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Rubberband Man by Spinners
Rubberband Man
F
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Hand me down my hat
Hurry now and don't be late
'Cause we ain't got time to chat
You and me we're goin' out
To catch the latest sound
Guaranteed to blow your mind
So high you won't come down
(chorus)
C# G#
Hey ya'll prepare yourself for
Eb G#
the rubberband man
C# G#
You've never heard a sound
Eb G#
like the rubberband man
C# G#
You're bound to lose control
Eb F/C
when the rubberband starts to jam
And just hold out the F on the verses and stuff.
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version 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Thom Bell - Clavinet'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'MFSB Horns'
Intro
Q=182
N.C.
4/4
Gtr II (Clavinet arr. for Gtr.)
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--1--------1---------1---------1----------|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|
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| Gtr III (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W +H. E E
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------------------|-(8)----------------------------8-----7----|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|
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| +W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(7)---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|
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| +H. E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(7)----------------------------7-----5----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|
|
| +W +W
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-(5)---------------------------------------|-(5)---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
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| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--1---------1---------1---------1----------|
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| +W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(5)---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S +S S E S S S S
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--1--------1---------1---------1----------|
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| W
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
E E Q H H Q E E H Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------|----------3--3-|----------3--3-|-----------3-----|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----3--5---------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| E E Q H H Q E E H Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------3-----|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----3--5---------|
|-1-----------|----------1--1-|----------1--1-|-----------------|
|
| E E Q H H Q E E H Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|---------10-10-|----------10-----|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|---------10-10-|---10-12---------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
Q Q Q E E H E E E E +W
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|--3---3---3---3--3-|--------1-2-3-||--(3)----|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|
| Q Q Q E E W W
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|--1---1---1---1--1-|--------------||---------|
|
| Q Q Q E E W W
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|-10--10--10--10-10-|--------------||---------|
|-10--10--10--10-10-|--------------||---------|
|-------------------|--------------||o--------|
|-------------------|--------------||---------|
+W +W H E E E E
|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|--------1-2-3-|
|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|
+W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
E Q E Q E E +W +W
|---------------|------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|--------|
|---5--5-3--3-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|---------------|------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|--------|
+W H E E E E +W
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|--------------|--------|
|-(3)--------|--------1-2-3-|-(3)----|
|------------|--------------|--------|
|------------|--------------|--------|
Ab
+W +W H H
|------------|------------|------4----||
|------------|------------|------4----||
|------------|------------|------5----||
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-----------||
|------------|------------|-----------||
|------------|------------|-----------||
Chorus
Db Ab Eb Cm
W W W +H H
|-4--------|-4--------|-3--------|-(3)----3----|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4--------|-(4)----4----|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----5----|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
Db Ab Eb Cm
W W W H H
|-4--------|-4--------|-3--------|-3----3----|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4--------|-4----4----|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3--------|-3----5----|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
Db Ab Eb
W W W
|-4--------|-4--------|-3----|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4----|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
EbF N.C.
E E E E +Q E E E E Q H +H Q E E
|-3-5---5-(5)------|-------------|-------------------|
|-4-6---6-(6)------|-------------|-------------------|
|-3-5---5-(5)------|-------------|-------------------|
|--------------1-1-|-1-3-3--3----|-(3)-----------1-1-|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr III
| W W Q E E +H
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-11-----9-(9)------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
E E Q H +H Q E E E E Q H +H Q E E
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|--1--3-3--3------|-(3)----------1-1-|-1-3-3--3----|-(3)-----------1-1-|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|
| +H Q E E +Q H. W Q E E +H
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-(9)-----------9-|-(9)--------------|-------------|-11-----9-(9)------|
|-----------------|------10----------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
E E Q H +H E E E E E E Q H +H. Q
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|--1--3-3--3------|-(3)---------1-2-3--||--1--3-3--3------|-(3)------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|
| +H Q E E +Q H. H Q E E +Q H.
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|-(9)-----------9-|-(9)---------------o||-(9)-----------9-|-(9)------------||
|-----------------|------10------------||-----------------|------10--------||
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------||
Interlude
$
Eb5 F5
E E Q H H Q E E W W
||--------------|---------------|----------|------|
||o-------------|---------------|----------|------|
||--3-----------|----------5--5-|----------|------|
||--1-----------|----------3--3-|----------|------|
||o-------------|---------------|----------|------|
||--------------|---------------|----------|------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E Q H H Q E E W W
||--------------|---------------|----------|------|
||o-------------|---------------|----------|------|
||--8-----------|---------10-10-|----------|------|
||--8-----------|---------10-10-|----------|------|
||o-------------|---------------|----------|------|
||--------------|---------------|----------|------|
Eb5 F5
E E Q H H Q E E W W
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-3-----------|----------5--5-|----------|------|
|-1-----------|----------3--3-|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|
| E E Q H H Q E E W W
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|----------|------|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
|-------------|---------------|----------|------|
Eb5 F5
E E Q H H Q E E H Q E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-----------|----------5--5-|----------5--5-|
|-1-----------|----------3--3-|----------3--3-|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| E E Q H H Q E E H Q E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|---------10-10-|
|-8-----------|---------10-10-|---------10-10-|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
To Coda
N.C. F5 N.C.
E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|-----------------|--5---5---5---5--5-|------||
|-----------3-----|--3---3---3---3--3-|------||
|----3--5---------|-------------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|
| E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|----------10-----|-10--10--10--10-10-|------||
|---10-12---------|-10--10--10--10-10-|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------||
Chorus
Db Ab Eb
W W W +H H
|-4--------|-4--------|-3--------|-(3)----3----|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4--------|-(4)----4----|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----5----|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
Db Ab Eb
W W W H H
|-4--------|-4--------|-3--------|-3----3----|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4--------|-4----4----|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3--------|-3----5----|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
Db Ab Eb F N.C.
W W W E E E E +Q E E
|-4--------|-4--------|-3--------||-3-5---5-(5)------|
|-6--------|-4--------|-4--------||-4-6---6-(6)------|
|-6--------|-5--------|-3--------||-3-5---5-(5)------|
|----------|----------|----------||--------------1-1-|
|----------|----------|----------||------------------|
|----------|----------|----------||------------------|
E E Q H +H Q E E E E Q H +H Q E E
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-1-3-3--3----|-(3)-------------1-1-|---1--3-3--3------|-(3)----------1-1-|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W Q E E +H +H Q E E +Q H.
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|-11-----10-(10)------|-(10)-----------9-|-(9)--------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------10----------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
1.
E E Q H +H Q E E E E Q H +H Q E E
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-1-3-3--3----|-(3)-------------1-1-|---1--3-3--3------|-(3)----------1-1--||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|
| W Q E E +H +H Q E E +Q H.
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|-11-----10-(10)------|-(10)-----------9-|-(9)--------------o||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------10-----------||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
F5 N.C.
E E Q H +H Q E E Q Q Q E E W
|-------------|----------------||--------------|------*|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|------*|
|-------------|----------------||-5--5--5--5-5-|------*|
|-1-3-3--3----|-(3)-------1-1--||-3--3--3--3-3-|------*|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|------*|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|------*|
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Hand me down my hat
Hurry now and don't be late
'Cause we ain't got time to chat
You and me we're goin' out
To catch the latest sounds
Guaranteed to blow your mind
So high you won't come down
Hey, y'all prepare yourself
For the Rubberband man
You never heard a sound
Like the rubberband man
You're bound to lose control
When the Rubberband starts to jam
Oh, Lord, this dude is outta sight
Everything he does
seems to come out right
Once I went to hear them play
At a club outside of town
I was so surprised, I was hypnotized
By the sound this cat's puttin' down
When I saw this short fat guy
Stretch a band between his toes
Hey, I laughed so hard 'cause the man got down
When he finally reached his nose
Hey, y'all prepare yourself
For the Rubberband man
You never heard a sound
Like the rubberband man
You're bound to lose control
When the Rubberband starts to jam
Got that rubberband
Up on his toes
And then he wriggled it up
All around his nose
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Guaranteed to blow your mind
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Playin' all that music, yet keepin' time
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Where in the world did he learn that, oh, Lord
(Doo doo doo doo doo)
Lord, help him get away
Hey, y'all prepare yourself
For the Rubberband man
You never heard a sound
Like the rubberband man
You're bound to lose control
When the Rubberband starts to jam
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
Rubberband man, Rubberband man
How much of this stuff do he think we can stand
So much rhythm, grace and debonair from one man, Lord
And then he had nerve to wiggle his left toe
To his knee, got the feelin' in his head, y'all
Ah, come on, baby
Hey, y'all prepare yourself
For the Rubberband man
You never heard a sound
Like the rubberband man
You're bound to lose control
When the Rubberband starts to jam
Rubberband man starts to jam
Movin' up and down across the land
Got people all in his ways
Everything about him seems out of place
Just a movin', just a movin', just a move-move-movin'
Just a Rubberband, Rubberband man
Just a movin', just a movin', just a move-move-movin'
Just a Rubberband, Rubberband man
Get down
Oh, get down lover
Uh-huh
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
Tablature Legend
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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
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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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