Booker T. & the M.G.'s – Summertime (Bass Tab)

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SUMMERTIME (Bassline) As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s (From the 1966 Album AND NOW!) Words and Music by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heyward Arranged by Booker T. & The M,G.'s Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
  [Intro]
  Q=74
  12/8
   Gtr I
   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------|

   [1st & 2nd Verses]
     Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G||---------------------|------------------|
D||o--------------------|------------------|
A||o----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----|
E||--1------1-----------|-1------1---------|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
G|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-----|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------|-----------------|---------------|

   Q.   +Q   E Q.   +E  E E   H.      H.
G|--------------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------|
A|-3----(3)--3-3----(3)-3-3-|-1---------------|
E|--------------------------|---------4-------|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1---------|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
G|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------|-----------------|---------3-----|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------|-4-------1-------|-3-------------|

  1.
   Q.   E e e H.        Q.   E e e H.
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|--------------------o||
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------o||
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1------------||

  2.
   Q.   E e e H.        Q.   E e e H.
G|--------------------|------------------||
D|--------------------|------------------||
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----||
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1---------||

  [Guitar Solo]
   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1---------|

   H.      H.        H.      H.        E Q  Q.   E Q  Q.     E Q  Q.   H.
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-3-3--3------3--3----|---3--3----------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------4-----|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------|

   Q.   E E E H.        Q.   E E E H.
G|--------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----|
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1---------|

   H.      H.        H.      H.        Q.   E e e H.        Q.   E e e H.
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||
A|-----------------|---------3-------|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-----||
E|-4-------1-------|-3---------------|-1------1-----------|-1------1---------||

  [Outro]
   Q.   E e e H.        Q.   E e e H.          Q.   E E E H.     5x
G|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------||
D|--------------------|--------------------||o------------------o||
A|----------3-1-------|----------3-1-------||o----------3-1-----o||
E|-1------1-----------|-1------1-----------||--1------1----------||
************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous ************************************