Title: Buddy Holly
Album: Maladroit
Tabbed By: Justin Macdonald, [email protected]
This song isn’t very hard to play, but the solo can be tricky.
I’m sure this tab is 100% correct. E-mail me for questions or corrections.
Verse
Guitar 1:
Eb|—————————————————————–|
Bb|—————————————————————–|
Gb|—————————————————————–|
Db|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Fill (guitar 2)
Eb|—————-|
Bb|-14h15p14h15p14-|
Gb|—————-|
Db|—————-|
Ab|—————-|
Eb|—————-|
PRECHORUS
Guitar 1:
Eb|———————————|
Bb|———————————|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4———|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|(x2)(the third time through
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-| just keep banging on the
Eb|————————-2-2-2-2-| D chord
Guitar 2: cool little lead part
Eb|–5-5-5-5–4–2-2-2-| |–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Bb|-7-7-7-7-/5-5-2-2-/| |-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6–|
Gb|——————–| |——————|
Db|——————–|(x2)|——————|
Ab|——————–| |——————|
Eb|——————–| |——————|
CHORUS
Eb|———————————|
Bb|———————————|
Gb|—————–7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|(2)
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|———————————|
Bb|———————————|
Gb|—————–7-7-9-9———|
Db|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|—————–|———————|
Bb|—————–|———————|
Gb|—–7-7-9-9-9-9-|———————|
Db|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7—–7-7-7-7-7-|
Ab|-7-7-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|
NEET LITTLE INTERLUDE TYPE THING
Guitar 2:
Eb|——-2h4-2—————-2h4-2——-|
Bb|-2-3-2——-2-0—2–2h3-2——-2h0—|
Gb|—————–2——————–2-|
Db|—————————————-|
Ab|—————————————-|
Eb|—————————————-|
Second verse, same as the first
Ditto on the chorus
BRIDGE
Eb|—————|—————|
Bb|—————|—————|
Gb|—————|—–4-6-4—–|
Db|-7-7-7—4—4-|-4—4-6-4—4-|
Ab|-7-7-7—4—4-|-4-0-2-4-2-0-4-|
Eb|-5-5-5-0-2-0-2-|-2———–2-| (a bunch of times)
SOLO
Guitar 1… same as prechorus
Guitar 2
Eb|———————–14-14-16-16-17-17-19-19-19-19-x-17-17-|
Bb|————————————————————-|
Gb|-11b13-11-9————11-11-13-13-14-14-16-16-16-16-x-14-14-|
Db|————12-11h12-7—————————————|
Ab|————————————————————-|
Eb|————————————————————-|
Eb|——————————————————-|
Bb|——————————————-14b15-14—-|
Gb|——-14——-16b18-16-14——-14—————-14-|
Db|-14h16—-16p14————-14h16—-16p14————-|
Ab|——————————————————-|
Eb|——————————————————-|
Eb|——————-|-17—-17-19-19b21r19p17——-|
Bb|—————-14-|—-18——————-18-17-|
Gb|———–14h16—|——————————-|
Db|——14h16——–|——————————-|
Ab|-14h16————-|–this-is-the-coolest-fill-in–|
Eb|——————-|—-the-history-of-the-world—|
Towards the end of the song a little quiet lead part starts and
Gradually gets louder, it’s basically just these two notes… easy
To figure out…
Eb|—-|—|
Bb|-10-|-9-|
Gb|—-|—|
Db|–7-|-6-|
Ab|—-|—|
Eb|—-|—|
And then at the very end you play this
Eb|——————–|
Bb|-10-10-10———–|
Gb|———-9-11-9-11-|
Db|–7–7–7———–|
Ab|———-7–9-7–9-|
Eb|——————–|
And then you’re done. Please rate this song, thanx.
