TAB by Song : 20436
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Sing A Simple Song by Sly And The Family Stone
Sing A Simple Song
Intro (can't hear it that well so it might be a little off):
e|------12h14-12-14b-14-12-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------14b-14-12-14b-14-14-14-14b-14-14-14-14b==-------|
G|--14---------------------------------------------------------------14-11-|
D|14--14-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------12/14--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------14bb-11-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|12--14---------12--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses:
e|---------------------7-7--6-7-7--6-7-7------------------------7-7--6-7-7-|
B|---------------------7-7--6-7-7--6-7-7------------------------7-7--6-7-7-|
G|---------------------7-7--6-7-7--6-7-7------------------------7-7--6-7-7-|
D|--------5------------6-6--5-6-6--5-6-6-----------5------------6-6--5-6-6-|
A|7-7-5-7---5-7-7-7----7-7--6-7-7--6-7-7---7-7-5-7---5-7-7-7----7-7--6-7-7-|
E|-----------------3-5--------------------------------------3-5------------|
e|6-7-7--12\---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|6-7-7--12\---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|6-7-7--12\---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-6-6--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat this same thing for most of the song. You can use open strings for the first riff
(before the chords)to make it a little easier, but I think it gives you more tone if
just do it this way. By the way those chords are E9 and Eb9.
Chorus:
He does the little verse riff, then goes into a short chord progression:
D9 E9 G9
After G9, he basically does a mini-solo until the next verse, but you can't really hear
over the singing and drums, so sorry but I can't tab it.
Then after a few more verses, there's a drum/horn break, and then the guitar doubles the
line for a while:
e|----5bb==----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5-8------5-8-8-5-5-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Again, a few more verses, then towards the end (beginning at about 3:10), he plays a
riff, which he repeats a few times with variations:
e|------------------7\-----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------7\-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------7\-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------6\-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-77--77--77-5-----7\-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-5--------------------------------------------------------|
The variations on this pretty much just consist of E,D,B,and A (5th and 7th fret on the
and E strings) being used in different sequences before playing the E9 chord.
Lastly, he plays a pretty basic E9 thing until the end of the song:
e|-------7\----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7\----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------7\----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------6\----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-77-77-7\----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat this as needed.
------------