Booker T. & the M.G.'s – The Beat Goes On (Bass Tab)

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THE BEAT GOES ON (Bassline) As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s (From the 1968 Album DOIN' OUR THING) Words and Music by Sonny Bono Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

  Intro          Verses & Keyboard Solo
  Q=121(8=s8)
  4/4
   Gtr I
   Wx4            Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  Q  22x
G|------------||---------------|-----------------||
D|------------||o--------------|----------------o||
A|------------||o-3--1-----1-3-|-(3)-3-1-----1--o||
E|------------||--------3------|----------3------||

    Outro
     Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  Q    4x
G||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------||
D||o--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------o||
A||o-3--1-----1-3-|-(3)-3-1-----1--|-3--1-----1-3-|-(3)-3-1-----1---o||
E||--------3------|----------3-----|-------3------|----------3-------||

************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; + - note tied to previous; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Multibar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. | (n) note tied to previous ************************************