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Freddie’s Dead
By Curtis Mayfield
Tabbed by bassplayerarg@hotmail.com

Intro

|-----------------------4----|    |------------|
|-2-5-5-4---4----------------|    |------------|
|---------4---4-2---2-2------|    |-2-2--------|
|-----------------4----------| x3 |------------|

Verse

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|

repeat a few times (listen to the song)

Pre Chorus

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

Chorus

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|

Then

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

then play

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
And then

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

and then play

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|

repeat several times

then bass solo:

|-------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2------------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-44-22----------|
|----------------------------44-2h1---| x4
                       ************

* = play very fast

Then

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-----------2h4-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-5-5----4----|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

and then

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---| repeat several times

Verse

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|
Pre Chorus

|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|----5-4-2-4-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|------------4---|
|-4-----------------|-4--------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

Chorus

|----------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2---------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-4-2---------|
|--------------------------4-2-1---|

And then

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|-------5-4---2-----|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---2-4-----4---4-2-|
|-4-----------------|-4-----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-2h4-4-|---5-5-4---2-------|
|---2-4-5-5---------|---------4---4-----|
|-4-----------------|-4-------------4-2-|

then play

|-------------------------------------|
|-----2------2-----2------------------|
|-2-4----2-4---2-4---2-44-22----------|
|----------------------------44-2h1---|
                       ************

play several times and fade out.

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