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Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Buddy Holly
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Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Buddy Holly Rock Around With Ollie Vee (1957) (Sonny Curtis) Now bonus track on CD: "Buddy Holly" (originally released in 1958) A real gem! The lead guitar is arguably played by Sonny Curtis (http://notfadeaway.dk/buddyholly/that.pdf) with Holly being listed as second guitarist but, I must admit, I don't hear another guitar anywhere. It's not easy to pin down what is played (and sung!), either. Use this tab as a basic suggestion, add variations and adapt it to your own Rockabilly style. Have fun! In the second bar of the opening lick, the "c" (INTRO 1 and 2: B-String, 13th fret / SOLO: A-string, 3rd fret) has to be bent just a little, making it higher than "c" without really reaching the "c#", though. In the second half of the parts I mostly hear single notes. Some of the high notes are struck very hard creating a slapping effect. I usually play a picking pattern there. I put these notes in brackets because they are not really there but are still close to the feel of the original. When playing a pattern it must be percussive with the 2 and the 4 dampened hard to get the beat going without actually producing a tone.
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INTRO 1 A A(7) D B7
e|9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|121212121212----|----------------|----------------|
B|10101010101010--|131313131313----|1010101010101010|10101010101010--|
G|----------------|b-b-b-b-b-b-----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A E7 A6 A
e|----5-----------|--0-------0-----|----5-----------|5---------------|
B|----------7-----|-(0)--3--(0)----|----5-----7-----|----------------|
G|----------------|-----(1)--------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5---------------|0---------------|5-----------5---|----------------|
SOLO A A(7) D B7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A|4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|b-b-b-b-b-b-b---|----------------|----------------|
A E7 A6 A6
e|----5-----------|--0-------0-----|----5-----------|5-----5---------|
B|----------7-----|------3---------|----------7-----|--7-------------|
G|---(6)-----(6)--|---(1)-----(1)--|---(6)-----(6)--|----6-----------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|(5)----(5)------|(0)----(0)------|(5)-----(5)-----|5---------------|
INTRO 2 A A(7) D B7
e|9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|121212121212----|----------------|----------------|
B|10101010101010--|131313131313----|1010101010101010|10101010101010--|
G|----------------|b-b-b-b-b-b-----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A E7 A A
e|----5-----------|----------------|----5-----------|5---------------|
B|----------7-----|--5-------5-----|---(5)----7-----|5---------------|
G|----6-------6---|7-----7---------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----7-------7---|----------------|----------------|
E|5-------5-------|0-------0-------|5-----------5---|----------------|
| b Bend
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INTRO 1 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D b Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues A Well, I got a little gal called Ollie Vee D b Ollie Vee come from Memphis, Memphis Tennessee A E And tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Ollie Vee says she gonna do me right tonight D b I'm gonna wear my blue suede shoes tonight A E And tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D b Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues SOLO INTRO 1 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D b Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues A I'm gonna shout, laugh, holler and giggle tonight D b I'm gonna shake it just a little in the middle of the night A E Cause tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Well, (I think (?)) Mr. Cop (O. V. (?)) tonight D b If you try to (put a-stoppin') me tonight A E Cause tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Ollie A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D b Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues INTRO 2 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D b Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues
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