Dr Feelgood bass tab by Aretha Franklin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

DR. FEELGOOD (LOVE IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS)  (Bassline)
As recorded by Aretha Franklin
(From the 1967 Album  I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU)

Words and Music by Aretha Franklin & Ted White
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tommy Cogbill - Bass'

  Intro:                                1st Verse:
  Q=73
  12/8
   Gtr I
   W              Q.   Q.   Q.   Q  E    Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
G|--------------|---------------------||------------------------|
D|--------------|---------------------||------------------------|
A|--------------|-------------------2-||-3----3----3----3-1-0---|
E|--------------|------3----3----3----||------------------------|

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


   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E Q.   Q  E
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|---------3-2----2-----|
A|-3----3----3----3-1-0-|-----------0----0-5-3-|-3----3---------------|
E|----------------------|-3----3--3------------|-------------------0--|


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


                                                 2nd Verse:
   Q.   Q.   Q  E E E E   Q.   Q  E Q  E E E E    Q.   E E E Q.   E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------||------------------------|
D|----------------0-----|-----------5----------||------------------------|
A|-2----1----0--4---0---|---------5----5---0-2-||-3----3---1-3----3-1-0--|
E|--------------------4-|-3----3---------3-----||--------3---------------|


           |3|         |3|
   Q.   Q  E S Q.   Q  E S   Q.   Q  E Q  E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
G|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------4-|-5----5---------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------5---|---------5------0-1-2-|-3----3----3------1-2--|
E|-3----3--3-3-3----3------|-----------3--4-------|----------------3------|


            |3-|     |3-|     |3|
   Q.   Q  +E  S Q  +E  S E E E S
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-3----3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-3-1-0---|
E|------------------------------4-|


   Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E Q.   E E E
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------0-3-2----2-----|
A|------------0----0-5-3-|-2----2----------------|
E|-3----3-4-3------------|-------------------0-4-|


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


                                                 3rd Verse:
   Q.   Q  E Q  E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E    Q.   Q.   Q  E E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
D|----------------0-----|----------------------||--------------0--------|
A|-3----1--1-0--0---0---|----------------3-1-0-||----------------3-1-0--|
E|--------------------4-|-3--------------------||-3---------------------|


                                                                      |3|
   Q.   Q.   Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E S
G|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------0-------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------3-1-0-|------------------0-1-2-|-3----3----3------0-1-2-|
E|-3--------------------|-3--3-2-3-3-3-3-4-------|----------------3-------|


   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E Q.   E E E
G|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|---------3-2-----------|
A|-3----3----3----3-1-0-|-----------0----0-5-3-|-3----3----------------|
E|----------------------|-3----3--3------------|----------------0-2-4--|


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


  Outro:
                |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
   Q.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5------------------------------------------------------|
E|------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H.
G|-------------------------------------------*|
D|-------------------------------------------*|
A|-------------------------------------------*|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----*|

Lyrics:
I don't want nobody, always
Sittin' around me and my man
I said, I don't want nobody, always
Sittin' right there
Lookin' at me and that man
Be it my mother, my brother, or my sister
Would you believe, I'll get up
Put on some clothes
Go out and help them find somebody fo' they self,
if I can
Yes I will!

Now I don't mind company
Because company's alright with me
Every once in awhile
Yes it is,
I tell ya I don't mind company
Because company is alright with me
Every once in awhile, yeah
But Ooooooooooooooh
When me and that man get to lovin'
I tell ya girls, I dig ya, but I don't have time
To sit, and chit, and sit and chit-chat and smile

Don't send me no doctor
Fillin' me up with all a those pills
Got me a man named Doctor Feelgood
And oh! Yeah!
That man takes care of all my pains and my ills
His name is Doctor Feeeeeelgood in the morning
Takin' care o business is really this man's game
And after one visit to Dr. Feelgood,
You'll understand why Feelgood, is his naaaaaame.
Ooooh, yeah! Good God a-mighty
The man sho makes me feel real...
Goooooooood!

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; 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
||-3-| -  triplet

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