December 1963 (ver 3) by Four Seasons
DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) (Bassline)
As recorded by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
(From the 1975 Album WHO LOVES YOU)
Words and Music by Robert Gaudio & Judy Parker
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Don Ciccone - Bass'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
1st Verse
W W W H S S E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------6--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------3--|
|----------|----------|----------|----------4-6----|
E. S E E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E E S S S S E S S E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
|--------3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)---------|---------x-3---x-4-4-x--||
|-4--6---------------|---------------6-----3-|-4-x-6------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------4-6---|------------------------||
2nd Verse
E S S E E +S S E E E E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E 4x
|-----------------------||------------------------|------------------------||
|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6-------||o---------x-3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6-------o||
|---------------------3-||o-4-x-6-----------------|---------------------3-o||
|-----------------4-6---||------------------------|-----------------4-6----||
Chorus
$
W W H. Q Q. S S S S E E E
|----------|----------|------------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|-8S=====11S=|=6------6-8-6---6h8-|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------8-----|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------------|
H. E E H. Q E. S E E E. S E S S E. S E E +S S E E E
|-------------|------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|-------------|------------|-6---------------3-4-|-6--------------------||
|-6---------6S|=9----------|----6----------6-----|----6---------------3-||
|-------------|------------|--------4-4--x-------|--------4-(4)-x-4-6---||
3rd Verse
E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E 4x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------x-3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6-------o||
||o-4-x-6-----------------|---------------------3-o||
||------------------------|-----------------4-6----||
Interlude
E E E S S E E E S S E S S S S E +E e S S E
||----------------------|-----------------8-8-6----||
||o---------------------|-----------------------8-o||
||o---------------------|-----5---5-6-(6)---------o||
||--6-x-6-4-5-6-x-6-4-5-|-6-x----------------------||
Bridge
E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-6-x-6---x-x-6-x-6----|-8-x-8---x-x-8-x-8----|-9-x-9---x-x-9-x-9----|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
To Coda
S S S S S S S S e S S q
|------------------------13-15-16-17--|
|----------13------13-15--------------|
|-11h13h15------15--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Interlude
E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E 3x
||------------------------|-------------------------||
||o---------x-3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6--------o||
||o-4-x-6-----------------|---------------------3--o||
||------------------------|-----------------4-6-----||
D.S. al Coda
E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|---------x-3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6--------||
|-4-x-6-----------------|---------------------3--||
|-----------------------|-----------------4-6----||
Outro
&
E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E +S S E E E 8x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------x-3---x-4-4-x-|-4-x-4---6-(6)-6-------o||
||o-4-x-6-----------------|---------------------3-o||
||------------------------|-----------------4-6----||
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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