HIP HUG-HER (Bassline)

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

Words and Music by Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones & Al Jackson, Jr.
Transcribed by Slowhand

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

  Q=116
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|----------|--------------|------------------|
|----------|--------------|-8----------------|
|----------|--------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|----------|--------------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------||
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-||
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------||


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-8----------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|------------5-6-8-|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|---6-(6)----------|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|------------------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E    e E +S  S e H      Q  +S  S e Q.   E
|------------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-8----------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------------5-6-8-||------------------|-4--(4)---4-4------|
|---6-(6)----------||-6-6-(6)---6-6----|-------------------|


  H    +Q   +E  E   +H     E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|----------------|-8----------------|-8-----------------|
|---------------6-|-(6)------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8--|
|-----------------|----------------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)-----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E    e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------||------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------||-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-||------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------||---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    W          Q  Q  H
|------------------|-------------|----------|------------|
|-8----------------|-------------|----------|------------|
|------------5-6-7-|-8--8--8--8--|-6--------|------------|
|---6-(6)----------|-------------|----------|-6----------|


  W           e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|----------||------------------|------------------|
|----------||-8----------------|-8----------------|
|----------||------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|----------||---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|


  e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E   e E +Q   E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------||
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-||
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------||


  e E +S  S e H      Q  +S  S e Q.   E   H    +Q   +E  E   +H     E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-4----(4)--(4)---|-----------------||
|------------------|-4--(4)---4-4------|---------------6-|-(6)------5-6-8--||
|-6-6-(6)---6-6----|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||


  e E +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
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8-----------------|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8--|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)-----------|


  e E +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
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------*|
|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8----------------|-8-----------------*|
|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8-|------------5-6-8--*|
|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)----------|---6-(6)-----------*|


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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