This is my attempt at recreating this brilliant work by motown bassist James Jamerson, the most influential bassist of the 20th century (that is, if you ask people like John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, etc., etc.). If you are a bass player and you don't know who James Jamerson is (or even if you do), educate yourself and visit http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html Enjoy, and PLEASE rate this tab and/or leave comments. Tabbed by: BASSteve Tuning: EADG Time signature: 4/4 * My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song. In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration. However, you will find that I?ve made an attempt to strategically space the notes and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate durations. ****IMPORTANT: You'll notice at the main riff I indicate that it is "varying." That means Jamerson did not repeat the main riff exactly each time he played it. This was indicative of his style of improvisational bass playing. If he played the riff a million times - it would be a million different ways. Listen to the song and you'll see. The main riff that I tabbed is the first one in the song and is accurate to the note (I hope :)). After that, it is up to you to do your own improvising - this is a great song to practice this on. After all, the bass line/music Jamerson was handed at the recording session of this song was probably pretty basic. It was his creative playing that made this one of the greatest bass lines ever.**** (Intro) G|----5---5--5-7---10---7---5---7---|----5---5--5-7---10---7---5-5-----| D|3---------------------------------|3-------------------------------0-| A|----------------------------------|------------------------------3---| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| (Main Riff) [9x(varying)] |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------------0---0-1-2-3-0-----|------0-3---1-----1-------------| |----------------3-----------3-2-|1---------------------------3---| |--------------------------------|--------------------3---4-------| |--------------------------------|----5---5--5-7---10---7---5-------| |----3---6-----------5---8-------|3-----------------------------0-0-| |4-----------4---6-----------6---|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| (Bridge) |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3---3-3-----------------1---2-2-|3-----------------------1---2-2-| |--------1---1-3--3-3------------|--------1-2---3--3-3------------| |--------------------------------|----1---------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------------------------------|3-------------------1---2-------| |----2---1-----1-------2-----3---|---1-0-1--1-2---3---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| [Main Riff for remainder of song (varying)] (PLEASE RATE THIS TAB / LEAVE COMMENT)