Batman Theme Tab

BATMAN THEME
 
As recorded by Link Wray
(From the 1966 Album EARLY RECORDINGS)
 
Music by Neal Hefti
Arranged by Link Wray
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Link Wray - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Link Wray - Electric Guitar 2'
 
 
  Q=157
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist. & reverb)
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
 
 
   W          H    H
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-14S=======|=2---------|
|-14S=======|=2---------|
 
 
  F#
  Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-||
|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
  F#
  Gtrs I, II (El. Gtrs. w/ light dist. & reverb)
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  B                                   F#
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  C#                B                 F#
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-||
 
 
  F#
  Gtr I
  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
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  B                                   F#
  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
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  C#                B                 F#
  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
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-9-9-8-8-7-7-8-8-|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-||
 
 
  Gtr II
  q  Q  H      Wx3
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|-4----------|--------|
|-2----------|--------|
 
 
  N.C.
  Gtr I
  S E.  H.       H       H         W
|-x-x----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-x-x----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------14S=====|=2---------------|-----------------||
|------14S=====|=2---------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W              E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
    F#
    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
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||o-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
|   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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
||--2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1--|
 
 
  B                                   F#
  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
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  C#                                  F#
  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
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-9-9-8-8-7-7-8-8-|-7-7-6-6-5-5-6-6-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  F#
  Q   H.             +H        H         Q   H.             +H        H
|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------|
|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------|-2---2------------|-(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
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|--2--2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|--2--2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  B                                      F#
  Q   H.             +H        H         Q   H.             +H        H
|-7---7------------|-(7)---------------|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------|
|-7---7------------|-(7)---------------|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------|
|-8---8------------|-(8)---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| 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
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|--2--2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|------------------|-------------------|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|--2--2-1-1-0-0-1-1-|
 
 
  C#                   B
   Q    H.             Q   H.
|--9----9------------|-7---7------------|
|--9----9------------|-7---7------------|
|-10---10------------|-8---8------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E E E E E   E E E  E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|--4-4--3--3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|
|--------------------|------------------|
 
 
  F#
  Q   H.             +H        H
|-2---2------------|-(2)----------------||
|-2---2------------|-(2)---------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E  E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|-2-2-1--1-0-0-1-1-|--2--2-1-1-0-0-1-1--||
 
 
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
X