Splish Splash by Bobby Darin
SPLISH SPLASH (Bassline)
As recorded by Bobby Darin
(From the 1958 Album BOBBY DARIN)
Words and Music by Bobby Darin & Murray Kaufman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Wendell Marshall - Bass'
Intro 1st & 2nd Verses
Q=148
4/4
Gtr I
W H E E E E q Q H H E E E E
|----------|--------------||-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------||o------------|---------------|
|----------|----------0-2-||o-3----------|----------0-2--|
|----------|--------3-----||-------------|--------3------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E q Q Q Q q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|----4-7----4-7-|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5------5------|----2-5----2-5-|-3--------3--|-3--------3--|
|---------------|-3------3------|-------------|-------------|
q Q Q Q q Q Q Q q Q Q Q q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--------3--|-------------|
|-1--------1--|-2--------2--|-------------|-3--------3--|
Chorus
q Q H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------||----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|
|-3----------|----2-5----2-5-||-3------3------|-3------3------|
|------------|-3------3------||---------------|---------------|
Saxophone Solo
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-||---------------|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------||----0-3----0-3-|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------||-1------1------|-1------1------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|----2-5----2-5-|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------|-3------3------|-1------1------|
Out-Chorus
1. 2.
Q E E Q E E E E E q E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------||----------------||----------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----------------o||----------------||o----2-5----2-5-|
|-3------3------|-3---2-5----0-2-o||-3---2-5----2-5-||o-3------3------|
|---------------|---3------3------||---3-----3------||----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|
|-3------3------|-3------3------|-3------3------|----0-3----0-3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1------1------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-|---------------|
|----0-3----0-3-|-3------3------|-3------3------|----2-5----2-5-|
|-1------1------|---------------|---------------|-3------3------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----2-5----2-5-|----2-5----2-5-o||
|----0-3----0-3-|-3------3------|-3------3------o||
|-1------1------|---------------|----------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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