Chords for Clyde Stubblefield/ Funky Drummer
Tempo:
136.6 bpm
Chords used:
B
C
Cm
Gb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
[C]
[Cm]
That [Ab] was like a [N] So good.
You would be in the studio [B] just sitting around.
I start off something like that and the bass [N] player would join in.
Then the guitar player would come in and the horns would
We just have a groove going.
So Brown would come in and say,
Hey, let's make a song out of that.
So we already have the rhythm.
So he starts singing.
I don't care.
And then the horns come in.
We got a song.
Nobody playing it.
It wasn't a plan.
It was just a groove [G] that he started singing on.
That's mainly all his songs was a groove.
And he had about one
By the time I [Dm] joined in,
he had about three or four songs that was [N] a planned song.
But I didn't play the planned songs because I didn't want to
Jabo played them, the other drummer.
But mainly the drums I played was just a jam tune.
We would be in the studio just jamming before he got there.
[G] Then he'd come in and say,
Let's put a tune in.
Let's put [Gb] a
Oh, you're going to do the [Bbm] funky drummer.
That's the funky drummer then.
We'll [Ab] make that the funky drummer.
[N] I said,
Cool.
I had no idea.
I want to ask you.
Now, I noticed something about your drum style,
your drum playing.
There's a [Eb] distinctive shuffle that comes with the snare.
[N] Let's explain that shuffle right there.
Let me hear a little bit of it.
That's what you call
That's what they call the ghost note.
And I had no idea what the ghost note was.
But that's
See, he goes play [Gb] [C] like
That's the normal.
That's the trippy.
You go like that, Jabo.
Yeah.
[Cm]
[C]
Do it [Cm] again.
[N] Woo!
I got one other very, very, very important question.
Now, when you hit the drums,
do you hit the rim and the drum or the skin itself?
It depends on what song I'm playing.
If I'm playing
I have played in a place that's so quiet in a [F] sense.
I play with just the rim, just the tip.
I [C] never
[B] I never leave like this.
So that's
I use either one sometimes,
and [Bb] sometimes on the slow song [C] I might
[B] [Gb]
I've been to a big station and saw a big song.
[B] That's
[E] [B] the rim.
That's just the snare right there.
That's the rim and the snare.
[A] That was the thing I used to do.
[Eb]
Crazy.
I feel crazy right now.
I [B] don't know what I feel.
[N] I feel like this is what life is all about.
I'm going to sit up here with five stuff
with your entertainment guys.
Woo!
Thank you.
[C]
[Cm]
That [Ab] was like a [N] So good.
You would be in the studio [B] just sitting around.
I start off something like that and the bass [N] player would join in.
Then the guitar player would come in and the horns would
We just have a groove going.
So Brown would come in and say,
Hey, let's make a song out of that.
So we already have the rhythm.
So he starts singing.
I don't care.
And then the horns come in.
We got a song.
Nobody playing it.
It wasn't a plan.
It was just a groove [G] that he started singing on.
That's mainly all his songs was a groove.
And he had about one
By the time I [Dm] joined in,
he had about three or four songs that was [N] a planned song.
But I didn't play the planned songs because I didn't want to
Jabo played them, the other drummer.
But mainly the drums I played was just a jam tune.
We would be in the studio just jamming before he got there.
[G] Then he'd come in and say,
Let's put a tune in.
Let's put [Gb] a
Oh, you're going to do the [Bbm] funky drummer.
That's the funky drummer then.
We'll [Ab] make that the funky drummer.
[N] I said,
Cool.
I had no idea.
I want to ask you.
Now, I noticed something about your drum style,
your drum playing.
There's a [Eb] distinctive shuffle that comes with the snare.
[N] Let's explain that shuffle right there.
Let me hear a little bit of it.
That's what you call
That's what they call the ghost note.
And I had no idea what the ghost note was.
But that's
See, he goes play [Gb] [C] like
That's the normal.
That's the trippy.
You go like that, Jabo.
Yeah.
[Cm]
[C]
Do it [Cm] again.
[N] Woo!
I got one other very, very, very important question.
Now, when you hit the drums,
do you hit the rim and the drum or the skin itself?
It depends on what song I'm playing.
If I'm playing
I have played in a place that's so quiet in a [F] sense.
I play with just the rim, just the tip.
I [C] never
[B] I never leave like this.
So that's
I use either one sometimes,
and [Bb] sometimes on the slow song [C] I might
[B] [Gb]
I've been to a big station and saw a big song.
[B] That's
[E] [B] the rim.
That's just the snare right there.
That's the rim and the snare.
[A] That was the thing I used to do.
[Eb]
Crazy.
I feel crazy right now.
I [B] don't know what I feel.
[N] I feel like this is what life is all about.
I'm going to sit up here with five stuff
with your entertainment guys.
Woo!
Thank you.
Key:
B
C
Cm
Gb
Ab
B
C
Cm
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ That [Ab] was like a_ _ _ _ _ [N] So _ _ _ _ good.
_ _ You would be in the studio [B] just sitting around.
I start off something like that and the bass [N] player would join in.
Then the guitar player would come in and the horns would_
We just have a groove going. _
So Brown would come in and say,
Hey, let's make a song out of that.
So we already have the rhythm.
_ So he starts singing.
I don't care.
And then the horns come in.
We got a song.
Nobody playing it.
_ _ _ It wasn't a plan.
It was just a groove [G] that he started singing on.
That's mainly all his songs was a groove.
And he had about one_
By the time I [Dm] joined in,
he had about three or four songs that was [N] a planned song.
But I didn't play the planned songs because I didn't want to_
Jabo played them, the other drummer.
But mainly the drums I played was just a jam tune.
We would be in the studio just jamming before he got there.
[G] Then he'd come in and say,
Let's put a tune in.
Let's put [Gb] a_
Oh, you're going to do the [Bbm] funky drummer.
That's the funky drummer then.
We'll [Ab] make that the funky drummer.
[N] I said,
Cool.
I had no idea.
_ I want to ask you.
Now, I noticed something about your drum style,
your drum playing.
There's a [Eb] distinctive shuffle that comes with the snare. _
_ _ _ [N] Let's explain that shuffle right there.
Let me hear a little bit of it.
That's what you call_
That's what they call the ghost note.
And I had no idea what the ghost note was.
But that's_
See, he goes play [Gb] _ [C] like_ _
_ That's the normal.
That's the trippy.
You go like that, Jabo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Do it [Cm] again.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] Woo! _
_ _ _ _ I got one other very, very, very important question.
Now, when you hit the drums,
do you hit the rim and the drum or the skin itself?
It depends on what song I'm playing.
If I'm playing_
I have played in a place that's so _ quiet in a [F] sense.
I play with just the rim, just the tip.
I [C] never_
[B] I never leave like this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So that's_
I use either one sometimes,
and [Bb] sometimes on the slow song [C] I might_
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ I've been to a big station and saw a big song. _
_ [B] _ That's _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] the rim.
That's just the snare right there. _ _ _
That's the rim and the snare. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ That was the thing I used to do.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
Crazy.
I feel crazy right now.
I [B] don't know what I feel. _ _
_ [N] I feel like this is what life is all about.
I'm going to sit up here with five stuff
with your entertainment guys.
_ Woo!
Thank you. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ That [Ab] was like a_ _ _ _ _ [N] So _ _ _ _ good.
_ _ You would be in the studio [B] just sitting around.
I start off something like that and the bass [N] player would join in.
Then the guitar player would come in and the horns would_
We just have a groove going. _
So Brown would come in and say,
Hey, let's make a song out of that.
So we already have the rhythm.
_ So he starts singing.
I don't care.
And then the horns come in.
We got a song.
Nobody playing it.
_ _ _ It wasn't a plan.
It was just a groove [G] that he started singing on.
That's mainly all his songs was a groove.
And he had about one_
By the time I [Dm] joined in,
he had about three or four songs that was [N] a planned song.
But I didn't play the planned songs because I didn't want to_
Jabo played them, the other drummer.
But mainly the drums I played was just a jam tune.
We would be in the studio just jamming before he got there.
[G] Then he'd come in and say,
Let's put a tune in.
Let's put [Gb] a_
Oh, you're going to do the [Bbm] funky drummer.
That's the funky drummer then.
We'll [Ab] make that the funky drummer.
[N] I said,
Cool.
I had no idea.
_ I want to ask you.
Now, I noticed something about your drum style,
your drum playing.
There's a [Eb] distinctive shuffle that comes with the snare. _
_ _ _ [N] Let's explain that shuffle right there.
Let me hear a little bit of it.
That's what you call_
That's what they call the ghost note.
And I had no idea what the ghost note was.
But that's_
See, he goes play [Gb] _ [C] like_ _
_ That's the normal.
That's the trippy.
You go like that, Jabo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Do it [Cm] again.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] Woo! _
_ _ _ _ I got one other very, very, very important question.
Now, when you hit the drums,
do you hit the rim and the drum or the skin itself?
It depends on what song I'm playing.
If I'm playing_
I have played in a place that's so _ quiet in a [F] sense.
I play with just the rim, just the tip.
I [C] never_
[B] I never leave like this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So that's_
I use either one sometimes,
and [Bb] sometimes on the slow song [C] I might_
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ I've been to a big station and saw a big song. _
_ [B] _ That's _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] the rim.
That's just the snare right there. _ _ _
That's the rim and the snare. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ That was the thing I used to do.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
Crazy.
I feel crazy right now.
I [B] don't know what I feel. _ _
_ [N] I feel like this is what life is all about.
I'm going to sit up here with five stuff
with your entertainment guys.
_ Woo!
Thank you. _ _ _ _