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Heat Wave

Martha and the Vandellas
Bass Tab

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

Intro 1

Q=164(8=s8)

4/4

Gtr I (Upright Bass)

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q E E E E E E

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
A|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1-3---1-----||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------3-0-||

Intro 2

|-3-|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
D|----3--------|-------0-----|-------------|----------------|
A|-------3-----|----------2--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3-----|
E|-1--------1--|-3--3--------|-------------|------------3-2-|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

G|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-------1--2--|-3--3--3--3-2-|-3--3--3--3----|
E|-1--1--1--2--|-3--3--------|--------------|------------0--|

Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q

G|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
A|--------------|-----------1--|-------------0-|-1--1--1-1-1---|
E|-1--1--1--1-4-|-3--3--3-3----|-4--4--4-4-4---|---------------|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q q E E E E E E

G|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
D|-1----------0-|-1----------0-|-1-----------|-1---------------||
A|----3--1------|----3--1------|----3--1-----|----1-3---1------||
E|----------3---|----------3---|----------3--|------------3-0--||

Verses 1 - 4

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

G||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A||o-------------|----------2--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----|
E||--1--0--1--2--|-3--2--3-----|-------------|----------2--|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|----3--------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-------1--2--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-------|
E|-1-----1--2--|-3--3--------|-------------|----------2-2--|

Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q

G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
A|--------------|-------------1-|------------0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1---||
E|-1--1--1--1-2-|-3--3--3-3-3---|-4--4-4-4-4----|----------------||

Chorus

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E

G|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-1-----------|-1----------0-|-1-----------|-1----------0--|
A|----3--1-----|----3--1------|----3--1-----|----3--1-------|
E|----------3--|----------3---|----------3--|----------3----|

1.,2.,3.

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q q E E E E E E 4x

G|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------------||
D|-1-----------|-1----------0-|-1-----------|-1---------------o||
A|----3--1-----|----3--1------|----3--1-----|----1-3---1------o||
E|----------3--|----------3---|----------3--|------------3-0---||

Outro

4.

q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

G|----------------||--------------|-------------|
D|-1--------------||o-------------|-------------|
A|----1-3---1-----||o-------------|-------1--2--|
E|------------3-0-||--1--1--1--2--|-3--3--------|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

G|--------------|-----------------||
D|--------------|----------------o||
A|-3--3--3--3-2-|-3--3--3--3-----o||
E|--------------|------------0----||

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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

| |-3-| - triplet

| | - bar

| || - double bar

| ||o - repeat start

| o|| - repeat end

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