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Three Steps To Heaven Tab by Eddie Cochran

Three Steps To Heaven tab by Eddie Cochran

Guitar Tab 

THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN

As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1960 Album EDDIE COCHRAN)

Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Bob Cochran

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro
  Q=134(8=s8)
  N.C.       Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  W          E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E
|----------|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|----------|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F7
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10--||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    Bb                 Eb                 Bb       F    Eb    Bb
    Gtr I
    E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
||o-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
||--7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|
||--8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|
|   Gtr II
|   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-------|
||o------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6-|
||--7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7---|
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|


                     Eb
  E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|
|
| E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------|
|------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-|
|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|


  F7
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8-----------||
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10--------||
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8-----||
|-10-------10-------10----|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Bb                 Bb7                Eb
  E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E  E E E E E Q     E  E E E E E Q     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-----|------9-----9-----|------8-----8---8-|------8-----8---8--|
|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-8------8-----8----|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


  F7
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------|
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------|
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----|
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  Bb       F    Eb    Bb
  E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--||
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--||
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--||
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|
| E  E E E  E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------||
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--||
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||


 Chorus
  Eb                 F7     EbDm7 Cm7    Bb                 Bb7
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E E E E E  E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| 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-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--|
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|


  Eb                 F7     EbDm7 Cm7    Bb                 Bb7
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E E E E E  E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| 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-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--|
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|


  Eb                 F7             Bb
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E Q  H      E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----------|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|--------------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| E  E E E E E E E    E E Q  H      E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|----6-----6-----6-|--8-----------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|--------------|------6-----6---6-|------6-----6---6--|
|-8------8-----8---|--------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|


  F7
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------||
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------||
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----||
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


 Interlude
 1.
  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------|
|
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------|


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F7
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||
|
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||


 2.
  Bb       F    Eb    Bb
  E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| E  E E E  E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------|
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--|
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


                                                       Outro
  F7                                                    Bb      F    Eb
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E    E  Q  E  E E E E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------|
|
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q       E  Q  E  E E E E
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------||-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------|


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb    Bb
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E   W          +W
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E   W          +W
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*|


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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