Eddie Cochran – Three Steps To Heaven (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Eddie Cochran (From the 1960 Album EDDIE COCHRAN) Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Bob Cochran Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Connie "Guybo" Smith - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=134(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|--------8---6---|--------8---6---|
|----------|-6----6---------|-6----6---------|

                                     1st & 2nd Verses
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||o--------------|------5-8---5---|
|--------8---6---|--------8-8-8-8-||o------5-8--5--|-6--------------|
|-6----6---------|-6--6-6---------||--6------------|----------------|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|------5-8---5---|
|--------8---6---|----------------|------5-8--5--|-6--------------|
|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6------------|----------------|

                                Pre-Chorus
  Q  E E  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|---------------|-------------||--------------|---------------|
|------7-10--7--|-------------||--------------|---------------|
|-8-------------|-8--6--5-----||------5-8--5--|------5-8--5---|
|---------------|----------8--||-6------------|-6-------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E  Q  Q    Q  E E  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|------5-8--5--|------5-8--5--|------7-10--7--|------7-10--7---|
|-6------------|-6------------|-8-------------|-8--------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|

                                    Chorus
  Q  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
|----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|--------8---6---|----------------||-6----6-6---6-6-|-8-----6-5--------|
|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-||----------------|-------------8----|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|------5-8--5--|------5-8--5--|-6----6-6---6-6-|-8-----6-5--------|
|-6------------|-6------------|----------------|-------------8----|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    E E Q  H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|------5-8--5--|-------------|
|------5-8--5--|------5-8--5--|-6------------|-8-----------|
|-6------------|-6------------|--------------|-------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E  Q  Q    Q  E E  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|------7-10--7--|------7-10--7---||
|------5-8--5--|------5-8--5--|-8-------------|-8--------------||
|-6------------|-6------------|---------------|----------------||

 Interlude
  1.
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|--------8---6---|--------8---6---|--------8---6---|--------8--8-8--o||
|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6----------||

  2.
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------8---6---|----------------|-8----8----6--|
|-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------8-----|

                 Outro
  Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------------||----------------|----------------|
|--------------||----------------|----------------|
|-8----8----6--||--------8---6---|--------8---6---|
|--------8-----||-6--6-6---------|-6--6-6---------|

  Q  E E E E E E   W          +W
|----------------|----------|--------*|
|----------------|----------|--------*|
|--------8---6---|----------|--------*|
|-6--6-6---------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
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