----------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMERTIME (Guitar 2) - Big Brother and the Holding Company, 1966 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rhythm guitar/countermelody tab Tabbed by Callalou aricjohnsen@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard Hey! One often neglected thing which makes Summertime truly psychedelic is the duet between Sam Andrew and James Gurley, giving the song an interesting texture. So if you have a jam buddy, here is James Gurley's countermelody, which plays throughout the song. If you are looking for the lead guitar in Summertime, see my tab "Summertime (ver 2)". As always, make sure to slow down your playing and speed up a segment only when you can play it comfortably. There are parts where James Gurley's guitar is silent, so I left a blank area for those. I will include timecode to avoid confusion. ************************************ LEGEND pb = Pre-bend; bend to the note and play it, then release to normal position. So pb7r5 means you bend the 5th fret to 7, then you hit the note, then release down to 5 as it is ringing. b = Bend to the note indicated eg. 8b10 r = Release bend to normal position ~ = Vibrato (let note ring for double/triple stops) h = Hammer on / = slide up = slide down () = optional note ************************************ Intro e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------(Silent)----------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| 0:27 e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-8-7~---5~--7--5-7---5---| D|-------------3-5-7-8---------------------8---8-| A|-------3-5-6-----------------------------------| E|-3-5-6-----------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-7-5-3-5-7-5-3---------------------------------| A|---------------6--3-5-6-5~--3-6-3---3----------| E|----------------------------------6---5--------| Verse e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------(Silent)----------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| 0:52 Cme|--------------------------------------8---8------| (x3101x@1)B|--------------------------------------8---8------| G|---------------------5-8-7~-----------8---8------| D|-------------3-5-7-8------------------10--10-----| A|-------3-5-6--------------------------10--10-----| E|-3-5-6--------------------------------8---8------| Cm (x3101x@1) Cm7 Cm (x3101x@1) C7e|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------8---8-----| (x32310@1)B|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------8---8-----| G|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------9---9-----| D|---10--10-------8---8--------10--10-------8---8-----| A|---10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10----| E|---8------------8---8--------8---8--------8---8-----| Bridge Cm (x3101x@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Cm7 Bm7 (x20202@1) A7e|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| (x02020@1)B|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| G|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----7---| D|---10--10-------10--10-------8---8--------7-----6---| A|---10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------9-----8---| E|---8------------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| Verse e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------(Silent)-----------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-8-7~---8~------------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8------------------------------| A|-------3-5-6--------------------------------------| E|-3-5-6--------------------------------------------| 1:32 Gm (355333@1) G7 (320001@1) G (320003@1) G7e|---3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3---| (320001@1)B|---3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3---| G|---3---3--------4---4--------4---4--------4---4---| D|---5---5--------3---3--------5---5--------3---3---| A|---5---5--------5---5--------5---5--------5---5---| E|---3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---3---| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-7-8-7-5-7-5---5------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8---------------8---8-7-8-7-5--| A|-------3-5-6--------------------------------------| E|-3-5-6--------------------------------------------| Solo countermelody (distortion) e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-8-7~---5~--7--5-7---5-----------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8---------------------8---8-7-5-3-5-7-5-3-| A|-------3-5-6-------------------------------------------------| E|-3-5-6-------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------3-5-7-8-5-7-8-7-5----------| A|-6--3-5-6-5-3---------------3-5-6---------------------3-5-6--| E|--------------6-5-3-1-3-5-6-------------------------6--------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------5-8-7-5--------------------------------------------| D|--3-5-7-8---------8-----------3----------------------3-5-7-5-| A|------------------------3-5-6---6-5-3----------3-5-6---------| E|--------------------5-6---------------6-5-3--6---------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|-3------------------3------------------------------| A|---6-5-3------3-5-6---6-5-3------------------------| E|---------5-6----------------6-5-3-1----------------| Solo (2:19) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----3-3-3----------------------------------------------------------| G|-5b7~~~----pb7r5--3--5--3-5-3-5-3-5-3~---5b7~-b7-b7-b7r5-3--5-3-5-3-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-3------------------5b7~--b7b7b7b7r5--3--5--3-5-3-----------------| D|-----5-3-5-3-5-3h5~---------------------------------5-3-------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------5-3-1-1h3-1-| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------3-5b7r5~----------------------------------3-5b7r5~-| D|-------------3-5------------------------------------3~3~3h5---------| A|-------1-3-5--------------------------1h3p1-3~1h3p1-----------------| E|-3-1-3---------------------6b~-3--1-3~------------------------------| Solo bridge e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------8--------10--| G|--------------------------------------8--------10-----| D|-9~---9~---9~---9~-----8~---8~-----10--------12-------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| Verse e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------(Silent)----------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-8-7~---5~----------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8----------------------------| A|-------3-5-6------------------------------------| E|-3-5-6------------------------------------------| Cme|-----------------------------------------8------| (x3101x@1)B|-----------------------------------------8------| G|------------------(Silent)---------------8------| D|-----------------------------------------10-----| A|-----------------------------------------10-----| E|-----------------------------------------8------| Bridge C7 (x32310@1) Cm (x3101x@1) Cm7 Bm7 (x20202@1) A7e|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| (x02020@1)B|---8---8--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| G|---9---9--------8---8--------8---8--------7-----7---| D|---8---8--------10--10-------8---8--------7-----6---| A|---10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------9-----8---| E|---8------------8---8--------8---8--------7-----6---| Verse e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------(Silent)----------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-8-7~---8~----------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8----------------------------| A|-------3-5-6------------------------------------| E|-3-5-6------------------------------------------| Gm (355333@1) Gm (355333@1) G7 (320001@1) (G7) e|--3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------(3)-(3)--| B|--3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------(3)-(3)--| G|--3---3--------4---4--------4---4-------(4)-(4)--| D|--5---5--------3---3--------3---3-------(3)-(3)--| A|--5---5--------5---5--------5---5-------(5)-(5)--| E|--3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------(3)-(3)--| Outro e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------5-7-8-7-5--------------------------| D|-------------3-5-7-8-----------8-7-5-3------------------| A|-------3-5-6---------------------------6-5-3------------| E|-3-5-6----------------------------------------6--5---3~-| That's it! peace and love
