Nowhere To Run Bass

NOWHERE TO RUN (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Martha & The Vandellas
(From the 1965 Album DANCE PARTY)
 
Words and Music by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Edward Holland, Jr.
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------|---------------|-----------------||
|----------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-2-3-4--||
|----------|---------------|-----------------||
|----------|---------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------2---3---5--|---------------|------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-----------------|-3-------------|------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------2---3---5--|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-||
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----||
|-3-------------|-----------------|-3-------------|-------------------||
 
 
 1st Verse
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E Q  E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3--3-4-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5--------|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  Q    +Q   Q  +E  E E E
|---------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5--------2-3-5-|------5-5-----|---------------2-3-||
|---------------|----2-3-5-------|-----------2--|-(2)--3--(3)-5-----||
|---------------|----------------|-3------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5-------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|---------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-||
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----||
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Q  Q  Q  E E   E E Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|----2--0------|----------------|----------2---|--------------||
|----------4-2-|----------------|----2--4------|--------------||
|-0------------|-0-2----0-2-3-4-|-5----------4-|-5--5--3-1----||
|--------------|-----0----------|--------------|------------2-||
 
 
 2nd Verse
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---3-4-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E Q  Q    +Q   Q  +E  E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q  Q  +E  E E E
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-5----5-5-----|---------------2-5-|------5-5----5-|-------------2-5-||
|-----------2--|-(2)--3--(3)-5-----|---------------|-2--3--(3)-5-----||
|--------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5-------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|---------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-||
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----||
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E Q  E
|------------0-|-(0)-1-2-----------|----------2--|--------------||
|----------2---|---------2---------|----2--4-----|--------------||
|----2--4------|-----------0-2-3-4-|-5-----------|-5--5--3-1----||
|-5------------|-------------------|-------------|------------2-||
 
 
 3rd Verse
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|-------2---3---3-4-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|
|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E E Q    +E  E Q  +E  E E E   Q.   E Q  Q    +Q   Q  +E  E E E
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|-5----5-5------|-----0--------0-2-0-|------5-5-----|-------------0-2-4-||
|----------5-2--|-(2)---3--(3)-------|-----------2--|-(2)--3--(3)-------||
|---------------|--------------------|-3------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5-------------|-------2---3---4-5-|---------------|------2---3---4-5-|
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5-----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5-----|
|---------------|-------------------|-3-------------|------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|-------2---3---5--|---------------|-------2---3---5--||
|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5----|------1-2-3--5-|-(5)-5---5---5----||
|-3-------------|------------------|-3-------------|------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Q.   E E E E E   +H     E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|--------------7-|---------------||
|--------------7-|-(7)------------|----------7-9---|---------------||
|--------3-4-7---|--------------7-|-5----7-9-------|-5--5-4-3-1----||
|-5----5---------|--------7-8-9---|----------------|-------------2-||
 
 
 Out-Chorus
  Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E E E     Q.   E E Q  E   +Q   E E E E E E  4x
|---------------|------------------||----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------2---3---4-5-||o---------------|------2---3---4-5-o||
|------3-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5-----||o------1-2-3--5-|-(5)----5---5-----o||
|-3-------------|------------------||--3-------------|-------------------||
 
 
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
X