SUMMERTIME BLUES
As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1960 Album EDDIE COCHRAN)
Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capehart
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Intro 1
Q=158
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W
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| Gtr II| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5| PM-------------------------------------------------------------| S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|
Intro 2 & Interlude E A B E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q||--x-0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|||o-x-0-0-0-2-------|-x-4-4-4-0-------|||--x-1-1-1-2-------|-x-4-4-4-1-------|||--x-2-2-2-2-------|-x-4-4-4-2-------|||o-x-2-2-2-0-------|-x-2-2-2-2-------|||--x-0-0-0---------|---------0-------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|||o---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|||--0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|
E A B E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q|-x-0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|||-x-0-0-0-2-------|-x-4-4-4-0-------|||-x-1-1-1-2-------|-x-4-4-4-1-------|||-x-2-2-2-2-------|-x-4-4-4-2-------|||-x-2-2-2-0-------|-x-2-2-2-2-------|||-x-0-0-0---------|---------0-------||
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| PM----------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|||---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|||-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-||
1st - 3rd Verses N.C. W W|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
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| S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--|
E A B E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------||---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------||---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------||---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------||---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------||---0-0-0---------|---------0-------|
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| PM---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------||-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|
N.C. W W|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
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| S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E S +S E E E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--|
Pre-Chorus E A B E A5 E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------||-----------------|------------------||---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------||-----------------|------------------||---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------||-----------------|------------------||---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||---0-0-0---------|---------0-------||-----------------|------------------|
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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|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-||-----------------|------------------|
Chorus E A5 E E Q H H 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---||-----------------|------------------||-1-----------|--------1-1---||-----------------|------------------||-2-----------|--------2-2---||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-2-----------|--------2-2---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-----------|--------0-0---||-----------------|------------------|
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| PM------------------------------|
| E E Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------||-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------||-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------||-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------||-------------|--------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-----------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|
E N.C. 2/4 4/4 E E Q H W W|-0-----------|------|-------------------------------||-0-----------|------|-------------------------------||-1-----------|------|-------------------------------||-2-----------|------|-------------------------------||-2-----------|------|-------------------------------||-0-----------|------|-------------------------------|
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| \0.5 \0.5| PM-----------------------------| E E Q H W S +S E E E S +S E E E|-------------|------|-------------------------------||-------------|------|-------------------------------||-------------|------|-------------------------------||-------------|------|-------------------------------||-------------|------|-------------------------------||-0-----------|------|-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-|
1.,2. 3. W 3x W|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------o||-------------------------------|||--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------o||-------------------------------|||--------------------------------||-------------------------------||
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| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
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| S +S E E E S +S E E E 3x S +S E E E S +S E E E|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------o||-------------------------------|||--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||--------------------------------||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------o||-------------------------------|||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0--||-0----(0)-0-0-0-0----(0)-0-0-0-||
Outro E A B E A B E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q 3x||----0-0-0-0-------|---------0-------|---0-0-0-0-------|---------0--------||||o---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------|---0-0-0-2-------|---4-4-4-0-------o||||----1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1-------|---1-1-1-2-------|---4-4-4-1--------||||----2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2-------|---2-2-2-2-------|---4-4-4-2--------||||o---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------|---2-2-2-0-------|---2-2-2-2-------o||||----0-0-0---------|---------0-------|---0-0-0---------|---------0--------||
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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 3x||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||||o---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-2-2-2---------o||||--0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0--||
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
