THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN
As recorded by Eddie Cochran
(From the 1960 Album EDDIE COCHRAN)
Words and Music by Eddie Cochran & Bob Cochran
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Sonny Curtis - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=134(8=s8)
N.C. Bb F Eb Bb F Eb
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|----------|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|----------|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|----------|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|
Bb F Eb Bb F7
E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10--||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Bb Eb Bb F Eb Bb
Gtr I
E 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
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
||o-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
||--7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|
||--8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|
| Gtr II
| 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-----6-------|----6--------------|----6-----6-------|
||o------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6-|
||--7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7---|
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Eb
E Q E E E E E E Q 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-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------|
|------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-|
|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
F7
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8-----------||
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10--------||
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8-----||
|-10-------10-------10----|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Bb Bb7 Eb
E 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
|-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---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-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-|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q 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-----6-------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------6-----6-----|------9-----9-----|------8-----8---8-|------8-----8---8--|
|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-8------8-----8----|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
F7
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------|
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------|
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----|
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb F Eb Bb
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--||
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--||
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--||
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------||
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--||
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
Eb F7 EbDm7 Cm7 Bb Bb7
E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| 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-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--|
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Eb F7 EbDm7 Cm7 Bb Bb7
E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| 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-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--|
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Eb F7 Bb
E Q E E E E E E E Q H E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----------|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------------|--------------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----6-----6-----6-|--8-----------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------|
|------8-----8-----|--------------|------6-----6---6-|------6-----6---6--|
|-8------8-----8---|--------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
F7
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------||
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------||
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----||
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Interlude
1.
Bb F Eb Bb F Eb
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------|
|
| E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------|
Bb F Eb Bb F7
E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||
|
| E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--||
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o||
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--||
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--||
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o||
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------||
2.
Bb F Eb Bb
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------|
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--|
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Outro
F7 Bb F Eb
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------||-6-^6--6------6-x-|
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------|
Bb F Eb Bb F Eb Bb
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E W +W
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|
| E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E W +W
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*|
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
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
