Cissy Strut
by The Meters
🎧 Funk
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
The Meters' 1969 instrumental that defined New Orleans funk guitar. Leo Nocentelli's clean, clipped single-note riff over a C groove is one of the most sampled funk licks ever.
Main guitar riff
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|---5---5---5-3---5---5---5-3---5---3---5---------|
D|-----------------------------------------5---3---|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|---5---5---5-3---5---5---5-3---5---3---5---3-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------|
E|------------------------------------------------|