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December 1963 Oh What A Night Tab by The Four Seasons

December 1963 Oh What A Night tab by The Four Seasons

Guitar Tab

DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT)

As recorded by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
(From the 1975 Album WHO LOVES YOU)

Words and Music by Robert Gaudio & Judy Parker

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Brass'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clavichord'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Clavichord'

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 Intro
  Q=105
  N.C.                  C  Am/DC/E   F             C/G   N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
  W          W          E. S E E +E  E Q    E. S E E +E  E E E
|----------|----------|-------------------|-1--1---0-(0)--------|
|----------|----------|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-1-3--|
|----------|----------|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-2-4--|
|----------|----------|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3----------------|
|----------|----------|-3-----------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|---------------------|


  C  Am/DC/E   F                   G
  E. S E E +E  E Q    E. S E E +E  E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-3--|
|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-4--|
|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------5-5--|
|-3-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


   1st Verse
    C  Am/DC/E   F             C/G   N.C.
    E. S E E +E  E Q    E. S E E +E  E E E
||--------------------|-1--1---0-(0)-------|
||o-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-1-3-|
||--0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-2-4-|
||--2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------------|
||o-3-----------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|


                                               2nd Verse
  C  Am/DC/E   F                   G            C      Am/DC/E   F
  E. S E E +E  E Q    E. S E E +E  E Q          E.     S E E +E  E  Q
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-3--o||-||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-4---||-||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------5-5---||-||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-3-----------------|-------------------o||-||o-3-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
|                                                                     ~
| W                   W                         S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------||-||-------------8-----8------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--9--9---9---9------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|


          C/G   N.C.            C      Am/DC/E   F
   E. S E E +E   E     E    E   E.     S E E +E  E  Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  ~~~                                                ~~~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E   S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


                G
   E. S E E +E   E     Q
|------------------------------||
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||


 Chorus
  $
  Dm7                F
  Q  E. S S E S Q     Q   E. S S E S Q
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| W                   H.             Q
|------------------|-^1-----------------|
|-3----------------|-^1-----------------|
|-2----------------|-^2-----------------|
|-3----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|


  Am                  G/D
   Q  E. S S E S Q     Q   E. S S E S Q
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
|  W                   H.             Q
|-^5----------------|-^7-----------------|
|-^5----------------|-^8-----------------|
|-^5----------------|-^7-----------------|
|-^7----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|


  Dm7                  F
   Q   E. S S E S Q     Q  E. S S E S Q
|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
|  H.             Q     W
|-^5-----------------|-^1----------------|
|-^6-----------------|-^1----------------|
|-^7-----------------|-^2----------------|
|-^7-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


  G6 F6      G6 F6        G6 F6    F/A     G6F6
  E. S +E  E E. S +E  E   E. S +E  E +E  E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-6-(6)-6-5-3-||
|-4--2-(2)---4--2-(2)---|-4--2-(2)-5-(5)-5-4-2-||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-7-(7)-7-5-3-||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E. S +E  E E. S +E  E   E. S +E  E +E  E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-6-(6)-6-5-3-||
|-4--2-(2)---4--2-(2)---|-4--2-(2)-5-(5)-5-4-2-||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-7-(7)-7-5-3-||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||


   3rd & 4th Verses
    C      Am/DC/E   F
    E.     S E E +E  E  Q
||--------------------------|
||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
||o-3-----------------------|
||--------------------------|
|
|                         ~~~
|   S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
||-------------8-----8------|
||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
||--9--9---9---9------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|


          C/G   N.C.            C      Am/DC/E   F
   E. S E E +E   E     E    E   E.     S E E +E  E  Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|~~~~~                                                ~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E   S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


                                 Interlude
                G                 Am
                                  Gtrs II, III
   E. S E E +E   E     Q          S E S Q  S E    S Q
|------------------------------||----------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||-5---5----5------5----------|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||-5---5----5------5----------|
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||-7---7----7------7----------|
|-----------------------------o||----------------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------------|
|
|                                 Gtr IV
|  ~~~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E     H        S S S  S S S S  S
|---------------12-12-10-10----||----------------------------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||----------------------------|
|---------------12-12-10-10----||----------------------------|
|------------------------------||---------------------9p7----|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------7-----10-|
|------------------------------||------------5-8s10----------|


      C/G D/A   N.C.
  S E S E E +E  S S S  S S  S
|-----------------------------|
|-5---5---7-(7)---------------|
|-5---5---7-(7)-7-5-7--5------|
|-7---5---7-(7)----------7----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| H         +E  E   E.      S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7---------(7)------------10-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


    Am                                  C/G D/A   N.C.
    S E    S Q  S E    S Q          S E S E E +E  S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---5------5----5------5----------|-5---5---7-(7)-------------||
|---5------5----5------5----------|-5---5---7-(7)-7-5-7-5-----||
|---7------7----7------7----------|-7---5---7-(7)---------7---||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| a S S  S S Q  S S S  S S S S  S   H         +E  E   E   S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-7h9p7---------------------------|-------------------------7-||
|-------10-7---------------9p7----|-7---------(7)-------------||
|------------------------7-----10-|---------------------------||
|-----------------5-8s10----------|---------------------------||


 Bridge
  F/A                    G/B
  Gtr II
  E.     S Q  E. S Q     E. S Q  E. S Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-6------6----6--6-----|-8--8----8--8----|
|-5------5----5--5-----|-7--7----7--7----|
|-7------7----7--7-----|-9--9----9--9----|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV   Gtr III (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| E    S S Q  Q    E E   Q    Q  Q    Q
|----------------------|--------------3--|
|--------------------5-|-3---------------|
|-5tr7-------------5---|------4----------|
|------7---3--5--------|---------5-------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|


                                          To Coda
  C6                       Dm
   E.  S Q   E.    S Q      S  E  S E  E  +Q   Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-10--10----10----10-----|-10----10---10-(10)------||
|--9---9-----9-----9-----|-10----10---10-(10)------||
|-10--10----10----10-----|-12----12---12-(12)------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  H        +E  Q      E    H.                 Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|--5--------(5)----------|-------------------------||
|--5--------(5)-5--------|--4----------------------||
|----------------------7-|--5----------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||


 Interlude
  N.C.                                                        G6 F6
  E S   S S S   E S S   S S S S E   S S S   S S S    S S E     E  S  S    E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------12-10-10-------|
|-x-x---x-x-x-------x---x-x-x-4---|-x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x------12-10-10-------|
|-x-x---x-x-x-------x---x-x-x-3---|-x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x------12-10-10-------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs V, VI (Clavichord arr. for Gtr.)
| e S a S E   a e E   a e   e   E   e   S a S E    a e   E  a  e  E     a e
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-1-----3-------5-------6---6-----|-6-------6--------8---------8----------8--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3---5-------7-------8-----8-----|-8-----8-------10-------10----------10----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
  S S E     S E     S E   S E   E   S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e   S a S E   a e   E a e   e   E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|


                            G6    F6
  S S E     S E      S E     S  S  S  S    E
|---------------------------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| e   S a S E    a e   E  a  e     E     a e
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10---|
|--------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
  S S E     S E     S E   S E   E   S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e   S a S E   a e   E a e   e   E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|


                            G6    F6
  S S E     S E      S E     S  S  S  S    E
|---------------------------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| e   S a S E    a e   E  a  e     E     a e
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10---|
|--------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
  S S E     S E     S E   S E   E   S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e   S a S E   a e   E a e   e   E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|


                                                 Outro
                                 D.S. al Coda &
                            G6    F6              C      Am/DC/E   F
                                                  Gtr I
  S S E     S E      S E     S  S  S  S    E      E.     S E E +E  E  Q
|---------------------------12-12-10-10-------||---------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10-------||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1----|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10-------||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2----|
|---------------------------------------------||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3----|
|---------------------------------------------||o-3------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
|
|                                                 Gtr II
|                                                                       ~
| e   S a S E    a e   E  a  e     E     a e      S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
|---------------------------------------------||-------------8-----8-------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8--||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8--|
|---------------------------------------------||--9--9---9---9-------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10----||o--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|


          C/G   N.C.            C      Am/DC/E   F
   E. S E E +E   E     E    E   E.     S E E +E  E  Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  ~~~                                                ~~~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E   S  S S S E e  E  E  E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


                G
   E. S E E +E   E     Q       4x
|------------------------------||
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~
| +H         E   S  S  S  S E  4x
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||


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: September 10, 2025

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