Eddie Cochran – Sittin In The Balcony (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Eddie Cochran (From the 1957 Album SINGIN' TO MY BABY) Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk Arranged by Eddie Cochran Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Connie "Guybo" Smith - Double Bass'
              1st & 2nd Verses
  Q=140(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------||o-------7-----|-------7--4--|-5-----------|
|----------||o-5-----------|-5-----------|-------5-----|
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|

                                           1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--------5--|-7-----------|-7--------4--|-5-----5-----|
|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

                                                 Bridge
                    2.
                                               $
  E E Q  Q   Q       Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|-5---------12\--o||-5-----5-----|-5-----------||-------5-----|
|----------------o||-------------|-------------||-3-----------|
|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------7-----|-5-----------|-5-----------|-7-----------|
|-5-----------|-------5-----|-------5--5--|-------5-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

                                             3rd & 4th Verses
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H      H    Q   Q      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|
|-7-----------|-------------|---------12\--||-------7-----|
|-------5-----|-5-----------|--------------||-5-----------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------7--4--|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-7-----------|
|-5-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

                                             Guitar Solo
      To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H        Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--------------|
|-7--------4--|-5-----5-----|-5-----------||o-------7-----|
|-------5-----|-------------|-------------||o-5-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------7--4--|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-7-----------|
|-5-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

               1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H      W
|-------------|-------------|-------||
|-7--------4--|-5-----------|------o||
|-------5-----|-------------|------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------||

                           Outro
  2.
      D.S. al Coda       &
  E E Q  H      W           Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|----------||-------------|-------------|
|-5-----------|----------||-5-----5-----|-------------|
|-------------|----------||-------------|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|----------||-------------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H      W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-5-----------|------*|
|-------------|-5-----5-----|-------------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
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