The Beach Boys – Summertime Blues (Bass Tab)

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SUMMERTIME BLUES (Bassline) As recorded by The Beach Boys (From the 1962 Album SURFIN' SAFARI) Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capehart Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Brian Wilson - Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=152
 4/4
 Gtr I
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7---7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-7--------9-9-9-|----------------|-7--------9-9-9-|
A|----------------|-7--------7-7-7-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                                     [Verses 1 - 3]
                                     Segno $
   E Q.   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
G|----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------|
A|-7------6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-||o-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7--|
E|----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|

   E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|---------7------|---9-9-9--------|-----------------|------------------|
A|---7-7-7--------|---------7------|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7--|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|

                                    [Pre-Chorus]
   E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|
D|---------7------|---9-9-9--------||-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|---7-7-7--------|---------7------||-----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|

                           [Chorus]
   E E H.        W           E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|----------||-----------------|------------------|
D|-------------|----------||-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-7-----------|----------||-----------------|------------------|
E|-------------|----------||-----------------|------------------|

                                                  To Coda
                2/4    4/4
   E Q.   H      W      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-------------|------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-7-----------|------|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7--|
E|-------------|------|-----------------|------------------|

                                    1.
   E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|---------7------|---9-9-9--------|---------7------|---9-9-9---------|
A|---7-7-7--------|---------7------|---7-7-7--------|---------7-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

                                2.
  2/4       4/4
   E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E
G|---------|------------------||----------------|------------------|
D|---------|-----------------o||---------7------|---9-9-9----------|
A|-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-o||---7-7-7--------|---------6-7-7-7--|
E|---------|------------------||----------------|------------------|

                                                   Dal Segno al Coda
                                                        2/4
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
A|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7-6-7-7-7-|-6-7-7-7---||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||

 [Outro]
  Coda &
   4/4
     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.     E E E E E Q.
G||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
D||o---------7------|---9-9-9--------|---------7------|---9-9-9--------o||
A||o---7-7-7--------|---------7------|---7-7-7--------|---------7------o||
E||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************