Chords for How To Play Bass Guitar To Ain't Too Proud To Beg - James Jamerson - The Temptation
Tempo:
97.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
Ab
E
Am
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] Hey, it's Paul from howtoplaybass.com here.
Got a quick lesson for you on a very simple James Jameson tune,
Ain't Too Proud To Beg, originally recorded by The Temptations, of course.
First in a mini-series of easy Jameson-style lines
from some of his mid-60s stuff before he got into his complex 16th note orientated phase.
So I hope you [G] enjoy this and the ones to come.
Before we head over to the lesson, if you're not a subscriber to my free monthly EZ,
click on the link underneath the video, head over to my website, subscribe.
You get a free monthly video lesson and PDF lesson.
Also, there's a series of three or four lessons that you get for free over the next few days
as a thank you for subscribing.
So don't forget to do that.
Let's head over to the lesson and start looking at the chorus,
which is where the bass comes into the tune.
The chorus is a fairly straightforward eight-bar pattern.
It's made up of four two-bar patterns.
I'll play through it, then we'll talk through the pattern.
Three, four, and that C is the downbeat of the verse, which we'll look at in a moment.
So, very straightforward.
First bar starts off with C, third fret of the A string.
Then you've got E, second fret of the D string.
G, [E] fifth fret of the, sorry, I think I said G string.
E is the second fret of the D [G] string.
G at the fifth fret of the D string.
Then you're down to F, third fret of [Am] the D string.
Then you've got A, second fret of the G string.
Then [Ab] you've got the anticipated note, which is C, which is back to the third fret of the A string.
So that first bar is C, E, G, F, A, back to C.
Then the second bar, which is kind of like an answer pattern to that first bar,
start with the anticipated note.
It's that anticipated note C, which we looked at [N] the last beat of the first bar.
C is the next note.
Also, it's on an and beat rather than a beat.
And then there's another C, which is on the and of beat two.
And on beat three, you've got the open A string.
Then beat four, you've got an eighth note G, third fret of the E string.
Eighth note B, second fret of the A string.
So play the two bar pattern again.
So the entire two bar pattern, C, E, G, F, A, C, C, C, open A, G, B.
Then you're back into the pattern.
And then when you've played that pattern four times through, you're into the verse.
It starts with a stab on C.
We're going to look at the verse section.
Okay, the verse section is really straightforward.
What you've got is an eight bar section.
There are six bars where the bass just plays once every two bars,
which is just a stab on C, third fret of the A string on the downbeat.
[G] Seventh bar, it does that again.
And then the eighth bar, you've got a fill to lead you back to the chorus.
I'll play through it all with the metronome, but it is very straightforward.
One, two, three, four.
[Cm] So that's bar one.
Don't play in bar two.
Bar three.
Don't play in bar four.
Bar five.
Don't play in bar six.
[G] Bar seven.
And then you've got the fill.
And then that will take you back to the chorus.
That fill is G, by the way.
Fifth fret of the D string.
And that's it.
And then you get back to the chorus.
That fill takes you automatically back to the chorus.
The only time that's different is in the very first verse where the bass doesn't play,
where the piano and the drums and the vocals come in.
There's a different fill which leads you into the very first chorus.
And that fill is
And then you'd be into the chorus.
That figure that we looked at earlier in the lesson.
So that fill is [D] very simply
Second fret of the [G] G string.
Open G string.
[E] E.
Second fret of the D string.
B.
Second fret of the A string.
So it's a very straightforward song.
Those are the main parts.
Got a quick lesson for you on a very simple James Jameson tune,
Ain't Too Proud To Beg, originally recorded by The Temptations, of course.
First in a mini-series of easy Jameson-style lines
from some of his mid-60s stuff before he got into his complex 16th note orientated phase.
So I hope you [G] enjoy this and the ones to come.
Before we head over to the lesson, if you're not a subscriber to my free monthly EZ,
click on the link underneath the video, head over to my website, subscribe.
You get a free monthly video lesson and PDF lesson.
Also, there's a series of three or four lessons that you get for free over the next few days
as a thank you for subscribing.
So don't forget to do that.
Let's head over to the lesson and start looking at the chorus,
which is where the bass comes into the tune.
The chorus is a fairly straightforward eight-bar pattern.
It's made up of four two-bar patterns.
I'll play through it, then we'll talk through the pattern.
Three, four, and that C is the downbeat of the verse, which we'll look at in a moment.
So, very straightforward.
First bar starts off with C, third fret of the A string.
Then you've got E, second fret of the D string.
G, [E] fifth fret of the, sorry, I think I said G string.
E is the second fret of the D [G] string.
G at the fifth fret of the D string.
Then you're down to F, third fret of [Am] the D string.
Then you've got A, second fret of the G string.
Then [Ab] you've got the anticipated note, which is C, which is back to the third fret of the A string.
So that first bar is C, E, G, F, A, back to C.
Then the second bar, which is kind of like an answer pattern to that first bar,
start with the anticipated note.
It's that anticipated note C, which we looked at [N] the last beat of the first bar.
C is the next note.
Also, it's on an and beat rather than a beat.
And then there's another C, which is on the and of beat two.
And on beat three, you've got the open A string.
Then beat four, you've got an eighth note G, third fret of the E string.
Eighth note B, second fret of the A string.
So play the two bar pattern again.
So the entire two bar pattern, C, E, G, F, A, C, C, C, open A, G, B.
Then you're back into the pattern.
And then when you've played that pattern four times through, you're into the verse.
It starts with a stab on C.
We're going to look at the verse section.
Okay, the verse section is really straightforward.
What you've got is an eight bar section.
There are six bars where the bass just plays once every two bars,
which is just a stab on C, third fret of the A string on the downbeat.
[G] Seventh bar, it does that again.
And then the eighth bar, you've got a fill to lead you back to the chorus.
I'll play through it all with the metronome, but it is very straightforward.
One, two, three, four.
[Cm] So that's bar one.
Don't play in bar two.
Bar three.
Don't play in bar four.
Bar five.
Don't play in bar six.
[G] Bar seven.
And then you've got the fill.
And then that will take you back to the chorus.
That fill is G, by the way.
Fifth fret of the D string.
And that's it.
And then you get back to the chorus.
That fill takes you automatically back to the chorus.
The only time that's different is in the very first verse where the bass doesn't play,
where the piano and the drums and the vocals come in.
There's a different fill which leads you into the very first chorus.
And that fill is
And then you'd be into the chorus.
That figure that we looked at earlier in the lesson.
So that fill is [D] very simply
Second fret of the [G] G string.
Open G string.
[E] E.
Second fret of the D string.
B.
Second fret of the A string.
So it's a very straightforward song.
Those are the main parts.
Key:
G
Ab
E
Am
Cm
G
Ab
E
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Hey, it's Paul from howtoplaybass.com here.
Got a quick lesson for you on a very simple James Jameson tune,
Ain't Too Proud To Beg, originally recorded by The Temptations, of course.
First in a mini-series of easy Jameson-style lines
from some of his mid-60s stuff before he got into his complex 16th note orientated phase.
So I hope you [G] enjoy this and the ones to come.
Before we head over to the lesson, if you're not a subscriber to my free monthly EZ,
click on the link underneath the video, head over to my website, subscribe.
You get a free monthly video lesson and PDF lesson.
Also, there's a series of three or four lessons that you get for free over the next few days
as a thank you for subscribing.
So don't forget to do that.
Let's head over to the lesson and start looking at the chorus,
which is where the bass comes into the tune.
_ _ _ _ The chorus is a fairly straightforward eight-bar pattern.
It's made up of four two-bar patterns.
I'll play through it, then we'll talk through the pattern.
Three, four, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and that C is the downbeat of the verse, which we'll look at in a moment.
So, very straightforward.
First bar starts off with C, third fret of the A string.
Then you've got E, second fret of the D string.
G, [E] fifth fret of the, sorry, I think I said G string.
E is the second fret of the D [G] string.
G at the fifth fret of the D string.
Then you're down to F, third fret of [Am] the D string.
Then you've got A, second fret of the G string.
Then [Ab] you've got the anticipated note, which is C, which is back to the third fret of the A string.
So that first bar is _ _ _ _ C, E, G, F, A, back to C.
Then the second bar, _ which is kind of like an answer pattern to that first bar,
start with the anticipated note.
It's that anticipated note C, which we looked at [N] the last beat of the first bar.
_ _ C is the next note.
Also, it's on an and beat rather than a beat.
_ And then there's another C, which is on the and of beat two.
And on beat three, you've got the open A string.
Then beat four, you've got an eighth note G, third fret of the E string.
Eighth note B, second fret of the A string.
So play the two bar pattern again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So the entire two bar pattern, C, E, G, F, A, _ C, C, C, open A, G, B.
Then you're back into the pattern.
And then when you've played that pattern four times through, you're into the verse. _
It starts with a stab on C.
We're going to look at the verse section. _
_ _ _ Okay, the verse section is really straightforward.
What you've got is _ an eight bar section.
There are six bars where the bass just plays once every two bars,
which is just a stab on C, third fret of the A string on the downbeat.
[G] _ Seventh bar, it does that again.
And then the eighth bar, you've got a fill _ to lead you back to the chorus.
I'll play through it all with the metronome, but it is very straightforward.
One, two, three, four.
[Cm] So that's bar one.
Don't play in bar two. _
_ Bar three.
_ Don't play in bar four.
Bar five.
_ Don't play in bar six. _
[G] Bar seven.
And then you've got the fill. _ _ _ _
And then that will take you back to the chorus.
That fill is G, by the way.
Fifth fret of the D string.
_ _ _ And that's it.
And then you get back to the chorus.
_ _ That fill takes you automatically back to the chorus.
The only time that's different is in the very first verse where the bass doesn't play,
where the piano and the drums and the vocals come in.
There's a different fill which leads you into the very first chorus.
And that fill is_
And then you'd be into the chorus. _ _ _ _
That figure that we looked at earlier in the lesson.
So that fill is [D] very simply_
Second fret of the [G] G string.
Open G string.
[E] E.
Second fret of the D string.
B.
Second fret of the A string.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So it's a very straightforward song.
Those are the main parts. _ _ _ _
Got a quick lesson for you on a very simple James Jameson tune,
Ain't Too Proud To Beg, originally recorded by The Temptations, of course.
First in a mini-series of easy Jameson-style lines
from some of his mid-60s stuff before he got into his complex 16th note orientated phase.
So I hope you [G] enjoy this and the ones to come.
Before we head over to the lesson, if you're not a subscriber to my free monthly EZ,
click on the link underneath the video, head over to my website, subscribe.
You get a free monthly video lesson and PDF lesson.
Also, there's a series of three or four lessons that you get for free over the next few days
as a thank you for subscribing.
So don't forget to do that.
Let's head over to the lesson and start looking at the chorus,
which is where the bass comes into the tune.
_ _ _ _ The chorus is a fairly straightforward eight-bar pattern.
It's made up of four two-bar patterns.
I'll play through it, then we'll talk through the pattern.
Three, four, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and that C is the downbeat of the verse, which we'll look at in a moment.
So, very straightforward.
First bar starts off with C, third fret of the A string.
Then you've got E, second fret of the D string.
G, [E] fifth fret of the, sorry, I think I said G string.
E is the second fret of the D [G] string.
G at the fifth fret of the D string.
Then you're down to F, third fret of [Am] the D string.
Then you've got A, second fret of the G string.
Then [Ab] you've got the anticipated note, which is C, which is back to the third fret of the A string.
So that first bar is _ _ _ _ C, E, G, F, A, back to C.
Then the second bar, _ which is kind of like an answer pattern to that first bar,
start with the anticipated note.
It's that anticipated note C, which we looked at [N] the last beat of the first bar.
_ _ C is the next note.
Also, it's on an and beat rather than a beat.
_ And then there's another C, which is on the and of beat two.
And on beat three, you've got the open A string.
Then beat four, you've got an eighth note G, third fret of the E string.
Eighth note B, second fret of the A string.
So play the two bar pattern again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So the entire two bar pattern, C, E, G, F, A, _ C, C, C, open A, G, B.
Then you're back into the pattern.
And then when you've played that pattern four times through, you're into the verse. _
It starts with a stab on C.
We're going to look at the verse section. _
_ _ _ Okay, the verse section is really straightforward.
What you've got is _ an eight bar section.
There are six bars where the bass just plays once every two bars,
which is just a stab on C, third fret of the A string on the downbeat.
[G] _ Seventh bar, it does that again.
And then the eighth bar, you've got a fill _ to lead you back to the chorus.
I'll play through it all with the metronome, but it is very straightforward.
One, two, three, four.
[Cm] So that's bar one.
Don't play in bar two. _
_ Bar three.
_ Don't play in bar four.
Bar five.
_ Don't play in bar six. _
[G] Bar seven.
And then you've got the fill. _ _ _ _
And then that will take you back to the chorus.
That fill is G, by the way.
Fifth fret of the D string.
_ _ _ And that's it.
And then you get back to the chorus.
_ _ That fill takes you automatically back to the chorus.
The only time that's different is in the very first verse where the bass doesn't play,
where the piano and the drums and the vocals come in.
There's a different fill which leads you into the very first chorus.
And that fill is_
And then you'd be into the chorus. _ _ _ _
That figure that we looked at earlier in the lesson.
So that fill is [D] very simply_
Second fret of the [G] G string.
Open G string.
[E] E.
Second fret of the D string.
B.
Second fret of the A string.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So it's a very straightforward song.
Those are the main parts. _ _ _ _