Marvin Gaye – Your Precious Love (Bass Tab)

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YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE (Bassline) As recorded by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (From the 1967 Album UNITED) Words and Music by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=106
 12/8
  Gtr I
   W        Q  E E   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------5-3-|-----------5-3-------|------------3-5-3---5-3--|
A|-----------------|-1-------------5---5-|-3------5-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------3---|-------------------------|

                                                [1st & 2nd Verses]
   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q  E E E E     H.      E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
D|-----------5-3-------|------------3--3---5-3-||o-----------5-3-------|
A|-1-------------5---5-|-3------5-3------------||o-1-------------5---5-|
E|-----------------3---|-----------------------||------------------3---|

   Q.   E E E E E E E E E   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q  E E E E
G|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------3-5-3---5-3-|-----------5-3-------|-----------------3-5-3-|
A|-3------5-3-------------|-1-------------5---5-|-3------5-3------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------3---|------------1----------|

   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q  E E E E   H.      E E E E E E
G|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------5-3-------|------0----2--3-------|-----------5-3-------|
A|-1-------------5---5-|-3--------------------|-1-------------5---5-|
E|-----------------3---|----------------1-1-3-|-----------------3---|

                          [Chorus]
   Q.   Q  E E E E E E E    Q.   E E E Q.   q  E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E
G|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------2-3---3---3-2-||----------------------|----5-3----------------|
A|-3----3----------------||-4------4-3-----------|-----------6--6--------|
E|-------------1---1-----||------------6----6--4-|-3-------6------4-6-4--|

                                                [Bridge]
   Q.   E E E Q  E q  E   Q.   Q  E Q  E q  E     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q  E
G|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------3----o||-----------------------|
A|-4------4-3-----------|---------2-3--3------o||-2---------------------|
E|------------6--6-4--4-|-3----3------------1--||-------------------1---|

   E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E +E  E E Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------3---|
D|-------------------3-----|------------1-3----------|------------------3-----|
A|-------------6-6-6-------|-3--3-(3)-3--------------|-1----------------------|
E|-4-4-4-3-3-3---------1-3-|-------------------1-1-2-|------------------------|

   E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-1-1-1-0-0-0-------------|---------------5\----|---------------------------||
D|-------------1-1-1-3-3-3-|---------------------|---------------------------||
A|-------------------------|-3--3--3--3--3---1---|---------------------------||
E|-------------------------|-------------------x-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1---||

 [3rd Verse]
   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E E E E E   H.      E E E E E E
G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------5-3-------|------------3-5-3---5-3-|-----------5-3-------|
A|-1-------------5---5-|-3------5-3-------------|-1-------------5---5-|
E|-----------------3---|------------------------|-----------------3---|

   Q.   E E E Q  E E E E   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q  E E E E
G|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------3-5-3-|-----------5-3-------|------0----2--3-------|
A|-3------5-3------------|-1-------------5---5-|-3--------------------|
E|------------1----------|-----------------3---|----------------1-1-3-|

   H.      E E E E E E   Q.   Q  E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------5-3-------|---------2-3---3---3-1-|
A|-1-------------5---5-|-3----3----------------|
E|-----------------3---|-------------1---1-----|

  [Out-Chorus]
     Q.   E E E Q.   q  E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E  5x
G||-----------------------|-----------------------||
D||o----------------------|----5-3---------------o||
A||o-4------4-3-----------|-----------6--6-------o||
E||-------------6----6--4-|-3-------6------4-6-4--||

************************************ 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 | \ - slide out of (to "nowhere") | x - muted **************************************