Rocket 88 chords

Jackie Brenston

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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Willie Kizart - Electric Guitar / 1/2 step down)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jackie Brenston - Tenor Sax / 1/ 2step down)'


 Intro
  Q=150(8=s8)
             N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist. / 1/2step down)
  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|
|----------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------4-4-6-4-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|---------------2--||
|-2-2-5-6---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2-4-2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------||


 1st & 3rd  Verses
  $
  N.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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|


                             To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------4-4-6-4-|---------2-2-4-2--|-----------------|---------------2-||
|-2-2-5-6---------|-0-0-3-4----------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-||
|-----------------|------------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------||


 Interlude
  N.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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|
|
| Gtr II (Sax. arr. for Gtr. / 1/2step down)
| E E E E Q   Q     E E E E Q   E E   E E E E Q   Q     E E E E Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-2-2-3---4---|---1-2-2-3---4-4-|-1-1-2-2-3---4---|---1-2-2-3---4----|
|-2-2-4-4-5---6---|---2-4-4-5---6-6-|-2-2-4-4-5---6---|---2-4-4-5---6----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|
|
| E E E E E E Q     E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q   Q     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-1-2-2-3-3-4---|---1-2-2-4-4-4-1-|-1-1-2-2-3---4---|---1-2-2-3-3-4-4--|
|-2-2-4-4-5-5-6---|---2-4-4-5-5-6-2-|-2-2-4-4-5---6---|---2-4-4-5-5-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------4-4-6-4-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|---------------2--||
|-2-2-5-6---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2-4-2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------||
|
| E E E E Q   Q     E E E E Q   E E   E E E E Q   Q     Q   Q   H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-1-1-2-2-3---4---|---1-2-2-3---4-4-|-1-1-2-2-3---4---|------------------||
|-2-2-4-4-5---6---|---2-4-4-5---6-6-|-2-2-4-4-5---6---|-2----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 2nd Verse
  N.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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------------||
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------||


   Sax Solo
    N.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   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2-|
||--0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|---------2-2h4-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-4-6-4-|---------2-2-4-2-|-----------------|
|-2-2-5-6---------|-0-0-3-4---------|---------2-2h4-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3-4---------|


 1.,2.               3.
                          D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------||
|-----------------o||------------------||
|------------------||------------------||
|------------------||---------------2--||
|---------2-2-4-2-o||---------2-2-4-2--||
|-0-0-3-4----------||-0-0-3-4----------||


                                     Outro
  &
  N.C.                                E
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q      E E E E Q  Q    q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----4-----4-----|-4----4----------|
|-----------------|----------------||-/6-5---0-6-----|-6--6-5------5s==|
|---------2-2-4-2-|---------2-2h4--||-/7-------------|-7--7--------6s==|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-0-0-3-4--------||----------------|-----------------|


                                    A
  E E E E Q  Q    q  E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  E E   q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---5-----5------|-5--5-5---------|
|---4-----------|------4--------|---4-----4------|-4--4-4---------|
|-6-6-----6-----|-6--6--------5-|---------5----2-|-5--5-5------6--|
|-7-----4-7-----|-7--7--------4-|-------4----4---|-------------7--|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|


    E                                 B             A
  E E E E Q  E e   q  E E E E E E   E E E E Q  q    q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|---0-----------|-----------------|
|---5-----5------|----------------|---0-----------|----------2------|
|---4-----4------|------4---------|-------0-6-----|-2--2-4---2------|
|---6-----6------|-6--6-----x---7-|---------6--4--|----------2---2--|
|-------7----4-5-|-7--7-----x-----|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|


    E                         E9
  E E E E E E E E   q  E E Q  Q    +H     +Q.   E    H      H
|-----------------|-----------7--|-(7)----(7)-----|--9\----------*|
|-----------------|-----------7--|-(7)----(7)-----|--9\----------*|
|---4-------------|-4---------7--|-(7)----(7)---9-|-(9)\---------*|
|-------2-6-------|-6--4-6----6--|-(6)----(6)-----|--------------*|
|-----------7-4-4-|-----------7--|-(7)----(7)-----|--------------*|
|-----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------*|


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
    	

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