Buddy Holly - Think it over
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THINK IT OVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
(From the 1957 Album THE "CHIRPING" CRICKETS )
Words and Music by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe B. Mauldin - Upright Bass'
Intro
Q=132(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E E Q Q Q E E
|----------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|-7--7-----7---|
|----------|-----------7-|-------7----7-|
|----------|-------------|--------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-7--7-----7--|-----------------||o-7--4-----4---|-7--4-----4----|
|-------7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-------7----7-|-------7----7--|
|-------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7--4-----4---|-7--4-----7---|----4--7--4-7-|----4--7--4-7--|
|-------7----7-|-------7----5-|-5------------|-5-------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-7--4-----4---|-7--4-----7---|--------------|--------------|
|-------7----7-|-------7----7-|-7--7--7--7-7-|-5--5--5--5---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
1. 2.
E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-----------------||
|-7-----------|----------------o||-7-----------|-----------------||
|-------------|----7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-------------|----7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-----------------||
Piano Solo
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7--4---------|-7--4---------|-7--4---------|-7--4----------|
|-------7--4-7-|-------7--4-7-|-------7--4-7-|-------7--4-7--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----4--7--4-7-|----4--7--4-7-|-7--4-----4---|-7--4-----4----|
|-5------------|-5------------|-------7----7-|-------7----7--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------------||
|--------------|--------------|-7--7--------|-7----------------||
|-7--7--7--7-7-|-5--5--5--5-5-|-------5--5--|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------------||
Outro
&
E E Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|
|-7-----------|-----------------||-7--7-----7--|
|-------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-------7-----|
|-------------|-----------------||-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|
|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7--|-7--7-----7---*|
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------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