• Song:

    Funkytown

  • Artist:

    Lips Inc

  • Album:

    Mouth to Mouth

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FUNKY TOWN
As recorded by Lipps, Inc.
(From the 1980 Album MOUTH TO MOUTH)


 

 

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'


 Intro
               $
  N.C.         (C)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8          Wx4             E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E H
|------------|------------||----------------------|----13-12----------||
|------------|------------||o-13-13-11-13---------|-13-------13------o||
|------------|------------||---------------12--12-|-------------------||
|------------|------------||----------------------|-------------------||
|------------|------------||o---------------------|------------------o||
|------------|------------||----------------------|-------------------||


   Verse
    (C)
    W          W           E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E H
||-----------|----------|---------------------|----13-12----------||
||o----------|----------|-13-13-11-13---------|-13-------13------o||
||-----------|----------|--------------12--12-|-------------------||
||-----------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
||o----------|----------|---------------------|------------------o||
||-----------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||


  (G)
  W          W           E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E H
|----------|----------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|---------------------|----13-12---------|
|----------|----------|-12-12-10-12---------|-12-------12------|
|----------|----------|--------------12--12-|------------------|
|----------|----------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|---------------------|------------------|


  N.C.                  (C)
  W          W           E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E Q  E  E
|----------|----------|---------------------|----13-12-------------|
|----------|----------|-13-13-11-13---------|-13-------13----------|
|----------|----------|--------------12--12-|------------------12--|
|----------|----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------|----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------|----------|---------------------|----------------------|


    (C)
     E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E Q  E  E
||----------------------|----13-12-------------||
||o-13-13-11-13---------|-13-------13---------o||
||---------------12--12-|------------------12--||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||


                                          Breakdown
                                           N.C.
   E  E  E  q   q   E    E  E  E  E H      Wx10
|---------------------|----13-12---------|---------|
|-13-13-11-13---------|-13-------13------|---------|
|--------------12--12-|------------------|---------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------|


   Chorus
    Cm7
    Gtr II
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


    Cm7
    E. S e.   S H         E. S e.    S  H
||--3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||o-4--4-4--------------|-4--4-4-----------------|
||--3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||--5--5-5--------------|-5--5-5-----------------|
||o-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   Q    E  E   E E E E   Q    E   E    E  E  q
||--------------6---6---|--------------------11--|
||o---------8-----8---8-|---------11---13-11-----|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|


                                 To Coda
  E. S e.   S H         E. S e.   S H
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|-4--4-4--------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|-5--5-5--------------|-5--5-5---------------||
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3--------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|
| Q    E  E   E E E E   Q    E  E   E E q
|-------------6---6-8-|---------6---8-8------||
|---------8-----8-----|---------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------8----||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||


 Chorus Breakdown
  F
   S  e  e  e  S  q     Q      W
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  H              E  E  E E    E E  E E  S      +S   +S  S +E  +E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------10b11==(10)r(10)-9-(9)-(9)b10-|
|--------------------8-10-8-|-10-8-10-8-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


   S  e  e  e  S  q    Q     W
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|---------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|---------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|---------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8\-------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  H              E  E E E   E E  E E E. S     +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------6---|-9s8-----------------------|
|--------------------8---8-|-----10-8-8--8b10==(8)r----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|


  F
   S  e  e  e  S  q     Q      W
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8\--------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|  H              E  E  E E    E E  E E  S      +S   +S  S +E  +E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------10b11==(10)r(10)-9-(9)-(9)b10-|
|--------------------8-10-8-|-10-8-10-8-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


   S  e  e  e  S  q    Q     W
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10\-------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8\-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  H              E  E E E   E E  E E E. S     +Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------6---|-9s8----------------------|
|--------------------8---8-|-----10-8-8--8b10==(8)----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


 Chorus Pt. 2
  Cm7
   E.  S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
|--3---3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|--4---4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|
|--3---3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|--5---5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|
|--3---3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| +W                 W                W                W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(8)r-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Cm7
  E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


    Cm7
    E. S e.   S H         E. S e.    S  H
||--3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||o-4--4-4--------------|-4--4-4-----------------|
||--3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||--5--5-5--------------|-5--5-5-----------------|
||o-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3-----------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   Q    E  E   E E E E   Q    E   E    E  E  q
||--------------6---6---|--------------------11--|
||o---------8-----8---8-|---------11---13-11-----|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------|


                            D.S. al Coda
  E. S e.   S H         E. S e.   S H
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|-4--4-4--------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|-5--5-5--------------|-5--5-5---------------||
|-3--3-3--------------|-3--3-3--------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|
| Q    E  E   E E E E   Q    E  E   E E q
|-------------6---6-8-|---------6---8-8------||
|---------8-----8-----|---------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------8----||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||


   Won't you take me DOWN
    &
    Cm7
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


   Funky Robot
    Cm7
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


  Cm7
  E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|
|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


   Take Me!
    Cm7
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


   I Wanna Go!/Outro
    Cm7
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H     3x E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||-3--3-3---------|
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||-4--4-4---------|
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||-3--3-3---------|
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||-5--5-5---------|
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||-3--3-3---------|
||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|


    Cm7
    E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H      E. S e. S H
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||o-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------|-4--4-4---------o||
||--3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3----------||
||--5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5---------|-5--5-5----------||
||o-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------|-3--3-3---------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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