SITTIN' IN THE BALCONY
As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1957 Album SINGIN' TO MY BABY)
Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk
Arranged by Eddie Cochran
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Perry Botkin - Electric Guitar '
1st & 2nd Verses
Q=140(8=s8)
N.C. D7 G
4/4
Gtr I
W Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|----------||--------------|-------------|----3-----3--|
|----------||o----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|----------||-----5-----5--|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|
|----------||-----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|
|----------||o----5-----5--|----5-----5--|-------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------|
| W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------||o-5-----------|-5--------5--|-------5-----|
|----------||--------5-----|-------5-----|-3-----------|
1.
D7 G
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|----3-----3--|-------------|-------------|----3-----3--|
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|
|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|
|-------------|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------5-----|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-------------|
|-3--------3--|-------5-----|-------5-----|-3-----3-----|
Bridge
2.
$
G C7
e E Q H Q q Q q e E Q H Q q Q q
|-3------------||----3-----3--|-3-----------||-------------|
|-3-----------o||----3-----3--|-3-----------||----1-----1--|
|-4------------||----4-----4--|-4-----------||----3-----3--|
|-5------------||----5-----5--|-5-----------||----2-----2--|
|-------------o||-------------|-------------||----3-----3--|
|--------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|
| PM-------| PM----|
| e E Q H Q Q Q Q e E Q H Q Q Q Q
|--------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|-------------o||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------||-------------|
|-------------o||-------------|-------------||-3-----------|
|-3------------||-3-----3-----|-3-----------||-------3-----|
D7 G A
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------------|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----5-----5--|
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----5-----5--|
|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----6-----6--|
|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|----7-----7--|
|----5-----5--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| PM------------------| PM------------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--------5--|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------7-----|
|-------5-----|-3-----------|-3--------3--|-5-----------|
3rd & 4th Verses
D7 D7
Q q Q q e E Q H W Q q Q q
|----5-----5--|-------------|----------||-------------|
|----5-----5--|-3-----------|----------||----3-----3--|
|----6-----6--|-5-----------|----------||----5-----5--|
|----7-----7--|-4-----------|----------||----4-----4--|
|-------------|-5-----------|----------||----5-----5--|
|-------------|-------------|----------||-------------|
|
| PM-------| PM-------|
| Q Q Q Q e E Q H W Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|----------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------||-------------|
|-------7-----|-5-----------|----------||-5-----------|
|-5--------5--|-------------|----------||-------5-----|
G D7
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------------|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|-------------|
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|
|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|
|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|
|----5-----5--|-------------|-------------|----5-----5--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| PM------------------| PM---------------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--------5--|-------5-----|-------5-----|-5-----------|
|-------5-----|-3-----------|-3--------3--|-------5-----|
Guitar Solo
To Coda
G N.C.
PM
Q q Q q Q q Q q e E Q H E E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------|----3-----3--|-3---------------||-------------------------|
|----3-----3--|----3-----3--|-3---------------||o---------3-----3-----3--|
|----5-----5--|----4-----4--|-4---------------||------1s2---1s2---1s2----|
|----4-----4--|----5-----5--|-5---------------||--0----------------------|
|----5-----5--|-------------|-----------------||o------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------| PM--------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------||o------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---0-2-0-5-5-4-2-||-------------------------|
|-5--------5--|-------------|-----------------||o-5---------5------------|
|-------5-----|-3-----3-----|-3---------------||------5-----------5------|
S S E E E +Q Q Q S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----3-0-1-(1)-------|--------3-----3-----3-|
|-1s2---1-2-(2)-------|----3s4---3s4---3s4---|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------
| Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5----------5--5-----|----5-----------5-----|
|-------5---------0-2-|-3--------3-----------|
S S E E E +Q Q Q S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----3-2-3-(3)-------|--------3-----3-----3--|
|-3s4---3-4-(4)-------|----1s2---1s2---1s2----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
| Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5-------------|-5--------5------------|
|-3----------3--3-2-0-|----5-----------5------|
1.
S S E E E +Q Q Q E E +Q E E +S +S E E E E E Q
|---------------------|----------------3------|--------------------------||
|-----3-0-1-(1)-------|-----3-5b6-(5)----5b6==|=(5)r(5)-3---------------o||
|-1s2---1-2-(2)-------|-----------------------|-----------3h4------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------5-0--------||
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------7\----o||
|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|
| PM----------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM---|
| Q Q E E E E E E E E +H +H E E E E
|---------------------|-----7-7---(7)---------|-(7)----------------------||
|---------------------|-----6-6---(6)---------|-(6)---------------------o||
|---------------------|-----7-7---(7)---------|-(7)----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-5----------5--5-----|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------5---------0-2-|-3---------------------|-----------------3-2--0---||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
G E7
~
e E E E E E Q H H Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-3---6-----3------------|-----------||----3-----3--|-------------|
|-3---5b5.5-3-----3b3.5--|-----------||----3-----3--|----5-----5--|
|-----------------3b3.5--|-----------||----4-----4--|----7-----7--|
|---------------5--------|-----------||----5-----5--|----6-----6--|
|------------------------|-5---------||-------------|----7-----7--|
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|-------------|
|
| PM---------------------|
| e E Q H W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|----2-----2--|
|------------------------|-----------||-------------|-------------|
|-3----------------------|-----------||-3--3--3--1--|-0-----0-----|
A D7 G
Q q Q q Q q Q q e E Q H W
|----5-----5--|-------------|-3-----------|------*|
|----5-----5--|----3-----3--|-3-----------|------*|
|----6-----6--|----5-----5--|-4-----------|------*|
|----7-----7--|----4-----4--|-5-----------|------*|
|-------------|----5-----5--|-------------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|
| PM---------------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q e E Q H W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------|----7-----7--|-------------|------*|
|----7-----7--|-5-----5-----|-------------|------*|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-3-----------|------*|
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
