Bass tabs
AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US NOW (Bassline)
As recorded by McFadden & Whitehead
(From the 1979 Album MCFADDEN & WHITEHEAD)
Words and Music by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Jerry Cohen
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Williams - Bass'
Intro
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S S S E E Q E S S Q +S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6---6---4---4-3---3-------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------4---|-------------------3-6-|
|-------------------------6-|-4--4---4-4--(4)-4-----|
S S S S E S S S S S S e S S Q E S S Q. E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4---4-3---3---------|-----------------|
|-----------------------4-----|-----------------|
|-------------------------6---|-4--4---4-4----4-|
S S S S E S S S S S S e S S Q E S S Q. S S Q E S S Q E S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6---6---4---4-3---3---------|--------6----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------4-----|-------------------|---------------3---|
|-------------------------6---|-4--4-----4----3-2-|-1--1-1---1--1-----|
E S S E S S E E E S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|-----------------------|---------8-----------------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-3-4-4---|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E Q Q E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------10\--|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8-------|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-------------|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
Chorus
E S S E E Q Q E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------10\--||-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8-------||---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-------------||-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
1st & 2nd Verses
$
E S S E E Q Q E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------10\--||-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8-------||---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-------------||-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S +S S S S E S S E E E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------6---------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|-------------6-8-----------|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-(8)-----------0-1-4-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E Q Q E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------10\--|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8-------|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-------------|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E e. S S S S S E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S +S S S S E S S E E E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------6---------|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|-------------6-8-----------|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-(8)-----------0-1-4-|-6-6---------------------7-|
E S S E E Q Q E E S S S S a E. S +E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------10\--|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|
|---------7-8-------|---------8-----------------|
|-8-7-8-------------|-6-6---------------------7-|
Bridge
E S S E E e. S S S S S Q E S S Q S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S
|------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------||---------------------|-6---6-4---4-3---3----------|
|---------7-8--6-8-6-----||---------------------|-------------------4--------|
|-8-7-8--------------9-7-||-4--4---4-4--4---1-3-|-----------------------6----|
Q E S S Q S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S Q E S S Q S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-6---6-4---4-3---3---------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------4-------|----------------------|
|-4--4---4-4--4---1-3-|-----------------------6---|-4--4---4-4--4---1-3--|
S S E S S E S S S S E. S Q Q E S S S S S S Q E S S E S S E E
|-1---1--------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-------4---4-3---3--------|-----------------3---|---------------------||
|---------------------4----|---------------3---3-|---------------------||
|--------------------------|-1--1--1---1-1-------|-1--1---1-1---1-1-4--||
Chorus
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
To Coda
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|--------------10\--|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8-------|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8-------------|
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------|
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----|
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7-|
D.S. al Coda
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------------||
|-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|--------------10\--||
|---------8-----------------|---------7-8-------||
|-6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8-------------||
Outro
&
E E S S S S a E. S +E E E S S E E e. S S S S S
||----------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------6---6-8s10--6-(6)---|------------------------o||
||o---------8-----------------|---------7-8--6-8-6-----o||
||--6-6---------------------7-|-8-7-8--------------9-7--||
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