Bass tabs
BREAK UP TO MAKE UP (Bassline)
As recorded by The Stylistics
(From the 1972 Album ROUND 2)
Words and Music by Thom Bell, Linda Creed & Kenneth Gamble
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronnie Baker - Bass'
Intro
Q=82(8=s8)
3/4
Gtr I
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
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||o------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|-4----(4)-4-|
||--5----(5)-5-|-5----(5)-5-|-4----(4)-4-|------------|
1.
|-3-|
H +E E H E E E H +E E H +E E
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|------------|------4-3-2-|-1----(1)-1-|------------o||
|------------|------------|------------|------------o||
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----------|------------|-4----(4)-4--||
2.
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
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|------------|------------|------------|------------||
|------------|-2----(2)-2-|------------|------------||
|-2----(2)-2-|------------|-4----(4)-4-|-4----(4)-4-||
1st & 2nd Verses
H Q H Q H Q H +E E
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||o---------|---------|---------|------------|
||o------4--|-2-------|------4--|------------|
||--5-------|------2--|-5-------|-4----(4)-4-|
H +E E H Q Q Q Q H +E E
|------------|---------|----------|------------|
|------------|---------|----------|------------|
|------------|------4--|-------0--|-2----(2)-2-|
|-5----(5)-5-|-4-------|-2--4-----|------------|
H Q H Q H Q H +E E
|---------|---------|---------|------------|
|---------|---------|---------|------------|
|------4--|-2-------|------4--|------------|
|-5-------|------2--|-5-------|-4----(4)-4-|
H +E E H Q Q Q Q H +E E
|------------|---------|----------|------------||
|------------|---------|----------|------------||
|------------|------4--|-------0--|-2----(2)-2-||
|-5----(5)-5-|-4-------|-2--4-----|------------||
Chorus
H +E E H Q H +E E Q Q Q
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|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|-4----(4)-4-|-2----4--|------------|-------0--|
|------------|---------|-2----(2)-2-|-2--4-----|
H +E E H +E E H +E E E E Q +E E
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----(2)-2-|------------|-4-2-4--(4)-2-|
|------------|------------|-0----(0)-0-|--------------|
H +E E H Q H +E E Q Q Q
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|-4----(4)-4-|-2----4--|------------|-------0--|
|------------|---------|-2----(2)-2-|-2--4-----|
1.
|-3--|
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E E
|------------|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|------------|--------------o||
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----(2)-2-|------------|----------2-1-o||
|------------|------------|-0----(0)-0-|-2----(2)------||
Interlude
2.
|-3--|
H +E E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
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|--------------||------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|----------2-1-||-0----(0)-0-|-0----(0)-0-|------------|-4----(4)-4--|
|-2----(2)-----||------------|------------|-4----(4)-4-|-------------|
|-3--|
H +E E H +E E E H +E E H +E E
|------------|--------------|------------|------------||
|------------|--------------|------------|------------||
|------------|----------4-3-|-2----(2)-2-|------------||
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-4----(4)-4-||
Out-Chorus
H +E E H Q H +E E Q Q Q
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|-4----(4)-4-|-2----4--|------------|-------0--|
|------------|---------|-2----(2)-2-|-2--4-----|
H +E E H +E E H +E E E E Q +E E
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----(2)-2-|------------|-4-2-4--(4)-2-|
|------------|------------|-0----(0)-0-|--------------|
H +E E H Q H +E E Q Q Q
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|------------|---------|------------|----------|
|-4----(4)-4-|-2----4--|------------|-------0--|
|------------|---------|-2----(2)-2-|-2--4-----|
|-3--|
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E E
|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|-2----(2)-2-|-2----(2)-2-|------------|----------2-1-*|
|------------|------------|-0----(0)-0-|-2----(2)-----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
Tell me whats wrong with you now
Tell me why I
Never seem to make ya happy
Though heaven knows I've tried
What does it take to please you
Tell me just how
I can satisfy ya woman your drivin me wild
Chorus
Break up to make up that's all we do
First you love me, then you hate me
That's a game for fools
Break up to make up that's all we do
First you love me, then you hate me
That's a game for fools
When I come home for working
Your on the phone
Talkin' bout how bad I treat ya
Now tell me I'm wrong
You say it's me and always
I say its you
We have got to get together or baby we're through