Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Bass

Originally by Gladys Knight & The Pips
This Version By Marvin Gaye
Bassist: James Jamerson
Any comments please e-mail me on
Hope you enjoy playing along to
Motown's biggest seller of all time

Intro: (play this 4 times)
G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E---------------------|

Lead in to Verse:
G---------------|
D---------------|
A---6-6-6-6-6---|
E---------------|

Verse 1:
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------4--------4----------------------------4-----|
A------4-5-6---6---6---66---6----------------4-5-6---6---6---|
E---66------------------------6---66-5-4---66----------------|

G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------4-6-8---8-6----6-----------6---------------------------5-6----|
A---66--------8------6-----------6----4-5-6---666--------4-5-6---6---|
E-----------------------6-7-8---8---66-----------5-4---66------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------5-6----------5-6--------------4-4-6----4-6----|
A------4-6----3-4-5-6-------4-5-6-----6----4-6---66-6-----66---6---|
E---66-----4-------------66--------------66---4--------------------|
                          Verse 2:
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----4-----4-3------4-------4-3-----4------4-------------------------|
A---6-6--66-----6--6-6---66-----6--6-6---66--6----------------4-5-6--|
E----------------------------------------------6---66-5-4---66-------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----4-------4-6-8---8-6----------------1--------------------------|
A---6-6---66--------8-8------1-2-3---33----------4-5-6---666-------|
E-------------------------44--------------4---66-------------5-4---|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------6-------------------3--6--------------6------------|
A------4-5-6---6-6-----4-6----3-4-6--6-------4-5-6---6-6----4-6----|
E---66--------------66-----4--------------66--------------66---4---|
                                            Bridge:
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------3-6----4-6-----4------4-3-----4------4-3-----4------4-3----|
A---3-4-6-6---66---6---6-6---66---6---6-6---66---6---6-6---66---6---|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
          Verse 3:
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----4------5-6------4------4-6-8---8-6-------------4------4------|
A---6-6---66----6---6-6---66-------8-8-----4-5-6---6-6---66-6-----|
E----------------------------------------66-------------------6---|


G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------6--6-7-8------------------------6-----------|
A--------------1-2-33---6--------6---666--------4-5-6---6-6----4-6---|
E---66-5-4---44--------8----------------5-4---66------------66----4--|

G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------3-6-----------5-6-----------------3-6-----4-6-----4----|
A---3-4-6-6-----4-5-6-----6----4-6----3-4-6-6----66---6---6-6---|
E-------------66-------------66---4-----------------------------|

Outro:
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----4-3-----4-----------------4------4-3-----4----------------4----|
A---66---6---6-6-----4-4-5-6---6-6---66---6---6-6----4-4-5-6---6-6---|
E-----------------6-5-6---------------------------6-5-6--------------|

G----------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------4------5-6------4------------------|
A------4-4-5-6---6-6---66---6---6--6-------4-4---6---|
E---6-5-6------------------------------5-66-6--------|