HELLO MARY LOU (Bassline)
As recorded by Ricky Nelson
(From the 1999 Album 25 GREATEST HITS)
Words and Music by Gene Pitney and C. Mangiarcina
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|------------|-7---------|-7-------6--|
|------------|------7----|------7-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H H H Q Q H H
|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-7---------|-7-------6--|-7---------|
|------7----|------7-----|------7----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|
|-7-------7--|------4--7--|------4--6--|
|------7-----|-5----------|-5----------|
|------------|------------|------------|
H H H Q Q H Q Q
|-----------|------------|------------|
|-7---------|-7-------7--|------9--9--|
|------7----|------7-----|-7----------|
|-----------|------------|------------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|---------6--|-7---------|-7-------7--|
|-7----9-----|------7----|------7-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H Q Q H Q. E H Q Q
|--------------|--------------|------------|
|----------11--|------11------|------------|
|------11------|-9----------9-|------9-----|
|-9------------|--------------|-7-------7--|
H Q Q H H Q Q Q Q
|------------|-----------|-------------||
|------9-----|-7---------|-7--------6--||
|-7-------7--|------5----|----7--9-----||
|------------|-----------|-------------||
H H H Q Q H H
||------------|------------|-----------|
||o-7---------|-7-------7--|------7----|
||o------7----|------7-----|-5---------|
||------------|------------|-----------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|------4--6--|-7---------|-7-------7--|
|-5----------|------7----|------7-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H H H Q Q H H
|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------9----|---------6--|-7---------|
|-7---------|-7----9-----|------7----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|-7-------7--|------7----|------4--6--|
|------7-----|-5---------|-5----------|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H Q Q H Q Q H H
|------------|------------|-----------|
|-7-------7--|---------6--|-7---------|
|------7-----|-7----9-----|------5----|
|------------|------------|-----------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|-7-------6--|-7---------|-7-------7--|
|------7-----|------7----|------7-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H H H Q Q H H
|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------7----|------4--6--|-7---------|
|-5---------|-5----------|------7----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|-7-------7--|------9----|---------6--|
|------7-----|-7---------|-7----9-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H H H Q Q H H
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-7---------|-7-------7--|-11----------|
|------7----|------7-----|-------11----|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|-------------|-----------|------------|
|------11-----|-----------|------9-----|
|-9--------9--|------9----|-7-------7--|
|-------------|-7---------|------------|
1.
H H Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q
|-----------|-------------|--------------|
|-7---------|-7--------6--|-7----7-------|
|------5----|----7--9-----|--------7--7--|
|-----------|-------------|--------------|
H Q Q Q E E +Q Q H Q Q
|------------|----------------|------------|
|-7-------7--|------4-(4)--7--|------4--6--|
|------7-----|-5--5-----------|-5----------|
|------------|----------------|------------|
H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-7---------|-7----------|-------9--9--|
|------7----|------7--7--|-7-----------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|------------|
|---------6--|-7---------|-7-------7--|
|-7----9-----|------7----|------7-----|
|------------|-----------|------------|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|-------------|------------|
|-11--------11--|------11-----|-9-------9--|
|-------11------|-9--------9--|------9-----|
|---------------|-------------|------------|
H H Q Q H Q Q Q Q
|-----------|------------|--------------||
|-----------|-7--7-------|-7--------6--o||
|-7----7----|-------5----|----7--9-----o||
|-----------|------------|--------------||
2.
H Q Q a H Q Q H Q Q
|------------|----------------|-------------|
|-7-------7--|-9s11-------11--|------9------|
|------7-----|---------9------|-7-------7---|
|------------|----------------|-------------|
H H H Q Q H Q Q
|-----------|------------|------------|
|-7---------|-7-------7--|-9-------9--|
|------5----|------7-----|------9-----|
|-----------|------------|------------|
H Q Q H H Q Q H
|------------|-----------|------------*|
|------9-----|-7---------|-7-----7----*|
|-7-------7--|------5----|----7-------*|
|------------|-----------|------------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
