The Ventures – The Lonely Surfer (Guitar Tab)
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1.0x
Chords
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1997 Album WILD AGAIN!)
Music by Jack Nitzsche & Marty Cooper
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
C Bb G F
x 3 2 0 1 0 x 1 3 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 2 1 1
Ab Eb Dm
4 6 6 5 4 4 x 6 8 8 8 6 x x 0 2 3 1
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=106
C Bb C
4/4
Gtr II
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
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Gtr I H Q Q H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E |------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |------------||o-------------------|------------------|--------------------| |------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |------------||----------------0-2-|------------------|---------------0-2--| |------------||o-3-------(3)-3-----|-1----------------|-3-------(3)-3------| |---------3--||--------------------|--------------3---|--------------------|
G C 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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H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E Q H Q |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-------------------|-2-------(2)-2-0---|-----------------| |-5----------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-|-2---------------| |------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------|-----3-------3---| |--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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Bb G Bb
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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W W +H. Q H. Q |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------| |-1---------------|-----------------|-------------------o||-1------------1---| |-----------------|-3---------------|-(3)-----------3----||------------------|
G C Bb
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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W Q Q Q Q H. E E Q Q Q Q
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|-----------------||-------------5---|-8--------------8-|-----6------------|
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|-----------------||-----5-----------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-7---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-3---------------||-----------------|------------------|------------------|C Bb C Bb
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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W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q |-8---------------|-10------------------|------------------|-------------6---| |-----------------|------11-------------|------------------|-----6-----------| |-----------------|-----------10--------|------------------|---------7-------| |-----------------|----------------12---|-10---------------|-8---------------| |-----------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
C G C Bb
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 Q Q H. Q H +E E E E H. Q |-------------8---|-10----------------||-------------------|------------------| |-8-------8-------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------| |-----9-----------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------------------||---------------0-2-|------------------| |-----------------|-------------------||-3-------(3)-3-----|-1----------------| |-----------------|---------------3---||-------------------|--------------3---|
C G 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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H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E |-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-2-------(2)-2-0---| |---------------0-2-|-5----------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-| |-3-------(3)-3-----|------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------| |-------------------|--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|
C Bb G 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 H Q H. Q W Q Q Q Q |-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------5---| |-2---------------|------------------|-----------------||---------5-------| |-----3-------3---|-1------------1---|-----------------||-----7-----------| |-----------------|------------------|-3---------------||-----------------|
Bb Ab G
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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H. E E Q H E E Q Q Q Q W |------------------|-5-----------5---|-4-------4---8---|-7---------------| |-5------------5-8-|-----6---------6-|-----4-----------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F Eb 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 Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-5-----------------|-------------6---|----------------10---|-8-----------8---| |--------6----------|---------8-------|-10------------------|---------8-------| |----------5--------|-----8-----------|-----------10--------|-----9-----------| |-----------------7-|-8---------------|------12-------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
Bb C F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q H +E E E E |-10----------------||--------------------| |-------------------||o-------------------| |-------------------||----------------0-2-| |-------------------||--3-------(3)-3-----| |---------------3---||o-------------------| |-------------------||--------------------|
Eb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q H +E E E E |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------0-2-| |-1----------------|-3-------(3)-3-----| |--------------3---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|
C F Bb 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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H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E Q H Q |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-1----------------|-------------------|-3-------(3)-3-1---|-----------------| |------------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-|-2---------------| |------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------|-----3-------3---| |--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Eb 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
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H. Q W +H. Q 4x |------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|-----------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-1------------1---|-----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|-3---------------|-(3)-----------3---o|| |------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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