One of the great Top 40 bass lines: (along with Tears of a Clown)

[Burma Jones]

Isrealites - Desmond Dekker

I get up in the morning slaving for bread sir,
so that every mouth can be fed,
Poor me, Israelites.
Mi wife an' ma kids they pack up an'a leave me,
"darling" she said "I was yours to recieve",
Poor me, Israelites.
Cho! shirt dem a tear-up, trousers a go,
I don' wan' to end up like Bonny and Clyde,
Poor me, Israelites.
After a storm there mus' be a calming,
you catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm,
Poor me, Israelites.


I get up in the morning stabbing for bread sir,
so that every mouth can be fed,
Poor me, Israelites.
Mi wife an' ma kids they pack up an'a leave me,
"darling" she said "I was yours to recieve",
Poor me, Israelites.
Cho! shirt dem a tear-up, trousers a go,
I don' wan' to end up like Bonny and Clyde,
Poor me, Israelites.
After a storm there mus' be a calming,
you catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm,
Poor me, Israelites.

[teach1st]

1. Listen here...

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/desmond.mp3

[teach1st]

2. Listen to "Tears of a Clown"

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/clown.mp3

[fob]

3. I'm taking lessons, can you post the tab?

On second thought, the bassline may be top 40 but the song SUCKS BIG TIME! Tears of a Clown though, that's solid all the way around.