HERBIE HANCOCK - "Watermelon Man" Tablature
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Artist: Herbie Hancock
Title: Watermelon Man
Album: HeadHunter
Tabber: Brandon (profound_poet@yahoo.com)
This is a great song, its 6 minutes long, this'll teach you some endurance
I'm not gonna get into the theory of this song, cause it would be like a 2
megabyte text. Anywho.. here we go
ATTENTION!!!
Before you give this tab a bad rating remember, THIS IS FOR THE JAZZ FUSION VERSION!!
not the classic jazz version, if the one your listening to DOES NOT start with funky whistles
its the wrong one..
ATTENTION!!!
Intro
(first bass hit is around 0:45)
G---------12--13--14------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-0h1-----11--12--13------------------------------------
Main Riff
(starts at about 0:55, right before drums come in)
[ATTN: its sound good to add a little slap and pop to the "0h1, 3" part]
G--------------12--13--14--------------------------------
D--------3-----------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-0h1----------11--12--13--------------------------------
Pre-Chorus Type Thing
(starts at 1:44)
G------7--8-------------5--6----------------------------
D------------------------------------10-----------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-8----6--7----8-7-6----4--5----6-8---------------------
Pre-Chorus Thing Continued
(starts at 2:02)
G--3/4\3--1---------------------------------------------
D------------3--1---------------------------------------
A------------------3------------------------------------
E---------------------4---------------------------------
Chorus
(at 2:05)
[ATTN: this is just a change between Ab and F#, this may get boring, just improv if you'd like]
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E--44444----22222---------------------------------------
Bridge
(around 2:28)
G---------------------12--13--14------------------------
D--7--6--5----------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------11--12--13------------------------
Modified Main Riff
(at 2:33)
G---------12--13--14------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------- PLAY 3 TIMES
E-0h1-----11--12--13------------------------------------
Modified Main Riff part 2
(at 2:42)
G---------5-6-7-----------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-0h1--------------------------------------------------- PLAY 2 TIMES
E---------4-5-6-----------------------------------------
Modified Pre-Chorus
(starts at 2:56)
G-----7--8--9--10--------------5--6--7--8---------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-8---6--7--8--9----9--8--6----4--5--6--7----7--8-------
Modified Pre-Chorus cont'd
(starts at 3:13)
G--3/4\3--1---------------------------------------------
D------------3-PAUSE-1----------------------------------
A-----------------------3--1----------------------------
E-----------------------------4-------------------------
[Attn: im not sure what goes on during the next 10 seconds, its very hard to hear, if anyone figures it out
send me an email, id really like to be able to play that part through]
repeat riffs when necessary. good luck
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