WALKING ON SUNSHINE
As recorded by Katrina And The Waves
(From the 1985 Album KATRINA AND THE WAVES)
Words and Music by Kimberley Rew
Transcribed by Slowhand
A D E
x 0 2 2 2 x x x 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=220
A D
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
W E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
Wx7 H Q Q Q E E E E E E
|------------||----------6-------|------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----8-8-8-8---10-|
|------------||----------3-------|------------------|
|------------||------------------|-----5-5-5-5----7-|
|------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|------------||------------------|------------------|
E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E W
|--------------------|-------------------||
|---10---10-10---9-8-|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|----7----7--7---6-5-|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
1st Verse
A D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
H Q Q Q E E E E E E
||----------6-------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----8-8-8-8---10-|
||----------3-------|------------------|
||------------------|-----5-5-5-5----7-|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|
E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E W 8x
|--------------------|-------------------||
|---10---10-10---9-8-|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|----7----7--7---6-5-|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
E
Gtr I
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III (El. Gtr.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
||--10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||o-10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||--10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W 3x
|-8--------------|-(8)-----------------||
|-8--------------|-(8)----------------o||
|-8--------------|-(8)-----------------||
|----------------|---------------------||
|----------------|--------------------o||
|----------------|---------------------||
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
||--6---6---6----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10---10---10----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
||o-6---6---6----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10---10---10----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8--o||
||--7---7---7----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10---10---10----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
2nd Verse
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q H W W W
|-6--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-6--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 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 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--6---6---6----x-6-|---6---6-(6)-6-6-6-|-5---5---5----x-6-|-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||o-6---6---6----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8-8-|-6---6---6----x-8-|-x-8-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||--7---7---7----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8-8-|-5---5---5----x-8-|-x-8-x-7-7-x-5-5--|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q H W W W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-8--------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
A D
E E E E Q. 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
|-----------10---------|----------------11-11-11-|
|-11---11---11----x-11-|---11---11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-10---10---10----x-12-|---12---12-(12)-12-12-12-|
|-12---12---12----x-13-|---13---13-(13)----------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|-11---11---11----x----|----------------------|
|-10---10---10----x-11-|---11---11-(11)-x-x---|
|-10---10---10----x-12-|---12---12-(12)-x-x---|
|-------------------13-|---13---13-(13)-x-x---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H W W W
|-10--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-11--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-10--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A D
E E E E Q. 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
|-10---10---10----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11---11---11----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10---10---10----x-12-|---12---12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-11s13-13---13----x-11-|---11---11---------||
|-11s13-13---13----x-11-|---11---11---------||
|-12s14-14---14----x-12-|---12---12---------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
$
E
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
||--10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||o-10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||--10--------------|-(10)---------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------|
D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W 3x
|-8--------------|-(8)-----------------||
|-8--------------|-(8)----------------o||
|-8--------------|-(8)-----------------||
|----------------|---------------------||
|----------------|--------------------o||
|----------------|---------------------||
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E
||--6---6---6-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|-10----10----10-----8-|
||o-6---6---6-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|-10----10----10-----8-|
||--7---7---7-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|-10----10----10-----8-|
||------------------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|----------------------|
||------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
||----------6-------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------|-----8-8-8-8---10-|----10----10-10---9-8-|
||----------3-------|------------------|----------------------|
||------------------|-----5-5-5-5----7-|-----7-----7--7---6-5-|
||o-----------------|------------------|----------------------|
||------------------|------------------|----------------------|
1. 2.
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 E E E E E E E
|---8---8-8-8-8-8--||---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
|---8---8-8-8-8-8-o||---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
|---8---8-8-8-8-8--||---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
|------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------||
|------------------||-------------------||
|
| W W
|------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------||
|------------------||-------------------||
|------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------||
|------------------||-------------------||
Interlude
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
W W W W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 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 E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-|---6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6---6---6----6-|---6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3----3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6---6-----6-|---6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6---6-----6-|---6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3---3-----3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3---3-----3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-0---|
|-6-6-6---6-----6-|---6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6---6-----6-|---6---6-6-0-0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3---3-----3-|---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3---3-----3-|---3---3-3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E 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 E E E E E E +E E E E
|-6---6---6----x-6-|---6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5---5---5----x-6-|-x-6-x-x-----x-x-x-|
|-6---6---6----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8---|-6---6---6----x-6-|-x-6-x-x-----x-x-x-|
|-7---7---7----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8---|-5---5---5----x-8-|-x-8-x-7-(7)-x-5-x-|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A D E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 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 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---x-6---6----x-6-|---6---6-(6)-6-6-6-|-10----8----8----x-6-|-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-|
|---x-6---6----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8-8-|-10---10---10----x-6-|-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-|
|---x-7---7----x-8-|---8---8-(8)-8-8-8-|-10---10---10----x-8-|-x-8-8-x-7-x-5-x-|
|-8----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
~
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-6-x-6---6----x-6-|-6---6-6-6-6-6-x-|
|-6-x-6---6----x-8-|-8---8-8-8-8-8-x-|
|-7-x-7---7----x-8-|-8---8-8-8-8-8-x-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
E D
E E E E Q. 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
|-11---11---11----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-x-x-|
|-10---10---10----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-x-x-|
|-10---10---10----x-12-|---12---12-12-12-x-x-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
A D
E E E E Q. 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
|-10---10---10----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11---11---11----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-11-11-|
|-10---10---10----x-12-|---12---12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E D
E E E E Q. 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
|-11s13-13---13----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-x-x--||
|-11s13-13---13----x-11-|---11---11-11-11-x-x--||
|-12s14-14---14----x-12-|---12---12-12-12-x-x--||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
Outro
&
A D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
||--6---6---6-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|
||o-6---6---6-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|
||--7---7---7-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8--8-|
||------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q Q Q E E E E E E
||----------6-------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----8-8-8-8---10-|
||----------3-------|------------------|
||------------------|-----5-5-5-5----7-|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|
E D
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E 10x
|-10----10----10-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
|-10----10----10-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8--o||
|-10----10----10-----8-|---8---8-8-8-8-8---||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E Q E E W 10x
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----10----10-10---9-8-|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|-----7-----7--7---6-5-|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------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
