GROOVIN' (Bassline)

As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
(From the 1967 Album HIP HUG-HER)

Music by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
Arranged by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

  Q=108
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  Q    H    E E E E   +W           H    E E E E   +H     Q  Q
|------------|------1-2-4---|------------|------1-2-4---|--------------||
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------||
|------------|------------2-|-(2)--------|------------2-|-(2)----2--2--||
|---------0--|-0------------|------------|-0------------|--------------||


    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|
||--0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2----------|


  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|------------|------------|-------------||
|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2------||
|-0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2-------2---||


                             1.
  H    E E Q    H    Q  E E   H    E E Q    H    Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2-|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|


                                  2.
  H    E E Q    E E E E E E Q      H    E E Q    H    Q  E E
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------o||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------0---2----o||-------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2-------------||-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|


  H    E E Q    E E E E E E Q     H    E E E E   +H     Q  Q
|-------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------0---2----||--------0-1-2-|-(2)----2--2---|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2------------||-0----4-------|---------------|


  H    E E E E   +H     Q  Q     H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|--------------|--------------||------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||------------|-------------|
|--------0-1-2-|-(2)----2--2--||------2--2--|------2--2---|
|-0----4-------|--------------||-0----------|-2-----------|


  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2---|
|-0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2-----------|


  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q     H    E E Q    H    Q  E E
|------------|------------||-------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||-------------|--------------|
|------2--2--|------2--0--||-------------|--------------|
|-0----------|-2----------||-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|


  H    E E Q    H    Q  E E   H    E E Q    E Q  E +E  E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2-|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2--4-(4)-4-4-4--|


  E E E E +H        H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|----------------||------------|------------|-------------|
|----------------||------------|------------|-------------|
|-0-0---2-(2)----||------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2---|
|----------------||-0----------|-2----------|-0-----------|


  H    Q  Q      H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------------||-------------|------------|
|------------||o------------|------------|
|------2--2--||o------2--2--|------2--2--|
|-2----------||--0----------|-2----------|


  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q   4x H    Q  Q
|------------|-------------||------------*|
|------------|------------o||------------*|
|------2--2--|------2--2--o||------2--2--*|
|-0----------|-2-----------||-0----------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths