Summertime Blues Chords & Tabs
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
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| 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-------|
|
|-----------------------------------|
| 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-------||
|
| 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
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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-------|
|
| 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
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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--|
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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-------||-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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---||-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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-----------|------|-------------------------------|
|
| \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||-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||-------------------------------||
|
| \0.5 \0.5 \0.5 \0.5
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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--------||
|
| 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
