I Know What You Want

Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey feat. Flipmode Squad

Key: E♭ minorNo capo4/4~86 BPM

Standard tuning

E♭m: low to high muted, 6, 8, 8, 7, 6iE♭m6×A♭m: low to high 4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4ivA♭m4B♭: low to high 6, 8, 8, 7, 6, 6VB♭6

TRIADS · featured voicings

E♭m: low to high muted, muted, muted, 8, 7, 6iE♭m6×××A♭m: low to high muted, muted, muted, 4, 4, 4ivA♭m4×××B♭: low to high muted, muted, muted, 3, 3, 1VB♭×××

Recurring melody · two phrases · source note order, rhythm unverified

Recurring melody · two phrases · source note order, rhythm unverifiedeBGDAE1413111314111314131113141311Note order only · rhythm unspecified

Verse / ChorusRepeating cycle

Two-bar guitar adaptation: change on beats 1 and 3. Use the barre chords or the upper-string triads; release pressure to shorten the sound. Same harmony for both sections.

2 bars
Progression bars 1–2iE♭mivA♭mVB♭iE♭m12341234

Additional tips

Touch Brush the barre chords lightly, or pluck only G–B–e for the triads. Mute the low strings when using triads; release fretting pressure to stop the notes together.

Upper triads E♭m: E♭–G♭–B♭ (xxx876); A♭m: C♭–E♭–A♭ (xxx444, first inversion); B♭: B♭–D–F (xxx331). Reuse E♭m at the end of the cycle.

Starting palette Suggestion: E♭ minor pentatonic = E♭–G♭–A♭–B♭–D♭. Use short answering phrases; land on G♭ over E♭m and C♭ (B) over A♭m.

The dominant Over B♭, favour B♭–D–F. D natural pulls into E♭; D♭ is a tension here, not a settled chord tone. E♭ harmonic minor = E♭–F–G♭–A♭–B♭–C♭–D.

Melody + loop The melody uses G♭–F–E♭. Read the tab as note order only and use the recording for phrasing. Its first phrase ends on F; the second resolves to E♭. The accompaniment timing is an adaptation.