THAT'LL BE THE DAY As recorded by Buddy Holly & The Crickets (Released as a Single in 1957) Words and Music by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty Transcribed by Slowhand (guitar-steve@gmx.de) Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1' Intro Chorus Moderate Shuffle Q=123(8=s8) A (EE7(B7) D (A) 4/4 Gtr I |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------0-----0-----0---|-----2-2-(2)----||------------------|-----------------| |---------0-----0-----0-|-----0-0-(0)----||o-----------------|-----------------| |---3S4-----3-----2-----|-1-0-2-2-(2)----||------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-2-0-1-1-(1)----||--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------------|-----2-2-(2)----||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------| A (E) D (A) 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------| Verse 1 1. A (E) E7(BA)(E) D (A) A (E) W E E E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|---0-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------| |-1--------|---2-2-1-(1)-----|-----------------|-----------------| |-2--------|---1-1-2-(2)-----|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-2--------|---2-2-2-(2)-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-0--------|-------0-(0)-----|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D (A) A (E) D (A) A (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 E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| B (F#) E7(B7) |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| 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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------|| Guitar Solo 2. E7 A |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------0-0-0-|-0-3-0-------------------| |---------------------0-0-------0-0-0-|-0-----3-0---------------| |---------------------2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-1---------/4-4-4-4S2-0--| |---------------------1-1-2-(2)-------|-------------------------| |---------------------2-2-2-(2)-------|-------------------------| |-------------------------0-(0)-------|-------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| 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 E E |---3-0------------------|---3-0------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----| |-------3-0--------------|-------3-0--------3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| |-----------/4-4-4-4S2-0-|-----------/4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----| |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------0--| |-2----------------------|-2----------------------|--------------------------| |-0----------------------|-0----------------------|--------------------------| D (A) A (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 E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E7(B7) D7(A7) A (E) E7(B7) |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| 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 +H |---2---2---0-----|---3---0-(0)-----0-|-0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-2-2-(2)----| |-----------------|---2---2-(2)-0-2-0-|-0-------0-----0-----0-|---0-0-0-(0)----| |---------------0-|-------------------|---2S4-----3-----2-----|-1---2-2-(2)----| |---------1---1---|-2-----------------|-----------------------|-2---1-1-(1)----| |-2---2-----------|-----0-------------|-----------------------|-----2-2-(2)----| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------| Chorus D (A) A (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 E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D (A) A (E) E7(BA)(E) E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E +Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------|---0-0-----------| |-----------------|-----------------|-1--------|---2-2-1-(1)-----| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2--------|---1-1-2-(2)-----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------|---2-2-2-(2)-----| |-----------------|-----------------|-0--------|-------0-(0)-----| Verse 3 D (A) A (E) D (A) A (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 E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D (A) A (E) B (F#) |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| 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-| |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| Chorus E7(B7) D (A) |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-----------------| A (E) E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-| |-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| A (E) D (A) A (E) |-3-| |-3-| Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----| |-------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----| Outro E7(B7) D7(A) A (E) E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---0-0-------0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-| |---1-1-2-(2)-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/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---| |-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| D (A) A (E) E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E E E E E Q. E |---------0------|------------------|--------3-(3)-0--0-|--------------0-| |-0-0-0-0---3--0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-0-0-0-0-0------| |-1-1-1----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-1-1-1-1-1------| |-2-2-2----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/-|-/2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2------| |----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------| A (E) E E E E +Q Q +W |--------------0--|-(0)----*| |-3-2-1-0-(0)--0--|-(0)----*| |-4-3-2-1-(1)--1--|-(1)----*| |--------------2--|-(2)----*| |--------------2--|-(2)----*| |--------------0--|-(0)----*| 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