The Ventures – Mr Moto (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1962 Album GOING TO THE VENTURES DANCE PARTY!)
Words and Music by Richard Delvy & Paul Johnson
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Dm Bb A C
x x 0 2 3 1 x 1 3 3 3 1 x 0 2 2 2 0 x 3 2 0 1 0
F E Am
1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 x 0 2 2 1 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar '
Q=144 Bb11 A Dm 4/4 Gtr I Q Q Q 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 |-0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|---------------1-|---------------1-| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-------------|-----------------| |-1--1--1--1--|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Dm
Gtr II
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------| |-----3-----------|---3---3---3---3-||-----------------|-------------------| |-2-2-2-2---------|---2---2---2---2-||-----------------|-------------------| |---------0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0---||-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------3-| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
Bb A
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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q E E Q Q |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|-----------------| |-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3---2---| |-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0-----0---------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5---4-----------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E +E E +Q E E E E E E |-----1-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-|-(1)---1-1-1-1-1-1-|| |-----3-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-|-(3)---3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |-----2-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|-(2)---2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |-0-------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q Q a Q E a E +E E E E |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-------------0---|-------------------------| |-0---0---3---5---|-5h7---7-7p5-(5)-3-0-----| |-----------------|---------------------3---| |-----------------|-------------------------|
Bb A
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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E Q Q Q |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|-----------------| |-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3---2---| |-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0-0-0-----------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Dm C
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
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Q E E +E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----1-1-(1)-1-1---|-1-1-1---1-1-----||-----------------|-3-5-3-----------| |-----3-3-(3)-3-3---|-3-3-3---3-3-----||-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-| |-----2-2-(2)-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2---2s||=5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----| |-0-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
F C
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
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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-|-----------------|-3-5-3-----------| |---6-----6-----6-|-----6---------6---|-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-| |-5-----5-----5---|---5---------5-----|-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-----5-----5-----|-----4-----4---4-|| |---6-----6---6---|---5-----5---5---|| |-5-----5---------|-4-----4---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------||
Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q Q a Q E a E +E E E E |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-0---0---3---5---|-5h7---7-7p5-(5)-3-0----| |-----------------|---------------------3--|
F 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 E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|------------------| |-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3-3-2-2--| |-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0---1-1----------|
Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~ Q E E +E E E E E E E E H |-------0-(0)-------|-------0---------|| |-----1-1-(1)-1---1-|-----1---3-------|| |-----2---------2---|-2-2-------------|| |-----2-------------|-----------------|| |-0-----------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------||
Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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a Q Q E E E E E E E E a +Q E E |--------------------------|---------17-----------------------| |--------------13----13-15-|-15b17--------15pb17r(15)---13----| |-12s14---14------14-------|-------------------------------14-| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q q |-----13h15---13h15---13h15---|-13h15---13h15---13h15---13---| |--------16------16------16---|----16------16------16---16---| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q |-12------12------12------17-19-|-19b21---19-------------| |-15b17---15b17---15b17---------|--------------17---19---| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------|
Dm
q Q H W W W
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q Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-17-------------|----------||-----------------|------------------|| |-20b22----------|----------||---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--|| |----------------|----------||---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--|| |----------------|----------||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----|| |----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------|| |----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-------------0---|-------------------| |-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---| |-----------------|-----------------3-| |-----------------|-------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3---| |-1---1---3s5-------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|
A Dm
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
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E E E E +H E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----1-1---1---1-|-----1-1---1---1-|| |-------------------|-----------------|-----3-3---3---3-|-----3-3---3---3-|| |---0---------------|-----------------|-----2-2---2---2-|-----2-2---2---2-|| |-2---2-------------|---------3---2---|-0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0---|| |-------0-(0)-------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-------------0---|-------------------| |-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---| |-----------------|-----------------3-| |-----------------|-------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3---| |-1---1---3s5-------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|
A Dm
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
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E E E E +H E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----1-1---1---1-|-----1---1-1------|| |-------------------|-----------------|-----3-3---3---3-|-----3---3-3------|| |---0---------------|-----------------|-----2-2---2---2-|-----2---2-2---2s=|| |-2---2-------------|-2-2-----3---2---|-0-------0---0---|-0----------------|| |-------0-(0)-------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|------------------|| |-------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|------------------||
C F
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
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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 |-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-----5----| |-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|---6-----6-----6-|-----6---6--------| |-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|-5-----5-----5---|---5-------5---2s=| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
C F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
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\1 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 +H |-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|-----5-----5-----|-5-----(5)----|| |-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|---6-----6-----6-|-6-----(6)----|| |-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----(5)----|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|| Bb11 A Dm \1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E H +W |-0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|----------------|----1-1-1-----|-(1)----*| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-3--1-----------|----3-3-3-----|-(3)----*| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|------2-0-------|----2-2-2-----|-(2)----*| |-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|----------3-0---|-0--0-0-0-----|-(0)----*| |-1--1--1--1--|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--------------3-|--------------|--------*| |-------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------*|
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