Tabs
LONG TALL SALLY
As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1962 Album NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN)
Words and Music by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman
Arranged by Eddie Cochran
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar 2'
1st - 5th Verses
Q=198(8=s8)
$
A augmentedA
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|----------||--------------|-------------|------------|
|----------||o-------------|-------------|------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|------------|
|----------||o-7--------7--|-7--------7--|-7----------|
|----------||--5--------5--|-5--------5--|-5----------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|----------||--5--------5--|-5--------5--|-5----------|
|----------||o-5--------5--|-5--------5--|-5----------|
|----------||--6--------6--|-6--------6--|-6----------|
|----------||--7--------7--|-7--------7--|-7----------|
|----------||o-------------|-------------|------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|------------|
D5D5 
A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
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| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
To Coda
E5E5 D5D5 A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-9-9-11-9-12-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|--------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-9-9-11-9-12-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|--------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
1.,2. 3.
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E 3x E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------||------------------||
|------------------o||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-o||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-||
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-||
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E 3x E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------||------------------||
|------------------o||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-o||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-||
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-||
Guitar Solo
A5A5
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7--7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7--7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---/5-----/5-------|---/5---7--5---5----|
|---/5-----/5-------|---/5---7--5---5----|
|---/6-----/6-------|---/6---7--6---6----|
|-------------------|-------------7---7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--7-7--9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7--7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|
|--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E Q
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5---5---|
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5---5---|
|-/6---/6----7-------|---/6---7--6---6---|
|--------------------|-------------7-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--7-7--9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7--7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E Q
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5--------|
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5--------|
|-/6---/6----7-------|---/6---7--6--------|
|--------------------|-------------7-7----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--7-7--9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7--7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|
|--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E Q
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5-------|
|-/5---/5----7-------|---/5---7--5-------|
|-/6---/6----7-------|---/6---7--6-------|
|--------------------|-------------7-7---|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
E5E5 D5D5
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-9---9-11---9-12---9-11-9-|-7-7---9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-7---7--7---7--7---7--7-7-|-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
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| E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------------|---7b9------5--------|
|-----5------5------5--5---|--------------8-5----|
|-7b9----7b9----7b9--------|------------------7--|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
A5A5 A5A5 A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
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| PM--------------------------------|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--||------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-||-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|
|------------------|-------------------||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
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| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
A5A5 E5E5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|------------------|------------------|-9-9-11-9-12-9-11-9--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|---------------------|
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| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|------------------|------------------|-9-9-11-9-12-9-11-9--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|---------------------|
D5D5 N.C. A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q Q Q E MajorE E +H +W
|------------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------------|----6-5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
|------------------|--------------|----7-6-(6)----|-(6)----*|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|--------------|----6-5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|--------4--5--|-7-------------|--------*|
|------------------|---5----------|---------------|--------*|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q Q Q E MajorE E +H +W
|------------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-7-7-9-7-10-7-9-7-|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|--------4--5--|-7--7-7-(7)----|-(7)----*|
|------------------|---5----------|----5-5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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
Gonna tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John
He claim he got married but he havin' lots of fun
Oh baby, hey baby, whoo-oo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight
Well long tall Sally - she's built for speed
She got everything - that Uncle John need
Oh baby, hey baby, whoo-oo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight
Well I saw Uncle John - with bald headed Sally
He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley
Oh baby, hey baby, oo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight
Bridge
Well long tall Sally - she's - built for speed
She got everything - that Uncle John need
Oh baby, hey baby, whoo-oo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight
You know I saw Uncle John - with bald headed Sally
He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley
Oh baby, hey baby, oo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight
Go
I'm gonna have some fun tonight - have some fun tonight
Have some fun tonight - everything's allright
Have some fun - have me some fun tonight
