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Time is Tight

Booker T. & the M.g.'s
Bass Tab
★4.8(4)

2 versions

Bass2

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

TIME IS TIGHT (Bassline)

As recorded by Booker T. & The MG's

(From the 1969 Album UP TIGHT)

Words and Music by Al Jackson, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn & Booker T. Jones

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

Q=138

4/4

Gtr I

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

||-----------------|----------------------||
||o----------------|---------------------o||
||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||

$

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|-||-----------------|----------------------|
|-||o----------------|----------------------|
|-||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)--------|
|-||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

To Coda

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|------------------------||
|----------------|-----------------------o||
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)---------o||
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5----||

Q. E Q. E H Q Q Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E

|---------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|-5----5-----2---|-5----5----3-4-|
|---------------|---------5--|--------2-5---5-|--------5------|
|---------------|------------|----------------|---------------|

Q. E Q. E H Q Q Q. E E E E E Q Q Q Q

|---------------|------------|----------------|-------------||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|-5----5-----2---|-5--3--2-----||
|---------------|---------5--|--------2-5---5-|----------5--||
|---------------|------------|----------------|-------------||

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3-0-3-0---3-|-(3)-0---3-(3)-0---0-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------------3---|-------3---------3---|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|----------------|---------------------|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|----------------|---------------------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|----------------|---------------------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

||-----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|
||o-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
||-------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|---------------------o||
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|
|----------------|---------------------|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|----------------|---------------------|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|----------------|---------------------|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E H Q Q

|----------------|---------------------||----------------|------------|
|----------------|---------------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-----|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------||o---------------|---------5--|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-||----------------|------------|

1. 2.

D.S. al Coda

Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E Q Q Q Q

|----------------|----------------||----------------|-------------||
|-5----5-----2---|-5----5----3-4-o||-5----5-----2---|-5--3--2-----||
|--------2-5---5-|--------5------o||--------2-5---5-|----------5--||
|----------------|----------------||----------------|-------------||

&

Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E

|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|
|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|

+E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E

|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|

+E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E

|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||o----------------|
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------||o-3--3---3-----3-|
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-||-------5---5-3---|

+E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

|---------------------|----------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|-3--3---3-----3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------o||
|-----5-3-------5-3-5-|------5---5-3---|-----5-3-------5-3-5--||

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

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