The Ventures – Bird Rockers (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by The Ventures (From the 1965 Album THE VENTURES KNOCK ME OUT!) Music by Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Mel Taylor & Don Wilson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Bogle - Bass'

    Q=142
   4/4
    Gtr I
    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q
||-------------|------------|------------|
||o-7-------7--|-5-------5--|-7-------7--|
||o------7-----|------5-----|------7-----|
||-------------|------------|------------|

             $
  H    Q  Q     Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-------5--||-7----7------5-|-7----7--------|---------------|
|------5-----||--------7--7---|--------7--7-6-|-5----5--------|
|------------||---------------|---------------|--------5--5-8-|

  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-7----7------5-|-7----7-5----5-|---------------|
|-5----5----5-7-|--------7--7---|---------------|-7----7--------|
|--------5------|---------------|---------------|--------7----7-|

  Q  E E +E  E Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-7----7------5-|-7----7--------|---------------|
|-7--7-5-(5)-5----|--------7--7---|--------7--7-6-|-5----5------3-|
|--------------8--|---------------|---------------|--------5--5---|

                                          To Coda
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E +Q   Q
|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|-7----7------5-|-----------------o||
|-5----5----5-7-|--------7--7---|-7----5-(5)--3/--o||
|--------5------|---------------|------------------||

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|------------|-------------|-5----5--------|
|-7-------7--|-7---------7-|--------5----5-|
|------7-----|------7--7---|---------------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-5----5--------|---------------|---------------|-5----5--------|
|--------5----5-|-7----7--------|-7----7--------|--------5----5-|
|---------------|--------7----7-|--------7----7-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q      Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------||-7----7------5-|
|-3----3-3-0----|----------------|-7----5-(5)--3/--||--------7--7---|
|------------2--|-0----4-(4)--7--|-----------------||---------------|

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

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E +E  E Q     Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-7----7-5----5-|---------------|------------------|-7----7------5-|
|---------------|-7----7--------|-7--7-5-(5)-5-3/--|--------7--7---|
|---------------|--------7----7-|------------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----7--------|---------------|---------------|-7----7------5-|
|--------7--7-6-|-5----5------3-|-5----5----5-7-|--------7--7---|
|---------------|--------5--5---|--------5------|---------------|

  Q.   E +Q   Q      H    Q  Q    H    Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-----------------||------------|-------------|-5----5--------|
|-----------------||-7-------7--|-7---------7-|--------5----5-|
|-7----5-(5)--3/--||------7-----|------7--7---|---------------|
|-----------------||------------|-------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-5----5--------|---------------|---------------|-5----5--------|
|--------5----5-|-7----7--------|-7----7--------|--------5----5-|
|---------------|--------7----7-|--------7----7-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

                                      D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3-0----|----------------|-7----5-(5)--3/--||
|------------2--|-0----4-(4)--7--|-----------------||

    &
    H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
||-------------|------------|------------------||
||o-7-------7--|-5-------5--|-----------------o||
||o------7-----|------5-----|-7----5-(5)--3/--o||
||-------------|------------|------------------||

  H    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    W          +W
|------------|------------|----------|--------*|
|-7-------7--|-5-------5--|----------|--------*|
|------7-----|------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