Things Get Better bass tab by Delaney And Bonnie

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|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||

 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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