Song: Blame it on the boogie
Artist: The Jackson 5
Date: Feb'03
Tabbed by: Niall McCracken — [email protected]
This is an update of a tab by Dr. Willove, who seemed to have made a start but
already seemed a bit lost!! Anyway — here's the version that I've been playing
in my band "Zeus" for a few years now. The timing can be difficult so listen to
the record.
INTRO repeat x4
G—————————————————————————————————————————————
D—————————————————————————————————————————————
A————6—6———————3—3————————————————————————————
E—————————3—3———————3—3——1—1————3—4—5—6h8p6———
CHORUS "sunshine, moonlight" etc repeat x 2
G—————8—————8—————8—————7—————6—————6—————6—————8—————6—————6—————6—————7—————8——8———————————9h11p9———
D———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————9h11———————11—
A——6———————————6—————5—————4———————————4—————6—————4———————————4—————5—————6——————————————————————————
E—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
VERSE "My baby's" etc (occasionally "pop" the octaves on the d + g strings)
G————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
A————————————6————6————————————————————6————————————6—6—5—5—4—4—3—3——————————————————
E——8————8——————————————8————8————4——4———————8————8———————————————————4————4————6—————
BRIDGE "I just can't" etc (this isn't 100% accurate but its pretty close) repeat
G—————————————pp8———————————pp6————————————————————————
D———————————————————————————————————————pp6————————————
A—————s6——s6———————s4——s4——————————————————————————————
E——————————————————————————————s4——s4———————s4———s4————
(There are several versions of this song — if you have the super extended
instrumental version then repeat chorus again — then there's a little bass solo)
BASS SOLO — very staccato (clipped sounding)
G———————pp8—————————pp6——————————pp6—————————pp7—pp9—pp10—pp9—pp7—
D———————————————————————————————————————pp9———————————————————————
A———s6————————s4——————————s4——————————————————————————————————————
E————————————————————————————————————s7———————————————————————————
Thats all there is to it —
h — hammer on
p — pull off
s — slap
pp — pull off
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