Hambone Tab

HAMBONE
 
As recorded by Carl Perkins
(From the 1962 Album THE COLLECTION 1956 - 1962)
 
Words and Music by Carl Perkins & Wayne P. Walker
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Perkins - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Boots Randolph - Tenor Sax'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Perkins - Electric Guitar'
 
 
   Intro
    Q=196
    D
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q   q  E  E Q       q      Q      E  E  Q
||-------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----7-----7------|--5------5------7--5---------|
||------7-----7------|--5------5------7--5---------|
||------7-----7------|--5------5------7--5---------|
||o-5----------------|----------------------8b8.5--|
||--0----------------|-----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   Q   q  E  e E  E    Q      Q      E  E  q
||-------------------|-----------------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------|-12b14--12b14--12-10---------|
||-----12----12---12-|---------------------12------|
||o------------------|-----------------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  Q   q  E  E Q       q      Q     E  E  Q
|------------------|------------------------------||
|-----7-----7------|--5------5-----7--5----------o||
|-----7-----7------|--5------5-----7--5-----------||
|-----7-----7------|--5------5-----7--5-----------||
|-5----------------|---------------------8b8.5---o||
|-0----------------|------------------------------||
|
| Q   q  E  e E  E    Q      E  E  E  E  Q
|----10----10------|-12b13--10--------------------||
|---------------10-|-----------13-10-------------o||
|------------------|-----------------12-10b12-----||
|------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------|------------------------------||
 
 
   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    D
    Q  q  Q  q    Q  q  Q  E E   Q  q  E E Q    q  Q  E E Q
||--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
||o----7-----7--|----7-----7-5-|----7----7----|-5--5--7-5--------|
||-----7-----7--|----7-----7-5-|----7----7----|-5--5--7-5--------|
||-----7-----7--|----7-----7---|----7----7----|-5--5--7-5--------|
||o-------------|--------------|-5------------|-----------8b8.5--|
||--0-----------|--------------|-0------------|------------------|
 
 
  Q  q  Q  q    Q  q  Q  E E   Q  q  e E E E   q  Q  E E Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7-5-|----7----7-----|-5--5--7-5---------|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7-5-|----7----7-----|-5--5--7-5---------|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7---|----7----7---7-|-5--5--7-5---------|
|-------------|--------------|-5-------------|-----------8b8.5---|
|-0-----------|--------------|-0-------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q  q  q  q    Q  q  E E E E   Q  q  e E E E   q  Q  E E Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7-----7--|----7------5-7-|----7----7-----|-5--5--7-5---------|
|----7-----7--|----7------5-7-|----7----7-----|-5--5--7-5---------|
|----7-----7--|----7----7-----|----7----7---7-|-5--5--7-5---------|
|-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-----------8b8.5---|
|-0-----------|---------------|-0-------------|-------------------|
 
 
                               1.
  Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  e e E E   e E Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------||
|----7----7----|----7----7----|----7----7-----|-5---5--7-5---------o||
|----7----7----|----7----7----|----7----7-----|-5---5--7-5----------||
|----7----7----|----7----7----|----7----7---7-|-5-7-5--7-5----------||
|--------------|--------------|-5-------------|------------8b8.5---o||
|-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|---------------------||
 
 
                                    Chorus
  2.
                                        G
  Q  q  E E Q    q  E E Q  Q         Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  E e Q
|--------------|------------------||----3----3----|----3----3-----|
|----7----7----|-5--5-7-5---------||----3----3----|----3----3-----|
|----7----7----|-5--5-7-5---------||----4----4----|----4----4-----|
|----7----7----|-5--5-7-----------||--------------|---------------|
|-5------------|-----------8b8.5--||--------------|---------------|
|-0------------|------------------||--------------|---------------|
 
 
     D                             G
  Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  E e Q    Q  q  E e Q
|--------------|--------------|----3----3----|----3----3-----|
|----7----7----|----7----7----|----3----3----|----3----3-----|
|----7----7----|----7----7----|----4----4----|----4----4-----|
|----7----7----|----7----7----|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
                          Instrumental Interlude
          To Coda
  D  N.C.                     D         N.C.
  q  Q  H      W           Q  q  H      E   +E  E   +E  E   +E  Q
|------------|----------||------------|-5-------5-------5-----------|
|-7----------|----------||----7-------|-5b6-(5)-5b6-(5)-5b6-(5)-----|
|-7----------|----------||----7-------|-----------------------------|
|-7----------|----------||----7-------|-----------------------------|
|------------|----------||------------|-----------------------------|
|------------|----------||------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
      Gtr II (Sax. arr. for Gtr.)  Gtr I
                                                                      |--3--|
  Q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q     W               +Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------------|---------------|-12b13=========|=(12)r--10-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------13----------------|
|----7----(7)---|-5---5---------|---------------|--------------10-12-10h12p10-|
|-------------7-|---7----7-5----|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|------------8--|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
      Gtr II                       Gtr I
   q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q      W               H         Q   Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----7----(7)---|-5---5---------|-/15tr18--------|-15tr18----12\------|
|-12-----------7-|---7----7-5----|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------8--|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
 
 
     Gtr II                          Gtr I
  Q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q    Q  Q    Q.    E   Q    Q    Q    Q
|---------------|---------------|----5----5-------|-5----5----5--------|
|---------------|---------------|----5b7--5b7---x-|-5b7--5b7--5b7------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------5---|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----5----(5)-0-|-3-0-3--0------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|----------5-3--|-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
                                              Outro
                   D.S. al Coda &
                                   N.C.        N.C.
     Gtr II                        Gtr I
  Q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q     W           H    E    +E  Q
|---------------|---------------||----------||------5----(5)-----|
|---------------|---------------||----------||------5pb7r(5)-----|
|---------------|---------------||----------||-------------------|
|---------------|---------------||----------||-------------------|
|----5----(5)-0-|-3-0-3--0------||----------||-------------------|
|---------------|----------5-3--||----------||-------------------|
 
 
     Gtr II                          Gtr I
  Q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q    Q   Q      H         W
|---------------|---------------|----12b13--12b13----|------|
|---------------|---------------|----12b13--12b13----|------|
|----7----(7)---|-5---5---------|--------------------|------|
|-------------7-|---7----7-5----|--------------------|------|
|---------------|------------8--|--------------------|------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|------|
 
 
     Gtr II                          Gtr I
  Q  H    +E  E   E E Q  E E Q    Q  Q    H        Q    Q    Q    Q
|---------------|---------------|----5----5------|-5----5----5--------|
|---------------|---------------|----5b6--5b6----|-5b6--5b6--5b6------|
|----7----(7)---|-5---5---------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-|---7----7-5----|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------8--|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
 
 
     Gtr II
  Q  H    +E  E   Q  Q  E E Q
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|----5----(5)-0-|-3--3--0------|
|---------------|---------5-3--|
 
 
     Gtr I
  Q   H         +E    E    Q      Q       e  e  Q
|--------------------10-|---------------------------*|
|----10--------(10)-----|-10-----10------10-10------*|
|----12b14=====(12)r----|-12b14--12b14===12-12r-----*|
|-----------------------|---------------------------*|
|-----------------------|---------------------------*|
|-----------------------|---------------------------*|
 
 
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
X