Ooby Dooby Tab

by Roy Orbison
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Author diablo83 [a] 1,173. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Artist: Roy Orbison
Song: Ooby Dooby
 
Another forgotten classic by Roy Orbison during his Sun Records
days. VERY VERY simple chord progression (surprise, surprise,
I,IV,V in the key of E) and a KILLER solo that's repeated during
the latter part of the song. You might have some issues with
a little double stop, pull of lick in the solo but overall,
this song is very easy to play and follow. Strums NOT exact, LISTEN
to the changes. Let's go!!
 
 
 
Key of Emajor
 
This is the progression in the ENTIRE song. Just omit
the very first E chord since there are no instruments being
played in the beginning. After that, follow the
progression the whole way.
 
 
   E7    A7    E7       B7        A7    E7
 
e|----|------|------|------3--|-------|---------|
B|----|---2--|------|------0--|---2---|---------|
G|-1--|---0--|---1--|------2--|---0---|--1------|
D|-0--|---2--|---0--|------1--|---2---|--0------|
A|-2--|------|---2--|------2--|-------|--2------|
E|----|------|------|---------|-------|---------|
 
 
SOLO:
 
e|----00-0-----|-0-0--0------|-00000--------------|
B|-4--44-2--0--|-4-4--2--44--|-44444----7^7^7^7^--|
G|----------3--|---------33--|--------------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
 
(i apologize, i don't think he pulls this off. I'm
pretty sure it's all picked. But you can pull off if you want)
 
e|-44444--4-7-4-4-6-4-4-7-4-4-6-4-4--|-00--0------00000----|
B|-44444--4-7-4-4-6-4-4-7-4-4-6-4-4--|-44--2--0---44444----|
G|-----------------------------------|--------3------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
 
e|--------------------------000--------|
B|--------------------------444--444---|
G|--33333---1111-----------------333---|
D|----------------3^3^-1---------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
 
e|-11-11-11\----666-|-000-000-|------------------1^-1^1^--|
B|-11-11-11\----777-|-444-222-|---------------2--2^-2^2^--|
G|------------------|---------|----------1-4--------------|
D|------------------|---------|-------1-4-----------------|
A|------------------|---------|---2-4---------------------|
E|------------------|---------|-4-------------------------|
 
e|-000-----|-1-1-2^-1---00---|
B|-444-444-|-1-1-1--1---44---|
G|-----333-|-1-1-1--1---33---|
D|---------|-----------------|
A|---------|-----------------|
E|---------|-----------------|
 
Song Structure:
 
VERSE/CHORUS x2
SOLO
VERSE/CHORUS
SOLO
VERSE/CHORUS
 
That's it for another one guys. Very easy stuff to play. Up next,
another Setzer tab! This time, it will be "18 Miles to Memphis".
Let me know what you think! Have fun!
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4 comments
diablo83
Thanks for the comment. I tabbed this about 5 years ago or so. I realized a little bit afterwards that this may be in a lower tuning. Perhaps Eb?. I never had the chance to correct it. sorry about that.
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diablo83
Thanks for the comment. Chords should be correct. It's definitely in E. The second part of the solo may be incorrect. Just move it a step higher.
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ron_doo_ron1
The YouTube video of this seems to be in Eb but I'd suspect that the song should really be played in E as this tab states. In many early recording they messed about a little with the tape speed (and consequently the pitch), possibly because they liked the effect. There's a lot of Chuck Berry and Everly Brothers recordings that don't seem to be in any reasonable key (by which I mean they're part way between two normal keys) so joining in with them sounds horrible unless you're prepared to retune your guitar to the recording.
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