Lonesome Tears Tab
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LONESOME TEARS
As recorded by Buddy Holly
(Released as a Single in 1958)
Words and Music by Buddy Holly
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Buddy Holly - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Buddy Holly - Electric Guitar 2'
Intro 1st & 2nd Verses
Q=132
B7 E C#m
4/4
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S E S S E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||--9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||o-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--------------------|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|
| Gtr II
| W E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-------------------------||--------------------|--9-------9---------------|
|-------------------------||o-9-----9-----9-9-9-|--9-------9-------9--9--9-|
|-------------------------||--9-----9-----9-9-9-|--9-------9-------9--9--9-|
|-------------------------||--9-----9-----9-9-9-|-----------------11-11-11-|
|-------------------------||o-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------|--------------------------|
G# A
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
E C#7 F#7 B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7--|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7--|
|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9-8-8-8-8--|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9--|
|----------9--9--9--9-|-------------7-7-7-7--|
1.
E E°Am E B7
E S S E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-5---5-5-|-7--7--7-7-7-7----||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-5---5-5-|-9--7--7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5---5-5-|-9--8--8-8-8-8-8--||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-7---7-7-|-9--7--7-7-7-7-7--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-7--9--9-9-9-9-9-o||
|---------------5---5-5-|----7--7-7-7-7-7--||
|
| Gtr II
| E S S E S S E S S E E E Q E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----9-----9-----9-----|---/9--7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-9-9---9-9---9-9---9---|---/9--8-8-8-8-8--||
|-----------------------|---/9--9-9-9-9-9--||
|-----------------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------||
2.
E A E E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-7--7-7--5-5--5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-9-9--9-9--5-5--5-5-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|-9-9--9-9--6-6--6-6-|-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-9-9--9-9--7-7--7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-----------5-5--5-5-|-----------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-----12---12----9---|-7-----7---7-7---||
|-----14---12---10---|-9-----9---9-9---||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------||
Bridge
$
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-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-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6----6-----6----6----6----6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-----7----7----7----7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-----7----7----7----7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5----5-----5----5----5----5-5-|
|
| Q E E H E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------|-------------------9-0-----------|
|-------5---------|--------9-10-12-13---------------|
|-------6---------|---9-11----------------12-11-9---|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
E A B7 E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-7-7-7---5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7----7----7----7----7------|
|-9-9-9-9---5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7----9----9----9----9------|
|-9-9-9-9---6-6---6-6-|-8-8-8-8----9----9----9----9------|
|-9-9-9-9---7-7---7-7-|-7-7-7-7----9----9----9----9------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-|-9-9-9-9----7----7----7----7------|
|-----------5-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-7--------------------------|
|
| E E E S S E S S E E Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|---7-7---------------|----------------------------------|
|---9-9---7-----9-7---|-----------------9----------------|
|-------9---9-9-----9-|------------9-11---11p9-----------|
|---------------------|-------9-11-------------11p9h11---|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-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-|
|-6--6----6-----6----6-6-6-6-|-6-6----6-----6----6----6----6-6-|
|-7--7----7-----7----7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-----7----7----7----7-7-|
|-7--7----7-----7----7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-----7----7----7----7-7-|
|-5--5----5-----5----5-5-5-5-|-5-5----5-----5----5----5----5-5-|
|
| E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|--------------------9-------|---------------------0-----------|
|--------------10h12---------|--------9h10-12s14---------------|
|-9-12s11p9h11---------------|---9h11----------------12s11-9---|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
To Coda
F#7 B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7-||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7-||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-8-8----8--8-8-8-8-8-||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7-||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-9-9----9--9-9-9-9-9-||
|--------------------------|-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-7-||
|
| W E S S +E E E E Q
|--------------------------|---2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2---||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
3rd Verse
E C#m
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|-9---9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-------------------|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|
|
| E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-------------------|--9-------9---------------|
|-9-----9-----9-9-9-|--9-------9-------9--9--9-|
|-9-----9-----9-9-9-|--9-------9-------9--9--9-|
|-9-----9-----9-9-9-|-----------------11-11-11-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
G#m A
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5--5----5-----|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5--5----5-----|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-6--6-6-(6)-6--6----6-----|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-(7)-7--7----7-----|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-(7)-7--7----7-----|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-(5)-5--5----5-----|
|
| |---3---|
| W H Q E E E
|------------------|----------------------12--|
|------------------|--------------12-14-------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
E C#7 F#7 B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--7------7--7-7--9--9--9--9-|---9---9--9--9-7-7--7-7-|
|--9------9--9-9--9--9--9--9-|--11--11-11-11-7-7--7-7-|
|--9------9--9-9-10-10-10-10-|---9---9--9--9-8-8--8-8-|
|--9------9--9-9--9--9--9--9-|--11--11-11-11-7-7--7-7-|
|--7------7--7-7-11-11-11-11-|---9---9--9--9-9-9--9-9-|
|-----------------9--9--9--9-|---------------7-7--7-7-|
|
| E +Q E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-14b16-(14)-----------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------9-9------|
|--------------------8s=9----|---------------9-9------|
|-------------------------11-|-(11)--------------11-9-|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
E E°Am E B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-7--7-7-7-0-5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-(7)----||
|-9--9-9-9-8-5-5-5-|--9-7-7-7-(7)----||
|-9--9-9-9-9-5-5-5-|--9-8-8-8-(8)----||
|-9--9-9-9-8-7-7-7-|--9-7-7-7-(7)----||
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7-9-9-9-(9)----||
|------------5-5-5-|----7-7-7-(7)----||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|------------------|----7-7-7-(7)----||
|------------------|-/9-9-9-9-(9)----||
|---/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-/9--------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
E C#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---7-7--7--7-7--7--7--7-|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9-|
|---9-9--9--9-9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9-|
|---9-9--9--9-9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9-|
|---9-9--9--9-9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-|
|---7-7--7--7-7--7--7--7-|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-|
|------------------------|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9-|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E H
|-------12-12------12----|-12----12-12\-------------|
|-/12---12-12---12-12-12-|-14----14-14\-------------|
|-/13-----------13----13-|-13----13-13\-------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
G# A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|--5-5--5--5-5--5--5--5--|
|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|--5-5--5--5-5--5--5--5--|
|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--6-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--|
|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--7-7--7--7-7--7--7--7--|
|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--7-7--7--7-7--7--7--7--|
|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|--5-5--5--5-5--5--5--5--|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-/11\---11\---11\---11\---|-12------12---------12--|
|-/13\---13\---13\---13\---|-14---14-14---12-14-----|
|--------------------------|------14----------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
E C#7 F#7 B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--7----------7--7--7----------9--9--9----------9-|--9--9----------9--9--7----------7--7--7-|
|--9----------9--9--9----------9--9--9----------9-|-11-11---------11-11--7----------7--7--7-|
|--9----------9--9--9---------10-10-10---------10-|--9--9----------9--9--8----------8--8--8-|
|--9----------9--9--9----------9--9--9----------9-|-11-11---------11-11--7----------7--7--7-|
|--7----------7--7--7---------11-11-11---------11-|--9--9----------9--9--9----------9--9--9-|
|------------------------------9--9--9----------9-|----------------------7----------7--7--7-|
|
| S +S E E S +S E E S +S E E S +S E E S +S E E E
|-14b15-(14)-14-12-14b15-(14)-14-12-14b15-(14)-14-|-12-14b15-(14)-14-12-14b15-(14)-14-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E7 A Am E E7
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|--7-7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5-----7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|--9-9--9--9--9--9--5--5--5-----9-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
|--9-9--9--9--7--7--6--5--5-----9-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|--9-9--9--9--9--9--7--7--7-----9-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
|--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-------------------5--5--5-------|-----------------------------------||
|
| E S S E E E E S S E E E Q Q S S E
|-12------------------------------|-14--------------------------------||
|------12-12-12-12-12----12-14-15-|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------13----------|------------------------7-6-5------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Outro
&
B7 E
E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|--7--7--7-----7--7-----7--7----7-||-7---7---7-(7)--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--7-----7--7----7-||-9---9---9-(9)--9--9--9-|
|--8--8--8-----8--8-----8--8----8-||-9---9---9-(9)--9--9--9-|
|--7--7--7-----7--7-----7--7----7-||-9---9---9-(9)--9--9--9-|
|--9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9----9-||-7---7---7-(7)--7--7--7-|
|--7--7--7-----7--7-----7--7----7-||------------------------|
|
| E E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------||------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-9-||-----------12-----14-12-|
|---------------------------------||-9---9-/13-----13-------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------|
C#m G#7
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9-----9---|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9-----9---|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9-----9---|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11----11---|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-11---11-11-(11)-11-11----11---|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|
|--9----9--9--(9)--9--9-----9---|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|
| |---3---|
| E E E E Q E E E W
|---------------------9---------|------------------|
|-----------------------12----9-|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-11---11-----------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
A E C#7 F#7 B7
Q 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)-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9-8-8-8-8-|
|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-|
|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-|--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|----------9--9--9--9-|-------------7-7-7-7-|
E E°Am E A E
Q Q E E E E E E Q H +W
|-7---7---0-5-5-7-|-7-7-5---7----|--(7)----*|
|-9---9---8-5-5-9-|-9-9-5---9----|--(9)----*|
|-9---9---9-5-5-9-|-9-9-6---9----|--(9)----*|
|-9---9---8-7-7-9-|-9-9-7---9----|--(9)----*|
|-7---7---7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---7----|--(7)----*|
|-----------5-5---|-----5--------|---------*|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E H H +W
|-0---4---3---2---|--------12----|-(12)----*|
|-----------------|---------9----|--(9)----*|
|-1---4---3---2---|--------11----|-(11)----*|
|-----------------|--------12----|-(12)----*|
|-----------------|--------------|---------*|
|-----------------|--------------|---------*|
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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