Bass tablature for "The Adventures Of Flash On The Wheels Of" by "Grandmaster Flash/ Sugar Hill Gang"

Artist: Grandmaster Flash/ Sugar Hill Gang
Piece: The Adventures Of Flash On The Wheels Of
Instrument: Bass
Submitter: brownyuk999
Tab provided by tTabs

Artist: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/ The Sugarhill Gang
Track: The Adventures Of Flash On The Wheels Of Steel/ Rappers Delight
Album: The Message
Normal tuning
Fingered bass

After finding no tabs for this legend on MxTabs, I decided to take the time to figure some out.

This bass line is used on ‘Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s song ‘The Adventures Of Flash On The Wheels Of Steel’ but ‘The Sugarhill Gang’ also use it on their song ‘Rappers Delight.’ They are both from the album ‘The Message’.

This is a classic funky bass-line and there are two ways of playing it:

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0--0-0-0-2-3-5-7-9-10-12--|

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|--0-0-0--0-0-0-9-10-9-7-5-4-5-4--|
E|---------------------------------|

OR

G|------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-2--|
A|-------------------0-2-4------|
E|--0-0-0--0-0-0-2-3------------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|---------------4-5-4-2-0---0----|
A|--0-0-0--0-0-0-----------4---4--|
E|--------------------------------|

0:57

G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|--0-0-0--0-0-0-3-0-5--|

Personally, I prefer to use the second way of playing it. It is easier because you don’t have to move your hands up the neck.

Happy playing!!

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Dan