Buddy Holly – Rock Me My Baby (Bass Tab)
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ROCK ME MY BABY (Bassline)
As recorded by Buddy Holly
(From the 1957 Album THE "CHIRPING" CRICKETS)
Words and Music by Susan Heather & Shorty Long
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe B. Mauldin - Upright Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=206(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||o------7-7-----|------7-7-----|------7-7-----|------7-7-----||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|------7-7-----|------7-7-----|------7-7-----|------7-7------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q H W
|--------------|---------------|------------|------||
|--------------|-----------11--|-9----------|------||
|------7-7-----|------7-7------|------------|------||
|--------------|---------------|------------|------||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7------|----------------|
|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
1.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q H W
|---------------|--------------|------------|-------||
|-7------7------|-7------7-----|-9----------|------o||
|---------------|--------------|------------|------o||
|---------------|--------------|------------|-------||
Guitar Solo
2.
q Q H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
|-9----------|----------||-7------7------|----------------|
|------------|----------||---------------|-7------7-------|
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7------|----------------|
|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
q Q H Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-9----------|-------------|-7------7------|----------------|
|------------|-7--7--7--7--|---------------|-7------7-------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7------|----------------|
|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Interlude
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|---------------|---------------||---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------||o--------------|---------------o||
|---------------|-7------7------||o------7-7-----|------7-7------o||
|-7------7------|---------------||---------------|----------------||
3rd Verse
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
||---------------|---------------||--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|--------------o||--------------|-----------11--|
||o------7-7-----|------7-7-----o||------7-7-----|------7-7------|
||---------------|---------------||--------------|---------------|
Chorus
q Q H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
|-9----------|----------||-7------7------|----------------|
|------------|----------||---------------|-7------7-------|
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7------|-7------7------|
|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Interlude
q Q H W Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------||
|-9----------|----------||o--------------|---------------o||
|------------|----------||o------7-7-----|------7-7------o||
|------------|----------||---------------|----------------||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7------|----------------|
|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q q Q H
|---------------|--------------|------------|
|-7------7------|-7------7-----|-9----------|
|---------------|--------------|------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------|
Outro
W Q E E Q Q 3x E E Q H
|----------||----------------||-------------*|
|----------||o--------------o||-------------*|
|----------||o------7-7-----o||-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