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Overpowered By Funk

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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                               OVERPOWERED BY FUNK
                            As recorded by The Clash
                        (From the 1982 Album COMBAT ROCK)

Words and Music by Strummer/Jones
Transcribed by Wes T. ([email protected])

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Chorus/Delay (16th note regenerations)
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Distortion

 Intro
  E7
  Gtr I
|--------------------|
|-3-3--3--3--3-3-----|
|-1-1--1--1--1-1-----|
|-2-2--2--2--2-2-----|
|-2-2--2--2--2-2-----|
|--------------------|


   Verse
     E11                Bm7      E11         Abm7
||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x-5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-4--x-x-------||
||o--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x-5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x------o||
||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-4--x-x-------||
||---6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-6-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-------||
||o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------0-----||
|
|   Gtr II
||----------------------7-----|---------------------------||
||o--5-----5-----5------7-----|--5-----5-----5-----------o||
||---7-----7-----7------7-----|--7-----7-----7------------||
||---6-----6-----6------7-----|--6-----6-----6------------||
||o--7-----7-----7------9-----|--7-----7-----7-----------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||


   F7                  Cm7      F7
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--6--x-x-6-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--x-x-8-----|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--x-x-8-----|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|
|----------------------8-----|--------------------|
|--6-----6------6------8-----|--6-----6-----6-----|
|--8-----8------8------8-----|--8-----8-----8-----|
|--7-----7------7------8-----|--7-----7-----7-----|
|--8-----8------8-----10-----|--8-----8-----8-----|
|----------------------------|--------------------|


     E7                 D        E7
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x-5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x------o||
||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-------||
||---6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-6-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-------||
||o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------0-----||
|
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--5-----5-----5------7-----|--5-----5-----5-----------o||
||---7-----7-----7------7-----|--7-----7-----7------------||
||---6-----6-----6------7-----|--6-----6-----6------------||
||o--7-----7-----7------9-----|--7-----7-----7-----------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||


 Chorus
  F#             Dmaj7          C#m7
|-2----x-x-x-x-|-2----x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-2----x-x-x-x-|-2----x-x-x-x-|-5------x-x-x-x----|
|-3----x-x-x-x-|-2----x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-4----x-x-x-x-|-0----x-x-x-x-|-6------x-x-x-x----|
|-4----x-x-x-x-|-0----x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-2----x-x-x-x-|--------------|-------------------|


     E11                Bm7      E11         Abm7
||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x-5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-4--x-x-------||
||o--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x-5-----|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--x-x------o||
||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-4--x-x-------||
||---6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-6-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--x-x-------||
||o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x-x-7-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------0-----||
|
|   Gtr II
||----------------------7-----|---------------------------||
||o--5-----5-----5------7-----|--5-----5-----5-----------o||
||---7-----7-----7------7-----|--7-----7-----7------------||
||---6-----6-----6------7-----|--6-----6-----6------------||
||o--7-----7-----7------9-----|--7-----7-----7-----------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||


  F#               Dmaj7            C#m7
|-2------x-x-x-x-|-2------x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-2------x-x-x-x-|-2------x-x-x-x-|-5------x-x-x-x----|
|-3------x-x-x-x-|-2------x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-4------x-x-x-x-|-0------x-x-x-x-|-6------x-x-x-x----|
|-4------x-x-x-x-|-0------x-x-x-x-|-4------x-x-x-x----|
|-2------x-x-x-x-|----------------|-------------------|


  PM-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-9--7--9--7--|-7--7--7-9--7----|
|-------------------------|-----------------|


   "Car crashed!"
      Em7             F#m7                 Em7
||----7---7-7---7-x-x--9---9--9----9-x-x-|-7--7-7---7-x-x-7------||
||o---8---8-8---8-x-x-10--10-10---10-x-x-|-8--8-8---8-x-x-8-----o||
||----7---7-7---7-x-x--9---9--9----9-x-x-|-7--7-7---7-x-x-7------||
||----9---9-9---9-x-x-11--11-11---11-x-x-|-9--9-9---9-x-x-9------||
||o---7---7-7---7-x-x--9---9--9----9-x-x-|-7--7-7---7-x-x-7-----o||
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|
|   PM--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o--------------------------------------|----------------------o||
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-7---7---7-7-7-9----7---9----7--------|-7--7---7-9---7-------o||
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||


      E7                     E7
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o---5-5-5-5-5-5----5---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-------o||
||----7-7-7-7-7-7----7---|---7-7-7-7-7-7--------||
||----6-6-6-6-6-6----6---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------||
||o---7-7-7-7-7-7----7---|---7-7-7-7-7-7-------o||
||-----------------------|----------------0-----||
|
|   PM---------------------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o-7---7-7-7-7-9--7-9-7-|-7---7-7-9---7-------o||
||-----------------------|----------------------||


   "Overdrunk on power..."
||-------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|------------------||
||-------------------|------------------||
||o--0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-0-2-5---------o||
||-------------------|---------0--0-----||


                             ~
|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------2----|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-0-2-5------|--0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-0-2-5-------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------0--0--|


Tablature Legend
----------------
  ~   - vibrato
 PM  - palm muting


Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end


Please note that the above transcription is a loose interpretation of the song, so feel
free to fool around with the chords and strumming patterns.  E-mail me if you have any
questions, comments, or corrections.

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *
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