Sly Stone — Crossword Puzzle (1975) from High On You
Tuning: eadg

Legend:
#B: bounce funky x times on the octave
{# or #—#—#(xX)}: repeat note/grouping x times

hammerhead @ 103bpm
k*** **** k*** **** kick
**** s*** **** s*** snare
h*h* h*h* h*h* h*h* hat
**** **** **** c*** clap

Notes at bottom.

intro:
g|———————————————————————————————————||————————————————————————————————————————————|
d|——{ 8—10 (x3) }————8—9—10—10—8—: x3||8—10—10—8—10——8/13—{13(x4)}—————————————————|
a|————————————————10—————————————:   ||———————————————————————————{12(x2)}—————————|
e|———————————————————————————————————||———————————————————————————————————{12(x2)}—|

g|———12——————————————————————12—|—————10———9———8———7—|
d|——————12—14————12—————————————|————————————————————|
a|————————————13———————12—10————|—0/8————7———6———5———|
e|—3————————————————10——————————|————————————————————|

verse:

A woman has a baby cute (cute)        g|——————————————————————————|——————————*8—9—10—|  #1
Illegitimate to boot (to boot)        d|——————————————————————————|———————*8—————————|
                                      a|10—8—10—8—10—10—8—9—10————|8—8—10————————————|
                                      e|——————————————————————————|——————————————————|

Who can say it isn't right (right)    g|———————————————3——*8—9—10\*———|                 #2
Love shines a different light (light) d|3—4—5——3—4—5—————————————————:| x4
As the world goes around (rrrownd)    a|—————————————————————————————:|
Everybody's getting down (Down)       e|—————————————3————————————————|

How can you wish her pain (payn)
'Cause she has a maiden name (nayame)
g|————————————————————————————————|——————————————————|                                  #3
d|—————8—10——10——*8—8—*7—7————————|—10—10—8—8—7—7————|
a|8—10—————————————————————*10—10—|——————————————8\——|
e|————————————————————————————————|————————————————6—|

So you know whyyyyyy crossword puzzle
     2B
g|————8———7——————————12—|————10—————9—————7——|                                          #4
d|————————————7—————————|————————————————————|
a|———6——5————————/10————|—0/8————/7————/5————|
e|/3————————5———————————|————————————————————|

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Ready for a party game (game)             #1
Learn how to drop a name (name)
————————————————————————————————
Who's gonna win the race (race)           #2
Why is it taking place (place)
Physically you're on the run (run)
Mentally applaud the fun (thuh phun)
———————————————————————————————
Turn around and look at you (yooo)        #3
Guess where when and who (whooahooo)
———————————————————————————————
Do you know why it's a crossword puzzle   #4

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Crossword Puzzle
#1 x2 : play around
#2 x2 : mostly same
#3 some variation
#4 can "walk" octaves down on a: 10,8,7,5
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Many ways to climb a hill (hill)           #1
You just have to know you will (you will)
—————————————————————————————————
Should you even lose a round (round)       #2
Never let it get you down (don't get down)
Tell me how you lose a fight (yeah)
When you just know you're right (uh—huh)
—————————————————————————————————
I can offer one big clue (clue)            #3
All you have to be is you (a be you)
—————————————————————————————————
Do you know why it's a crossword puzzle    #4

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A woman has a baby cute (cute)             #1
Illegitimate to boot (to boot)
—————————————————————————————————
Who can say it isn't right (ain't right)   #2
Love shines a different light (light)
As the world goes around (rrrownd)
Everybody's getting down (get down)
—————————————————————————————————
How could you wish her pain (no pain)      #3
'Cause she has a maiden name (a name)

Don't know why                             #4
The world's a crossword puzzle to me

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outro repeat #2 to fade

This is a skeleton. Play with the song, you'll get it. It moves a bit loose.
I faked some of this on #3, it gets a bit muddy...
This moves in a circle mostly, for variations use the funk luke. =P

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