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Good Golly Miss Molly Tab by Little Richard

Good Golly Miss Molly tab by Little Richard

Guitar Tab 

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY

As recorded by Little Richard
(From the 1958 Album LITTLE RICHARD)

Words and Music by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Raymond Montrell - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=164(8=s8)
             G
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  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
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|
|----------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|
|----------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|


                    C                                   G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C                 G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------||
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-||
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------||
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------||


 Chorus
                G
  e E Q  H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-------------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-----------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|


                    C                                   G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C                 G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                     1st & 2nd Verses
                      G                                      N.C.
                                                            3/4
  E E E E E E E E     q  Q  H      q  Q  H      q  Q  H      W
|-----------------||-------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----------------||o------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----------------||--0----------|-0----------|-0----------|------||
|---------0-0-2-0-||-------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----2-2---------||o------------|------------|------------|------||
|-3-3-------------||-------------|------------|------------|------||


 Chorus
  N.C.       C                                   G
 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
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|----------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|----------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C                 G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                     Saxophone Solo
                      G
  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||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0--||---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------o||-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3--------------||-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|


                    C                                   G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C                 G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------||
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-||
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------||
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------||


 Chorus
                G
  e E Q  H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-------------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-----------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|


                    C                                   G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C                 G
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    3rd Verse
                     G                                      N.C.
                                                           3/4
  E E E E E E E E    q  Q  H      q  Q  H      q  Q  H      W
|-----------------||------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----------------||------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----------------||-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|------||
|---------0-0-2-0-||------------|------------|------------|------||
|-----2-2---------||------------|------------|------------|------||
|-3-3-------------||------------|------------|------------|------||


 Chorus
  N.C.       C                                   G
 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
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------0-0-2-0-|---------0-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|----------|-----2-2---------|-----2-2---------|---------0-0-2-0-|
|----------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----2-2---------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|


                    D                 C
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q  Q  H
|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|------------||
|---------0-0-2-0-|-0-0-4-4---------|------------||
|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-3----------||
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|------------||


 Outro
  W          Q  E E +H       +W
|----------|---------------|--------*|
|----------|---------------|--------*|
|----------|---------------|--------*|
|----------|------0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|----------|----3----------|--------*|
|----------|---------------|--------*|


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




Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin', I can't hear your momma call.

And from the early early mornin' till the early early night
When I caught Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue lights.
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin', I can't hear your momma call.

Momma, poppa told me: "Son, you better watch yourself."
If they knew about miss molly, I have to walk all by myself.
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like a ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin', I can't hear your momma call.

Chorus:

I am going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring.
Would you pardon me a tip made me ting-a-ling-a-ling.
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like a ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin', I can't hear your momma call.

Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like a ball.
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like a ball.

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