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YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Supremes
(From the 1966 Album SUPREMES A' GO-GO )

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


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


 Intro
  Q=100(16=s16)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E S S +S  E S E E   E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1---1---|
|-----------------------|---------------------1---1-|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1---1----||
|---------------------1---1--||


 1st Verse
  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0--|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3----|


                          Chorus
  E E E S S +S  S E E E    E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------||-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|
|---------------------0-||-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-----------------1-3---||-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------|-----------------------0-|
|-5-5---------------------|---------------------0-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|
|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|-----------------1-3---|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0-|
|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|


  E E E. S +S  S S S E S S
|---------------------------||
|-1-1-1--3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1--||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||


   Bridge
    E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||o-5-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5---5---|
||----------------------5---5-|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S   E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-5-5-5---5-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5---5---|-----------------5---5---5---|
|---------------------5-----|-----------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-5---5---5-3-|
|-----------------5---5-----|
|---------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S   E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1---1---|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1---1-2-|
|---------------------1---1-|---------------------1-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S   E E E S S +S  S S S E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-3---3---0-3-|---------3-(3)-----------||
|-----------------3---3-----|-------3-------3-------0-||
|---------------------------|-1-1-1-----------1-1-3---||


 Chorus
  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0--|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3----|


  E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------|-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|
|---------------------0-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-----------------1-3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|
|-5-5---------------------|
|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|


 1.                           2.
  E E E. S +S  S S S E S S     E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|-1-1-1--3-(3)-3-3-3---3-1-o||-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-3--------|
|--------------------------o||-----------------------0--|
|--------------------1------||-------------------1-3----|


  E E E S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1---1---||
|---------------------1---1-||


 2nd Verse
  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------|-----------------------0-|
|-5-5---------------------|---------------------0-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|
|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|-----------------1-3---|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  S E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0-|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------|
|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5---------------------|---------------------0-|
|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|-----------------1-3---|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0--|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3----|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------||
|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---||
|-----------------------0-||
|-------------------------||


 Chorus
  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1----------------------|
|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-|-1-1-1---3-(3)-3-------|-----------------------0-|
|-5-5---------------------|---------------------0-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1---|
|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|-----------------1-3---|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  E S E S S   E E E S S +S  E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-1-1---------------------|-----------------------0-*|
|-----1---1-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5---------------------*|
|-------------------------|-----3---3-(3)-3-3-3-3---*|


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
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