[LICK] Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|---0------------|---0------------|0---------------| B|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------| G|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------| D|---5------------|---x--------5-7-|2---------------| A|5h7---5--------5|---5----5-7-----|0---------------| E|----------7-5h7-|5h7--5h7--------|----------------|
[Intro] [Em][Em][A][A] [Em]
[Verse 1 - SING OCTAVE DOWN - ALMOST TALK] Well, you can [Em] tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] (HARD FALSETTO)stayin' a [Em] li [D] i (head voice) [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oh, when you [Em] walk
[Verse 2] Well, now [Em] I get low and I get high And if I [D] can't get either, I [Em] really try Got the [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a [D] dancin' man, and I [Em] just can't lose
[Pre-Chorus] You know, it's [A] all right, it's okay I'll [A] live to see another day [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oooooh [Em]
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222) [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah [Em] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah [A] I'm stayin' [Em] alive
[Verse 3] Well, you [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Yeah [Em]
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, [Em] yeah [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive
[TRY PLAYING TOM FIGURE ON THE BRIDGE ON LOW BASS STRINGS SO PIEZO PICKS IT UP A BIT AND HIGH STRINGS CAN STILL RING?] [Intro - remember SHUUUU - BPM 83] e|-5-5--55---5 B|-6-6--66---6 G|-5-5-------7 D|-7-5h7-----7 A|-5-5-------5 E|------------ x4 [Fill is flat of hands and drag across soundboard from bottom to top to go down in pitch]
[Verse 1 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4] [Dm] Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly, [Dm] He got Joo Joo eyeball, he one holy roller - He got [A7 - A to A6 blues riff] hair down to his knee (Drum now B bB B bB - air drum hi hat to hold pattern) (On recording no chord) [G7] Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.
[Intro Instrumental x 4] [Verse 2 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4] [Dm] He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football [Dm] He got monkey finger, he shoot coca cola He say, [A7] "I know you, you know me." [G7] One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
[Chorus - Snare in now] [Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 4] [Verse 3] [Dm] He bag production, he got walrus gumboot [Dm] He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker He got [A7] feet down below his knee [G7] Hold you in his arms, yeah you can feel his disease
[Chorus] [Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo] [Dm7] - Riff starts 5th fret 16th notes feel - Dm Dm Dm Dm - Dm7 Dm7 Dm x) [A7] with bends Ending riff - Dm x x x - x x Dm7 Dm - twice e|-5--- B|-6-6- G|-7--7-Dm7 to Dm D|-7-- A|-5-- E|-5--
[Verse 4] [Dm] He roller coaster, he got early warning [Dm] He got muddy water, he one mojo filter He say, [A7] "One and one and one is three." [G7] Got to be good looking 'cause he so hard to see
[Chorus] [Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me [Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo out - stay on Dm?]
[End]
[Other notes] Bend up to high A for A7 bit - B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6 - B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6 G 7s9 then bend to high E before back to intro chords
