Buddy Holly – Think It Over (Guitar Tab)

Capo 5

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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 B E) - 'Buddy Holly - Electric Guitar w/ capo 5th fret' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Vi Petty - Piano' Intro Q=132(8=s8) E 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 5th fret) H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
|-----------0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-----------0h|=1---2---1---2-0h|=1---2---1---2-0h|
|-----------0h|=2---2---2---2-0h|=2---2---2---2-0h|
|-----------0h|=2-------2-----0h|=2-------2-----0h|
|-----------0-|---------0---0-0-|---------0---0-0-|

                    B7
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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|-2---2---2---2---|---------------0h=||
|-2-------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h=||
|---------0---0---|---------------0--||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    E
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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  A                                       E
  +Q   E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
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|------2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|----2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0-(0)-0-2----|
|------2-2-(2)---2-2-|----2-2-(2)---2-2-|-----2---1---2---|-1---2---------2----|
|-(2)--2-2-(2)---2-2-|-2--2---------2-2-|-----2---2---2---|-2------------------|
|-(0)--0---------0---|-0--0---------0---|-2-------2-------|-2------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-0-------0-------|-0------------------|

                                          1.
                                 To Coda
  B7                  A                    E
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E    E E Q  H
|---2---2-(2)-2---0-|---0---0-(0)-0---0--|-------------|
|---0---0-(0)-0---2-|---2-2-2-(2)-2------|-------------|
|-----------------2-|---2-2---------2----|-------------|
|-------------------|-----2---------2----|-------------|
|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-2-----------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-0-----------|

                     2.
    B7                E               B7
  E E E E E E E E     E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0--||-------------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0--||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0--||-------------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h=||
|---------------0--||-------------|---------------0h=||
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0-o||-2-----------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h=||
|---------------0--||-0-----------|---------------0--||

| Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| W                   W             H       E E E E
|------------------||-------------|------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------|------------------||
|------------------||-------------|------------------||
|------------------||-------------|------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------|---------------0--||
|------------------||-------------|-----------0-2----||

 Piano Solo
  E
   E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0------|
|-----0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|-----0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0------|
|--1----2---1---2---|-1---2---1---2-0h|==1----2---1---2---|-1---2---1--------|
|--2----2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2-0h|==2----2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2-2--|
|--2--------2-------|-2-------2-----0h|==2--------2-------|-2-------2---2-0--|
|-----------0-------|-0-------0-----0-|-----------0-------|-0-------0--------|

| +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-----|-----------------|-----------2-2-----|------------------|
|-(0)---4-5-----4-2-|-0---0-2-4-----0-|-(0)---4-5-----4-2-|-0---0-2-4-0-2-0--|
|-------------------|---0-------0-2---|-------------------|---0--------------|

  A
  +E  E E E +E  E E E   E E E E Q   E E
|-----0---------0-----|---0-----------0-|
|-----2-3-------2-3-1s|=2---3-2-------0-|
|-------2-2-(2)-2-2-1s|=2---2-2-------0h|
|-(2)---0-2-(2)---0---|-----0-2-------0h|
|-(0)-----0-(0)-------|-------0-------0h|
|---------------------|---------------0-|

|  Q    E E  Q    E E   Q   E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|--3----2-0--3----2-0-|-3---2-0---0-2-0-|
|---------------------|-----------------|

    E
    E E E E   +E  E E E     +E  E E E +E  E E E
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|-----0-2-0---(0)-0-2-0-|---(0)-0-2-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|---1---2-1---(1)-1-2-1-|---(1)-1-2-1-(1)---1---|
|---2---2-2---(2)---2-2-|---(2)---2-2-(2)---2---|
|---2-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

| a Q   E E a  Q    E E   a  Q    E E  E  E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3h4---2-0-3h=4----2-0-|-3h=4----2-0---------0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------0-2---|

  B7                    A
  E E E E E E E   E     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------0-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------|---2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|---1-1-1-1-1-1-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------|-----------------|

| | |--3--|

| E E E E Q   E E   E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2---2-3---2-|-0---0-----0-0-0-|
|---0-2-0-------------|---2---2---------|

                          D.S. al Coda
  E         A     E     B7
  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-(0)-0-0-0-------0-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0--||
|-(0)-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-------1---2-2-2-1-|---2-2-2-2-2-2----||
|-------2---2-2-2-2-|------------------||
|-----------0-0-0---|---2-2-2-2-2-2----||
|-------------------|------------------||

|  E  E E E Q   E E   Q   E E H
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----2------------||
|--4----4-------0---|------------------||
|-----0---0-------0-|-------0----------||

                                  Outro
  &
  E               B7               E
  E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
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|-------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-------------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h||=1---2---1---2---|
|-------------|---------------0h||=2---2---2---2---|
|-2-----------|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0h||=2-------2-------|
|-0-----------|---------------0-||---------0---0---|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0--*|
|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0--*|
|-1---2---1---2-0h|=1---2---1---2---|-1---2---1---2-0h|=1---2---1---2----*|
|-2---2---2---2-0h|=2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2-0h|=2---2---2---2----*|
|-2-------2-----0h|=2-------2-------|-2-------2-----0h|=2-------2--------*|
|-0-------0-----0-|---------0-------|-0-------0-----0-|---------0--------*|

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