Parliament
Guitar & Bass Tabs
All song titles listed in alphabetical order.
Intro Guitar - left speaker |----------------10--9--7----5--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------8--7-5------------------------------------| |-------6-7-9-6-------------------------7--6--4---------------------------| |-6-7-9------------------------------------------5------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar - right speaker |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------8--7--5-------------------------------------------------| |-------4-6-7-4--------------7--6--4----4---------------------------------| |-4-5-6------------------------------7-----7--5---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------7-------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| The guitar in the right speaker comes in during the 3rd bar I think.
"Chocolate City" (1975)
Bass tab by Stephen Fogarty,
fogartys@msn.com
Note: The guitar and bass do the same thing pretty much throughout the whole verse part of the song except the guitar is an octave up.Verse
G----------------------------------------------------- D---------------------3-3------------------------5-4-3. A-3-5--5--3---3-5--5-------3-5--5--3----3-5--5-3------. E-----------------------------------------------------
Chorus
Note: put on an envelope filter and any other effects you have lying around. play these notes and slide around too.
G-------------------- D--------------12-14- A--------12-14------- E--12-15-------------
"Do That Stuff" (1976)
Guitar tab by Matt Clark,
Matt.Clark@umit.maine.edu
Main riff "Everybody had the look...." |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------2--x0------------------------2---0-----------------------------| |-----------------x4--x2--------------------------------------------------| |-0--2-3-4--------------------0--2-3-4--------------0-0-0-----------------|
"Dr. Funkenstein" (1976)
Bass tab by Stephen Fogarty,
fogartys@msn.com
This is the main riff and is repeated throughout the song. Add your own fills. G---------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------* A--0-2-0---5-5--3-3--2---3-3--0-2-0---5-3--2-3* E---------------------------------------------| Here are some variations: 1: G------------------5-------------------5-----| D--------------------------------------------* A--0-2-0---5-5--3-3--2--3-3--0-2-0---3----2-3* E--------------------------------------------| 2: G-----------------------------------------5----| D----------------------------------------------* A--0-2-0---5-5--3-3--/9-10-10\---0-2-0--3---2-3* E----------------------------------------------|
"Flash Light" (1977)
Bass tab by Matt Clark,
Matt.Clark@umit.maine.edu
Main Riff varies throughout the whole song |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--7--7--5--5--2--2--1--1--0--------------0-4-5-6-------------------------| The bass on this song was done on a keyboard instead of a real bass.
"Flash Light" (1977)
Guitar tab by David Sampson,
bad@interlog.com
Main Riff Guitar with phase effect and/or wah pedal |---9-9-x---9-----9--9---------------6-6-x---6-----6--6-----------| |---9-9-x---9-----9--9---------------7-7-x---7-----7--7-----------| |---9-9-x---9-----9--9---------------6-6-x---6-----6--6-----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| Note: This song is played on guitar by Bootsy's brother, Catfish Collins. Play with a James Brown style rhythm. This should be easy to play if you already know any early 70's James Brown songs such as "Sex Machine", etc.
"Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
(1975)
Guitar tab by Matt Clark,
Matt.Clark@umit.maine.edu
Intro |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--7--5--4--4-2---2-4-----2-4---2-2---2-4---------------------------------| |-----------------------4*------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| *try 3 if this doesn't sound right..i can't remember
"Motor Booty Affair" (1978)
Bass tab by Jay "J Thang" Julian,
jjulian@excite.com
Note: 5-string bass (B-E-A-D-G) (Intro & Refrain) G|---------------|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|- D|---------------|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|- A|-----------6-7-|------6-8-|----------6-7-|------6-8-|----------6-7-|- E|---8-8-8-8-----|----------|--8-8-8-8-----|----------|--8-8-8-8-----|- B|---------------|-4-6------|--------------|-4-6------|--------------|- (Verse - Repeat) G|----------|---------------|----------|----------||-------------------- D|----------|---------------|----------|----------||*-----6---------6--- A|------6-8-|-----------6-7-|------6-8-|------6-8-||----8---8-6---8---8- E|----------|---8-8-8-8-----|----------|----------||*------------------- B|-4-6------|---------------|-4-6------|-4-6------||--6---------6------- G|---|-----6/8/6--------8-8------||- D|---|--------------------------*||- A|-6-|---------------------------||- E|---|---9-------9-9-11---------*||- B|---|----------------------4-4--||-
"Mr. Wiggles"
(1978)
Bass tab by Jay "J Thang" Julian,
jjulian@excite.com
G-||------6-----5-4----||- Repeat ad infinitum D-||*---6---5-4-------*||- A-||*-7-------------6-*||- E-||-------------------||-
"Up For the Down Stroke"
(1974)
Guitar tab by Matt Clark,
Matt.Clark@umit.maine.edu
Intro Guitar with a little distortion |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---2h0---0-2-------2-0--2-0-------2h0---0-2--2-0-0h2---------------------| |-------2------------------------------2----------------------------------| |-0------------0-0---------------0---------------------0------------------|