Tom: B
OVERPOWERED BY FUNK
(From the 1982 Album COMBAT ROCK)
Words and Music by Strummer/Jones
Transcribed by Wes T.
Gtr I (E A D G B E ) - Choruselay (16th note regenerations)
Gtr II (E A D G B E ) - Distortion
Intro: E7
Gtr I
Verse
E Bm7 E 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
Gb D7M Dbm7
E Bm7 E 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||
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
Gb D7M Dbm7
"Car crashed!"
Em7 Gbm7 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..."
~
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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