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                Celebration - Kool & The Gang
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Written by: Kool & The Gang
From: “Celebrate!” (1980)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

The chords in the chorus look confusing over the lyrics. That's why I tabbed 
these parts out, so it becomes clearer.

Listen to this tab: 
https://t1p.de/Celebration-acoustic-demo

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Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab

For chords in original key transpose +1 (and (use flats")

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  LICK (horns)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|1---0-------
B|1---1---3---
G|2---0---4---
D|--------5---
A|------------
E|------------

4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
1---|0h1h3----
0---|0-----0--
2---|0-----0--
----|---------
----|---------

 + 4 +  
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|


[Interlude]
  C/G   F/G   
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|--1-1-1-1---
G|--0-0-2-2---
D|--2-2-3-3---
A|------------
E|3-----------
              

C/G F/G C/G G 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
1---|1--1---0-
0---|2--0---0-
2---|3--2---0-
----|---------
----|--------3
              

        C/G   
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-------|--1-1-
-------|--0-0-
-------|--2-2-
-------|------
-------|3-----
   Ya - hoo!  

F/G   C/G F/G 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
1-1---1---|1--
2-2---0---|2--
3-3---2---|3--
----------|---
----------|---
         (It's

C/G G
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
1---0--------|
0---0--------|
2---0--------|
-------------|
-----3-------|
 a celebration

)

[Chorus]
  C/G   F/G   
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|--1-1-1-1---
G|--0-0-2-2---
D|--2-2-3-3---
A|------------
E|3-----------
     Celebrate
              

C/G F/G C/G G 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
1---|1--1---0-
0---|2--0---0-
2---|3--2---0-
----|---------
----|--------3
      good tim
              

        C/G   
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-------|--1-1-
-------|--0-0-
-------|--2-2-
-------|------
-------|3-----
es, come on   
              

F/G   C/G F/G 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
1-1---1---|1--
2-2---0---|2--
3-3---2---|3--
----------|---
----------|---
        (It's 
        (Let's

C/G G
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
1---0--------|
0---0--------|
2---0--------|
-------------|
-----3-------|
a celebration/
 celebrate)

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CHORDS
          E-A-
F/G       3-x-
C/G       3-x-
G         3-x-
Cmaj7     x-3-
Bm7       x-2-

D-G-B-e
3-2-1-1
2-0-1-0
0-0-0-x
2-0-0-0
4-2-3-2
D/E       0-2-
E         0-2-
C/D       x-x-

2-2-3-2 (= Esus4add9)
2-1-0-0
0-0-1-0

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[Intro] (drums + brass lick)

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
     
              

     
It's a celebra

tion
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
     
              

     
Let's celebrat

e

[Verse 1]
           
There's a part

              
y goin' on rig

        
ht here
           
A celebration 

              
to last throug

              
hout the years
              
So bring your 

           
good times and

           
 your laughter

 
 too
           
   We're gonna

              
 celebrate you

          
r party with y

ou, come on no

w

[Bridge]
       
    Celebratio

n
           
   Let's all c

             
elebrate and h

/         
ave a good tim

e
       
    Celebratio

n
           
   We're gonna

              
 celebrate and

          
 have a good t

ime

[Middle 8]
        
It's time to c


ome together
           
It's up to you

  
, what's your 

pleasure?
        
Everyone aroun

d the world, c

ome on

[Interlude]
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|  | % | % | % |

[Chorus]
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
     
              

     
It's a celebra

tion
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
       
       Let's c

/     
elebrate

[Interlude]
(variation)
           
We're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

       
 tonight
           
Let's celebrat

              
e, it's all ri

      
ght
           
We're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

       
 tonight
           
Let's celebrat

              
e, it's all ri

      
ght, baby


           
We're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

       
 tonight
  (Ce-                  le-  bra-    tion)
           
Let's celebrat

              
e, it's all ri

      
ght

           
We're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

       
 tonight
  (Ce-                  le-  bra-    tion)
           
Let's celebrat

              
e, it's all ri

      
ght

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]

    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
     
              

     
It's a celebra

tion
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
       
       Let's c

/     
elebrate

[Chorus]

    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
     
              

     
It's a celebra

tion
    
  Ce  - le - b

/     
rate good time

s, come on
       
       Let's c

/     
elebrate

(repeat **CHORUS ad lib)
Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight
(Celebrate good times, come on)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate
(Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate)...

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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on

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