Rockin Robin tab by Bobby Day
Guitar Tab
ROCKIN' ROBIN As recorded by Bobby Day (From the 1959 Album ROCKIN' ROBIN) Words and Music by Jimmie Thomas Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piccolo arr. for Gtr.' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar' Intro Q=169(8=s8) N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (Piccolo Flute arr. for Gtr.) H E E E E W H E E E E W |------------15----|----------|------------15----|------| |--------/15----17-|----------|--------/15----17-|------| |------------------|----------|------------------|------| |------------------|----------|------------------|------| |------------------|----------|------------------|------| |------------------|----------|------------------|------|
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Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
H E E E E W Q a Q Q a Q a Q H E E
|------------15----|----------|----21h22-----21h22--|-21h22------------||
|--------/15----17-|----------|---------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|---------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|---------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|---------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------|---------------------|---------------2--||
1st - 4th Verses
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N.C.
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||--3-----------|-----------2-|-3-----------|-----------2--|
e E Q H H Q E E e E Q H W
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-3-----------|-----------2-|-3-----------|------||
Chorus
C7 G
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-5---5-|---------5-5---5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-3-3-7-7-----7---|---------5-5---5-|---------5-5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-3-3-7-7-----7---|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr.)
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|
|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
1.
To Coda
To Coda
D7 G
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7--|-----------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-9-9-----9---|-5-5-9-9-----9----|---------5-5---5-|---------5-5------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-3-3-7-7-----7\-2--||
|
| 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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x--|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--x-o||
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4--x--||
|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5--x--||
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5--x-o||
|-----------------|------------------|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--x--||
2.
PM------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-----5-||
|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7-------7---||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3---3-x-||
|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4---4-x-||
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5---5-x-||
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5---5-x-||
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3---3-x-||
|
| Gtr I
| TP
| W H Q Q
|-----------------|-------------/10---||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
Piccolo Solo
-| PM--| PM----------------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------5-------5-|------------5------5-|
|--3----7-7-------7----|---3--3-7-7-----7----|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|--3--3-3-x--3-3--3--x-|---3--3-3-x-3-3-3--x-|
|--4--4-4-x--4-4--4--x-|---4--4-4-x-4-4-4--x-|
|--5--5-5-x--5-5--5--x-|---5--5-5-x-5-5-5--x-|
|--5--5-5-x--5-5--5--x-|---5--5-5-x-5-5-5--x-|
|--3--3-3-x--3-3--3--x-|---3--3-3-x-3-3-3--x-|
|
| TP
| Q. E Q E E +E E Q Q E E
|-10--------13---12-10-|-(10)-------------10-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
G7
PM---------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------5-5--------5-|------------5-5---5-|
|--3--3--7--7-------7-------|---3--3-7-7-----7---|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|--3--3--3--x--3-3--3-----x-|---3--3-6-x-6-6-6-x-|
|--4--4--4--x--4-4--4-----x-|---4--4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|
|--5--5--5--x--5-5--5-----x-|---5--5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|--5--5--5--x--5-5--5-----x-|---5--5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|--3--3--3--x--3-3--3-----x-|---3--3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|
| E E E E Q E a E +E E Q H
|-13-13-12-12-10------------|--------------------|
|------------------13-11h12-|-(12)---------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
C7
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------5--5-----5-|------------5-----5-------5--|
|-3--3--7--7-------7----|-3--3--7--7---------7--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-1--1--1--x-1--1--1--x-|-1--1--1--x-1-----1-1-----x--|
|-3--3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3--3--3--x-3-----3-3-----x--|
|-2--2--2--x-2--2--2--x-|-2--2--2--x-2-----2-2-----x--|
|-3--3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3--3--3--x-3-----3-3-----x--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|-9-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-|-9-10-10-10-9h10-10-9h10-10--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
G
PM-----------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------5--5-----5-|-----------------5-----5-----5-|
|-3--3--7--7-------7----|-3-----3-7-----7----------7----|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3--3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3-----3-3-----x-3-----3--3--x-|
|-4--4--4--x-4--4--4--x-|-4-----4-4-----x-4-----4--4--x-|
|-5--5--5--x-5--5--5--x-|-5-----5-5-----x-5-----5--5--x-|
|-5--5--5--x-5--5--5--x-|-5-----5-5-----x-5-----5--5--x-|
|-3--3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3-----3-3-----x-3-----3--3--x-|
|
| E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E E
|-9-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-|-9h10-10-9h10-10-9h10-10-10-10-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
D7
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------7-7----7-|-----------------7--7--------7--|
|--5--5-9-9-----9----|--5--5--9--9-----------9--------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--3--3-3-x-3-3-3--x-|--3--3--3--x-----3--3--3-----x--|
|--5--5-5-x-5-5-5--x-|--5--5--5--x-----5--5--5-----x--|
|--4--4-4-x-4-4-4--x-|--4--4--4--x-----4--4--4-----x--|
|--5--5-5-x-5-5-5--x-|--5--5--5--x-----5--5--5-----x--|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| E E Q Q E E E E E E a E E S S E
|-13-10-----------10-|-13-12-10----------10-----------|
|--------------------|----------13-11h12--------------|
|--------------------|----------------------12p10-----|
|--------------------|----------------------------12--|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
G
PM-------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------5--5--7--5-|------------5--5---5-||
|-----3-3--7--7------------|-3--3--7--7------7---||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-----3-3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3--3--3--x-3--3-3-x-||
|-----4-4--4--x-4--4--4--x-|-4--4--4--x-4--4-4-x-||
|-----5-5--5--x-5--5--5--x-|-5--5--5--x-5--5-5-x-||
|-----5-5--5--x-5--5--5--x-|-5--5--5--x-5--5-5-x-||
|-----3-3--3--x-3--3--3--x-|-3--3--3--x-3--3-3-x-||
|
| a Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-10s12---12-12-9s12-12-12-|-9s12-12-12-9s12-----||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
C7
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-5---5-|---------5-5---5-|
|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-3-3-7-7-----7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
G C7
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-7-5-|
|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5---5-|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7---------|
|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|
|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|
|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-----------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
D7 G
PM------------------------------|
E E Q H H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-----------|--------------||---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5---5-||
|-------------|-----------2--||-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7-----7---||
|
| E E Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-----------|--------------||-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-||
|-5-----------|--------------||-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-||
|-4-----------|--------------||-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-||
|-5-----------|--------------||-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-||
|-------------|--------------||-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-||
Bridge
C7 G
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-5---5-|---------5-5---5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-7-7-----7---|-3-3-7-7-----7---|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7-----7---|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-|
|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
C7 D7
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H H Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-7-5-|-------------|--------------||
|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7---------|-5-----------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------2--||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-x-|-3-----------|--------------||
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-5-----------|--------------||
|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-|-4-----------|--------------||
|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-|-5-----------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
Outro
&&
G
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------||------------15----|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------/15----17-|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------|
|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5---5-||------------------|------|
|-3-3-7-7---------|-3-3-7-7-----7---||------------------|------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||------------------|------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||------------------|------|
|-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-||------------------|------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||------------------|------|
H E E E E W H E E E E
|------------15----|----------|------------15----|
|--------/15----17-|----------|--------/15----17-|
|------------------|----------|------------------|
|------------------|----------|------------------|
|------------------|----------|------------------|
|------------------|----------|------------------|
W Q a Q Q a Q a Q H.
|----------|----21h22-----21h22--|-21h22--------*|
|----------|---------------------|--------------*|
|----------|---------------------|--------------*|
|----------|---------------------|--------------*|
|----------|---------------------|--------------*|
|----------|---------------------|--------------*|
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 Last updated:
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