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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 17:23:19 +0800
From: Joel
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Mo Money Mo Problems by The Notorious B.I.G.
Song: Mo Money Mo Problems (Radio Mix)
Artist: The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase
Album: Life After Death
Transcribed by: Joel
This sample employs a clean electric guitar with the pickup switch toward
the bridge to get that tinny funk sound. As for approach, keep your picking
wrist loose while playing while concentrating your strumming on the treble
strings.
Riff 1
E B F#m
e:-7---7---7---7---7---X-7---X-2---|
B:-9---9---9---9---7---X-7---X-2---|
G:-9---9---9---9---8---X-8---X-2---|
D:-9---9---9---9---9---X-9---X-4---|
A:-7---7---7---7---9---X-9---X-4---|
E:-----------------7---X 7---X-2---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:-4-----------4-------------------|
E:-----------------4-----------2---|
C#m A
e:-X-2-2---2---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-2-2---2---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-2-2---2---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-4-4---4---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-4-4---4---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-2-2---2---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------2-------4-----------5---|
C#m A
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------2-------4-----------5---|
C#m B
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---4---7-7-----|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---5---7-7-----|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---6---8-8-----|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---6---9-9-----|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---4---9-9-----|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X---------7-7-----|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:----------------------2--4-------|
E:-----------------4---------------|
Riff 2
E B F#m
e:-7---7---7---7---7---X-7---X-2---|
B:-9---9---9---9---7---X-7---X-2---|
G:-9---9---9---9---8---X-8---X-2---|
D:-9---9---9---9---9---X-9---X-4---|
A:-7---7---7---7---9---X-9---X-4---|
E:-----------------7---X 7---X-2---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:-4-----------4-------------------|
E:-----------------4-----------2---|
C#m A
e:-X-2-2---2---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-2-2---2---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-2-2---2---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-4-4---4---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-4-4---4---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-2-2---2---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------2-------4-----------5---|
C#m A
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------4-------2-----------5---|
C#m B
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---4---7-7-----|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---5---7-7-----|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---6---8-8-----|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---6---9-9-----|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---4---9-9-----|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X---------7-7-----|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:----------------------2--4-------|
E:-----------------4---------------|
Riff 3
E B F#m
e:-7---7---7---7---7---X-7---X-2---|
B:-9---9---9---9---7---X-7---X-2---|
G:-9---9---9---9---8---X-8---X-2---|
D:-9---9---9---9---9---X-9---X-4---|
A:-7---7---7---7---9---X-9---X-4---|
E:-----------------7---X 7---X-2---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:-4h6-7p6-----4-------------------|
E:-----------------4-----------2---|
C#m A
e:-X-2-2---2---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-2-2---2---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-2-2---2---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-4-4---4---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-4-4---4---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-2-2---2---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|
E:---------2-------4-----------5---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/notorious_big/mo_money_mo_problems_tab.html ]
C#m A
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---X-4---X-5---|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---X-5---X-5---|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---X-6---X-6---|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---X-6---X-7---|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---X-4---X-7---|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X-----X-----X-5---|
|
G:---------------------------------| G:----------------------------
D:---------------------------------| or D:--------------------------|
A:---------------------------------| A:---------4-------2---------|
E:---------2-------4-----------5---| E:------------------------5---|
C#m B
e:-X-5-5---5---X-X-4---4---7-7-----|
B:-X-5-5---5---X-X-5---5---7-7-----|
G:-X-6-6---6---X-X-6---6---8-8-----|
D:-X-7-7---7---X-X-6---6---9-9-----|
A:-X-7-7---7---X-X-4---4---9-9-----|
E:-X-5-5---5---X-X---------7-7-----|
|
G:---------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|
A:----------------------2--4-------|
E:-----------------4---------------|
If you think that the 3 riffs above are exactly the same, look again.
The bass parts are not.
Lyrics:
Verse 1 (Mase): Now, who's hot who not
Tell me who rock who sell out in the stores
You tell me who flopped who copped the blue drop
Who's jewels got robbed who's mostly Goldie down
to the tube sock, the same ol' pimp
Mase, you know ain't nothin' change but my limp
Can't stop till I see my name on a blimp
Guarantee a million sales pullin' all the love
You don't believe in Harlem World n-gga double up
We don't play around it's a bet lay it down
n-gga didn't know me ninety-one bet they know me now
I'm the young Harlem n-gga with the Goldie sound
Can't no PHD n-ggaz hold me down, Cooter
schooled me to the game, now I know my duty
Stay humble stay low blow like Hootie
True pimp n-ggaz spend no dough on the booty
And then ya yell there go Mase there go your cutie
*singers come in over this last line*
Chorus: I don't know what, they want from me
It's like the more money we come across
The more problems we see
(repeat 2X)
Verse 2 (Puff Daddy): Yeah yeah, ahaha, from the C-to-the-A-to-the-D-D-Y
know you'd rather see me die than to see me fly
I call all the shots
Rip all the spots, rock all the rocks
Cop all the drops, I know you thinkin' now's
when all the ballin' stops, n-gga never
home got a chrome one and a yacht
Ten years from now we'll still be on top
Yo, I thought I told you that we won't stop
Now whatcha gonna do when it's cool
bag a money much longer than yours
and a team much stronger than yours, violate me
this'll be your day, we don't play
Mess around be D.O.A., be on your way
Cause it ain't enough time here, ain't enough lime here
for you to shine here
but treat dimes fair, and I'm
bigger than the city lights down in Times Square
Chorus
Verse 3 (Notorious B.I.G.): Uhh, uhhh
B.I.G., P-O, P-P-A
No info, for the, DEA
Federal agents mad cause I'm flagrant
Tap my cell, and the phone in the basement
My team supreme, stay clean
Triple beam lyrical dream, I be that
Cat you see at all events bent
Gats in holsters girls on shoulders
Playboy, I told ya, bein', nice to me
Bruise too much, I lose, too much
Step on stage the girls boo too much
I guess it's cause you run with lame dudes too much
Me lose my touch, never that
If I did, ain't no problem to get the gat
Where the true players at
Throw your roadies in the sky
Wave em side to side and keep their hands high
While I give your girl the eye, player please
Lyrically, n-ggaz see, B.I.G.
be flossin' jig on the cover of Fortune
Five double oh, get the phone number
your name, I got to know, I got to go
Got the flow down phizat, platinum plus
Like thizat, dangerous
on trizack, leave your ass kizzack
I don't know what, they want from me
Chorus
What's goin' on?
What's goin' on?
Chorus (repeats to fade)
Transcribed by Joel
Key:
/ -slide up
\ -slide down
h - hammer on
p -pull off
x -muted string
p.m. -palm mute
B -bend
Questions, comments? send them to jovinjus@pworld.net.ph
