PIPELINE
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1963 Album SURFING)
Music by Bob Spickard & Brian Carman
Transcribed by Slowhand
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=156
$
N.C. N.C.
4/4
Gtr II
TP TP TP TP PM------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------||------------------|-------------------||
|----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|----------------||------------------|-------------------||
|----------------||------------------|-------------------||
|-14S=10S=6S=3\--||o---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--o||
|----------------||--0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3-----||
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q Q E E E E E E +E Q E Q Q E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------0---2---0-2-|-4-2-0-2-(2)-4---2-|-4---2---0-2-0---|
||o-2---------------|-------------------|---------------2-|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-----2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
||--0---3---0---3---|-0---3----0----3---|-0---3---0---3---|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E +E E
|-------------7-5---|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----5-8-(8)-----8-|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----0---2---0-2-|-4-2-0-2-(2)-4-(4)-2-|
|---7---------------|-2---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-----2-----2-|
|---2---2-----2---2-|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3----0-----3----|
|-0---3----0----3---|-----------------|---------------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------12-------||
|-----------------|---------13-(13)----15-13-||
|-4---2---0-2-0---|------14------------------||
|---------------2-|---14---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|---2---2---2---2-|----2-----2-------2-----2-||
|-0---3---0---3---|-0-----3------0------3----||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
B5 C5
E. S E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-0----5-------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|--------4-(4)-2-4-2-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-2--2-0-2-(2)-0-2-0-|-3--3-0-3-(3)-0-3-0-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
B5 C5
E. S E E +E Q. Q E E +E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-0----5-------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4------|--------4-(4)-2-4-2-|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4--4-4-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4--4-4-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-2--2-0-2-(2)-0--2-0-|-3--3-0-3-(3)-0-3-0-|
|---------------------|--------------------|
To Coda
B5
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-4--4-2-4-(4)-2-4-2-|-4--4-2-4-(4)-2-4-2--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|-2--2-0-2-(2)-0-2-0-|-2--2-0-2-(2)-0-2-0--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
1.
A5 N.C.
H H W W
|-----------0--------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------1--------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2--------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-0------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP PM------------|
| E. S E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-14S=10S=6S=3\--|---2---2---2---2-|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|----------------|-0---3---0---3---|
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|-0---3---0---3---|
2.
A5
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
|------------------||-||---------------------|--------------0-----|
|-----------------o||-||o-1------------------|--------1-(1)---3-1-|
|------------------||-||-------2----2--------|-2----2-------------|
|------------------||-||---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------o||-||o--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||-||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|------------------||-||---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------o||-||o--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------||-||--2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|------------------||-||--2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|---2---2---2---2-o||-||o-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-0---3---0---3----||-||---------------------|--------------------|
G5 F5
Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0------------------|--------0-(0)-3-1-0-|--------------------|
|------0----0--------|-0----0-------------|-2------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|------3----3--------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|
1.
G5
Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------1-0---|-0------------------|--------0-(0)-3-1-0-o||
|--------2-(2)-----2-|------0----0--------|-0----0--------------||
|-3----3-------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--||
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-o||
|-1--1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3--||
2.
D.S. al Coda
E5 N.C.
H H W
|--------------------||----------------||
|--------------------||----------------||
|-1------------------||----------------||
|-2------------------||----------------||
|--------------------||----------------||
|--------------------||----------------||
|
| TP TP TP TP
| E. S E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------||----------------||
|--------------------||----------------||
|--------------------||----------------||
|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-||----------------||
|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-||-14S=10S=6S=3\--||
|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-||----------------||
H.=H
&
A5 N.C. Em
Gtr II Gtr I
TP TP TP TP
E. S E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q W +W +W
|--------------------|----------------|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------------|----------------|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------------|----------------|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------------|----------------|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-7--7-5-7-(7)-5-7-5-|-14S=10S=6S=3\--|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|----------------|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
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
