Actually, this advice applies to just about any country lead part. Well, that should do it for this song. It's standard Tab, with the lowest-pitched string at the bottom of the tab. Note that it is not the regular electric bass part. For those of you who may not know, a 6-string bass is actually a kind of baritone guitar.
All strings are wound.
These instruments have been around since at least the early sixties, and were made by several companies, including Fender. The best known ones, however, were made by Danelectro. Nowadays, you can buy excellent copies of the Danelectros, made by Jerry Jones of Nashville. Due to the similarity in tuning, it's possible to play this part on a regular guitar, though it won't sound the same. The parts that are strummed are the partial chords with pull-offs.