Blue Suede Shoes Tab by Eddie Cochran

Blue Suede Shoes tab by Eddie Cochran

Guitar Tab

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1959 Album C'MON EVERYBODY)

Words and Music by Carl Perkins
Arranged by Eddie Cochran

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar 2'


 1st Verse
  Q=184(8=s8)
  N.C.               A
 4/4                     2/4     4/4          2/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  W          H    Q  Q    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    Q  Q
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|---------7--|-7-----|---------7--|-7-------|
|----------|---------5--|-5-----|---------5--|-5-------|
|

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| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W          H    Q  Q    Q  Q    H    Q  Q    Q  Q
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|---------2--|-2-----|---------2--|-2-------|
|----------|---------2--|-2-----|---------2--|-2-------|
|----------|---------2--|-2-----|---------2--|-2-------|
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----------|------------|-------|------------|---------|


             A                 D5
 4/4
  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W          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-|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|----------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  A5                                  E5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
|
| E q   E q   Q     E q   E q   Q     E E  E E E E  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---2-----2-------|---2-----2-------|-------------------|
|---2-----2-------|---2-----2-------|-------------------|
|---2-----2-------|---2-----2-------|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  D5                A5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||


 2nd & 3rd Verses
  $
  A
 4/4
  Q  Q  Q   Q    Q  Q  Q   Q    Q  Q  Q   Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-7---------7--|-7---------7--|-7---------7--|
|-5---------5--|-5---------5--|-5---------5--|
|
| Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-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-------2-2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|


                 Chorus
               $$
                  A
  Q  Q  Q   Q     Q  Q  Q   Q    Q  Q  Q   Q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|-7---------7--||-7---------7--|-7---------7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5---------5--||-5---------5--|-5---------5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|
| Q  Q  E E Q     Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|-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--|-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--|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|------------------|


                    D5                                  A5
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|


                                                 To Coda
                                                 To Coda
                    E5                  D5                 A5
  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
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|-----------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|-----------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


                    Guitar Solo
                     A5
  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
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-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--|
|
| 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
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2-2-||-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-2----|
|-----------2-2-2-||-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-2----|
|-----------2-2-2-||-2-2-3h4-2-2-3h4-|-2-2-3h4-2-2-3h4-|-2-2-3h4-2-2-3h4--|
|-7-7-9-7-0-------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5---------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                    D5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-5---5-7-5---5---|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-5---5-7-5---5---|
|-2-2-3h4-2-2-3h4-|---7-------7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


                    A5
  E E E E E E E E   E  E E E  E E E      E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-9-7--7-7-9------7--|
|-----------------|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5------5--|
|
| E E E E E E q     E  E Q    E E E a   +E
|-----------------|---/5-----/5-----7b8-(7)-|
|-5---5-7-5---5---|---/5-----/5-----7b8-(7)-|
|-5---5-7-5---5---|---/6-----/6-------------|
|---7-------7-----|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|


                              E5
  E       E  E  E   E E E E   E   E  E E     E   E  E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-9---9-11-9-----9---9-11-9-|
|-7-------7--9--7---7-7-9-7-|-7---7--7-7-----7---7--7-7-|
|-5-------5--5--5---5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|
| E a    +Q    +E   E Q   E   Q      E E    +E   E  E E
|---7b8==(7)---(7)r-5-------|---------------------------|
|---7b8==(7)---(7)r-5-7-----|-5------5-5----(5)--5--5-5-|
|---------------------7-----|-7b9------7b9==(7)r--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


  D5                 A5
  E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| E  Q   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---/5-------------|-----------------|
|---/5-------------|-----------------|
|--------5-6-------|-----------------|
|------------7-7-7-|-------------4-4-|
|------------------|-----4-4-7-7-----|
|------------------|-5-5-------------|


       D.S. al Coda &                 D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
                       A5
   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|--7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|
|  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-/6-6--------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-/7-7-4-4----------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|----------7-7-4-4--||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--||
|-------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||


                                      Outro
  &&
  A5                                   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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-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--|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-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--|


                                      D
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-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-|-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-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-|-----------------|------------------|


  A                                   E                   D
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|------------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|------------------|


    A5
  E Q.   Q  Q    Q  E E +H       +W
|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--2----------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--2----------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--2-2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---0----4--5--|------0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|
| E Q.   Q  Q    Q  E E +H       +W
|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--2----------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--2-2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---2----2--4--|-2--2-2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---0----4--5--|------0-(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



Well it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready, now go cat, go
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well you can knock me down, slap in my face
Slander my name all over the place
And do anything that you wanna do
But oh-oh honey lay off of my shoes
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well you can burn my house, steal my car
Drink my liquor from my ol' fruit jar
Do anything that you wanna do
But oh-oh honey lay off of my shoes
Now don't you step on my blue suede shoes

Last updated: June 24, 2016

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