I heard "The Spinners" performing their version of this many years ago and I've tried to mimic the riff they used to link verses. In the last line of the riff, I can't decide if the eighth note should be -4 or -5, so I've put them both in divided by / for you to decide.
3 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6 6 -5 5
-4 4 -4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -3
3 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6 6 -5 5
-4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 5 -4 4 4 4
6 5 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4
4 -4 5 5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -4
3 3 4 4 4 -4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 6
-5 5 -4 -4 -4 5 5 -4 4 4 4
Riff:
5 4 5 -5 6 6
5 4 5 -5 6
-6 6 -5 5 -4 -5 5 -4/-5 5 4 4 |