GROOVIN' (Bassline) As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s (From the 1967 Album HIP HUG-HER) Music by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati Arranged by Booker T. & The M.G.'s Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass' Q=108 4/4 Gtr I H Q Q H E E E E +W H E E E E +H Q Q |------------|------1-2-4---|------------|------1-2-4---|--------------|| |------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|| |------------|------------2-|-(2)--------|------------2-|-(2)----2--2--|| |---------0--|-0------------|------------|-0------------|--------------|| H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q ||-------------|------------|------------|------------| ||o------------|------------|------------|------------| ||o------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--| ||--0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2----------| H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q |------------|------------|------------|-------------|| |------------|------------|------------|-------------|| |------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2------|| |-0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2-------2---|| 1. 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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