Sam Cooke – Touch The Hem Of His Garment (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers (From the 1954 Album SAM COOKE & THE SOUL STIRRERS) Words and Music by Sam Cooke Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Fields - Double Bass'

              [1st & 2nd Verses]
  Q=104(8=s8)
  4/4
   Gtr I
   W            Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------||---------------|-------------|-------------|
D|----------||o--------------|-------------|-1-----1-----|
A|-1--------||o-1----1-------|-5-----5-----|-------------|
E|----------||---------1-----|-------------|-------------|

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

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-1-----1------|
A|-------------|-1-----1-----|-5-----5-----|--------------|
E|-1-----1-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-1-----------|-------1------|
A|-1-----------|-1------1-----|-------------|-1------------|
E|-------1-----|------1-------|-------1-----|--------------|

                  [Chorus]
   Q  E E Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|--------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|--------------||-------3-----|-------3-----|-1-----1------|
A|-1----1-------||-1-----------|-1-----------|--------------|
E|--------1-----||-------------|-------------|--------------|

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

                     2. H.=H ritardando
   Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E Q  Q    W          +W
G|------0----------||--------------|----------|--------*|
D|--------3-2-0---o||------3-1-----|----------|--------*|
A|-1------------3-o||-1------------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
E|-----------------||--------------|----------|--------*|

************************************ 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 ************************************