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BERNADETTE (Bassline)
As recorded by Four Tops
(From the 1967 Album REACH OUT)
Words and Music by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'
Intro Chorus
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S Q +E S S E S S E E
|-------------|---------------||------------8-8-------|
|-------------|---------------||--------6-8-----8-----|
|-6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6--6--5-||-6--(6)-----------6-5-|
|-------------|---------------||----------------------|
Q +E. S S S S S E E Q +E. S E S S E E Q +E. S E. S S S S S
|----------6---6-------|----------4-4-------|-----------------------|
|--------6---6---6-----|--------4-----4-----|---------------6-------|
|-4--(4)-----------4-3-|-2--(2)---------2---|--------6-4--4---3-4-5-|
|----------------------|------------------5-|-6--(6)----------------|
Q +E S S E S S E E Q +E S S E S S E E Q +E S S Q E E
|------------8-8-------|------------6-6-------|-------------------|
|--------6-8-----8-----|--------4-6-----6-----|-------------------|
|-6--(6)-----------6-5-|-4--(4)-----------4-3-|-2--(2)-1----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------2-4--5---|
1st Verse
S E S +S E S +S S E E E E E Q Q E. S E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|---------------------------|----------------||----------------------------|
|-----------6-8-(8)-6---6-8-|----------------||-----------------------6----|
|---5-8-(8)-----------8-----|--------------x-||-4-4-(4)-3-4-5-6-6-(6)---6--|
|-6-------------------------|-6--------------||----------------------------|
E E +E. S E S S S S S S E E +E. S E E +E S S E E +E. S E. S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------6---|----------------------|
|-----------4-4---4---2-3-|-4-4-(4)-5-6-6-(6)---6-|-----------4----4-5-6-|
|-4-4-(4)-4-----4---1-----|-----------------------|-4-4-(4)-6----4-------|
E E +E. S E. S E S S E E +S S S S +S S E E S S E E +E. S E E +S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6-|-------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-4-6--0-6-4-6-|---------6-4-------6-4-------|-4-4-(4)-5-6-6-(6)-4-5-6-|
E E +S S S S +S S E E S S E E +S S S S E E S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6-|---------------------------|
|---------6-4-------6-4-------|-4-4-(4)-6-4-5-6-6-6-4-5-6-|
E E +S S S S +S S E E E
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5---||
|---------6-4-------6-4-------||
Chorus
Q +E S S E S S E E Q +S S S S E S S E E Q +E S S E S S E E
|------------8-8-------|--------------6-6-------|------------4-4-------|
|--------6-8-----8-----|--------6-3-6-----6-----|--------1-4-----4-----|
|-6--(6)-----------6-5-|-4--(4)-------------4-3-|-2--(2)-----------2---|
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------5-|
Q +E. S E. S S S S S Q +E S S E S S E E Q +S S S S E S S E E
|-----------------------|------------8-8-------|--------------6-6-------|
|---------------6-------|--------6-8-----8-----|--------6-3-6-----6-----|
|--------6-4--4---3-4-5-|-6--(6)-----------6-5-|-4--(4)-------------4-3-|
|-6--(6)----------------|----------------------|------------------------|
Q S S S S Q E E Q E S S +S E S +S S S S E E Q Q E. S
|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|--------6-(6)-7-8-(8)-6-8---|-----------------||
|-2--2--------------|----5-8-------------------0-|--------------x--||
|------1-2-3-4--4-5-|-6--------------------------|-6---------------||
2nd Verse
E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|---------------------------|
|-----------------------6---|
|-4-4-(4)-3-4-5-6-6-(6)---6-|
|---------------------------|
E E +E. S E E +S S E E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------6---|
|-----------4-4-(4)-6-4-|-4-4-(4)-3-4-5-6-6-(6)---6-|
|-4-4-(4)-6-------------|---------------------------|
E E +E S S E E +E S S E E +E. S E E +E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------4-4-(4)-5-6-|-----------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-5-6-------------|-4-4-(4)-5-6-6-(6)-4-6-|
E E +S S S S +S S E E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6-|
|---------6-4-------6-4-------|
E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-6-4-5-6-6-(6)-6-4-|
E E +S S S S +S S E E S S E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6-|---------------------------|
|---------6-4-------6-4-------|-4-4-(4)-6-4-5-6-6-(6)-6-4-|
Chorus
E E +S S S S +S S E E E Q +E S S E S S E E Q +E S S E E E E
|---------------------------||------------8-8-------|------------6-6------|
|---------------------------||--------6-8-----8-----|--------3-6----------|
|-4-4-(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-||-6--(6)-----------6-5-|-4--(4)---------4-3--|
|---------6-4-------6-4-----||----------------------|---------------------|
Q E S S E S S E E Q E. S E. S S S S S E E +E S S E S S E E
|----------4-4-------|----------------------|-------------8-8--------|
|------1-4-----4-----|--------------6-------|---------6-8-----8------|
|-2--2-----------2---|-------6-4--4---3-4-5-|-6-6-(6)-----------6-5--|
|------------------5-|-6--6-----------------|------------------------|
E E +E S S E S S E E Q S S S S Q E E Q S E S +S E S +S S E
|-------------6-6-------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-6-----6-----|-------------------|--------6-(6)-7-8-(8)-6---|
|-4-4-(4)-----------4-3-|-2--2--------------|----5-8-----------------8-|
|-----------------------|------1-2-3-4--4-5-|-6------------------------|
Bridge
E E Q Q E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|---------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------||---------------1-|-2--2--1---2-4-5-|-6--6--5---5-6---|
|-6-----------1-||-2--2--1-2-2-4---|---------2-------|---------6-----5-|
Q E. S Q E. S E E +E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------4-|---------4-------1-|
|-6--6--5-7--7----|-2-2-(2)---2-2-4---|
Q E. S E E E E E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------6-7--|
|-2--2----2-2-4-5-|-6-6-(6)-5---5-6-6-(6)------|
|-------2---------|-----------6----------------|
3rd Verse
W E E +S S S S S S E +E S S E E +E. S E S S S S S S
|----------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8--------||-------------------------x---|-------------------------|
|----------||-4-4-(4)---4-5-5h6-6-(6)---6-|---------6-4-4---4---2-3-|
|----------||---------6-------------------|-4-4-(4)-------4---1-----|
E Q. E E +E S S E E +E. S E E E S S E E +E. S E. S E S S
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------6---|---------------------|----------------------|
|-4-4----6-6-(6)---6-|-----------4-4-5-6---|------------------2-3-|
|--------------------|-4-4-(4)-6---------0-|-4-4-(4)-5-6--5-6-----|
Q +S S S S +S S E E S S E E +S S S S E E +E S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4--(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6-|-----------------------2-3-|
|--------6-4-------6-4-------|-4-4-(4)-6-4-5-6-6-(6)-----|
Q +S S S S +S S E E S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4--(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-6---|
|--------6-4-------6-4---------|
E E +S S S S E E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-4-4-(4)-6-4-5-6-6-(6)-4-5-6-|
Chorus
Q +S S S S +S S E E E Q +E S S E S S E E
|--------------------------||------------8-8-------|
|--------------------------||--------6-8-----8-----|
|-4--(4)-----4-(4)-----4-5-||-6--(6)-----------6-5-|
|--------6-4-------6-4-----||----------------------|
Q +E S S E E E E Q +E S S Q E E Q S E S +S E S +S S E
|------------6-6-----|-------------------|--------------------------|
|--------3-6---------|-------------------|--------6-(6)-7-8-(8)-6---|
|-4--(4)---------4-3-|-2--(2)-2----------|----5-8-----------------8-|
|--------------------|----------2-4--4-5-|-6------------------------|
W +W W
|----------|------------|------||
|----------|------------|------||
|----------|------------|------||
|-6--------|-(6)--------|------||
Out-Chorus
Q +E S S E S S E E Q +E S S E E E E Q +E S S E S S E E
|------------8-8-------|------------6-6-----|------------4-4-------|
|--------6-8-----8-----|--------3-6---------|--------1-4-----4-----|
|-6--(6)-----------6-5-|-4--(4)---------4-3-|-2--(2)-----------2---|
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------5-|
Q E. S E. S S S S S E E +E S S S S S S E E Q +E S S S S S S E E
|----------------------|-------------8---8-------|------------6---6--------|
|--------------6-------|---------6-8---8---8-----|--------3-6---6---6------|
|-------6-4--4---3-4-5-|-6-6-(6)-------------6-5-|-4--(4)-------------4-3--|
|-6--6-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E S S Q E E Q +S S S S +E E E E Q +E S S S S S S E E
|-------------------|------------------------|------------8---8--------*|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------6-8---8---8------*|
|-2--(2)-2----------|--------------------4-5-|-6--(6)-------------6-5--*|
|----------2-4--4-5-|-6--(6)-4-5-6-(6)-6-----|-------------------------*|
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
----------------
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