Buddy Holly – Lonesome Tears (Bass Tab)

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LONESOME TEARS (Bassline) As recorded by Buddy Holly (Released as a Single in 1958) Words and Music by Buddy Holly Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe B. Mauldin - Upright Bass'
 Intro           1st & 2nd Verses
  Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
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|-------------||o-7-----7------|-4-----4----4-|------------7--|
|-7--7--7--7--||-------------7-|--------------|---------------|

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|------------6-|-7-----------|-9-----------|-7-------------|
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                                                 Bridge
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                                                        3rd Verse
                            To Coda
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|-4-----4----4-|------------7-|------------6-|-7------------|
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                                             Guitar Solo
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|-------9-----|-------7----7-|-------------||---------------|
|-9-----------|-7------------|-7-----------||-7-----7-------|
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                                    D.S. al Coda  &
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|-------9-----|---------7---7---|-----------------||-9---9---9---9----||
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 Outro
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
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|--------------|--------------|-6-----6------|-7-----7-------|
|-7-----7------|-4-----4----4-|------------7-|------------6--|
|------------7-|--------------|--------------|---------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  H      +W
|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-------9-----|----------7----|----7-------|--------*|
|-7-----------|-9-----------|-7---7--7----7-|-7-----7----|-(7)----*|
|-------9-----|-------------|---------------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths