MY GIRL (Bassline)
As recorded by Temptations
(From the 1997 Album ULTIMATE COLLECTION)




 Words and Music by William Robinson and Ronald White



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderately Q=103
 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
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|
|---|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|
|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                    Verse
  E E E E E E E E    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------5---------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-3-----3-3-----||-3-----3-3---x-|---------------|-3-----3-3---x-|
|---------------3-||---------------|-1-----1-1---x-|---------------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3-----3-3---x-|---------------|-3-----3-3---x-|
|-1-----1-1---x-|---------------|-1-----1-1---x-|---------------|


                  Chorus
  Q  Q  E E E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------||---------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------||-3----x-5----x-|-------------|-3----x-5----x-|
|-1-----1-1---x-||---------------|-1--2--3-----|---------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|-------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-3----x-3----x-|-3----x----3--|-5----x-5-----|
|-1-----3-----|---------------|--------3-----|--------------|


                   Verse
  E E Q  E E E E    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q
|----------------||--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------||--------------|---------------|--------------|
|-5------5-5-----||-3----x-------|-------------2-|-3----x-------|
|------------3-3-||--------3-----|-1----x-1------|--------3-----|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------2--|-3----x--------|-------------x-|-3-----3-x-----|
|-1----x-1-----|--------3----x-|-1-----1-1-----|-----------3-x-|


                  Chorus
  Q  Q  E E E E    Q  E E Q  q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|---------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------||-----------2--|-3----x-5-----|-----------2--|
|-------------2-||-3----x-5-----|--------------|-3----x-5-----|
|-1-----1-1-----||--------------|--------------|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3-----5--5---|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------2-|-3-----------2-|-3--------3--|-5------------|
|--------------|-------3-3-----|-------3-----|-------5-5----|


  E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|
|-5------5-5-----|-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
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------5-------5-|-------5---------||
|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----||
|-----------------|---------------3-||


 Interlude
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3------|
|-3----x--------|-------------5-|-3----x-3----3-|---------------|
|--------3----2-|-1----x-1------|---------------|-1----x------5-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-5----x-5----5-|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-3----x-3--1--|-0-----0-----|-5-5-5-----5-5-5-||


 Verse
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5----x-------|---------------|-5----x----5--|---------------|
|--------5-----|-3----x-3----5-|--------5-----|-3----x-3----5-|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|-5----x-5-----|---------------|-5----x-5----5-|--------------||
|--------------|-3----x-3----5-|---------------|-3-----3-3----||


 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    Q  E E
|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-5----x-------|-----------|-5----------|-----------4-|
|--------0--2--|-3----5----|------0--2--|-3----5------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----||
|-5-------------|-5--------5--|-7-----7-----|-------------7-7-||
|-------5-5---x-|-------5-----|-------------|-----------------||


 Outro
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-5-------------|-5--------5-6-|-7-----7-----|
|-------5-5---x-|-------5------|-------------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|--------------*|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----|---------------|--------------*|
|-------------7-7-|-5-------------|-5--------5-6-*|
|-----------------|-------5-5---x-|-------5------*|




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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