Chic Tablature -- "Everybody Dance"

[chunk]

Hi there...just registered and desperate for the bass tabs for 'Everybody Dance' by Chic

Cheers Guys

[Ian Slemming]

Found some tab for this song?

[AlexG]

The intro goes something like this:


|----------3-5-5-5----------3-5-5-5-|----------3-5----------3-5---------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--3--3-3-----------3--3-3----------|--3--3-3---------3-3--------3-0-3-2-1-0-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|--3-3--------3-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----------1--------------|--------1-1-------1-1-1-|
|--4---------------------------------|-------------------------|

Edwards plays bars 2 and 4 a little diffrently each time, so feel free to improvise. The song is played at around 130bpm, so it'll keep your fingers busy.

Hope this helps

[Shor]

Necrobumping this...because I am a bit curious about this song.
How would you guys finger the first bar?
When I (try to) play it I tend to fret the C on the A-string with my index finger, and then for the A# on the G-string I "jump down" with my index finger and fret that.

Does anyone finger this differently?
I guess you can either bar the 3rd fret with your index finger, or fret the 3rd fret on the G string with your middle finger...but neither of those feel as natural to me.

I'm fairly novice when it comes to the bass, so I am working at this really slow now, and I just want to make sure I don't start off with a fingering that will be inefficient as speed picks up.

edit: Actually now that I played it again, I realise I am kind of using my index as a bar, but I roll my finger so top part of index is muting the A and D-string, and middle bit of index is fretting the G-string.. still open for suggestions and advise though!

[Ian Slemming]

Hi guys!
Thanx for the answers.

[21niko21]

The August 2010 issue of Bass Player has a complete transcription and analysis.

There's also a great and unique youtube cover here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnBJWwK4kks

He goes over the chucking technique and plays along to backing tracks he made himself.