Things Get Better bass tab by Delaney And Bonnie
Bass Tab
Tuning: Standard (E A D G) Key: C Difficulty: Intermediate THINGS GET BETTER (Bassline) As recorded by Delaney & Bonnie (From the 1969 Album HOME) Words and Music by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd & Wayne Jackson Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass' Intro: Q=127 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| D|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-2-3-4--|| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------|| E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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1st Verse:
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S Q Q. E Q. E +E Q Q Q E
G|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--3-4--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-3--2--0----||
A|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------4-||
E|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
Chorus:
E E E E E E E E +E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3--3--3--3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------||
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2nd Verse:
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S Q Q. E Q. E +E Q Q Q E
G|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--3-4--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-3--2--0----||
A|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------4-||
E|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
Chorus:
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 Q Q E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3-3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3--3-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
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 Q E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3-3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3--2-3-4-||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------||
E|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Organ Solo:
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3----4-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. Q Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3--2--0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
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 E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3--3-3-3-3-3-|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------||
E|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
3rd Verse:
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3----4-|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E +E Q Q E E E
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||
D|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-3--4--|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-3--2--0-0---||
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------4-||
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||
Chorus:
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|-------------------|
D||o---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|
E||------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|---------------------||
D|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------o||
E|-----------------|---------------------||
Outro:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---5---5---5---|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5---5-|-3-3-------------|
A|-3-3-1-1-0-0-----|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------3-3-|-1-1-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-1-1-0-0-----|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-|-1-1-------------|
S S S S E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E Q Q
G|-----5---5---5---5---|---------2--4-|-5-5--3-2--0--*|
D|---5---5---5---5---5-|-3-3--3-------|--------------*|
A|-3-------------------|--------------|--------------*|
E|---------------------|--------------|--------------*|
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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).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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