The Payback Chords
by James Brown
The Payback by James Brown is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Beginning
Bass
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|--5--0--3------------5--0--3-----------5--0--3------------5--0--3-------------|
Guitar - left speaker - these notes are palm muted with the right hand
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|-------------5-3---3------------5-3---3------------5-3---3------------5-3---3-|
|-----------------5------------------5------------------5------------------5---|
Guitar - right speaker - with wah wah
|----------5------------------8------------------10----------------12----------|
|----------5------------------8------------------10----------------10----------|
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Then there is a little pause when the horns play A, C, D - then it goes to the
main part.
Bass - (5) means ghost note.
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|--(5)--3--5------------(5)--3--5-----------(5)--3--5------------(5)--3--5-----|
Guitar - left speaker
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|--7--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--8--8---7--x--7--x--7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--------|
|--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--6--6---5--x--5--x--5--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--------|
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Guitar - right speaker
|--------------------------------------------------8-\-7-\-6-\-5---------------|
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/ means slide to the next note.