Buddy Holly – Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Bass Tab)
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ROCK AROUND WITH OLLIE VEE (Bassline)
As recorded by Buddy Holly
(From the 1958 Album THAT'LL BE THE DAY )
Words and Music by Sonny Curtis
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Don Guess - Upright Bass'
Intro 1
Q=197(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W W W Q Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|-7--------|-7--------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------|-5--------|-6--6--6--6--||
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
Intro 2
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7--5--4--3--|-2--4--5--6--|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4---||
|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|-------7------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-4--------4--|
||o-7--5-----4--|-7--7--5--2--|-------7-----|-------4-----|
||o-------7-----|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7-----------|----4--5--6--|-7-----------|-7--5-----4---||
|----4--5--6--|-7-----------|-------7-----|-------7------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
1st & 3rd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-4------------|
|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4--|----4--7--4--|-------4------|
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-5-----------|----6-----6---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7-----4-----|-9-----------|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4---||
|----7-----7--|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
2nd & 4th Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-4------------|
|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4--|----4--7--4--|-------4------|
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-5-----------|----6-----6---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7-----4-----|-------------|-7--5-----4--|-7-----5--7---||
|----7-----7--|-9-----7-----|-------7-----|----7---------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----4--5--4--|----4--5--7--|----4--5-----|-5--4--4--3---|
|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7--------7--|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7--7--4--3--|-2--2--4--6--|-7--7-----4--|-7--7-----4---||
|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|-------7------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------4--|-5--4--------|----------4--|-5--4---------|
|----4--7-----|-------5--4--|----4--7-----|-------5--4---|
|-7-----------|-------------|-5-----------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7--7--5--4--|-2--2--4--6--|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4---|
|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|-------7------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|----------4--|-5--4--4------|
|-7-----4--6--|-7--6--5-----|----4--7-----|----------7---|
|----7--------|----------7--|-5-----------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-7--7--5--4--|-2--2--4--6--|-7--5-----4--|-7--7-----4---o||
|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|-------7------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
Interlude
2.
W W W Q Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-7--------|-7--------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-6--6--6--6---|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7--7--5--4--|-2--2--4--6--|-7--5-----4--|-7--5-----4---||
|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|-------7------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Out-Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-4------------|
|-7--5-----4--|-7--7--5-----|-------7-----|-------4------|
|-------7-----|----------7--|-5-----------|----------6---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H +W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-7--7--5--4--|-------4--6--|-7-----4--6--|-7-----7----|-(7)----*|
|-------------|-7--7--------|----7--------|----7-------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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