Eddie Cochran – Cut Across Shorty (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Eddie Cochran (From the 1960 Album THE MEMORIAL ALBUM) Words and Music by Marijohn Wilkin & Wayne P. Walker Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Conrad "Guybo" Smith - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=184
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------||
|------3----|------3----|------3----|------3----||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o-3---------|-3---------|------3----|------3----|
||-------3----|------3----|-1---------|-1---------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3---------|-3---------|-5---------|------5----|
|------3----|------3----|------5----|-3---------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3---------|-3---------|------3----|------3----|
|------3----|------3----|-1---------|-1---------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------5----|
|-3---------|-3---------|------5----|-3---------|
|------3----|------3----|-3---------|-----------|

               Chorus
  q  Q  H       H    H      H    H      H    H
|------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------||-----------|-----------|------5----|
|-3----------||------3----|------3----|-3---------|
|------------||-1---------|-1---------|-----------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------5----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3---------|------3----|------3----|------5----|
|-----------|-1---------|-1---------|-3---------|

  1.,2.                    3.
  H    H      H    H     3x     H    H      H    H     3x
|-----------|------------||-||------------|------------||
|-----------|-----------o||-||o------5----|-----------o||
|-3---------|-3---------o||-||o-3---------|------5----o||
|------3----|------3-----||-||------------|-3----------||
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