That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly
THAT'LL BE THE DAY
As recorded by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
(Released as a Single in 1957)
Words and Music by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty
Transcribed by Slowhand (guitar-steve@gmx.de)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1'
Intro Chorus
Moderate Shuffle Q=123(8=s8)
[A] [(EE7(B7)] [D] [(A)]
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------0-----0-----0---|-----2-2-(2)----||------------------|-----------------| |---------0-----0-----0-|-----0-0-(0)----||o-----------------|-----------------| |---3S4-----3-----2-----|-1-0-2-2-(2)----||------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-2-0-1-1-(1)----||--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------------|-----2-2-(2)----||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|
[A] [(E)] [D] [(A)]
[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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse 1
1.
[A]W [(E)] E [E7(BA)(E)]E E E +Q Q [D]E [(A)]E E E E E E E [A]E [(E)]E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|---0-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------| |-1--------|---2-2-1-(1)-----|-----------------|-----------------| |-2--------|---1-1-2-(2)-----|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-2--------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-0--------|-------0-(0)-----|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[D] [(A)] [A] [(E)] [D] [(A)] [A] [(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] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[B] [(F#)] [E7(B7)]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------||
Guitar Solo
2.
[E7] [A]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------------0-0-0-|-0-3-0-------------------| |---------------------0-0-------0-0-0-|-0-----3-0---------------| |---------------------2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1---------/4-4-4-4S2-0--| |---------------------1-1-2-(2)-------|-------------------------| |---------------------2-2-2-(2)-------|-------------------------| |-------------------------0-(0)-------|-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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] [E] [E]
|---3-0------------------|---3-0------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----| |-------3-0--------------|-------3-0--------3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| |-----------/4-4-4-4S2-0-|-----------/4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----| |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------0--| |-2----------------------|-2----------------------|--------------------------| |-0----------------------|-0----------------------|--------------------------|
[D] [(A)] [A] [(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] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[E7(B7)] [D7(A7)] [A] [(E)] [E7(B7)]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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] [+B]
|---2---2---0-----|---3---0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-2-2-(2)----| |-----------------|---2---2-(2)-0-2-0-|-0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-0-0-(0)----| |---------------0-|-------------------|---2S4-----3-----2-----|-1---2-2-(2)----| |---------1---1---|-2-----------------|-----------------------|-2---1-1-(1)----| |-2---2-----------|-----0-------------|-----------------------|-----2-2-(2)----| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
Chorus
[D] [(A)] [A] [(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] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[D]E [(A)]E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E [A]W [(E)] E [E7(BA)(E)]E E E +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------|---0-0-----------| |-----------------|-----------------|-1--------|---2-2-1-(1)-----| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2--------|---1-1-2-(2)-----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------|---2-2-2-(2)-----| |-----------------|-----------------|-0--------|-------0-(0)-----|
Verse 3
[D] [(A)] [A] [(E)] [D] [(A)] [A] [(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] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[D] [(A)] [A] [(E)] [B] [(F#)]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[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]
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus
[E7(B7)] [D] [(A)]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-----------------|
[A] [(E)]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[A]|-[(E)]3-| |-3-|[D] [(A)] [A] [(E)]
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----| |-------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----|
Outro
E [E7(B7)]E E E +E E E E [D7(A)]E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q [A]E [(E)]E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---0-0-------0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-| |---1-1-2-(2)-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---2-2-2-(2)-------|------------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E Q E [D]E [(A)]E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E [A]E [(E)]E E E Q. E
|---------0------|------------------|--------3-(3)-0--0-|--------------0-| |-0-0-0-0---3--0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-0-0-0-0-0------| |-1-1-1----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-1-1-1-1-1------| |-2-2-2----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2------| |----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
E E E E +Q [A]Q [(E)] +W
|--------------0--|-(0)----*| |-3-2-1-0-(0)--0--|-(0)----*| |-4-3-2-1-(1)--1--|-(1)----*| |--------------2--|-(2)----*| |--------------2--|-(2)----*| |--------------0--|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
--------------- 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
----------------
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
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