Biography:
Etta James (1938-2012) was a U.S. blues, soul, R&B, rock & roll, and jazz singer and songwriter. She is the winner of four Grammies, seventeen Blues Music Awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (in 1993), the Blues Hall of Fame (in 2001), and the Grammy Hall of Fame (in both 1999 and 2008).
James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California, on 25th January 1938, to an unmarried fourteen-year-old mother, Dorothy Hawkins.
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SONG: IN THE BASEMENT
ARTIST: ETTA JAMES
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
IN THE BASEMENT
ETTA JAMES
INTRO: C D C D C D
VERSE:
D
Oh, now tell me where can you party, child, all night long?
In the basement, down in the basement.
G
Oh, where can you go when your money gets low?
D
In the basement, down in the basement
A G
And if a storm is taking place, you can jam and still be safe
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
VERSE;
D
Where can you dance to any music you choose?
In the basement, down in the basement
G
Oh, you got the comforts of home, a nightclub too.
D
In the basement, down in the basement.
A G
There's no cover charge or fee and the food and drinks are free,
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
INSTRUMENTAL: SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS
D G D A G D A
VERSE:
D
Where they don't check you age at the door
In the basement, down in the basement
G
Barracuda and jerk til your feet get sore
D
In the basement, down in the basement
A G
Do any dance you want to do, there's no one under you
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
VERSE/OUTRO/INSTRUMENTAL:
PLAY THE VERSE CHORDS OVER THE FOLLLOWING
LYRICS (FEEL FREE TO IMPROVISE LYRICS)
D G D A G D A
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Heeeeeeey yeah,
Oh, throw your weapons on the floor
Oh, going down in the basement
Oooooh, yeah, yeah
Wooooooh, yeah
Wooooooh, that's where it's at
Well in the basement
Oh, in the basement
I'm going down, down ,down, down
In the basement
ARTIST: ETTA JAMES
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
IN THE BASEMENT
ETTA JAMES
INTRO: C D C D C D
VERSE:
D
Oh, now tell me where can you party, child, all night long?
In the basement, down in the basement.
G
Oh, where can you go when your money gets low?
D
In the basement, down in the basement
A G
And if a storm is taking place, you can jam and still be safe
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
VERSE;
D
Where can you dance to any music you choose?
In the basement, down in the basement
G
Oh, you got the comforts of home, a nightclub too.
D
In the basement, down in the basement.
A G
There's no cover charge or fee and the food and drinks are free,
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
INSTRUMENTAL: SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS
D G D A G D A
VERSE:
D
Where they don't check you age at the door
In the basement, down in the basement
G
Barracuda and jerk til your feet get sore
D
In the basement, down in the basement
A G
Do any dance you want to do, there's no one under you
D A
In the basement, down in the basement
VERSE/OUTRO/INSTRUMENTAL:
PLAY THE VERSE CHORDS OVER THE FOLLLOWING
LYRICS (FEEL FREE TO IMPROVISE LYRICS)
D G D A G D A
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
Heeeeeeey yeah,
Oh, throw your weapons on the floor
Oh, going down in the basement
Oooooh, yeah, yeah
Wooooooh, yeah
Wooooooh, that's where it's at
Well in the basement
Oh, in the basement
I'm going down, down ,down, down
In the basement
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