I WISH IT WOULD RAIN (Bassline)

As recorded by The Temptations
(From the 1968 Album WISH IT WOULD RAIN)

Words & Music by Norman Whitfield, Berrett Strong & Rodger Penzabene

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro
  Q=92
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-1----1-1-1-0---|---------------|
|-1----1------1-|--------------3-|-1----1------1-|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|


                                                      1st - 3rd Verses
                                                   $
  Q  +E  E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q      Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|---------------||------------------|
|-1--(1)-1---1-0---|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|
|----------------3-|-1--1-1-1-1----|-1--1-1-1-1----||o-1--1-1-1-1---1--|
|------------------|---------------|---------------||------------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1--|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3---3--|
|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


                                    1.                 2.
                           To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q.   E E E E E     W          H.      Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------|---------3---|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|-1----1-1-1-0---o||-1--------|-------------|
|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1--|--------------3-o||----------|-1-----------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------|-------------|


             Interlude
  W           H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|----------||---------3--|------------|---------3---|
|-1--------||------------|-1-------1--|-------------|
|----------||-1----------|------------|-1-----------|
|----------||------------|------------|-------------|


  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|------------|---------3--|------------|--------------|
|-1-------1--|------------|-1-------1--|--------------|
|------------|-1----------|------------|-1--1--1--1---|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|


                             Outro
 D.S. al Coda &
  Q  Q  Q  Q     W            H.      Q
|-------------||----------||----------3--|
|-------------||-1--------||o------------|
|-1--1--1--1--||----------||o-1----------|
|-------------||----------||-------------|


  &
  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q   3x
|------------|---------3--|-------------||
|-1-------1--|------------|-1-------1--o||
|------------|-1----------|------------o||
|------------|------------|-------------||


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