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As recorded by The Ventures (From the 1962 Album THE VENTURES PLAY TELSTAR) Music by Jerry Lordan Arranged by The Ventures Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Bogle - Bass'
  Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  +E  E Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-2--(2)-2-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||----------2-----|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------||-------------0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|

  H    Q  Q    Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------4--3--|-2--(2)-2-------|------------|------2-----|
|-0----------|----------2-----|---------2--|---------2--|
|------------|-------------3--|-0----3-----|-0----------|
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------4--3--|-2--(2)-2-------|------------|------------|
|-0----------|----------2-----|---------2--|-0----3--2--|
|------------|-------------3--|-0----3-----|------------|
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|-0----4--3--|------------|------------|------2-----|
|------------|------3--2--|-0----3--2--|---------2--|
|------------|-5----------|------------|-0----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    Q  Q     E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------2-----|------------||-----------------|
|-0----4--3--|-2--(2)-2----2--|---------2--||-----3-------3---|
|------------|----------------|-0----3-----||-3-------3-------|
|------------|----------------|------------||-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   H    Q  +E  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------2--(2)---|-------------|-----------------|
|-----3-------3---|-2-----------2-|-------2-----|-----3-------3---|
|-3-------3-------|---------------|-0--3-----0--|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   H    Q  +E  E   Q  Q  Q  Q     H    Q  Q
|-----------------|------2--(2)---|-------------||------2--5--|
|-----3-------3---|-2-----------2-|-------2-----||-3----------|
|-3-------3-------|---------------|-0--3-----3--||------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------||------------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------4--7--|-5----------|------------|------2--5--|
|-5----------|------7-----|---------2--|-3----------|
|------------|---------7--|------3-----|------------|
|------------|------------|-5----------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------4--7--|-5----5-------|---------0--|------2--5--|
|-5----------|--------5--2--|------2-----|-3----------|
|------------|--------------|-3----------|------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q     E E E E E E E E
|------4--7--|-5----------|------------||-5-------5-------|
|-5----------|------7-----|---------2--||-----3-------3---|
|------------|---------7--|------3-----||-----------------|
|------------|------------|-5----------||-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   H    Q.   E   Q  Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|-5---------------|-------------|-2----------|-5-----5-----5---|
|---------3-------|-2---------2-|----2-------|-----3-----3-----|
|-----3-------3---|------0------|-------0----|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-------------|------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   H    H      Q  Q  Q  E E
|---5-----5-----5-|-----------|--------------||
|-3-----3-----3---|-2---------|----2---------||
|-----3-----3-----|------0----|-3-----0--3-0-||
|-----------------|-----------|--------------||

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-5-----5-5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-5-------|---------------5-|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----5-5-----5-|

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-5-----5-5-------|-----------------|---------3-0-3-0-|
|-5-----5-5-------|---------------5-|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----5---------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  E E
|------------|-0----4--3--|------------|-------------|
|------3--2--|------------|------3--2--|-0----3--2---|
|-5----------|------------|-5----------|-----------0-|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    H    Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------2--|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0-----0-||-0----3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------2--5--|------4--7--|-5----------|------------|
|-3----------|-5----------|------7-----|---------2--|
|------------|------------|---------7--|-0----3-----|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    Q  Q
|------2--5--|------4--7--|-5--(5)-5-------|---------5--|
|-3----------|-5----------|----------5-----|------------|
|------------|------------|-------------7--|------7-----|
|------------|------------|----------------|-8----------|

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q     H    Q  Q
|------2--5--|------4--7--|-5----------||------------|
|-3----------|-5----------|------7-----||---------2--|
|------------|------------|---------7--||-0----3-----|
|------------|------------|------------||------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    Q.   E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|------2------|-------------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-2---------2-|-------2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-0--3-----3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    Q  Q
|---------2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5---------|------2-----|
|-3-3-3-3---------|---------3-3-3-3-|-2-------2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|

  H    Q  Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  5x
|------------||------------------|------------------||
|---------2--||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0----3-----||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||
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