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SOMETHIN' ELSE (Bassline)
As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1959 Album C'MON EVERYBODY)
Words and Music by Sharon Sheeley & Bobby Cochran
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Eddie Cochran - Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=164
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|--------------------|
|------------4-||o-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4h5-5-5-5-------4--|
|--------5-7---||--------------------|-------------5-7----|
a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q q q Q Q q E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---------------||
|-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|----5--5-----|----5--5-----4-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------5-7---||
1st - 4th Verses
a E E E E a E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-4h5-5-5-5-4h5-5-5-5-|-4h5-5-5-5-5-----4-|
|---------------------|-------------5-7---|
a E E E E a E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-4h5-5-5-5-4h5-5-5-5-|-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-4---|
|---------------------|-----------------7-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|-4-5-5-5-4-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E Q E E E E 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-|-------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------|-5------------4--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------5-7-----||
Outro
4.
E E Q E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E 6x
|----------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|----------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|-5------------4-||o-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4h5-5-5-5-------4-o||
|----------5-7---||--------------------|-------------5-7----||
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