Buddy Holly - Rock me my baby

ROCK ME MY BABY As recorded by Buddy Holly (From the 1957 Album THE "CHIRPING" CRICKETS) Words and Music by Susan Heather & Shorty Long Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Buddy Holly - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Niki Sullivan - Electric Guitar' Intro & Interlude Q=206(8=s8) E 4/4 Gtr I Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E ||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| ||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| ||-----2-----0--2-|----2-----0--2-|----2-----0--2-|----2-----0--2-|| ||o--------2------|--------2------|--------2------|--------2------|| ||--0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|| 1st & 2nd Verses Chorus 1. Guitar Solo 2. 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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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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