Tabs
SHAZAM!
As recorded by Duane Eddy
(Released as a Single in 1960)
Music by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazelwood
Transcribed by Slowhand
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
BB
0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 x x 4 4 4 2
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Duane Eddy - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Donnie Owens - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=124
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA 
A majorA E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
4/4
Gtr II
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / / o / / o / / /
Gtr I
H Q Q Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------|-------------------|---0-3b3.5-0-----------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------3-0-------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------3p2-0-|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------0-0-(0)-0-|-----------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|---------7\--|-0--0--0-----------|-0---------------------|-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|------------0-------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----0--2s4---4p2-0-|-------------------|
|---2----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0------------------|-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---3-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-------3p0-------------|--------------------|
|-----------3p2-0-------|--------------------|
|-----------------2-0---|--------------------|
|---------------------2-|---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|-0---------------------|-0--0--0------------|
Main Theme
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
W Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | |
o / / o / /
E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q H E. S
|------------0-------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|-----0--2s4---4p2-0-||------------------|
|---2----------------||-2--2-------------|
|--------------------||-----------4----2-|
|-0------------------||------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE BB BB BB BB
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
E MajorE E +Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q H a E. S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-4--4----------------|
|---------------2-4-2-|-----------2s4----2--|
|-4-0-(0)---(0)-------|---------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
E MajorE E +Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q H E. S
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-2--2------4----2-|
|---------------2-4-2-|------------------|
|-4-0-(0)---(0)-------|------------------|
A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA BB BB BB BB
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
E MajorE E +H. E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------2-----------|
|-4-0-(0)----------|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2---2-(2)-0---|
|------------------|---------------------------3-|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / / /
H +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------2-4-2-|---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0------(0)-------|-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E E MajorE +S S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---0-3b4==(3)r-0-----------|--------------------|
|-----------------3-0-------|--------------------|
|---------------------3p2-0-|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|-0-------------------------|-0--0--0------------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E MajorE E. S E MajorE E MajorE S S S S Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|----------------12-------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|------12--14s15----15-14-12p13-|-(13)-----------------|
|---14--------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0-----------------------------|---0---0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E MajorE E. S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---12-------12-------12-------12-|--------------------|
|------15b17----15b17----15b17----|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|-0-------------------------------|-0--0--0------------|
W
E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---15----------------------------||
|------12-15p12-------------------||
|---------------15p14-12----------||
|------------------------14-12----||
|------------------------------14-||
|-0-------------------------------||
Sax Solo
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E. S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--------1-1-------------|
|------x-x-------x-x-|--------------------x-x-|
|----2-------x-2-----|----x-2-------x-x-2-----|
|-x--------0---------|-0----------0-----------|
BB BB BB BB E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o / /
E MajorE S S Q E MajorE S S Q E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E. S E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S Q
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|---x-x-------x-x-----|---x-x---x-x---x-x------x-|---x-x---x---x-x-----|
|-2-----2---2-----2---|-------2-----------2------|-------2---------2---|
|---------------------|-4-----------4------------|-4---------4---------|
Interlude
A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA BB BB BB BB E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / o / / /
Q Q E MajorE S S Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|------------------|-------------------|----------------||---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------||o--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------||---------------------|
|----------x-x-----|---x---x---x---x-x-|------2---------||---------------------|
|-0------0---------|-x---x---x---x-----|----2-------2-4-||o---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|----0---------0---|-------------------|-0------0-------||--0--0--0------------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E Q H 3x Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------||-------------------|
|-------------o||-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|
|-------------o||---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0------------||-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
W Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | |
o / / o / /
PM-----------------------|
E MajorE E S E MajorE S S S S S E MajorE E Q H E. S
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-2--2--------------|
|----------------------------|-----------4----2--|
|-0-0s12---12s14-16s12-9-7s0-|-------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE BB BB BB BB
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
S +S E MajorE +Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q H E. S
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|-4--4-------------|
|-----------------------2-4-2-|-----------4----2-|
|-3b4==(3)r-0-(0)---(0)-------|------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
S +S E MajorE +Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q H E. S
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-2--2------4----2--|
|-----------------------2-4-2-|-------------------|
|-3b4==(3)r-0-(0)---(0)-------|-------------------|
A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA BB BB BB BB
Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / /
E MajorE E +H. E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-4-0-(0)----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-----|
|------------------|-----------------3-x-|
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / o / / o / / o / / /
H +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------2-4-2-|---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|-0------(0)-------|-0--0--0------------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E E MajorE +S S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---0-3b4==(3)r-0-----------|-------------------|
|-----------------3-0-3p2-0-|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0-------------------------|-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---15----------------------------|-------------------|
|------12-15p12-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------15p14-12----------|-------------------|
|------------------------14-12----|-------------------|
|------------------------------14-|---------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0-------------------------------|-0--0--0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|---0----0---------|---------------------|
|-----5----5-5-5s0-|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-----------0-0-(0)-0-|
|-0----------------|-0--0----0-----------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S E MajorE Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE
|------------0-------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---0-0--2s3---3p2-0-|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------0-0-(0)-0--|
|-0------------------|-0--0--0------------|
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A majorA
W Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE W
| | | | | | |
o / / o / / /
E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E. S E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E h
|---3-0-----------------|-------------------|---0----------*|
|-------3p0-------------|-------------------|---0---0------*|
|-----------3p2-0-------|-------------------|-------0------*|
|-----------------2-0---|-------------------|--------------*|
|---------------------2-|---------0-0-(0)-0-|--------------*|
|-0---------------------|-0--0--0-----------|-0-------0----*|
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
----------------
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
