Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Bass Tab)

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TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY (Bassline) As recorded by Marvin Gaye (From the 1969 Album M.P.G.) Words and Music by Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=122
 4/4
 Gtr I
   W          +W           +W           +H     E E E E
G|----------|------------|------------|-----------------||
D|----------|------------|------------|-----------------||
A|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------4----||
E|----------|------------|------------|--------4-6---6--||

 [Verse 1]                                [Chorus]
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  7x H    H      E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|------------------||-----------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------|------------------|
A||o-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----o||-6----4----|-4-4-----4-4---4--|
E||--------6---------|-------6-------6--||-----------|-------6----------|

   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E S S E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
A|---4-----4-4-----|-6----4-(4)-----|-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4----------||
E|-------6-------6-|--------------6-|-------6---------|-------6---6-5-4-6--||

 [Verse 2]                                [Chorus]
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  7x H    H      E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|------------------||-----------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------|------------------|
A||o-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----o||-6----4----|-4-4-----4-4---4--|
E||--------6---------|-------6-------6--||-----------|-------6----------|

   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---4-----4-4-----|-6----4-(4)-----|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----4-4---4-|
E|-------6-------6-|--------------6-|-------6-------6-|-------6---------|

   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q.   E   E E E E E E S S E
G|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
A|---4-----4-4-----|-6----4-(4)-----|-4-4-----4-4--------||
E|-------6-------6-|--------------6-|-------6-----4-5-6--||

 [Interlude]
   W          +H     E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-4--------|-(4)----------4-|-(4)-4-----4-4---4-|---4---4-------4-|
E|----------|----------4-6---|---------6---------|---------1-4-6---|

                                     [Verse 3]
   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 E E E E  7x
G|-----------------|----------------||------------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|--------------6-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
A|-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4------||o-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----o||
E|-------6---------|-------6--------||--------6---------|-------6-------6--||

 [Chorus]
   H    H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q.   E
G|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-6----4----|-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----|-6----4-(4)-----|
E|-----------|-------6---------|-------6-------6-|--------------6-|

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q.   E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-4-4---4-------4-|-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----|-6----4-(4)-----|
E|---------1-4-6---|-------6---------|-------6-------6-|--------------6-|

                    [Outro]
   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  6x E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------*|
D|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------*|
A|-4-4---4-------4-||o-4-4-----4-4---4-|---4-----4-4-----o||-4-4-----4-4---4-*|
E|---------1-4-6---||--------6---------|-------6-------6--||-------6---------*|

************************************ 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). | +() - note tied to previous | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************