Be My Baby tab by The Ronettes
Guitar tabs
BE MY BABY
As recorded by The Ronettes
(Released as a Single in 1963)
Words and Music by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry& Phil Spector
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carol Kaye - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bill Pitman - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Strings '
Intro
Q=126
E
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
Wx2 E E E E E E E E
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| Wx2 Q e E E e Q
|------------|-----7-----7-----|
|------------|-----9-----9-----|
|------------|-----9-----9-----|
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
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
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q
|-----7-----7-----||------7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----|
|-----9-----9-----||o-----9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
|-----9-----9-----||------9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
F#m B7 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--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|------9--------9---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-----10-------10---|-----7-------7---|-----9-------9---|
|-----11-------11---|-----8-------8---|-----9-------9---|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#m B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-----------------|
|
| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|-----7-------7---|------9--------9---|-----7-------7---|
|-----9-------9---|-----10-------10---|-----7-------7---|
|-----9-------9---|-----11-------11---|-----8-------8---|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G#7 C#7
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--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-------------------|
|
| Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q Q e E Q e E
|------8------8-----|------8------8-----|------9--------9---|
|------9------9-----|------9------9-----|------9--------9---|
|-----11-----11-----|-----11-----11-----|-----10-------10---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F#
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--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|------9--------9---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
|------9--------9---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-----10-------10---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
$
B7 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
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---||-----7-------7---|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---||-----9-------9---|
|-----8-------8---|-----8-------8---||-----9-------9---|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
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| Gtr III (Strings arr. for Gtr.)
| W W W
|-----------------|-----------------||-7---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-9---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
C#m
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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-|
|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|--------------------|
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| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E E E E E
|-------7-------7---|-----9-------9---|-------9------------|
|-------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-------9------------|
|-------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-------9-----9------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------11---|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------9-|
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| +W W +W
|-(7)---------------|-9---------------|-(9)----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-(9)---------------|-9---------------|-(9)----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A B7
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--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
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| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|-----5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----7-------7---|
|-----5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-----7-------7---|
|-----6-------6---|-------6-------6---|-----8-------8---|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| W +W W
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|-5---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-6---------------|-(6)---------------|-8---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Interlude
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
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Q e E E E E E Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q
|-------7-------------||-||------7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----|
|-------7------------o||-||o-----9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
|-------8---------8---||-||------9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
|---------------7-----||-||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------7-------||-||------------------|-----------------|
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| +W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-(5)-----------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------o||-||o-----5---5---4---|-4---2---4---5---|
|-(8)-----------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
F#m B7
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--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
|-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|------------------||------------------||
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| Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|------9--------9---|-----7-------7----||-----7-------7----||
|-----10-------10---|-----7-------7---o||-----7-------7----||
|-----11-------11---|-----8-------8----||-----8-------8----||
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
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| Q Q Q Q H H Q Q H
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
|------7---7----5---|-4---------------o||-4----------------||
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||------------------||
Outro
&
E
Wx2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|------------||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Wx2 Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q
|------------||------7-----7-----|-------7-----7-----|
|------------||o-----9-----9-----|-------9-----9-----|
|------------||------9-----9-----|-------9-----9-----|
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
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| Wx2 W +W
|------------||--7---------------|-(7)---------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|------------||--9---------------|-(9)---------------|
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|-------------------|
C#m A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-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--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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| Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q
|-----9-----9-----|-------9-----9-----|-----5-----5-----|
|-----9-----9-----|-------9-----9-----|-----5-----5-----|
|-----9-----9-----|-------9-----9-----|-----6-----6-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| W +W W
|-9---------------|-(9)---------------|-5---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|-(9)---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
B7
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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|--------------------||
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| Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q Q e E E e Q
|-------5-----5-----|-----7-----7-----|-------7-----7------||
|-------5-----5-----|-----7-----7-----|-------7-----7-----o||
|-------6-----6-----|-----8-----8-----|-------8-----8------||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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| +W W +W
|-(5)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-(6)---------------|-8---------------|-(8)----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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
----------------
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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