus
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
Chorus
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
Then
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
then play
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
And then
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
and then play
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
repeat several times
then bass solo:
|-------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2------------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-44-22----------|
|----------------------------44-2h1---| x4
************
* = play very fast
Then
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-----------2h4-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-5-5----4----|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
and then
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---| repeat several times
Verse
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
Pre Chorus
|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|----5-4-2-4-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|------------4---|
|-4-----------------|-4--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
Chorus
|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
And then
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|
then play
|-------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2------------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-44-22----------|
|----------------------------44-2h1---|
************
play several times and fade out.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
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