Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues (Guitar 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 B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - 12-string Acoustic Guitar ' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar' Intro 1 Q=158 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (Ac. 12-string Gtr.) W W
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| \0.5           \0.5             \0.5           \0.5
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------
| S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E   S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E
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|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|

   Intro 2 & Interlude
    E       A         B       E
    E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q
||--x-0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|
||o-x-0-0-0-2-------|-x-4-4-4-0-------|
||--x-1-1-1-2-------|-x-4-4-4-1-------|
||--x-2-2-2-2-------|-x-4-4-4-2-------|
||o-x-2-2-2-0-------|-x-2-2-2-2-------|
||--x-0-0-0---------|---------0-------|
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|   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|
||--0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|

  E       A         B       E
  E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q
|-x-0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------||
|-x-0-0-0-2-------|-x-4-4-4-0-------||
|-x-1-1-1-2-------|-x-4-4-4-1-------||
|-x-2-2-2-2-------|-x-4-4-4-2-------||
|-x-2-2-2-0-------|-x-2-2-2-2-------||
|-x-0-0-0---------|---------0-------||
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| PM----------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------||
|-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-||

 1st - 3rd Verses
  N.C.
  W                               W
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| | \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 |-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E   S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--|

  E       A         B       E
  E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q
|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|
|---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------|
|---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------|
|---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------|
|---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------|
|---0-0-0---------|---------0-------|
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| PM---------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|

  N.C.
  W                               W
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| | \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 |-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E   S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E
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|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--|

                                      Pre-Chorus
  E       A         B       E          A5
  E E E E E 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
|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------||-----------------|------------------|
|---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------||-----------------|------------------|
|---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------||-----------------|------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---0-0-0---------|---------0-------||-----------------|------------------|
| | PM-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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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|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-||-----------------|------------------|

                               Chorus
  E                             A5
  E E Q  H      H    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---||-----------------|------------------|
|-1-----------|--------1-1---||-----------------|------------------|
|-2-----------|--------2-2---||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|-2-----------|--------2-2---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-----------|--------0-0---||-----------------|------------------|
| | PM------------------------------|
| 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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|-------------|--------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-----------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|

  E             N.C.
               2/4    4/4
  E E Q  H      W      W
|-0-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|-1-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|-2-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|-2-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------|------|-------------------------------|
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|                      \0.5           \0.5
|                      PM-----------------------------
| E E Q  H      W      S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E
|-------------|------|-------------------------------|
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|-0-----------|------|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|

 1.,2.                             3.
  W                              3x W
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| | \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 |---------------------------------------------------------------|
| S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E  3x S    +S  E E E S    +S  E E E
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|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-||

   Outro
    E       A         B       E                 A         B       E
    E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q    3x
||----0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0--------||
||o---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------|---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------o||
||----1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------|---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1--------||
||----2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------|---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2--------||
||o---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------|---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------o||
||----0-0-0---------|---------0-------|---0-0-0---------|---------0--------||
| | PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   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  3x
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------o||
||--0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|-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