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Everyday - Buddy Holly
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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.
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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)
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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
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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)
