PARTY DOLL As recorded by Buddy Knox (From the 1957 Album BUDDY KNOX) Words and Music by Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Don Lanier - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Buddy Knox - Acoustic Guitar' 1st & 2nd Verses Q=176(8=s8) A E7 A E7 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) W E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------||--5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----------| |----------||o-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---5-5-5---| |----------||--6-6-6---7-7-7---|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6-6-6---7-7-7---| |----------||--7-7-7---6-6-6---|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---6-6-6---| |----------||o---------7-7-7---|-------------------|---------7-7-7---| |----------||------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |
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Gtr.) | W Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E |----------||------0-----0-0---|-----0-------0-0-0-|-----0-----0-0---| |----------||o-----2-----0-0---|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----0-0---| |----------||------2-----1-1---|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----1-1---| |----------||------2-----2-2---|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----2-2---| |----------||o-0---------------|-0--------0--------|-0---------------| |----------||----------0-------|-------------------|---------0-------| A E7 A E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6-6-6---7-7-7---|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6--| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---6-6-6---|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--| |-------------------|---------7-7-7---|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E Q |-----0-------0-0-0-|-----0-----0-0---|-----0-------0-0--| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----0-0---|-----2-------2-2--| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----1-1---|-----2-------2-2--| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-----2-2---|-----2-------2-2--| |-0--------0--------|-0---------------|-0--------0-------| |-------------------|---------0-------|------------------| Chorus $ A E E Q H W E E E E E E E E |-5-----------|----------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-5-----------|----------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-6-----------|----------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-7-----------|----------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-------------|----------||-----------------| |-------------|----------||-----------------| | | E E Q H W Q Q E E E E |-0-----------|----------||-----0-----0-0-0-| |-2-----------|----------||-----2-----2-2-2-| |-2-----------|----------||-----2-----2-2-2-| |-2-----------|----------||-----2-----2-2-2-| |-0-----------|----------||-0-------0-------| |-------------|----------||-----------------| E7 A Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-| |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-| |-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-| |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-| |----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |----0-----0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|-----0-------0-0-0-| |----2-----2-2-2-|----0-----0-0-0-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |----2-----2-2-2-|----1-----1-1-1-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |-0------0-------|----------------|-0--------0--------| |----------------|-0------0-------|-------------------| A7 D E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|---------------------------| |-5--7-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-| |-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-| |-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-(14)-14-14-14-| |----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |----0-----0-0-0-|--------2----------2--2--2-|--------0----------0--0--0-| |----2-----2-2-2-|--------3----------3--3--3-|--------0----------0--0--0-| |----2-----0-0-0-|--------2----------2--2--2-|--------1----------1--1--1-| |----2-----2-2-2-|--0------------0-----------|--------2----------2--2--2-| |-0------0-------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------|---------------------------|--0------------0-----------| 1. A E A E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/---|------------------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----|| |-7-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/---|-12-12-12-12-14-12-12---|-7-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---o|| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6/---|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6----|| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7/---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7----|| |--------------------|------------------------|-------------------o|| |--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-------0-0--0-|--------0--------0--0-0-|-----0-------0-0-0--|| |-----2-------2-2--2-|--------0--------0--0-0-|-----2-------2-2-2-o|| |-----2-------2-2--2-|--------1--------1--1-1-|-----2-------2-2-2--|| |-----2-------2-2--2-|--------2--------2--2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2--|| |-0--------0---------|------------------------|-0--------0--------o|| |--------------------|--0-----------0---------|--------------------|| Guitar Solo 2.,D.S. A W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |---------------||-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| |---------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------| |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | Q Q E E E E E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H |----0----0-0-0-||-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------| |----2----2-2-2-||-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------| |----2----2-2-2-||-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------| |----2----2-2-2-||-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------| |-0-----0-------||-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------| |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------0-0-0-|-8-7-7-5-(5)-5---0-|-8-7-7-5-(5)-5-----| |-8-8-8-8-(8)-------|---------------7---|---------------7-0-| |-6-6-6-------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| | | E E Q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-0-----------------|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |-2-----------------|-----3-------3-3-3-|-----3-------3-3-3-| |-2-----------------|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |-2-----------------|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------| |-0-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| A D E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|-----------------0-|-8-7-7-5-(5)-5---0-| |-8-7-7-5-(5)-5---0-|-8-7-7-5-(5)-5-----|---------------7---| |---------------6---|---------------6---|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-------0-0-0-|-----0-------0-0-0-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----3-------3-3-3-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-|-0--------0--------| |-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| To Coda E A E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q +E E Q |-8-7-7-5-(5)-5-----|----------------|----5--(5)-5-5----|| |---------------7---|----------------|----5--(5)-5-5----|| |-------------------|----------------|----6--(6)-6-6----|| |-------------------|----------------|----7--(7)-7-7----|| |-------------------|-4------3---2---|-0----------------|| |-------------------|----------------|------------------|| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----0----------|----0------0-0-0--|| |-----3-------3-3-3-|-----0----------|----2------2-2-2--|| |-----2-------2-2-2-|-----1----------|----2------2-2-2--|| |-0--------0--------|-----2----------|----2------2-2-2--|| |-------------------|----------------|-0------0---------|| |-------------------|-0------0---2---|------------------|| Bridge A D A E7 E E E E E E Q Q. E +E E Q Q E E E E E E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-------5-(5)-5-5---|----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-7-----5-(5)-5-5---|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-7-----6-(6)-6-6---|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-----7-(7)-7-7---|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-| |----------------|-5-----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-| |----------------|-------------------|----------------| | | Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-------0--|-----2-------0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-| |-----2-------2--|-----3-------2-2-2-|----0-----0-0-0-| |-----2-------2--|-----2-------2-2-2-|----1-----1-1-1-| |-----2-------2--|-0-----------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-| |-0-------0------|-------0-(0)-------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------|-0------0-------| A D E E E E +E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|----------------| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|-7--7-7-7-7-7---| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6--6-6-6-6-6---|-7--7-7-7-7-7---| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|-7--7-7-7-7-7---|-7--7-7-7-7-7---| |-------------------|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5---| |-------------------|----------------|----------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-------0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|----2-----2-2-2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----3-----3-3-3-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|-0------0-------| |-0--------0--------|-0------0-------|----------------| |-------------------|----------------|----------------| D.S. al Coda E7 A E7 A Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E +Q Q |----------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|----------------|-5--5-5-(5)--------|| |----5-----5-5---|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|----5-----5-5---|-5--5-5-(5)--------|| |----7-----7-7---|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|----7-----7-7---|-6--6-6-(6)--------|| |----6-----6-6---|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|----6-----6-6---|-7--7-7-(7)--------|| |----7-----7-7---|-------------------|----7-----7-7---|-------------------|| |-0------0-------|-------------------|-0------0-------|-------------------|| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |----0-----0-0-0-|-----0-------0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|----0-------0-0-0--|| |----0-----0-0-0-|-----2-------2-2-2-|----0-----0-0-0-|----2-------2-2-2--|| |----1-----1-1-1-|-----2-------2-2-2-|----1-----1-1-1-|----2-------2-2-2--|| |----2-----2-2-2-|-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----2-------2-2-2--|| |----------------|-0--------0--------|----------------|-0-------0---------|| |-0------0-------|-------------------|-0------0-------|-------------------|| Chorus & A E7 E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-----------------|----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-----------------|----------------|----------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-----0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-| |-----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----0-----0-0-0-| |-----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----1-----1-1-1-| |-----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-| |-0-------0-------|-0------0-------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-0------0-------| A A7 D E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--7-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-| |-------------------|----------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|----------------|---------------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----0-------0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|--------2----------2--2--2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|--------3----------3--3--3-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----0-0-0-|--------2----------2--2--2-| |-----2-------2-2-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|--0------------0-----------| |-0--------0--------|-0------0-------|---------------------------| |-------------------|----------------|---------------------------| A E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E Q |---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/---|------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-|-7-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/---|-12-12-12-12-14-12-12---| |-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6/---|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---| |-14-14-14-14-(14)-14-14-14-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7/---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---| |---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E |--------0----------0--0--0-|-----0-------0-0--0-|--------0--------0--0-0-| |--------0----------0--0--0-|-----2-------2-2--2-|--------0--------0--0-0-| |--------1----------1--1--1-|-----2-------2-2--2-|--------1--------1--1-1-| |--------2----------2--2--2-|-----2-------2-2--2-|--------2--------2--2-2-| |---------------------------|-0--------0---------|------------------------| |--0------------0-----------|--------------------|--0-----------0---------| Outro A A D A E E E E +Q Q H H H H 3x |-5-5-5-5-(5)-------||--------------|----------------|| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-------||o-------------|---------------o|| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-------||--------------|----------------|| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-------||--------------|----------------|| |-------------------||o-7-----9-----|-7-----0-------o|| |-------------------||--------------|----------------|| | | Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E 3x |-----0-------0-0-0-||-----0-----2--|----0----0-0-0--|| |-----2-------2-2-2-||o----2-----3--|----2----2-2-2-o|| |-----2-------2-2-2-||-----2-----2--|----2----2-2-2--|| |-----2-------2-2-2-||-----2--0-----|----2----2-2-2--|| |-0--------0--------||o-0-----------|-0-----0-------o|| |-------------------||--------------|----------------|| 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
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Party Doll by Buddy Knox