Chords for Easy Bass Lesson | One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

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_ _ _ _ _ Gonna add one of my favorites now.
This is one nation under a groove _ _ _ _ _
Funkadelic y'all
_ key of E minor
_ _ Everything's in E minor.
That's the funk key y'all
anyway
_ It's got three parts to it.
So I'm gonna keep it straight now.
This is another one with a keyboard bass
So there's a lot of stuff going on underneath
But I'm gonna keep it as straight as I can so you can get the feel of it.
All right
So my drum machine is set at about one
24.
_ All right, so I'm just gonna play the three parts
_ Alright, and then it's up to you to put it all together
_ _ _ _ So _ _
Let me get started here
So I'm gonna start with the intro and I'm gonna go into the groove and then what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna stop for a second
_ Compose myself and then I'm gonna go into the bridge.
All right _ _
_ _ _ So I'm just gonna start with this basic little beat just keep me on tempo again, this is at 124
So the intro goes like this, huh?
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Groove
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ [A] You
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ All right, so that's the main groove and intro _ now I'm gonna show you
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[A] All right, _ like I said, I kept it kind of straight cuz I didn't want to go too crazy _
_ so
_ E minor like I said, so the intro is a to G
_ back to a and I think to e so
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] to e
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ So right there I'm doing a hammer on from D to e
_ _ opening
_ _ [A] so a GA _ _ _
_ _ [D] Hammer on D to e to e
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] You
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ You can spice it up a little bit.
Whatever you need to do, but remember my rule always keep it in the pocket
So that's the intro but that's also used _ _
In part of the chorus too.
So keep that in mind that that part you use more for more than just the intro
_ Okay, so the regular groove is e f sharp to G
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ [B] _ To beat a _ _ [A] hammer _ _ [D] on from D to e
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _
E f sharp G so
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ [B] Then I go B and I do this little lick right here which is D e _
[D] _ _ [A] D ed to a _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ It's
Up to you if you want to do that or not, okay
So hold the whole pattern for a second here so you can get it in context
[F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] Same thing
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[B] You
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] It [B] makes it up _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G] notes, but you mix it [B] up _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
[D] Okay, [A] _ _ _ [E] so _
Choose what you want to do there.
You can like I said, you can mix it up right there
You're still playing the same notes, but you're varying what you're doing.
You're mixing it up a little bit
So you're giving it a little bit different feel every time
Okay, that way you won't get bored in the audience and the band won't get bored either
So do what you want to do there keep it in the pocket though.
Okay, so that's the main groove
Okay, so I just showed you two parts
One more to go.
This is the bridge.
So this is part that goes _
[D] _ _ [C] You
_ [B] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ So _ _ [E] that does that twice that's basically just a walk down from the e so e
to [D] D to [C] C
[B] to be back [C] to C [B] back to B [F] first time F _
_ _ _ second time [E] e [D] to D
_ [C] C [B] to B
_ _ [C] _
back to B [Am] to a _ _ _
Okay.
[G] Now the keyboard is doing a couple little things
especially when it goes to the F the last note of the first turnaround and then the a
[A#m] Which is the last?
Note before it goes repeats itself or goes [E] back to the groove.
So let me show you what I'm talking about.
So
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ You
Okay, real basic stuff right there you could fill in what you want right there nobody's gonna really
Jam you up on it except a real funkadelic fan.
You'd be like, hey, man, you're _ fucking that part up, dude
You better get this part right man.
Bernie would be pissed dude alright, so
_ _ That's all it is in the song _ this song has three parts
_ There's a lot of ad-libbing and free-flowing parts, but it all follows those three basic patterns.
Okay?
Got the intro
You got the main groove and you have the bridge
Alright, so that's all it is.
Have fun with it.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs
From back in the day.
Yeah, so have a good time with it do it justice y'all