The Temptations – I Wish It Would Rain (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by The Temptations (From the 1968 Album WISH IT WOULD RAIN) Words & Music by Norman Whitfield, Berrett Strong & Rodger Penzabene Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=92
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
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|---------------|-1----1-1-1-0---|---------------|
|-1----1------1-|--------------3-|-1----1------1-|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|

                                                      1st - 3rd Verses
                                                   $
  Q  +E  E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q      Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|---------------||------------------|
|-1--(1)-1---1-0---|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|
|----------------3-|-1--1-1-1-1----|-1--1-1-1-1----||o-1--1-1-1-1---1--|
|------------------|---------------|---------------||------------------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1--|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3---3--|
|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

                                    1.                 2.
                           To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q.   E E E E E     W          H.      Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------|---------3---|
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-|-----------------|-1----1-1-1-0---o||-1--------|-------------|
|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1---1--|--------------3-o||----------|-1-----------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------|-------------|

             Interlude
  W           H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|----------||---------3--|------------|---------3---|
|-1--------||------------|-1-------1--|-------------|
|----------||-1----------|------------|-1-----------|
|----------||------------|------------|-------------|

  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|------------|---------3--|------------|--------------|
|-1-------1--|------------|-1-------1--|--------------|
|------------|-1----------|------------|-1--1--1--1---|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|

                             Outro
 D.S. al Coda &
  Q  Q  Q  Q     W            H.      Q
|-------------||----------||----------3--|
|-------------||-1--------||o------------|
|-1--1--1--1--||----------||o-1----------|
|-------------||----------||-------------|

  &
  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q   3x
|------------|---------3--|-------------||
|-1-------1--|------------|-1-------1--o||
|------------|-1----------|------------o||
|------------|------------|-------------||

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line 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. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths