DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT)
As recorded by Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
(From the 1975 Album WHO LOVES YOU)
Words and Music by Robert Gaudio & Judy Parker
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Brass'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clavichord'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Clavichord'
Intro
Q=105
N.C. C Am/DC/E F C/G N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
W W E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E E E
|----------|----------|-------------------|-1--1---0-(0)--------|
|----------|----------|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-1-3--|
|----------|----------|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-2-4--|
|----------|----------|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3----------------|
|----------|----------|-3-----------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|---------------------|
C Am/DC/E F G
E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-3--|
|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-4--|
|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------5-5--|
|-3-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
1st Verse
C Am/DC/E F C/G N.C.
E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-1--1---0-(0)-------|
||o-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-1-3-|
||--0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-2-4-|
||--2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------------|
||o-3-----------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
2nd Verse
C Am/DC/E F G C Am/DC/E F
E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E Q
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)-1-1--|-1--1---1-(1)-3-3--o||-||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|-0--2---0-(0)-2-2--|-2--2---0-(0)-4-4---||-||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|-2--0---2-(2)-3-3--|-3--3---------5-5---||-||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-3-----------------|-------------------o||-||o-3-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| ~
| W W S S S S E e E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||-||-------------8-----8------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--9--9---9---9------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-||o-------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-||--------------------------|
C/G N.C. C Am/DC/E F
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| +H E S S S S E S S S S E e E E E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E. S E E +E E Q
|------------------------------||
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~
| +H E S S S S E
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
Chorus
$
Dm7 F
Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E S Q
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|------------------|-^1-----------------|
|-3----------------|-^1-----------------|
|-2----------------|-^2-----------------|
|-3----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
Am G/D
Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E S Q
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|--3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| W H. Q
|-^5----------------|-^7-----------------|
|-^5----------------|-^8-----------------|
|-^5----------------|-^7-----------------|
|-^7----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Dm7 F
Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E S Q
|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|--1---1--1-1-1-1-1--|--1--1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| H. Q W
|-^5-----------------|-^1----------------|
|-^6-----------------|-^1----------------|
|-^7-----------------|-^2----------------|
|-^7-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
G6 F6 G6 F6 G6 F6 F/A G6F6
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-6-(6)-6-5-3-||
|-4--2-(2)---4--2-(2)---|-4--2-(2)-5-(5)-5-4-2-||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-7-(7)-7-5-3-||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-6-(6)-6-5-3-||
|-4--2-(2)---4--2-(2)---|-4--2-(2)-5-(5)-5-4-2-||
|-5--3-(3)---5--3-(3)---|-5--3-(3)-7-(7)-7-5-3-||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
C Am/DC/E F
E. S E E +E E Q
||--------------------------|
||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
||o-3-----------------------|
||--------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| S S S S E e E E E E
||-------------8-----8------|
||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
||--9--9---9---9------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
C/G N.C. C Am/DC/E F
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|~~~~~ ~
| +H E S S S S E S S S S E e E E E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
Interlude
G Am
Gtrs II, III
E. S E E +E E Q S E S Q S E S Q
|------------------------------||----------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||-5---5----5------5----------|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||-5---5----5------5----------|
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||-7---7----7------7----------|
|-----------------------------o||----------------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~
| +H E S S S S E H S S S S S S S S
|---------------12-12-10-10----||----------------------------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||----------------------------|
|---------------12-12-10-10----||----------------------------|
|------------------------------||---------------------9p7----|
|-----------------------------o||-------------------7-----10-|
|------------------------------||------------5-8s10----------|
C/G D/A N.C.
S E S E E +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-5---5---7-(7)---------------|
|-5---5---7-(7)-7-5-7--5------|
|-7---5---7-(7)----------7----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| H +E E E. S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7---------(7)------------10-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
Am C/G D/A N.C.
S E S Q S E S Q S E S E E +E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---5------5----5------5----------|-5---5---7-(7)-------------||
|---5------5----5------5----------|-5---5---7-(7)-7-5-7-5-----||
|---7------7----7------7----------|-7---5---7-(7)---------7---||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| a S S S S Q S S S S S S S S H +E E E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-7h9p7---------------------------|-------------------------7-||
|-------10-7---------------9p7----|-7---------(7)-------------||
|------------------------7-----10-|---------------------------||
|-----------------5-8s10----------|---------------------------||
Bridge
F/A G/B
Gtr II
E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-6------6----6--6-----|-8--8----8--8----|
|-5------5----5--5-----|-7--7----7--7----|
|-7------7----7--7-----|-9--9----9--9----|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV Gtr III (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| E S S Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|--------------3--|
|--------------------5-|-3---------------|
|-5tr7-------------5---|------4----------|
|------7---3--5--------|---------5-------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
To Coda
C6 Dm
E. S Q E. S Q S E S E E +Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-10--10----10----10-----|-10----10---10-(10)------||
|--9---9-----9-----9-----|-10----10---10-(10)------||
|-10--10----10----10-----|-12----12---12-(12)------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| H +E Q E H. Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|--5--------(5)----------|-------------------------||
|--5--------(5)-5--------|--4----------------------||
|----------------------7-|--5----------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
Interlude
N.C. G6 F6
E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------12-10-10-------|
|-x-x---x-x-x-------x---x-x-x-4---|-x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x------12-10-10-------|
|-x-x---x-x-x-------x---x-x-x-3---|-x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x------12-10-10-------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs V, VI (Clavichord arr. for Gtr.)
| e S a S E a e E a e e E e S a S E a e E a e E a e
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-1-----3-------5-------6---6-----|-6-------6--------8---------8----------8--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3---5-------7-------8-----8-----|-8-----8-------10-------10----------10----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
N.C.
S S E S E S E S E E S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e S a S E a e E a e e E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|
G6 F6
S S E S E S E S S S S E
|---------------------------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| e S a S E a e E a e E a e
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10---|
|--------------------------------------------|
N.C.
S S E S E S E S E E S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e S a S E a e E a e e E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|
G6 F6
S S E S E S E S S S S E
|---------------------------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| e S a S E a e E a e E a e
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10---|
|--------------------------------------------|
N.C.
S S E S E S E S E E S
|-------------------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-x-x-------x-x-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e S a S E a e E a e e E
|-------------------------------------|
|-1-------3-------5-------6---6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------7-------8-----8-------|
|-------------------------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
G6 F6 C Am/DC/E F
Gtr I
S S E S E S E S S S S E E. S E E +E E Q
|---------------------------12-12-10-10-------||---------------------------|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10-------||o-1------1---1-(1)-1--1----|
|-x-x-------x-x------x------12-12-10-10-------||--0------2---0-(0)-2--2----|
|---------------------------------------------||--2------0---2-(2)-3--3----|
|---------------------------------------------||o-3------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~
| e S a S E a e E a e E a e S S S S E e E E E E
|---------------------------------------------||-------------8-----8-------|
|-6-------6--------8---------8-------------8--||o-8--8---8---8-------10-8--|
|---------------------------------------------||--9--9---9---9-------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-8-----8-------10-------10-------------10----||o--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
C/G N.C. C Am/DC/E F
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E Q
|--1--1---0-(0)---------------|-------------------------|
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----1----3-|-1------1---1-(1)-1--1---|
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----2----4-|-0------2---0-(0)-2--2---|
|--3--3-----------------------|-2------0---2-(2)-3--3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| +H E S S S S E S S S S E e E E E E
|---------------12-12-10-10---|------------8-----8------|
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---|-8--8---8---8-------10-8-|
|---------------12-12-10-10---|-9--9---9---9------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E. S E E +E E Q 4x
|------------------------------||
|--1--1---1-(1)--3-----3------o||
|--2--2---0-(0)--4-----4-------||
|--3--3----------5-----5-------||
|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~
| +H E S S S S E 4x
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|-(8)-----------12-12-10-10---o||
|---------------12-12-10-10----||
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------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
