Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Eddie Cochran (From the 1960 Album EDDIE COCHRAN) Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capehart Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Connie 'Guybo' Smith - Bass'
 Intro 1
  Q=158
 4/4
  Gtr I
  a E E E E a E E E E   a E E E E a E E E E
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   Intro 2 & Interlude
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  a E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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 1st - 3rd Verses
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  a E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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|-6h7-7-7-7---------|---------7-7-7-7-|
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  a E E E E a E E E E   a E E E E a E E E E
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|-6h7-7-7-7-6h7-7-7-7-|-6h7-7-7-7-6h7-7-7-7-|
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                                        Pre-Chorus
  a 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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                           Chorus
  E E Q  H      W           E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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               2/4    4/4
  E E Q  H      W      a E E E E a E E E E
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|-7-----------|------|-6h7-7-7-7-6h7-7-7-7-|
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 1.,2.                   3.
  a E E E E a E E E E  3x a E E E E a E E E E
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|-6h7-7-7-7-6h7-7-7-7-o||-6h7-7-7-7-6h7-7-7-7-||
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   Outro
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  a E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
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|-----------7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-9---------o||
|-6h7-7-7-7---------|---------7-7-7-7-o||
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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