SPLISH SPLASH
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 B E) - 'Billy Mure - Electric Guitar'
Intro 1st & 2nd Verses
Q=148
N.C. C
4/4
Gtr I
W H E E E E q Q H H E E E E
|----------|--------------||-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------||o-5----------|---------------|
|----------|--------------||--5----------|---------------|
|----------|--------------||--5----------|---------------|
|----------|----------0-2-||o-3----------|----------0-2--|
|----------|--------3-----||-------------|--------3------|
Q E E E E E E Q 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--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-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--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D G C C7
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q Q Q Q q Q Q Q
|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|-------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--------5--|-5--------5--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--------5--|-3--------3--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-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-|-3--------3--|-3--------3--|
|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|-------------|
F F#°7 C G7
q Q Q Q q Q Q Q q Q Q Q q Q Q Q
|-1--------1--|-------------|-------------|-3--------3--|
|-1--------1--|-1--------1--|-5--------5--|-3--------3--|
|-2--------2--|-2--------2--|-5--------5--|-4--------4--|
|-3--------3--|-1--------1--|-5--------5--|-3--------3--|
|-3--------3--|-------------|-3--------3--|-5--------5--|
|-1--------1--|-2--------2--|-------------|-3--------3--|
Chorus
C G C
q Q H E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----------------|----------------|
|-5----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5----------|-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--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----------------|----------------|
Saxophone Solo
F7
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-||-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-||-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-||-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------||-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C G F
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Out-Chorus
1. 2.
C G G C
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|---3-3-3-3--------||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-3-3-3-3-------o||-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-4-4-4-4--------||-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||--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--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-5-5-5-5---0-2-o||-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|---3-3-3-3-3------||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-----------------|
F7
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C G
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F C
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|-----------------||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|-----------------||
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
