High Falootin Mama

ALBUM: Grand Funk (Red Album), 1969
FROM: Lukas Lechner, Woergl, Austria
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DATE: Dec 30 2001

HIGH FALOOTIN' MAMA
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writtten by Mark Farner


it's a blues scheme in C
later on in C#


for the C part:


C-type:                         F-type:                         G-type:
change between C and F:         change between F and Bb         change between G and C

    C     F                         F     Bb                         G    C

e----------------               e---------------                e---------------|
B--------10------               B---------------                B---------------|
G---9----10------               G---10---11-----                G---12---13-----|
D---10---10------               D---10---10-----                D---12---12-----|
A---10---8-------               A---10---12-----                A---12---14-----|
E---8------------               E---------------                E---------------|

  NOTE: for the F- and G-type bar your index finger on the 10th (F-type) and 12th (G-type) fret

for the C# part:

C#-type:                        F#-type:                        G#-type:
change between C# and F#:       change between F# and Bb        change between G# and C#

    C#    F#                        F#    B                         G#    C#

e----------------               e---------------                e---------------|
B--------11------               B---------------                B---------------|
G---10---11------               G---11---12-----                G---12---13-----|
D---11---11------               D---11---11-----                D---12---12-----|
A---11---9-------               A---11---13-----                A---12---14-----|
E---9------------               E---------------                E---------------|


Intro:   C   D#   Bb  C#  C     two times, then start off with the C-part

for the intro, use chords as following:

    C    D#    Bb
e--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G---9----12----7----10-----|
D---10---13----8----11-----|
A---10---13----8----11-----|
E---8----11----6----9------|

[C-type]
I can see you comin' mama, yes, you're movin' on down the line.
      [F-type]                                             [C-type]
I can see you comin' mama, yes, you're movin' on down the line.
         [G-type]                       [F-type]              [C-type]
You done have left a thousand men, and they're all back there cryin'.

[C-type]
She's a high falootin' woman, and she just can't do no wrong.
[F-type]
She's a high falootin' woman, and she just can't do no wrong.
          [G-type]              [F-type]                [C-type]
She's gonna' cry some day, and I know it can't be too long.

C   D#  F  2 times       F G#  Bb       C   D#  F      G-type   F-type

then the song goes into C#-major
(play the same with the C#, F# and G# types)

C#.....

She's got hips like a honey, and, Lord, she can make 'em move.
She's got hips like a honey, and, Lord, she can make 'em move.
And she'll do anything to make you get in her groove.

Lord have mercy on you woman, and your wicked soul.
Lord have mercy on you woman, and your wicked soul.
'Cause that high falootin' woman, gonna' live til she's a hundred years old.


in the outro there's a D after the C# and then back to C#.
end.

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