--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyday - Buddy Holly --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Buddy Holly and the Crickets Everyday (1957) (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) Now on: several Greatest Hits collections One of my all time favourite songs. If you want to know what this tab sounds like, check out my version here: http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/maguri/music/all/play888278 In the original version, solo and outro are played on a celeste (a keyboard instrument sounding like a glockenspiel). For guitar, the solo looks something like this: SOLO (no capo: Eb) (played two times) Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb e|11--------------|----------------|11--------------|----------------| B|11--11----------|1313131315--13--|11--11-----11---|1313131311--9---| G|----12--12------|1313131315--13--|----12--12-12---|1313131312--10--| D|--------13------|----------------|--------13------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1. time Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb e|11--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|11--11------11--|13--11--9-------|--------13------|----------------| G|----12--12--12--|13--12--10--10--|12------13------|12--------------| D|--------13------|------------12--|13--------------|13------12------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------13------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |2. time OUTRO (no capo: Eb) Eb Eb7 Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb ----------------| e|----------------|----------------| --------14------| B|--------13------|11--9---8-------| 12------12------| G|12------13------|12--10--8-------| 13------13------| D|13--------------|----------------| ----------------| A|----------------|----------------| ----------------| E|----------------|----------------| The song is in Eb, so I'd suggest using a capo either 1st fret (play: D) or 3rd fret (play: C). Even with capo you can still play the solo as it doesn't go below the 8th fret. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the first version: Capo 1st fret Intro | D | D | D Bm G A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D Bm G A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D Bm G A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey D Bm G A Everyday it's a-gettin' faster D Bm G A Everyone said, go ahead and ask her D Bm G A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D D(7) A-hey, a-hey-hey G Everyday seems a little longer C Every way love's a little stronger F Come what may, do you ever long for Bb A True love from me D Bm G A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D Bm G A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D Bm G A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D G | D A | Solo (see above) | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D G | D D(7) | Solo (see above) G Everyday seems a little longer C Every way love's a little stronger F Come what may, do you ever long for Bb A True love from me D Bm G A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D Bm G A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D Bm G A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey D Bm G A D Love like yours will surely come my way | D G | D A D Outro (see above) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- And number two: Capo 3rd fret Intro | C | C | Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C G | Verse2 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C C7 | Middle 8 | F | F | Bb | Bb | | Eb | Eb | Ab | G | Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C G | Solo 1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C G | Solo 2 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C C7 | Middle 8 | F | F | Bb | Bb | | Eb | Eb | Ab | G | Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G | | C Am | F G | C F | C G | Outro | C Am | F G | C F | C G C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE In Holly's recording the bass sometimes suggests different chords. Even though I like the version above better, the original seems to run along the lines of: Capo 1st fret Intro | D | D | D Bm Em A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D Bm Em A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D Bm Em A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey D G A Everyday it's a-gettin' faster D G A Everyone said, go ahead and ask her D A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D D(7) A-hey, a-hey-hey G Everyday seems a little longer C Every way love's a little stronger F Come what may, do you ever long for Bb A True love from me D G A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D G A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey | D | G A | D | G A | D | A | D G | D A | Solo (see above) | D | G A | D | G A | D | A | D G | D D7 | Solo (see above) G Everyday seems a little longer C Every way love's a little stronger F Come what may, do you ever long for Bb A True love from me D G A Everyday it's a-gettin' closer D G A Goin' faster than a roller coaster D G A D Love like yours will surely come my way G D A A-hey, a-hey-hey D G A D Love like yours will surely come my way | D G | D A D Outro (see above)