The Ventures – Batman Theme (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1966 Album THE VENTURES PLAY THE "BATMAN" THEME )
Words and Music by Neal Hefti
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Q=158
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
PM------------------------------------------------|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||o-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3--| |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| PM------------------------------------------------|
| W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||--2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1--|
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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-4-|-----------------| |-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-2-|-----------------| |-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-6-6-5-5-4-4-5-6-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-4-|-----------------| |-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-4-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-2-|-----------------| |-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-| 1. 2. $ PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||-----------------|| |-----------------o||-----------------|| |------------------||-----------------|| |------------------||-----------------|| |-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-o||-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|| |------------------||-----------------||
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| Gtr III (Clean El. Gtr.) | W W |------------------||-----------------|| |-----------------o||-----------------|| |------------------||-----------------|| |------------------||-----------------|| |-----------------o||-----------------|| |------------------||-----------------||
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| ~~ ~~
| e E H. W e E H.
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|-5---5------------|-----------------|-5---5-------------|
|-6---6------------|-----------------|-6---6-------------|
|-4---4------------|-----------------|-4---4-------------|
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|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| ~~~ ~~
| W e E H. W e E H.
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|-----------------|-10---10------------|-----------------|-5---5------------|
|-----------------|-11---11------------|-----------------|-6---6------------|
|-----------------|--9----9------------|-----------------|-4---4------------|
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|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| ~~~ ~~~ ~~ | W e E H. e E H. e E H. |-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-12---12------------|-10---10------------|-5---5------------| |-----------------|-13---13------------|-11---11------------|-6---6------------| |-----------------|-11---11------------|--9----9------------|-4---4------------| |-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
To Coda
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| W e E e E E E E e E E +H E E E E E E E Q e |------------------||------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------||o-----------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------||------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------||------------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------------||o-----------0---0-|---2-(2)---------2-|-0-2-0------------| |------------------||--2---2---2---2---|-------------------|-------2-0-2---2--|
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------0---2-|-(2)-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2--1--1-0-0-1-2-|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-------|-------------------|-------------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
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| W Q e E E E E e E E +H E E E E E E E e Q |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------0---0-2-0-2-|---0-(0)-----------|-0-2-0-----------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|-------2-0-2-----|
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------0---4-|-(4)-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2--1--1-0-0-1-2-|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-------|-------------------|-------------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
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| W Q e E E E E e E E +H E E E E E E E e Q |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------2-----|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------4---4---4-4-|---2-(2)-----------|-0-2-0-----------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|-------2-0-2-----| 1. 2. PM--------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||--------------------|| |-----------------o||--------------------|| |------------------||--------------------|| |------------------||--------------------|| |-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-o||-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3----|| |------------------||--------------------||
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| W H E E E E |------------------||-------------5-7b9==|| |-----------------o||-----------7--------|| |------------------||--------------------|| |------------------||--------------------|| |-----------------o||--------------------|| |------------------||--------------------||
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| +Q Q H H E E E E |-(7)r---------------|-------------5-7b9-| |--------------------|-----------7-------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| PM-------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-4-4----3-3--2----2--3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3----| |-------------------------|--------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------------------- | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-2-2----1-1--0----0--1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1----|
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| E Q. +S s Q. H E E E E
|---7pb9r====(7)p5--------|-------------5-7pb9r|
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| +E +Q E H H E E E E |-(7)b9-(7)-------------|-------------5-7b9--| |-----------------------|-----------7--------| |-----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------| PM-------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-4-4----3-3--2----2--3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3----| |-------------------------|--------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------------------- | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-2-2----1-1--0----0--1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1----|
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| E Q. +S s Q. H E E E E
|---7pb9r====(7)p5--------|-------------5-7b9==|
|-------------------------|-----------7--------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |--6------6-5-5-4-4-5-6-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-4-| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|
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| +S +S e Q H H E E E E |-(7)r(7)p5-------------|-------------5-7-| |-----------------------|-----------7-----| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
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 |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-4---4-3---3-2---2-3---3-|-4---4-3---3-2---2-3-3--||-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3--| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------|
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| 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 |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-2---2-1---1-0---0-1---1-|-2---2-1---1-0---0-1-1--||-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1--|
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| Q Q Q Q Q Q S S E E E W |-7b9---7b9---7b9---7b9---|-7b9---7b9---7p5---5----||------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------7---7--||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------||------------------|
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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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