FUNKYTOWN
As recorded by Lipps Inc.
(From the 1980 Album MOUTH TO MOUTH)
Words and Music by Steven Greenberg
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Synthesizer'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Violin'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Tenor Sax'
Intro & Interlude
Q=128
$
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Synthesizer arr. for Gtr.)
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|----------|----------|-----------------------|----13-12---------|
|----------|----------|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13------|
|----------|----------|---------------12---12-|------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------------|------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W
|-----------------------|----13-12---------||----------|------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13------||----------|------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------||----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------||----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------||----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------||----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W
|-----------------------|----13-12---------|----------|------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13------|----------|------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W
|-----------------------|----13-12---------|----------|------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13------|----------|------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|------------------|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H W W
|-----------------|---8-7--------|----------|------|
|-8-8-6-8---------|-8-----8------|----------|------|
|-----------7---7-|--------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----13-12------------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13---------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------12-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----13-12------------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13---------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------12-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----13-12------------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13---------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------12-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------|----13-12---------|
|-13-13-11-13-----------|-13-------13------|
|---------------12---12-|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
To Coda
Wx5 W
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
Chorus
Cm7
Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8------------|
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--|
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8------------||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Interlude
Cm7
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8---------------|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Violin arr. for Gtr.)
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------11---|
|-----------11----11----|--------11-13-11------|
|--------12----12----12-|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8----------------|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------11----11----|--------11-13-13-------|
|--------12----12----12-|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------13----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8---------------|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------11---|
|-----------11----11----|--------11-13-11------|
|--------12----12----12-|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8----------------|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--|
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------11----11----|--------11-13-13-------|
|--------12----12----12-|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------13----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
F
S S S S S S S S Q Q
||----------------------------------|
||o-10-10---10---10---10-10\--------|
||--10-10---10---10---10-10\--------|
||--10-10---10---10---10-10\--------|
||o--8--8----8----8----8--8\--------|
||----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV (Sax arr. for Gtr.)
| H Q E E
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------15-13-|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
W S S S S S S S S Q Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-10-10---10---10---10-10\---------|
|---------------------------------|-10-10---10---10---10-10\---------|
|---------------------------------|-10-10---10---10---10-10\---------|
|---------------------------------|--8--8----8----8----8--8\---------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E S S S S +E E H Q E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------15h16p15-13-(13)-15-|----------------------------------|
|-15-13-15-13---------------------|---------------------------15-13--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
W
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
|
| E +E E e E. S +Q
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|-12b13r(12)---------------------||
|------------15-13-13--15-(15)---||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
Chorus
2.
Cm7
W E. S E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||---8--8-8-----------|
|-------------------------------||---8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------------||---8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|
| E +E E e E. S +Q +H H
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-12b13r(12)--------------------||--------------------|
|------------15-13-13--15-(15)--||-(15)---------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8------------|
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--|
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8------------||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
&
Cm7
Gtr II
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|
||--8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
||--8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------o||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
Interlude
Cm7
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8---------------|
||--8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
||--8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x-|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
||------------------------|-----------------11---|
||o-----------11----11----|--------11-13-11------|
||---------12----12----12-|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-8--8-8----------------|-8--8-8---------------o||
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--||
|-8--8-8-----x--x--x--x-|-8--8-8-----x--x--x-x--||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------11----11----|--------11-13-13------o||
|--------12----12----12-|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------13----||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
Outro
Cm7
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------|
||--8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
||--8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|-8--8-8-----------|-8--8-8-----------o||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x-|-8--8-8---x-x-x-x--||
|------------------|------------------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
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
