Zombie tab by Kuti Fela

ZOMBIE



              As recorded by Fela Kuti

           From the album "Zombie"

             Transcribed by Greg McCain

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

---------------

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

-----------

 | - 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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