This is the bass tablature for the single version of I Need More Time by The
Meters. All I know is that it appears on the 2005 album Funkify Your Life: The
Meters Anthology, and is track no. 14. I have also included the notes but they can be ignored.
Intro 0:37
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A------------------3----5-----------|
E--5----5----3--------------5----0--|
A A G C D A lowE
Verse 0:46
G-------------------------|
D---------------7----5----| x2
A--10----7----------------|
E-------------------------|
G E A G
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------7----5----|
A------------7--10---7----------------------5--7-------------7--|
E--5--7--9------------------0--------5--7-----------------------|
A B C# E F# E lowE A B D E A G E
Play this section once, but on the 2nd and 4th repeats
hold on the 10th fret for a fraction longer.
Chorus 1:14
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------| x4
A------------7--10----7--5---------------------|
E--5--7--9-------------------7--5--3--0----0---|
A B C# E G E D B A G E E
Verse 1:24
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------7----5----| x2
A------------7--10---7----------------------5--7-------------7--|
E--5--7--9------------------0--------5--7-----------------------|
A B C# E F# E lowE A B D E A G E
Bridge 1:34
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------| x4
A----7-------------------------5--7---------5-7----|
E------------3------5------8-------------7------7--|
E G A C D E B D E B
4 bars rest
2:01
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------5-5--7---|
E--0----3----5--3-----0--0--------0----3----5--3--0------------------|
E G D G E E E G D G E
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------5-5--7--|
E--0-0----3----5--3-----0--0--------0-0----3----5--3--0------------------| (More swung)
E E G D G E E E E G D G E
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------5-5--7--|
E--0----3----5--3-----0--0--------0----3----5--3--0-----------------|
E G D G E E E G D G E
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------5-5--7--|
E--0-0----3----5--3-----0--0--------0-0----3----5--3--0------------------| (More swung)
E E G D G E E E E G D G E
2:20
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------| x 10 fade out
A----7-------------------------5--7---------5-7----|
E------------3------5------8-------------7------7--|
E G A C D E B D E B