Buddy Holly – Think It Over (Bass Tab)

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THINK IT OVER (Bassline) As recorded by Buddy Holly & The Crickets (From the 1957 Album THE "CHIRPING" CRICKETS ) Words and Music by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe B. Mauldin - Upright Bass'

 Intro
  Q=132(8=s8)
 4/4
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                                   1st - 3rd Verses
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|-------7----7-|-------7----5-|-5------------|-5-------------|
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                                                   To Coda
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 Piano Solo
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|-7--4---------|-7--4---------|-7--4---------|-7--4----------|
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|----4--7--4-7-|----4--7--4-7-|-7--4-----4---|-7--4-----4----|
|-5------------|-5------------|-------7----7-|-------7----7--|
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                                                  D.S. al Coda
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|--------------|--------------|-7--7--------|-7----------------||
|-7--7--7--7-7-|-5--5--5--5-5-|-------5--5--|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
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                                  Outro
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|-7-----------|-----------------||-7--7-----7--|
|-------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-------7-----|
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|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7---*|
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|

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