Time Is Tight bass tabs by Booker T and the MGs @ musicnoteslib.com

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Time Is Tight
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Booker T and the MGs
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TIME IS TIGHT (Bassline)

As recorded by Booker T. & The MG's
(From the 1969 Album UP TIGHT)

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

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

    Q=138
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|----------------------||
||o----------------|---------------------o||
||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||


  $
      Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|-||-----------------|----------------------|
|-||o----------------|----------------------|
|-||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)--------|
|-||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


                                To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|------------------------||
|----------------|-----------------------o||
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)---------o||
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5----||


  Q.   E Q.   E   H    Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|-5----5-----2---|-5----5----3-4-|
|---------------|---------5--|--------2-5---5-|--------5------|
|---------------|------------|----------------|---------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   H    Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|------------|----------------|-------------||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|-5----5-----2---|-5--3--2-----||
|---------------|---------5--|--------2-5---5-|----------5--||
|---------------|------------|----------------|-------------||


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3-0-3-0---3-|-(3)-0---3-(3)-0---0-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------------3---|-------3---------3---|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|----------------|---------------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|----------------|---------------------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|----------------|---------------------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


    Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|---------------------o||
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|----------------|---------------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|----------------|---------------------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|----------------|---------------------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E     Q.   E Q.   E   H    Q  Q
|----------------|---------------------||----------------|------------|
|----------------|---------------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------||o---------------|---------5--|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-||----------------|------------|


  1.                                2.
                                                     D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E     Q.   E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------|----------------||----------------|-------------||
|-5----5-----2---|-5----5----3-4-o||-5----5-----2---|-5--3--2-----||
|--------2-5---5-|--------5------o||--------2-5---5-|----------5--||
|----------------|----------------||----------------|-------------||


  &
  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|


  +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|


  +E  E E E +E  E E E     Q  E E E E E E
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||o----------------|
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------||o-3--3---3-----3-|
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-||-------5---5-3---|


  +E  E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|---------------------|----------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||


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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