The Ventures – Theme From A Summer Place (Guitar Tab)
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As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1969 Album HAWAII FIVE-O)
Music by Max Steiner & Percy Faith
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Q=100 6/8 Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.) W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------|--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-| |--------|--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-| |--------|--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-| |--------|--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr.) | ~~ | W W W W H. |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|-3------------| |--------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-| |--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------|
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| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +Q E Q E H. +Q E Q E |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |-------0-3---2-|--------------|-------0-3---2-| |-(3)-----------|-3------------|-(3)-----------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-| |-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-| |-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-| |---------------|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------|
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| H +E E H E E H +E E |---------------|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------| |-2-------(2)---|-----------0-|-2-------(2)---| |-------------2-|-0-------2---|-------------2-| |---------------|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--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-| |-------------|--------------|---------------| |-------------|--------------|---------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H E E H. +Q E Q E |-------------|--------------|---------------| |-------------|--------------|---------------| |-----------0-|--------------|---------------| |-0-------2---|--------------|-------0-3---2-| |-------------|-3------------|-(3)-----------| |-------------|--------------|---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-| |-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-| |--------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------|---------------|---------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H. +Q E Q E H +E E |--------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------|---------------|---------------| |--------------|---------------|-2-------(2)---| |--------------|-------0-3---2-|-------------2-| |-3------------|-(3)-----------|---------------| |--------------|---------------|---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------|
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| H E E H +E E H E E |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-----------0-|-2-------(2)---|-----------0-| |-0-------2---|-------------2-|-0-------2---| |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-| |-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | H. +H E E H. |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-------------0-|--------------| |-3------------|-(3)-------2---|-3------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-| |--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-| |---------------|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------|
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| ~~~ | +H E E H E E Q. Q. |---------------|-1-------0---|-0-------------| |---------------|-------------|--------3------| |-------------0-|-----------2-|---------------| |-(3)-------2---|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------| |---------------|-------------|---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0-0-0-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-1--1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3--3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-3--3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3--3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------|
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| H E E Q. Q. H E E |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-1-----------|-1-------------|-----------1-| |-------------|--------3------|-2-------3---| |---------0-3-|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------| |-------------|---------------|-------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. |-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3------------|| |-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3------------|| |-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3------------|| |-3-3-3-0--0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3------------|| |--------------|--------------|--------------|| |--------------|--------------|--------------||
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| ~~ | Q E Q. H. E E E E E E |-------5------|-3------------|--------------|| |-3------------|--------------|------------3-|| |--------------|--------------|----------0---|| |--------------|--------------|-----0-2------|| |--------------|--------------|---3----------|| |--------------|--------------|--------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-| |-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | H. +Q E Q E H. |--------------|---------1---0-|--------------| |-1------------|-(1)---3-------|-1------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|---------------|--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------|
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| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ | +Q E Q E H +E E H E E |---------1---0-|-5-------(5)---|-----------3-| |-(1)---3-------|-------------5-|-3-------5---| |---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-| |-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-| |-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------|-------------|--------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------|
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| ~ ~ ~~ | H +E E H E E H. |-5-------(5)---|---------0-3-|-1------------| |-------------5-|-3-----------|--------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------| |---------------|-------------|--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--3--3-3-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-|--3--3-3-0-0-0-| |--3--3-3-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-1-1-1-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--3--3-3-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------|
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| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +H E E H. +H E E |-(1)-------0-3-|-1------------|-(1)-------0-3-| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|---------------| 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--1-1-1-|--2--2-2-2-2-2---| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-||---1--1--1--1-1-1-|--3--3-3-3-3-3---| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---2--2--2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-4-4-4---| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-||---3--3--3--3-3-3-|--0--0-0-0-0-0---| |-------------||------------------|-----------------| |-------------||------------------|-----------------|
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| ~~~ | E E E E E E E E E E E E H. |-1-1-1-1-1-1-||------------------|-----------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--------------8-9-|-10--------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-/10-10-10-11-----|-----------------| |-------------||------------------|-----------------| |-------------||------------------|-----------------| |-------------||------------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---0--0--0--0-0-0-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0--0--0-0--0-| |---0--0--0--2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0--0--2-2--2-| |---0--0--0--0-0-0-|--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0--0--0-0--0-| |---0--0--0--2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0--0--2-2--2-| |------------------|---------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------|-------------------|
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| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +Q E Q E H. +Q E Q E |-----------10---9-|---------------|-----------10------| |-(10)---12--------|-10------------|-(10)---12------14-| |------------------|---------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E |--2-2-2-2---2---2-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--3-3-3-3---3---3-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--2-2-2-2---2---2-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--0-0-0-0---0---0-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | H +E e H e e |-14-------(14)----|-------------12-| |---------------14-|-12-------14----| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E |--2-2-2-2---2---2-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--3-3-3-3---3---3-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--2-2-2-2---2---2-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |--0-0-0-0---0---0-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | H +E E H e e |-14-------(14)----|-------------12-| |---------------14-|-12-------14----| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0--0--0-0-0-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0--0--2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-| |--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0--0--0-0-0-|--2--2-2-4-4-4-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0--0--2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-| |---------------|------------------|---------------| |---------------|------------------|---------------|
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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
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|---0--0--0--2-2--2-|--3-3-3-3---3---3-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-|--3-3-3-3---3---3-|
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| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +Q E Q E H +E E H E E H +E E |-----------10------|-14-------(14)----|-------------12-|-14-------(14)----| |-(10)---12------14-|---------------14-|-12-------14----|---------------14-| |-------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--0-0-0-0--0--0-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-0-0--0-| |--0-0-0-0--0--0-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0-0-2-2--2-| |--0-0-0-0--0--0-|--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0-0-0-0--0-| |--0-0-0-0--0--0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-2-2--2-| |----------------|---------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------|
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| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H E E H. +H E E |-------------12-|-10------------|-(10)-------9-12-| |-12-------14----|---------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E |--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-0--0-0-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0-0-2--2-2-| |--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0-0-0--0-0-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-2--2-2-| |---------------|-----------------| |---------------|-----------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H. +H E E |-10------------|-(10)------------| |---------------|-----------------| |---------------|---------------9-| |---------------|------------11---| |---------------|-----------------| |---------------|-----------------| 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--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-0--0-0-| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--0--0-0-2-2-2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0-0-2--2-2-| |-2--2-2-4-4-4-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0-0-0--0-0-| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-2--2-2-| |--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| |--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H. +H E E H. +H E E |--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| |--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| |-7------------|-(7)-----------|---------------|---------------9-| |--------------|---------------|---------------|------------11---| |--------------|-------------7-|---------------|-----------------| |--------------|-----------9---|-10------------|-(10)------------| 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--2-2-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-0--0-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-*| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--0--0-0-2-2--2-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-|---0--0-0-2-2-2-*| |-2--2-2-4-4-4-|--0--0-0-0-0--0-|--2--2-2-4-4-4-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-*| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-2-2--2-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-2-2-2-*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H. +H E E H. +H. |--------------|-----------9-12-|-10------------|-(10)-----------*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*| |-7------------|-(7)------------|---------------|----------------*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*| |--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------*|
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