--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Buddy Holly --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Buddy Holly Rock Around With Ollie Vee (1957) (Sonny Curtis) Now bonus track on CD: "Buddy Holly" (originally released in 1958) A real gem! The lead guitar is arguably played by Sonny Curtis (http://notfadeaway.dk/buddyholly/that.pdf) with Holly being listed as second guitarist but, I must admit, I don't hear another guitar anywhere. It's not easy to pin down what is played (and sung!), either. Use this tab as a basic suggestion, add variations and adapt it to your own Rockabilly style. Have fun! In the second bar of the opening lick, the "c" (INTRO 1 and 2: B-String, 13th fret / SOLO: A-string, 3rd fret) has to be bent just a little, making it higher than "c" without really reaching the "c#", though. In the second half of the parts I mostly hear single notes. Some of the high notes are struck very hard creating a slapping effect. I usually play a picking pattern there. I put these notes in brackets because they are not really there but are still close to the feel of the original. When playing a pattern it must be percussive with the 2 and the 4 dampened hard to get the beat going without actually producing a tone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO 1 A A(7) D B7 e|9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|121212121212----|----------------|----------------| B|10101010101010--|131313131313----|1010101010101010|10101010101010--| G|----------------|b-b-b-b-b-b-----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8---| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A E7 A6 A e|----5-----------|--0-------0-----|----5-----------|5---------------| B|----------7-----|-(0)--3--(0)----|----5-----7-----|----------------| G|----------------|-----(1)--------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|5---------------|0---------------|5-----------5---|----------------| SOLO A A(7) D B7 e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4---| A|4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6---| E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|b-b-b-b-b-b-b---|----------------|----------------| A E7 A6 A6 e|----5-----------|--0-------0-----|----5-----------|5-----5---------| B|----------7-----|------3---------|----------7-----|--7-------------| G|---(6)-----(6)--|---(1)-----(1)--|---(6)-----(6)--|----6-----------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|(5)----(5)------|(0)----(0)------|(5)-----(5)-----|5---------------| INTRO 2 A A(7) D B7 e|9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|121212121212----|----------------|----------------| B|10101010101010--|131313131313----|1010101010101010|10101010101010--| G|----------------|b-b-b-b-b-b-----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|8-8-8-8-8-8-8---| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A E7 A A e|----5-----------|----------------|----5-----------|5---------------| B|----------7-----|--5-------5-----|---(5)----7-----|5---------------| G|----6-------6---|7-----7---------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----7-------7---|----------------|----------------| E|5-------5-------|0-------0-------|5-----------5---|----------------| | b Bend --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO 1 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D B Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues A Well, I got a little gal called Ollie Vee D B Ollie Vee come from Memphis, Memphis Tennessee A E And tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Ollie Vee says she gonna do me right tonight D B I'm gonna wear my blue suede shoes tonight A E And tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D B Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues SOLO INTRO 1 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D B Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues A I'm gonna shout, laugh, holler and giggle tonight D B I'm gonna shake it just a little in the middle of the night A E Cause tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Vee A Well, [I think (?)] Mr. Cop [O. V. (?)] tonight D B If you try to [put a-stoppin'] me tonight A E Cause tonight we're gonna rock-a-rock around A With Ollie Vee - Ollie Ollie Ollie A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D B Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues INTRO 2 A Well, we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues tonight D B Rock - cause everything gonna be alright A E A Cause tonight we're gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues