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Mother Popcorn by James Brown
Mother Popcorn
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Nolen - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alphonso "Country" Kellum - Electric Guitar '
Verse
Q=117
N.C. D7
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
PM----------------------------------------------------|
H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------||o-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3---5--------|
|-----------5-||------5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----------5--|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5----------||
|-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3-5-------5-3---o||
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5------------------||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
Bridge
Bb6 EbF6 Eb6
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||--3--3------8s10s8--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||o-3--3------8s10s8--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||--3--3------8s10s8--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3---5-------||o-------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----------5-||--------------------|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q Q E e E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||o-3--3--------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||--3--3--------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||--2--2----3------1--|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||o-3--3--3-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
1.
Bb6 EbF6 Eb6
+H H Q Q Q S S E +H H
|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||
|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)----------o||
|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||
|-------------|------------------|---------------||
|-------------|------------------|--------------o||
|-------------|------------------|---------------||
|
| +H H Q Q E e E E +H. Q
|-------------|------------------|---------------||
|-------------|-3--3-------------|--------------o||
|-------------|-3--3-------------|---------------||
|-(1)---------|-2--2----3------1-|-(1)-----------||
|-------------|-3--3--3----------|--------------o||
|-------------|------------------|---------------||
2.
Bb6 EbF6 Eb6
Q Q Q S S E +H Q E E
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------|
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------|
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|-------------5-|
|
| Q Q E e E E +H. Q
|------------------|---------------|
|-3--3-------------|---------------|
|-3--3-------------|---------------|
|-2--2----3------1-|-(1)-----------|
|-3--3--3----------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
Verse
D7
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3---5---------|
||------5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----------5---|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5----------||
|-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3-5-------5-3---o||
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5------------------||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
Saxophone Solo
D7
PM-----------------------
E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-5-----------3-----------|
||------5-----5-----5-----5-|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-----5-----3---5-------|-5-----------3-------------|
|-----5-----5-----------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5---|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
PM----------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------||-|
|-------------------5----------||-|
|-5-----5-----3-5-------5-3---o||-|
|-----5-----5------------------||-|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x
|------------------------------||-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||-|
|------------------------------||-|
Verse
D7
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3---5-------|
||------5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----------5-|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------5----------||
|-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3-5-------5-3---o||
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5------------------||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E 4x
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5-----------3-----------|-5-----5-----3---5--------||
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----------5--||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
1.
Bb6 EbF6 Eb6 Bb6 EbF6 Eb6
Q Q Q S S E +H H Q Q Q S S E +H H
||--3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||
||o-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)----------o||
||--3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)---------|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||
||-------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------||
||o------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------o||
||-------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------||
|
| Q Q E e E E +H H Q Q E e E E +H. Q
||-------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------||
||o-3--3-------------|-------------|-3--3-------------|--------------o||
||--3--3-------------|-------------|-3--3-------------|---------------||
||--2--2----3------1-|-(1)---------|-2--2----3------1-|-(1)-----------||
||o-3--3--3----------|-------------|-3--3--3----------|--------------o||
||-------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------||
Outro
2.
Bb6 EbF6 Eb6 D7
PM--------------------|
Q Q Q S S E +H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||--------------------------|
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||o-------------------------|
|-3--3------8s10s8-|-(8)-----------||--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------||--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------||o-5-----------3-----------|
|------------------|-------------5-||------5-----5-----5-----5-|
|
| Q Q E e E E +H. Q S S E S S E S S E S S E
|------------------|---------------||--------------------------|
|-3--3-------------|---------------||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3--3-------------|---------------||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-2--2----3------1-|-(1)-----------||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3--3--3----------|---------------||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|------------------|---------------||--------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----5-----3---5-------|-5-----------3-----------|
|-----5-----5-----------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S S S 5x
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------5-----------||
|-5-----5-----3-5-------5-3----o||
|-----5-----5-------------------||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E 5x
|-------------------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----o||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x----o||
|-------------------------------||
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Popcorn, yeah, yeah, yeah popcorn!
Some like 'em fat and some like em tall
Some like 'em short
Skinny legs and all
I like 'em tall
I like 'em proud
And when they walk
You know they draw a crowd!
See, you gotta have a mutha for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah ah come on!
A look-a-here!
There was a time when I was all alone
I had a secret thought I was gone
Somebody done me!
Said now I see
What you are doin', brother
To stay ahead of me
And when I get burndt ha! I use some salve
And when I want some lovin'
A mother she got to have
See, you got to have a mother for me
Yeah! Popcorn! oh! uh!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah! Eeee yeah!
Do the popcorn hu!
Ooooooooh!
Ooooooooh!
Popcorn! uh!
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Look-a-here! ha! good lord!
Hu! hu!
Look-a-here!
Do the popcorn and do the horse
Show everybody where you at!
You gotta be boss
The way you do your little thing
Step in a small ring
And jump back baby!
James brown gonna do his thing!
Popcorn! yeah! yeah! yeah!
Sometime sometime I'm feelin' low
Sometime I'm feelin' low
I call another brother
Talkin about Maceo!
Maceo! blow your horn!
Don't talk no trash hu!
Play me some popcorn!
Maceo! come on! uh!
Popcorn hu! ah!
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
----------------
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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