Wilson Pickett – Ninety-Nine And A Half Wont Do (Bass Tab)

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NINETY-NINE AND HALF (WON'T DO) (Bassline) As recorded by Wilson Pickett (From the 1966 Album THE EXCITING WILSON PICKETT) Words and Music by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd & Wilson Pickett Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=104
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------|-------------|-------------|----------4---|
D|----------|-------4-----|-------4-----|-------5------|
A|----------|----5--------|----5--------|----5---------|
E|----------|-7-----------|-6-----------|-7------------|

                  [Verses 1 & 2]
   Q  Q  E E E E     Q  E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
G|---------------||----------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-7--5----------||o----9----9---9-|-7--5--4-------|----9----9---9--|
A|-------7---5-6-||o-7----7----7---|-----------5-6-|-7----7----7----|
E|---------7-----||----------------|---------7-----|----------------|

   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-7--5--4-------|----9----9---9-|-7--5--4-------|----9----9---9--|
A|-----------5-6-|-7----7----7---|-----------5-6-|-7----7----7----|
E|---------7-----|---------------|---------7-----|----------------|

                 [Chorus]
                 Segno $
   Q  Q  Q  E E    Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
G|--------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-7--5--4--5-7-||-5----5----5-6-|-7----7----7---|----9----9---9--|
A|--------------||----5----5-----|----7----7---5-|-7----7----7----|
E|--------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|

                                  1.                2.
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E     Q  Q  Q  Q
G|---------------|---------------|----------------||--------------||
D|-7--5--4-------|----9----9---9-|-7--5--4-------o||-7--5--4------||
A|-----------5-6-|-7----7----7---|-----------5-6-o||----------7---||
E|---------7-----|---------------|---------7------||--------------||

 [Interlude]            [Verse 3]
               To Coda
   W          W            Q  E Q  E E E
G|----------|----------||----------------|
D|----------|----------||o----9----9---9-|
A|----------|----------||o-7----7----7---|
E|----------|----------||----------------|

                                     1.
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
G|---------------|------------------|----------------||
D|-7--5--4-------|----9-------9---9-|-7--5--4-------o||
A|-----------5-6-|-7----7-(7)---7---|-----------5-6-o||
E|---------7-----|------------------|---------7------||

                   [Outro]
  2.
 Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
   Q  Q  Q  E E      Q  E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E  8x
G|---------------||----------------|----------------||
D|-7--5--4--7-6--||o----9----9---9-|-7--5--4-------o||
A|---------------||o-7----7----7---|-----------5-6-o||
E|---------------||----------------|---------7------||

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