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SUMMERTIME - Big Brother and the Holding Company, 1966
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Tabbed by Callalou
aricjohnsen@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard
I don't know about the pro tabs, but the other Summertime tab on here was incomplete and
had many errors so I thought I would tab my own.
This is the full song from start to finish. Note that there are two guitars in the song;
Sam Andrew takes lead for most of the song, which is what I have tabbed; I also tabbed
the bit where James Gurley solos. I am working on a full tab of James Gurley's countermelody.
It sounds nice with overdrive if you use neck pickup for the quiet parts and bridge
pickup for the loud parts; eg. the mid-verse bridges and the solo should use bridge pickup.
Some parts of the song, especially the solo, get very fast, so be sure to slow down your
playing and get each note correct before speeding up.
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LEGEND
pb = Pre-bend; bend to the note and play it, then release to normal position. So pb7r5
means you bend the 5th fret to 7, then you hit the note, then release down to 5 as it is ringing.
b = Bend to the note indicated eg. 8b10
r = Release bend to normal position
~ = Vibrato (let note ring for double/triple stops)
h = Hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
() = optional note
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Intro
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Verse
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Bridge
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Verse
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Solo
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Solo bridge
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Verse
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Bridge
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Verse
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Outro
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