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Difficulty: intermediate 
Awesome song, Kool Thing using standard tuning EADGBE for "regular" guys n gals like me. 
You'll need a CAPO PLACED AT SECOND FRET in order to get the regular F sharp low chug and make it all work.
All notes are specified as if capo wasn't there- just clamp it on and play frets noted. 
It's fully tabbed and checked multiple times against the album version so you can set to to scroll and play along.
Silver lame pants optional but, for me, essential.
  
F# ||--------------------------||
B  ||--------------------------||
E  ||--------------------------||  < capo at 2nd fret to 
A  ||--------------------------||    give this open tuning.
C# ||--------------------------||
F# ||--------------------------||
    
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|---4bu-5bd-4--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||
       Palm mute x4.                   Bring chug back... build aggression...

||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||

||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------< this strip X2
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||


||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------< this strip X2
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||-2------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
   ^(let ring)


     KOOL THING SITTIN' WITH THE KITTY,                    NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE SURE LOOKIN' PRETTY.
//--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------//
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||

     LIKE A LOVER NOT GOOD DANCER,                         STEP ON BOARD TAKE A LITTLE CHANCE-R.
||--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//


     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||

     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\


     KOOL THING LET ME PLAY WITH YA RADIO,                  MOVE ME TURN ME ON BABY-O.
//--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------//
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||

     I'LL BE YOUR SLAVE,                                    GIVE YOU A SHAVE.
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//


     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||

     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\



||--------------------------|------------< this strip X4
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---9\2--2---2-2-2---------|---5-7-8---8-8-8-8--------|
    ^ Played 4 times, then loops under the lyrics below.
     
  (yeah, tell 'em about it, hit 'em where it hurts)
HEY KOOL THING... COME HERE,
SIT DOWN BESIDE ME!
THERE'S SOMETHING I GOTTA ASK YOU,
I JUST WANNA KNOW- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR ME?
I MEAN, ARE YOU GONNA LIBERATE US GIRLS FROM MALE WHITE CORPORATE OPPRESSION?
  (tell it like it is)
HUH? 
  (yeah)
DON'T BE SHY,
  (word up)
FEAR OF A FEMALE PLANET,
  (fear of a female planet, fear baby)
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS,
  (let everybody know!)

||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||

     KOOL KOOL       THING,                                 KOOL KOOL       THING,
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--14\---------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--4-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
    ^ (let ring)

||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------< this strip X4
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||---11-11-14-11-13-11-12-12-13p11-11-11-14p11---------|---11-11-14-11-13-11-12-12-13p 11-11-11-14p11---------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||


||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||

      WHEN YOU'RE A STAR I KNOW THAT YOU WILL FIX EVERYTHING,
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------13\--||
                                                                                            ^ let ring.

     KOOL THING SITTIN' WITH THE KITTY,                    NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE SURE LOOKIN' PRETTY.
//--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------//
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||

     LIFE COULD BE JUST A LITTLE FASTER,                   NOW I KNOW YOU ARE THE MASTER.
||--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//


     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||

     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\


     KOOL THING WALKIN LIKE A PANTHER,                     COME ON GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
//--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------//
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||

     KOOL THING WALKIN LIKE A PANTHER,                     WHAT'D HE SAY?
||--------------------------|--------------------------/--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//


     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||

     I DON'T WANNA,                                         I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
\\--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------\\

||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
    ^ (harmonic over 14th fret)
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