Booker T and the Mgs - Groovin
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GROOVIN' (Bassline)
As recorded by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
(From the 1967 Album HIP HUG-HER)
Music by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
Arranged by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q H E E E E +W H E E E E +H Q Q
|------------|------1-2-4---|------------|------1-2-4---|--------------||
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------||
|------------|------------2-|-(2)--------|------------2-|-(2)----2--2--||
|---------0--|-0------------|------------|-0------------|--------------||
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|
||--0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2----------|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|------------|------------|-------------||
|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2------||
|-0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2-------2---||
1.
H E E Q H Q E E H E E Q H Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2-|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|
2.
H E E Q E E E E E E Q H E E Q H Q E E
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------o||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------0---2----o||-------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2-------------||-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|
H E E Q E E E E E E Q H E E E E +H Q Q
|-------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------0---2----||--------0-1-2-|-(2)----2--2---|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2------------||-0----4-------|---------------|
H E E E E +H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|--------------|--------------||------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||------------|-------------|
|--------0-1-2-|-(2)----2--2--||------2--2--|------2--2---|
|-0----4-------|--------------||-0----------|-2-----------|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2---|
|-0----------|-2----------|-0----------|-2-----------|
H Q Q H Q Q H E E Q H Q E E
|------------|------------||-------------|--------------|
|------------|------------||-------------|--------------|
|------2--2--|------2--0--||-------------|--------------|
|-0----------|-2----------||-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2--|
H E E Q H Q E E H E E Q E Q E +E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-4----4-4-4--|-2----2--2-2-|-4----4-4-4--|-2-2--4-(4)-4-4-4--|
E E E E +H H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|----------------||------------|------------|-------------|
|----------------||------------|------------|-------------|
|-0-0---2-(2)----||------2--2--|------2--2--|------2--2---|
|----------------||-0----------|-2----------|-0-----------|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|------------||-------------|------------|
|------------||o------------|------------|
|------2--2--||o------2--2--|------2--2--|
|-2----------||--0----------|-2----------|
H Q Q H Q Q 4x H Q Q
|------------|-------------||------------*|
|------------|------------o||------------*|
|------2--2--|------2--2--o||------2--2--*|
|-0----------|-2-----------||-0----------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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