Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – If You Can Want (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (From the 1968 Album SPECIAL OCCASION) Words and Music by Smokey Robinson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'

  [Intro]
  Q=117
  Gtr I
   W          H    E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E
G|----------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------|------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|
E|----------|------------4-|-(4)----------2-|-(2)----------4-|

   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E Q
G|----------------|----------------|---------------||
D|----------------|--------4-------|---------------||
A|--------4-6-----|----------6---4-|-(4)----4-6----||
E|-(4)----------2-|-(2)------------|---------------||

   [1st - 3rd Verses]
   Segno $
   Segno Segno $$
     H    E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E
G||---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
D||o--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
A||o------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6------o||
E||--4----------4-|-(4)----------2-|-(2)----------2-|-(2)----------4---||

  [Chorus]
                                                       1.
     +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E
G||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
D||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
A||o--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6------o||
E||--(4)----------2-|-(2)----------4-|-(4)----------2-|-(2)----------4---||

  2.
         To Coda                  Dal Segno al Coda    
  To Double Coda
   H    E E E E    +H     E E E E   +H     E E Q
G|---------------|----------------|----------------||
D|---------------|--------4-------|----------------||
A|------4-6------|----------6---4-|-(4)----4-6-----||
E|-2----------2--|-(2)------------|----------------||

 [Bridge]
 Coda &
   W          H    E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E
G|----------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------|------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|
E|----------|------------4-|-(4)----------4-|-(4)----------2-|

                                      Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda
   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E Q
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------||
A|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----|--------4-6----||
E|-(2)----------2-|-(2)----------4-|-(4)----------4-|-(4)-----------||

                             [Out-Chorus]
 Double Coda &&
   W          H    E E E E     +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E  5x
G|----------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D|----------|--------------||o----------------|----------------o||
A|----------|------4-6-----||o--------4-6-----|--------4-6-----o||
E|----------|------------4-||--(4)----------2-|-(2)----------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 *************************************