IT'S THE SAME OLD SAME OLD SONG (Bassline)

As recorded by Four Tops
(From the 1965 Album SECOND ALBUM)

Words and Music by Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=128
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2------------|
|----------|-3-5-------------|-3-5-------------|-3-5-----------0--|
|----------|-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3----|


                     1st - 3rd Verses
                  $
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-----2-----------|-----2-----------|---2-3-----------|
|-3-5-7-----------||o-3-5-------------|-3-5-------------|-5-----5---5---5-|
|-------5---5-3-5-||--------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5-|-------------5---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----2-------4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-5-----5-7---5-|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|---2-3-----------|
|-------5---------|-3-5-------------|-3-5-------------|-5-----5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5-|-------------5---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----2-------4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-5-----5-7---5-|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|---2-3-----------|
|-------5---------|-3-5-------------|-3-5-------------|-5-----5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5-|-------------5---|


                    Chorus
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----2-------4---||-----------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|
|-3-5-----5-7---5-||-----2-----------|-5-7---5---5---5-|---2-3-----------|
|-------5---------||-3-5-------------|-------------5---|-5-----5---5---5-|
|-----------------||-------5---5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------5---|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----4-------2---|-----------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|
|-5-7---5-3-5-----|-----2-----------|-5-7---5---5---5-|---2-3-----------|
|---------------5-|-3-5-------------|-------------5---|-5-----5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-------5---5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------5---|


                    1.                                    2.
           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|-----4-------2----|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
|-5-7---5-3-5------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------o||-----2------------|
|---------------5--|-3-5-------------|-3-5-------------o||-3-5--------------|
|------------------|-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5--||-------5---5-3-5--|


                     Sax Solo
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|
|-----2-----------||o-----2-----------|-5-7---5---5---5-|-----------------|
|-3-5-------------||o-3-5-------------|-------------5---|-5-7-8-5---5---5-|
|-------5---5-3-5-||--------5---5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------5---|


                                         Outro
  1.                 2.
                          D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----4-------2----||-----4-------2----||-----------------|------------------|
|-5-7---5-3-5---3-o||-5-7---5-3-5---3--||-----2-----------|-----2------------|
|-----------------o||------------------||-3-5-------------|-3-5--------------|
|------------------||------------------||-------5---5-3-5-|-------5---5-3-5--|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|-----4-------2-----||
||o-----2-----------|-5-7---5---5---5-|---2-3-----------|-5-7---5-3-5---3--o||
||o-3-5-------------|-------------5---|-5-----5---5---5-|------------------o||
||--------5---5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------5---|-------------------||


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