Ritchie Valens - Summertime Blues Chords & Tabs

 

Summertime Blues Chords & Tabs

Ritchie Valens Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Summertime Blues Tab

   
this is the song played in the movie la bamba the part when that guy plays summertime 
with the cool solo in it well here it is

e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a---------------------------------|   intro riff
e-0h1-1-1-0h1-1-1-0h1-1-1-0h1-1-1-|
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e-0-0---0---2-2---0--|
b-0-0---2---0-0---0--|
g-1-1---2---2-2---1--|riff after the intro
d-2-2---2---1-1---2--|
a-------0---2-2---2--|
e--------------------|

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when he sings play this riff......mute with right hand palm

e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------|
a-----2-4-2-----2-4-2-----2-4-2-----|
e-0h1-------0h1------0h1-------0h1--|

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e------------------------------------------------~~~
b------------------------------------------------~~~
g------------------------------------------------~~~
d-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2--------------~~~after u play this riff with the 2s an 4s
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--------------~~~ play this after
e------------------------------------         e-7~~~b
well i called my baby try to get a date       b-7b
my said no dice son u gota worka late
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/ritchie_valens/summertime_blues_tab_ver_2.html ]
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sometimes i wonder what im a gonna do but there anit no cure for the summer time 
u sing the play the two intro riffs and then play the solo)
e-------------------0-0-0-------|
b-------------------0-2-0-------|
g-2s9-9-9-7s6-4-0h1-------0h1---|
d-----------------------------2-|
a-------------------------------|
e-------------------------------|

play this^^^^ 2 times then play

e-----5-5-5-7-5-7-5--7b-7b-7b--5-7-5-|
b-----5-5-5-7-5-7-5--7b-7b-7b--5-7-5-|
g-4s6--------------------------------|
d------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|

e------------------------------5-5-5-7-5-7-5-7b-7b-7b-5-7-5-|
b-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-7-5-7-5-7b-7b-7b-5-7-5-|
g-7-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------|
g-7s9-9-9-7-6-4----4---------------------|
d---------------4s6--6-4-2~~~~~~~--------|
a----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------|

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end solo
e-0--0-----0---------------------------0--~~
b-0----5b--0--3p2p0-2-0-3p2p0----------0--~~
g-1-----------3p2p0-2-0-3p2p0--0h1-----1--~~
d-2--------------------------------2---2--~~~ do the ~~ sound with a whammy bar
a-2------------------------------------2--~~
e--------------------------------------1--~~

and thats the whaol tab its not as hard as it looks