Buddy Holly - Brown eyed handsome man
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BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Buddy Holly
(From the 1963 Album REMINISCING)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry
Arranged by Buddy Holly
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Don Guess - Upright Bass'
Intro
Q=190
4/4 2/4
Gtr I
W H E E E E W H E E E E W
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|----------|--------7-7-7-|----------|--------7-7-7-|------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Verses
$
4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|
||o-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|
||--0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4--------|----------4--|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------2--4--|-------4--6--|--------------|
|-------2--4--|-0--4--------|-2--6--------|-------2--4---|
|-0--4--------|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------||-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-------------o||-------4--6--|--------------|
|----2--4-----|-------2--4--o||-2--6--------|-------2--4---|
|----------2--|-0--4---------||-------------|-0--4---------|
3rd & 6th Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-------------||-------------|-0------------|
|----2--4-----|-------2--4--||-------2--4--|----4--2------|
|----------2--|-0--4--------||-0--4--------|----------4---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-------2--4---|
|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4--|-0--4---------|
|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4--------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------4--6--|-------------|-0-----------|--------------||
|-2--6--------|-------2--4--|----2--4-----|-------2--4---||
|-------------|-0--4--------|----------2--|-0--4---------||
Guitar Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0-----------|-------2--4--|-------4--6--|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|-2--6--------|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------2--4--|-------5--7--|-------5--7--|
|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------5--7--|-------5--7--|-------5--7--|-------5--7---|
|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-0--4---------|
Outro
To Coda D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------||----------------*|
|-------------|-------------||----------------*|
|-------5--7--|-------5--7--||---7-7-7-7------*|
|-0--4--------|-0--4--------||----------------*|
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