Jazz 1978
Fat Bottomed Girls
(May)
4:12

Tune the guitar to a dropped D  (lower the low E  to a low D )
Most of the song is played on the D  chord -
---------|--2--2--
---------|--3--3--
---------|--2--2--  ETC...
---------|--0--0--
---------|--0--0--
5--3^--0-|--0--0--
If you play often with Dropped D , you know how to play the funky
notes after they sing the chorus. Here are some ways to play them -
--2--..-----0-----0--|--2--..------------------------2--
--3--..-----3-----3--|--3--..------------------------3--
--2--..-----0-----0--|--2--..------------------------2--
--0--..-----0-----0--|--0--..------------------------0--
--0--..--3-----2-----|--0--..------------------------0--
--0--..--------------|--0--..--5--3--3--3--5--3^--0--0--
The D  chord with the ".."'s after it means to strum that chord as you want.
This isn't a note-for-note transcription, its just to give you some ideas.
Here is the rest of the song- (chords are tabbed at the end)

      D                                                              A 
I was just a skinny lad...(etc) But I knew life before I left my luxury...
      D                                G                             D 
Left alone with big fat fatty, she was such a naughty nanny, you big woman,
           A              D 
You made a fat boy out of me...
Chorus -
D             C            G       D          C                  A 
Oh, won't you take me home tonite, Oh, Down beside your red fire light,
D             G 
Oh, you gonna give it all you got,
             D                  A            D 
fat bottomed girls you make the rocket world round...
Here are the chords -
  D 
  |
  EADBGE
D 000232 
C x32010 
G x20033 
A X02220