BABY LOVE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Supremes
(From the 1964 Album WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO)

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


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


 Intro
  Q=140(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx5
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|--------||
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   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
||o-3--3--3--2--|-1--1--1--1--|-0--0--0--0--|-5--5--5--5-0--|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3---|-------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|------------5-|-3--3--3--3--|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|


                              1.
                     To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-3--3--3--3---|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|--------------o||
|------------5-|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-5--5-------0-o||
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------3--3----||


                              Interlude
  2.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-5--5--------||-3--3-----3--|-1--1--------|
|-------------|-------3--5--||-------3-----|-------1--0--|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------2--|
|-0--0--0--0--|-5--5--5--5-0-|-5--5--5--2--|-3--3--3-----|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3--3---|----------2--|-3--3--3--3---|--------------|
|------------5-|-3--3--3-----|------------5-|-3--3--3--3-5-|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|


               D.S. al Coda &
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------||
|-3--3--2--2--|-------------||-3--3--2--2--|-------------||
|-------------|-5--5-----2--||-------------|-5--5--------||
|-------------|-------3-----||-------------|-------3--3--||


                           Outro
  W          +W             Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|------------||--------------|
|----------|------------||o-------------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------||o-4--4--4--3--|
|----------|------------||--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|------------0-|-1--1--1--1---|
|-2--2--2--0--|-1--1--1--1---|------------1-|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1--1--1-----|-------------|-------------|------------3-|
|-------------|-4--4--------|-------------|-4--4--4--4---|
|----------4--|-------4--3--|-2--2--2--4--|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-4--4--4--4--|------------3-|-4--4--3--3--|-1--1--------o||
|-------------|-4--4--4--4---|-------------|----------3--o||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------4------||


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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