LET'S GO
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1963 Album LET'S GO!)
Music by Lanny Duncan & Robert Duncan
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
C F F7 G
8 10 10 9 8 8 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 1 3 5 5 4 3 3
D C(type 2) D7 E7
x 5 7 7 7 x x 3 2 x 1 x x 5 4 5 3 x x 7 6 7 5 x
E A
0 2 2 1 0 0 5 7 7 6 5 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Q=152
N.C.
Gtr I Handclaps & Drums
W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
$
N.C. C
Gtr II
W W W E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
Gtr I
H E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||----2--3--2--|-------------------|-----2---3---2---|
|----------0-2-||-3-----------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2-|-3---------------|
|--------3-----||-------------|-------------3-----|-----------------|
F F7
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 / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----2---3---2---|-----------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3---------------|-3-2-0-2h3-------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|-----------------|-------------0-2-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|
C G
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 / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
Q S E. Q Q E E E E +E E E E Q a Q Q S E.
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----2h3----3---2---|-------------------|-----------0---2p0----|
|-3------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-----0h2--------------|
|--------------------|-------------0-1-2-|-3--------------------|
To Coda
F7 C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q a Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------------8--||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|-----2---3---2----|------------------------------||
|-----------3---5-0-|-3----------------|-3---2---0---3----------------||
|-1---4s5-----------|------------------|------------------------------||
C
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
Q E E Q Q
|---------8---10b11====10---|
|-10b11-----8---------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
Q E E E. S E E E E E E Q E E
|-10---10r--------------------|------10----8---10------|
|-----------------------------|-10------10--------10/--|
|----------10b12r10----8-10-8-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
E E E E E E Q
|-12b14-10-----------------|
|----------10-10s8---------|
|------------------10------|
|---------------------12---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-10---12-10-(10)-12-12-12-|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-10b12---10b12---10-8-----|
|--------------------------|----------------------9---|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D
E E Q H W W W
|
/
E E Q H W W H E E E E
|-10-----------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------0-2---||
|--------------|----------|----------|--------3-------||
&
C
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E H
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-3---2---0---3---------------||
|-----------------------------||
E7
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x
E. S E E a E E E E Q E E E a E Q
|-----------------7-9-7-|---------0---------------|
|-5----5-5-5-7s=9-------|-8b9-------0-------------|
|-----------------------|--------------2-0h1------|
|-----------------------|--------------------2----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D7
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x / x x / / / / / x
E. S E E E E E E E E E a E H
|--------/7-5----------|----------------------|
|-3----3-------6s7-----|----------------------|
|------------------7---|-7-----0--------------|
|--------------------7-|---7-----3s4----------|
|----------------------|--------------5-------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
C(type 2)
E S S E E E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / x / / / x / / / / / / / / / x
E. S E E +S S E E. S a +S S S S E S S Q Q
|-8----8--8----8-(8)-8--------------|----------------------------------|
|--------11b13---------8----------8-|----------------10----------------|
|------------------------10b12======|=10r(10)-8------10-8h9------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------10----------10---------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D7
S S S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x x
S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
|----------------------------------10----------|
|-------10-------10-------10----------------10-|
|-10h11----10h11----10h11----10h11----10h11----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
G
S S S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x x
S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10--||
|-10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12-----||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
C(type 2)
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
E. S E E S S E E E
|-8----8--8----8-8-11-11-13b15==13r-|
|--------11b13----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
~~~~~~~~~~
E S S E. S a E E E E Q Q Q S S E
|-13b15==13-13r-13b15====13-13r13-11-13-11-|-8---8---8---8s6---|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
|-3--|
E. S a S S E E E E E S S S S S E. T T E E +S T T E
|-------------------------------------|-----8-------------------------------------------|
|----------8--------------------------|-------8--------------8-------------------8------|
|-10b12======10r10p8----8----8-10b12==|=10r-----10p8-10b12-----10p8-10b12==(10)r---10-8-|
|--------------------10---10----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
E. S E E +E S S S S E
|--------------------------------------|
|--8------11-11------------11----------|
|-10b12---------10b12-(10)----10-8-8-8-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
C(type 2)
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
a E. S E E S E S E. S
|--------8-(8)-11-13-13b15====13r-13b15====13-|
|-6s8-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
a +S S E E E E E E E Q E E a Q E S S
|-13r(13)-11----11-13-11----11-11/-|-15b18====15-15-15r15---13b15-13-11-|
|------------13----------13--------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
F C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E E a E E E E E E E. S E E +S S a +S S E E
|-13b15-13-11s8-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8---------------|-------11-11--8------(8)--11--------------------|
|-----------------10b12-10-8----|-10----------10b12==(10)r----10pb12r(10)-8----8-|
|----------------------------10-|-------------------------------------------10---|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x
E. S a +E E +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|----------11-------------11-----(11)--11-----------||
|-10pb12------10pb12r(10)-10b12==(10)r----10p8------||
|----------------------------------------------10---||
|-------------------------------------------------1-||
|---------------------------------------------------||
C
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / x
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------2----3---2---|---------------------|
|-3------------------|-3-2---0-3-(3)-2-3-4-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
D
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / x
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------0-------|---------------------|
|-0-----4--------4---|-0-------0-(0)---0-1-|
|--------------------|---4---2-------4-----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
E A
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E E E Q H W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q H W
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-------1----2---1---|---------------------|-------------|------|
|-2------------------|-2-1-----2-(2)-0-2---|-2-----------|------|
|--------------------|-------4-------------|-0-----------|------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|------|
N.C.
W W W W
W H E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E
|----------|--------------||-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||---0---0-------------0---|-------------------|
|----------|--------------||-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|----------|----------0-2-||-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2-|
|----------|--------3-----||-------------------------|-------------3-----|
C 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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1----|
|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|---2---2-----3-----2-2----|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|---------------0-2-|-3------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
F7 C
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 / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E E E E +E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|
|-------------3-----|-------------------------|-------------0-1-2-|
G F C
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 / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----1-----1-----1-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|---0h3---0h3---0h3-----|-------------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|
|---0-----0-----0-------|---2-----2-----2---------|---0---0-------------0---|
|-------------0-----2-0-|---3-----3-----3---0-----|-------2-----3-----2-----|
|-------2---------------|-------0-----3-------3p0-|-3-----------------------|
|-3---------------------|-1-----------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E E E E +E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---0---0-------------0---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------2-----3-----2-----|--------------------|
|-3---2---0---3---(3)-------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)---0-2--|
|-----------------------3-------|-------------------------|-------------3------|
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1----|
|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|---2---2-----3-----2-2----|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|---------------0-2-|-3------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-3-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
F7 C
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 / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E E E E +E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------|
|-------------------|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---2-----2-----------2---|-------------------|
|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------|
|---------------0-2-|-3-----------------------|-3-2-0-3-(3)-------|
|-------------3-----|-------------------------|-------------0-1-2-|
G F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------|-----1-----1-----1-------|
|---0h3---0h3---0h3-----|-------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0-------|---2-----2-----2---------|
|-------------0-----2-0-|---3-----3-----3---0-----|
|-------2---------------|-------0-----3-------3p0-|
|-3---------------------|-1-----------------------|
C
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / x / / / x / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E H
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------------------------------*|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|-------------------------------*|
|---0---0-------------0---|-------------------------------*|
|-------2-----3-----2-----|-------------------------------*|
|-3-----------------------|-3---2---0---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
