Tabs
DOWN TO THE NIGHTCLUB
As recorded by Tower Of Power
(From the 1972 Album BUMP CITY)
Words and Music by Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo & David Garibaldi
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Willie James Fulton - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=208
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W W +H q E MajorE E MajorE
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------8s10-|
|----------|-6--------|-(6)----x-------|
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|
E MajorE E MajorE q Q E MajorE a E MajorE +H. E MajorE E
|-10----10-------10s8-|-(8)------x-9b9.5-|
|---------------------|------------8b8.5-|
|----10----------10s8-|-(8)------x-------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E
|---6--------------|--------------9b9.5-|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-------9s8p6---6--|-6s7-6s7------------|
|-------------8----|-5s6-5s6------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +H +Q Q
|---9b9.5---6------------|-------------------||
|------------------11-11-|-(11)----(11)\-----||
|---------------10-------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
N.C. BbAb6 N.C. 
Bb6Bb6 
Ab6Ab6
Q E MajorE E H E MajorE E H Q Q E MajorE E H E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q
||-------6------|-------------|------6------|---------------|
||o------6------|---8s6-------|------6------|---8---8s6-----|
||--------------|---7s5-------|-------------|---7---7s5-----|
||--------------|---8s6-------|-------------|---8---8s6-----|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
Bb6Bb6 N.C.
3/4
H H Q E MajorE E H Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
|-----------|----6-6------|-----------------|------||
|-8---------|----5-5------|-----------------|------||
|-7---------|-------------|-5----6-(6)---7--|------||
|-8---------|-------------|-4----5-(5)---6--|------||
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|------||
Chorus
N.C. 
F9F9 
Eb9Eb9 
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
4/4
q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------x-x-x-8-|---8----x-8-x-6-|-(6)--x--x-x-x-x-|----8-8-8-8-x-x-|
|-------x-x-x-8-|---8----x-8-x-6-|-(6)--x--x-x-x-x-|----6-6-6-6-x-x-|
|-7--7--x-x-x-8-|---8----x-8-x-6-|-(6)--x--x-x-x-x-|----6-6-6-6-x-x-|
|-6--6----------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
1.
To Coda
N.C. F9F9 N.C.
q q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
|--------------|---------8-8-x--|-----------------|-------||
|--------------|---------8-8-x--|-----------------|------o||
|-7--7--7--x-7s|=8-x-x-x-8-8-x--|-5----6-(6)---7--|-------||
|-6--6--6--x-6s|=7-x-x-x--------|-4----5-(5)---6--|-------||
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|------o||
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|-------||
Bridge
2.
Eb9Eb9 D9Eb9 F9F9
W Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|----------||----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-5s6-x-x-x-6-x-8--|
|----------||----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-5s6-x-x-x-6-x-8--|
|----------||----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-5s6-x-x-x-6-x-8--|
|----------||---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E9E9 
D9D9 Eb9Eb9 D9D9 F9F9
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---7-7-7-7-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-8--|
|---7-7-7-7-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-8--|
|---7-7-7-7-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-8--|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
D9D9 Eb9Eb9
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---x-x-x-x-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-6--6--x-x-x-6--|
|---x-x-x-x-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-6--6--x-x-x-6--|
|---x-x-x-x-5----|----6--x-x-x-6-|---6-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-6--6--x-x-x-6--|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
F9F9 N.C. F5/Eb F9F9 N.C.
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|----8--8-x-x---|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|----8--8-x-x---|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|----8--8-x-x-6-|---7---8-x-x-------|----8--8-x-x-6--|
|-----------------|----7--7-x-x-5-|---6---7-x-x-13-13-|----7--7-x-x-5--|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
F5/Eb F9F9 N.C. F5/Eb F9F9 N.C.
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x---|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x----|
|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x---|-------------13-13-|----8--8-x-x----|
|---7---8-x-x-------|----8--8-x-x-6-|---7---8-x-x-------|----8--8-x-x-6--|
|---6---7-x-x-13-13-|----7--7-x-x-5-|---6---7-x-x-13-13-|----7--7-x-x-5--|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
F5/Eb N.C. N.C.
3/4
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q W W W
|-------------13--|----------|----------||------||
|-------------13--|----------|----------||------||
|---7---8-x-x-----|----------|----------||------||
|---6---7-x-x-13--|----------|----------||------||
|-----------------|----------|----------||------||
|-----------------|----------|----------||------||
Outro
N.C. 
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
4/4 3/4
q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
||----------------|----------------|-----------------|------|
||o-------------6-|-(6)----x-x-x-x-|-----------------|------|
||--7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)----x-x-x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7--|------|
||--6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)----x-x-x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6--|------|
||o---------------|----------------|-----------------|------|
||----------------|----------------|-----------------|------|
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
4/4 3/4
q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
|-------------6-|-(6)--x--6-x-x-x-|-----------------|------o||
|-7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)--x--6-x-x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7--|-------||
|-6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)--x--8-x-x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6--|-------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------o||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
4/4
q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
||----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-------------6-|-(6)------x-x-|-----------------|------------------|
||--7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)------x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7--|-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x--|
||--6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)------x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6--|-x-x-x-x-x-6-x-x--|
||o---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
||----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-------------6-|-(6)------x-x-|-----------------|---8s=9--9--9--9-x-x--o||
|-7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)------x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7--|---9s10-10-10-10-x-x---||
|-6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)------x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6--|-----------------------||
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------------o||
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
2.
Bb9Bb9 Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|----13-13----x-x-||----------------|--------------|------------------|
|----13-13----x-x-||o-------------6-|-(6)------x-x-|------------------|
|----13-13----x-x-||--7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)------x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7---|
|-----------------||--6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)------x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6---|
|-----------------||o---------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------||----------------|--------------|------------------|
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 N.C.
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------6-|-(6)------x-x-|------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-|-7--7--x-x-x-6-|-(6)------x-x-|-5----6-(6)---7---|
|-x-x-x-x-x-6-x-x-|-6--6--x-x-x-8-|-(8)------x-x-|-4----5-(5)---6---|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
1. 2.
N.C.
3/4 4/4
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W W W Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|------------------||--------|----------|----------|------------------*|
|-x-8-x-x-9-9-x-x-o||--------|----------|----------|------------------*|
|-x-6-x-x-7-7-x-x--||--------|----------|----------|-5----6-(6)---7---*|
|------------------||--------|----------|----------|-4----5-(5)---6---*|
|-----------------o||--------|----------|----------|------------------*|
|------------------||--------|----------|----------|------------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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
