MR. MOTO
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1962 Album GOING TO THE VENTURES DANCE PARTY!)
Words and Music by Richard Delvy & Paul Johnson
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Dm Bb A C
x x 0 2 3 1 x 1 3 3 3 1 x 0 2 2 2 0 x 3 2 0 1 0
F E Am
1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 x 0 2 2 1 0
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=144
Bb11 A Dm
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q 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
|-0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|---------------1-|---------------1-|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
|-1--1--1--1--|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Dm
Gtr II
W W 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 Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-----3-----------|---3---3---3---3-||-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---------|---2---2---2---2-||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0---||-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
Bb A
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q E E Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|-----------------|
|-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3---2---|
|-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0-----0---------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5---4-----------|
Dm
E E 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 E
|-----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-||
|-----2-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|-(2)---2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q a Q E a E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0---|-------------------------|
|-0---0---3---5---|-5h7---7-7p5-(5)-3-0-----|
|-----------------|---------------------3---|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
Bb A
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|-----------------|
|-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3---2---|
|-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0-0-0-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Dm 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 E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----1-1-(1)-1-1---|-1-1-1---1-1-----||-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|
|-----3-3-(3)-3-3---|-3-3-3---3-3-----||-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|
|-----2-2-(2)-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2---2s||=5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|
|-0-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
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 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
|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|
|---6-----6-----6-|-----6---------6---|-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|
|-5-----5-----5---|---5---------5-----|-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F 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
|-----5-----5-----|-----4-----4---4-||
|---6-----6---6---|---5-----5---5---||
|-5-----5---------|-4-----4---------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q a Q E a E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-0---0---3---5---|-5h7---7-7p5-(5)-3-0----|
|-----------------|---------------------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 E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|------------------|
|-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---2-------------|---------3-3-2-2--|
|-1---1---3s5-------|-------------------|-------0-(0)-------|-0---1-1----------|
Am
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 H
|-------0-(0)-------|-------0---------||
|-----1-1-(1)-1---1-|-----1---3-------||
|-----2---------2---|-2-2-------------||
|-----2-------------|-----------------||
|-0-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
a Q Q E E E E E E E E a +Q E E
|--------------------------|---------17-----------------------|
|--------------13----13-15-|-15b17--------15pb17r(15)---13----|
|-12s14---14------14-------|-------------------------------14-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q a Q q
|-----13h15---13h15---13h15---|-13h15---13h15---13h15---13---|
|--------16------16------16---|----16------16------16---16---|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-12------12------12------17-19-|-19b21---19-------------|
|-15b17---15b17---15b17---------|--------------17---19---|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
Dm
q Q H W W W
|
/
q Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17-------------|----------||-----------------|------------------||
|-20b22----------|----------||---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--||
|----------------|----------||---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--||
|----------------|----------||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----||
|----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------||-----------------|------------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------0---|-------------------|
|-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---|
|-----------------|-----------------3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3---|
|-1---1---3s5-------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
A Dm
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 +H E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----1-1---1---1-|-----1-1---1---1-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----3-3---3---3-|-----3-3---3---3-||
|---0---------------|-----------------|-----2-2---2---2-|-----2-2---2---2-||
|-2---2-------------|---------3---2---|-0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0---||
|-------0-(0)-------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q a Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------0---|-------------------|
|-0---0---3---5---|-5s7---7-7s5-3-0---|
|-----------------|-----------------3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q a E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------3-5-6-|-(6)-6-5-3-5-3-5-3---|
|-1---1---3s5-------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
A Dm
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 +H E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----1-1---1---1-|-----1---1-1------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----3-3---3---3-|-----3---3-3------||
|---0---------------|-----------------|-----2-2---2---2-|-----2---2-2---2s=||
|-2---2-------------|-2-2-----3---2---|-0-------0---0---|-0----------------||
|-------0-(0)-------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----4-----------|-----------------|------------------||
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 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
|-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-----5----|
|-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|---6-----6-----6-|-----6---6--------|
|-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|-5-----5-----5---|---5-------5---2s=|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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 W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
\1
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +H
|-----------------|-3-5-3-----------|-----5-----5-----|-5-----(5)----||
|-------3-5-3-5-6-|-------6-5---3-5-|---6-----6-----6-|-6-----(6)----||
|-5-3-5-----------|-----------5-----|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----(5)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
Bb11 A Dm
\1
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E H +W
|-0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|----------------|----1-1-1-----|-(1)----*|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-3--1-----------|----3-3-3-----|-(3)----*|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|------2-0-------|----2-2-2-----|-(2)----*|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|----------3-0---|-0--0-0-0-----|-(0)----*|
|-1--1--1--1--|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--------------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
