Lets Go Tab

LET'S GO
 
As recorded by The Ventures
 
(From the 1963 Album LET'S GO!)
 
Music by Lanny Duncan & Robert Duncan
Arranged by The Ventures
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
           C                    F                   F7                    G
     8 10 10 9 8 8         1 3 3 2 1 1          1 3 1 2 4 1          3 5 5 4 3 3
 
           D                C(type 2)               D7                   E7
      x 5 7 7 7 x          x 3 2 x 1 x          x 5 4 5 3 x          x 7 6 7 5 x
 
           E                    A
      0 2 2 1 0 0          5 7 7 6 5 5
 
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar'
 
 
  Q=152
  N.C.
  Gtr I      Handclaps & Drums
  W          W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
 
 
               $
                  N.C.                              C
  Gtr II
  W               W             W                   E E E E E E E E
                                                    | | | | | | | |
                                                    / / / x / / / x
 
  Gtr I
  H    E E E E    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E +E  E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||----2--3--2--|-------------------|-----2---3---2---|
|----------0-2-||-3-----------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2-|-3---------------|
|--------3-----||-------------|-------------3-----|-----------------|
 
 
                      F                         F7
  E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | |  |  | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / x  /  / / x   / / / x / / / x   / / / x / / / x
 
  E E E E +E  E E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----2---3---2---|-----------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3---------------|-3-2-0-2h3-------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|-----------------|-------------0-2-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|
 
 
  C                                        G
  E E E    E E E E E   E E E E  E  E E E   E E   E E E E E    E
  | | |    | | | | |   | | | |  |  | | |   | |   | | | | |    |
  / / /    x / / / x   / / / x  /  / / x   / /   / x / / /    x
 
  Q   S E.   Q   Q     E E E E +E  E E E   Q   a Q   Q   S E.
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----2h3----3---2---|-------------------|-----------0---2p0----|
|-3------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-----0h2--------------|
|--------------------|-------------0-1-2-|-3--------------------|
 
 
                               To Coda
  F7                  C
  E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
  | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |    | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  / /   / x / / / x   / / / x / / / x    / / / / / / / / / / / / /
 
  Q   a Q   Q   E E   Q   Q   Q   Q      E   E   E   E   Q       E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------8--||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|-----2---3---2----|------------------------------||
|-----------3---5-0-|-3----------------|-3---2---0---3----------------||
|-1---4s5-----------|------------------|------------------------------||
 
 
  C
   E    E E E  E     E  E E
   |    | | |  |     |  | |
   /    / / x  /     /  / x
 
   Q      E E  Q        Q
|---------8---10b11====10---|
|-10b11-----8---------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
 
 
                                D
   E E  E   E     E  E    E E    E E  E  E E E  E  E
   | |  |   |     |  |    | |    | |  |  | | |  |  |
   / /  /   x     /  /    / x    / /  /  x / /  /  x
 
   Q    E   E     E.   S  E E    E E  E  E Q    E  E
|-10---10r--------------------|------10----8---10------|
|-----------------------------|-10------10--------10/--|
|----------10b12r10----8-10-8-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
 
 
   E     E  E  E E  E  E E
   |     |  |  | |  |  | |
   /     /  /  x /  /  / x
 
   E     E  E  E E  E  Q
|-12b14-10-----------------|
|----------10-10s8---------|
|------------------10------|
|---------------------12---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
 
 
  E
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E    E  E    E  E E E E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    |    |  |    |  | | | |
   / /  /  x   /   /  /  x    /    /  /    x  / / / x
 
   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q       Q       E E E E
|-10---12-10-(10)-12-12-12-|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-10b12---10b12---10-8-----|
|--------------------------|----------------------9---|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
                                        D.S. al Coda
  D
   E E Q  H      W          W          W
   |
   /
 
   E E Q  H      W          W          H    E E E E
|-10-----------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------0-2---||
|--------------|----------|----------|--------3-------||
 
 
  &
  C
  S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / / / / / / /
 
  E   E   E   E   H
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-3---2---0---3---------------||
|-----------------------------||
 
 
  E7
  E  S S E E   +E E E E   E   S S E E +E   E E E
  |  | | | |    | | | |   |   | | | |  |   | | |
  /  / / / /    / / / /   /   / / / /  /   / / x
 
  E.   S E E a  E E E E   Q       E E  E a E Q
|-----------------7-9-7-|---------0---------------|
|-5----5-5-5-7s=9-------|-8b9-------0-------------|
|-----------------------|--------------2-0h1------|
|-----------------------|--------------------2----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
  D7
  E  S S  E E +E E E E   E S S E   E +E E E E
  |  | |  | |  | | | |   | | | |   |  | | | |
  /  / /  / /  / / / x   / x x /   /  / / / x
 
  E.   S  E E  E E E E   E E   E a E  H
|--------/7-5----------|----------------------|
|-3----3-------6s7-----|----------------------|
|------------------7---|-7-----0--------------|
|--------------------7-|---7-----3s4----------|
|----------------------|--------------5-------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  C(type 2)
  E  S S  E    E  E    E  E     E          S  S  S S  E E   +E E E E
  |  | |  |    |  |    |  |     |          |  |  | |  | |    | | | |
  /  / /  /    x  /    /  /     x          /  /  / /  / /    / / / x
 
  E.   S  E    E +S  S E  E.      S    a  +S  S  S S  E S S  Q   Q
|-8----8--8----8-(8)-8--------------|----------------------------------|
|--------11b13---------8----------8-|----------------10----------------|
|------------------------10b12======|=10r(10)-8------10-8h9------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------10----------10---------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
 
  D7
   S  S  S  S  E     E    +E     E        E  E
   |  |  |  |  |     |     |     |        |  |
   /  /  /  /  /     /     /     /        x  x
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  a  E  E
|----------------------------------10----------|
|-------10-------10-------10----------------10-|
|-10h11----10h11----10h11----10h11----10h11----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
 
 
  G
   S  S  S  S  E     E    +E     E        E  E
   |  |  |  |  |     |     |     |        |  |
   /  /  /  /  /     /     /     /        x  x
 
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  a  E  E
|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10--||
|-10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12-----||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
 
 
  C(type 2)
  E  E    E    E E     E  E      E
  |  |    |    | |     |  |      |
  /  /    /    x /     /  /      x
 
  E.   S  E    E S  S  E  E      E
|-8----8--8----8-8-11-11-13b15==13r-|
|--------11b13----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
 
 
   E      E      E     E        E  E  E  E   E E E E E E E   E
   |      |      |     |        |  |  |  |   | | | | | | |   |
   /      /      /     x        /  /  /  x   / / / x / / /   x
 
                                             ~~~~~~~~~~
   E      S  S   E.       S  a  E  E  E  E   Q   Q   Q   S S E
|-13b15==13-13r-13b15====13-13r13-11-13-11-|-8---8---8---8s6---|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                        F
   E     E       E    E E  E E  E        E    E       E    E      E  E       E        E
   |     |       |    | |  | |  |        |    |       |    |      |  |       |        |
   /     /       /    x /  / /  x        /    /       /    x      /  /       /        x
 
                                              |-3--|
   E.      S  a  S S  E E  E E  E        S  S S  S S  E.     T  T E  E      +S   T  T E
|-------------------------------------|-----8-------------------------------------------|
|----------8--------------------------|-------8--------------8-------------------8------|
|-10b12======10r10p8----8----8-10b12==|=10r-----10p8-10b12-----10p8-10b12==(10)r---10-8-|
|--------------------10---10----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
 
 
   E    E     E  E      E   E    E   E
   |    |     |  |      |   |    |   |
   /    /     /  x      /   /    /   x
 
   E.      S  E  E     +E   S  S S S E
|--------------------------------------|
|--8------11-11------------11----------|
|-10b12---------10b12-(10)----10-8-8-8-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
 
 
    C(type 2)
    E  E    E   E  E        E      E     E
    |  |    |   |  |        |      |     |
    /  /    /   x  /        /      /     x
 
  a E.   S  E   E  S  E        S   E.       S
|--------8-(8)-11-13-13b15====13r-13b15====13-|
|-6s8-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
 
 
                                     G
       E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E     E  E  E     E E  E     E
       |      |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |     |  |  |     | |  |     |
       /      /  /  x  /  /  /  x     /     /  /  x     / /  /     x
 
   a  +S   S  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q        E  E  a  Q    E     S  S
|-13r(13)-11----11-13-11----11-11/-|-15b18====15-15-15r15---13b15-13-11-|
|------------13----------13--------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
  F                               C
   E     E    E E  E     E E  E    E  E     E  E       E               E     E E
   |     |    | |  |     | |  |    |  |     |  |       |               |     | |
   /     /    / x  /     / /  x    /  /     /  x       /               /     / x
 
   E     E  a E E  E     E E  E    E.    S  E  E      +S    S  a      +S  S  E E
|-13b15-13-11s8-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8---------------|-------11-11--8------(8)--11--------------------|
|-----------------10b12-10-8----|-10----------10b12==(10)r----10pb12r(10)-8----8-|
|----------------------------10-|-------------------------------------------10---|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
 
 
   E     E             E   E       E       E    E E
   |     |             |   |       |       |    | |
   /     /             /   x       /       /    / x
 
   E.       S  a      +E   E      +S    S  S S  E E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|----------11-------------11-----(11)--11-----------||
|-10pb12------10pb12r(10)-10b12==(10)r----10p8------||
|----------------------------------------------10---||
|-------------------------------------------------1-||
|---------------------------------------------------||
 
 
  C
  E S S E E +E E E E   E S S E E +E  E E E
  | | | | |  | | | |   | | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / / /  / / / x   / / / / /  /  / / x
 
  Q     Q    Q   Q     E E   E E +E  E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------2----3---2---|---------------------|
|-3------------------|-3-2---0-3-(3)-2-3-4-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  D
  E S S E E +E E E E   E S S E E +E  E E E
  | | | | |  | | | |   | | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / / /  / / / x   / / / / /  /  / / x
 
  Q     Q    Q   Q     E E   E E +E  E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------0-------|---------------------|
|-0-----4--------4---|-0-------0-(0)---0-1-|
|--------------------|---4---2-------4-----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  E                                          A
  E S S E E +E E E E   E S S E E +E  E E E   E E Q  H      W
  | | | | |  | | | |   | | | | |  |  | | |   |
  / / / / /  / / / /   / / / / /  /  / / /   /
 
  Q     Q    Q   Q     E E   E E +E  E Q     E E Q  H      W
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------1----2---1---|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-2------------------|-2-1-----2-(2)-0-2---|-2-----------|------|
|--------------------|-------4-------------|-0-----------|------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
 
 
                             N.C.
  W          W               W                         W
  W          H    E E E E    E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E
|----------|--------------||-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||---0---0-------------0---|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|----------|----------0-2-||-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2-|
|----------|--------3-----||-------------------------|-------------3-----|
 
 
  C                                             F
  E E   E E   E E   E E     E E E E  E  E E E   E E   E E   E E   E E
  | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | |  |  | | |   | |   | |   | |   | |
  / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / x  /  / / x   / /   / x   / /   / x
 
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1----|
|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|---2---2-----3-----2-2----|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|---------------0-2-|-3------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
          F7          C
  E E E E  E  E E E   E E   E E   E E   E E     E E E E  E  E E E
  | | | |  |  | | |   | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / x  /  / / x   / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / x  /  / / x
 
  E E E E +E  E E E   E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|
|-------------3-----|-------------------------|-------------0-1-2-|
 
 
  G                       F                         C
  E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E   E   E E   E E   E E   E E
  | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   |   |   | |   | |   | |   | |
  / /   / x   / /   / x   / /   / x   / /   /   x   / /   / x   / /   / x
 
  E S S E S S E S S E E   E S S E S S E S S S S E   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----1-----1-----1-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|---0h3---0h3---0h3-----|-------------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|
|---0-----0-----0-------|---2-----2-----2---------|---0---0-------------0---|
|-------------0-----2-0-|---3-----3-----3---0-----|-------2-----3-----2-----|
|-------2---------------|-------0-----3-------3p0-|-3-----------------------|
|-3---------------------|-1-----------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
  S S S S S S S S  S  S S S E E   E E   E E   E E   E E     E E E E  E  E E E
  | | | | | | | |  |  | | | |     | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / / / / / /  /  / / / /     / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / x  /  / / x
 
  E   E   E   E   +E    E   E E   E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---0---0-------------0---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------2-----3-----2-----|--------------------|
|-3---2---0---3---(3)-------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2--|
|-----------------------3-------|-------------------------|-------------3------|
 
 
                                                F
  E E   E E   E E   E E     E E E E  E  E E E   E E   E E   E E   E E
  | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | |  |  | | |   | |   | |   | |   | |
  / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / x  /  / / x   / /   / x   / /   / x
 
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1----|
|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|---2---2-----3-----2-2----|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|---------------0-2-|-3------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
          F7          C
  E E E E  E  E E E   E E   E E   E E   E E     E E E E  E  E E E
  | | | |  |  | | |   | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / x  /  / / x   / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / x  /  / / x
 
  E E E E +E  E E E   E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|
|-------------3-----|-------------------------|-------------0-1-2-|
 
 
  G                       F
  E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E E   E   E
  | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   |   |
  / /   / x   / /   / x   / /   / x   / /   /   x
 
  E S S E S S E S S E E   E S S E S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------|-----1-----1-----1-------|
|---0h3---0h3---0h3-----|-------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0-------|---2-----2-----2---------|
|-------------0-----2-0-|---3-----3-----3---0-----|
|-------2---------------|-------0-----3-------3p0-|
|-3---------------------|-1-----------------------|
 
 
  C
  E E   E E   E E   E E     S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
  | |   | |   | |   | |     | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  / /   / x   / /   / x     / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
 
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E   E   E   E   H
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------------------*|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------------------*|
|---0---0-------------0---|-------------------------------*|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------------------*|
|-3-----------------------|-3---2---0---3-----------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------*|
 
 
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