Zombie tab by Kuti Fela
Guitar tabs
ZOMBIE
As recorded by Fela Kuti
From the album "Zombie"
Transcribed by Greg McCain
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
All you need is two bars and you have one of the most intricate grooves
ever written. The syncopation and harmonic structure show Fela Kuti's
genius is in a class of its own.
I've included the note durations which I believe are all acurate,
though it looks much better in standard music notation. Below are two
measures
for each different part: 2 rhythm guitars, bass, and a guitar playing the
melody. The melody is taken from what Fela plays solo at the beginning
of the song. The full horn arrangement is slightly different.
Gm Gm6
x x 5 3 3 3 x x 5 3 5 3
Gm Gm6 Gm Gm6 GmGm6
Gtr I (chords)
s s s S Q s s s s S s s S s s s S Q s s s s S s s S
||--3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3---|-3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3----||
||o-3-3-5---5-------3-3-3-5---3-5---|-3-3-5---5-------3-3-3-5---3-5---o||
||--3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3---|-3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3----||
||--5-5-5---5-------5-5-5-5---5-5---|-5-5-5---5-------5-5-5-5---5-5----||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II (syncopation)
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------3-3-3--------------------||
||--3-3-5-------5---3---3-5---3-5---|-3-3-5-----------3---3-5---3-5----||
||o---------5-5---------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Bass
| e e e S S e S Q S Q Q e S Q S
||----------3-----3-------3---------|-----------------------3----------||
||o-5---5-----------5---------------|---------3-------5---------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Melody
| S S E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------3-3-|-1-3-1---1---1--------------------||
||o-------------------------3-----|-------3-------3---1-------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------3-----3-3--||
||--5-5---------------------------|---------------------------5------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - 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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Zombie tab