Booker T. & the M.G.'s – Groovin (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
(From the 1967 Album HIP-HUG HER)
Music by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q H E E E E +H H H E E E E +H Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----------------||
|---------9\--|------6-7-9---|-------------|------6-7-9---|--------/9--/9--||
|-------------|-7------------|-------------|-7------------|----------------||
|-------------|------------7-|-(7)---------|------------7-|-(7)------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|
||o-7----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|-9----------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--7---|
|-7----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|-9----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-6----6-6-----|-4----4-4----4-|-6----6-6-----|-4----4-4-4--5--|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
Interlude
Q. E Q Q e e E E E E Q H E E E E +H Q Q
|--------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|
|-6----6-6-----|-4-4---7---9----o||------6-7-8-9-|-(9)----/9--/9---|
|--------------|----------------o||-7------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
H E E E E +H Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------|----------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------6-7-8-9-|-(9)----/9--/9--||------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9---|
|-7------------|----------------||-7----------------|-9-----------------|
|--------------|----------------||------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9---|
|-7----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|-9-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Organ Solo
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E
|------------------|------------------||--------------|----------------|
|------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--||-6----6-6-----|-4----4-4----4--|
|-7----------------|-9----------------||--------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------||--------------|----------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
|-6----6-6-----|-4----4-4-4--5-|-6----6-6-----|-4-4---6---6---6--|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|------------------|
3rd Verse
E Q E +H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q H E E E E
|---------------||-------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-7-7--9-(9)----||o------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------6-7-8-9--|
|---------------||o-7----------------|-9----------------|-7-------------|
|---------------||-------------------|------------------|---------------|
+H S E S e e 3x H Q Q Q. E +Q Q H E E E E
|--------------6-9--||--------------|------------------|--------------|
|-(9)----9-9-9-----o||------/9--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|------6-7-8-9-|
|------------------o||--------------|-9----------------|-7------------|
|-------------------||-0------------|------------------|--------------|
Outro
+H S E S e e Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------6-9-||------------------|------------------|
|-(9)----9-9-9-----||------/9-(9)--/9--|------/9-(9)--/9--|
|------------------||-7----------------|-9----------------|
|------------------||------------------|------------------|
H E E E E +H S E S e e Q. E +Q Q
|--------------|--------------6-9-|------------------*|
|------6-7-8-9-|-(9)----9-9-9-----|------/9-(9)--/9--*|
|-7------------|------------------|-7----------------*|
|--------------|------------------|------------------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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