RED RIVER ROCK
As recorded by Johnny And The Hurricanes
(From the 1959 Album RED RIVER ROCK)
Music by Tom King, Ira Mack & Fred Mendelsohn
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Tesluk - Organ'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Yorko - Electric Guitar'
Q=156
N.C. C5
4/4
Gtr I (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S E E
|--------------||--12-------12-------|-12-------10----12-10-12-|
|----------13--||o-13-------13-------|-13----------------------|
|------12--12--||--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------||---5-5-7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5-7-5--5--5-----7--5-|
|--------------||o--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3--3--3-----3--3-|
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------------|
E E Q H Q E E E E Q
|-10----------------|-------------------|
|----13-------------|------------13-----|
|-------------------|-------12---12-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7--5-5--5-7-5-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-12----------12---15-|-(15)-----17---15-13-12-|
|-13-------13---------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|--5-5-7-5--5--5-7--5-|---5--5-7--5-5--5--7--5-|
|--3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---3--3-3--3-3--3--3--3-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
G5 C5
Q Q H Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------------------|-------15---13---12-|-(12)-----12-----------|
|-15---------------|--------------------|---------------15---13-|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| 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--5-7--5-5--5-7--5-|
|--5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7--5-5--5-7--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-|-----------------------|
F5
+E E Q E E E S S E Q E H Q E E E Q E
|---------------12---------|-15-13-------------|---------------------|
|-(13)-------15---------13-|-------------------|-------12---10-------|
|--------------------14----|-------------------|-----------------12--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| 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--5-7-5--5--5-7--5----|-------------------|---------------------|
|---3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3----|--3--3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-5--3-3--3-5--3--|
|--------------------------|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1--|
C5 G5
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------12------|----------12----------|
|----------13--------15-|-(15)----------15-----|
|-(12)------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---5--5-7--5-5--5-7--5-|----------------------|
|---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|---5--5-7--5-5--5-7-5-|
|-----------------------|---3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
C5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Guitar-Solo
1.156(8=s8) 2. Q=156
N.C. N.C.
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q W
|----------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|-13-------------------13---o||-13----------------------||---------------------|
|-----12-12-12-(12)-12-------||----12-12-12-(12)--------||---------------------|
|----------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------o||-------------------------||---------------------|
|----------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|
| +W H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------/8-8-8-||-8S11-11-11-11S8-8-8-|
|----------------------------||------------------/9-9-9-||-9S12-12-12-12S9-9-9-|
|-(5)------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
|-(3)-----------------------o||-------------------------||---------------------|
|----------------------------||-------------------------||---------------------|
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8S11-11-11-11S8-8-8-|-8S11-11-11-11S8-8-8-|
|-9S12-12-12-12S9-9-9-|-9S12-12-12-12S9-9-9-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------13-13-13-|-/13-13-13-13-/13-13-13-13-|
|-8S11-11-11-11-13-13-13-|-/13-13-13-13-/13-13-13-13-|
|-9S12-12-12-12----------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/13-13-13-13-/13-13-13----|-8-8-/8-8-8-8-/8-8-|
|-/13-13-13-13-/13-13-13-13-|-8-8-/8-8-8-8-/8-8-|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-8-8-/8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------10-12b13==12-12r-12-10--|
|-8-8-/8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8S12-------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
Gtr I
W W
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E S S S S S +S E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|----------8-10b11==10-10-10r-10b11r(10)-8-|-11b12==(11)r11b12==(11)r11b12==(11)r11b12==(11)r|
|-------10---------------------------------|-10b11==(10)r10b11==(10)r10b11==(10)r10b11==(10)r|
|-10-10------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Q=156(8=s8) Q=156
C5
E E E E +E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------||--12-------12--------|
|---------------------13--||o--------------------|
|----12-12-12-(12)-12-----||---------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------------||o--------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------|
|
| Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|-11----------------------||---------------------|
|-10----------------------||o--------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------------||---5-5-7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|-------------------------||o--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------||---------------------|
Q Q E. S E E E E Q H
|-12-------10----12-10-12-|-10----------------|
|-------------------------|----13-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--5-5-7-5--5--5-----7--5-|--5--5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|--3-3-3-3--3--3-----3--3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
H E E Q Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|-12----------12---15--|
|------------13-----|----------13----------|
|---------12--------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-7-5--5--5-7-5-|--5-5-7-5--5--5-7--5--|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--|
|-------------------|----------------------|
G5
+E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-(15)-----17---15-13-12-|------------------|
|------------------------|-15---------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|---5--5-7--5-5--5--7--5-|------------------|
|---3--3-3--3-3--3--3--3-|--5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|------------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C5
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-------15---13---12-|-(12)-----12-----------|
|--------------------|---------------15---13-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---5--5-7--5-5--5-7--5-|
|-5-5-7--5-5--5-7--5-|---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-----------------------|
F5
+E E Q E E E S S E Q E H Q E E E Q E
|---------------12---------|-15-13-------------|---------------------|
|-(13)-------15---------13-|-------------------|-------12---10-------|
|--------------------14----|-------------------|-----------------12--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| 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--5-7-5--5--5-7--5----|-------------------|---------------------|
|---3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3----|--3--3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-5--3-3--3-5--3--|
|--------------------------|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1--|
C5 G5
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------12------|----------12----------|
|----------13--------15-|-(15)----------15-----|
|-(12)------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---5--5-7--5-5--5-7--5-|----------------------|
|---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|---5--5-7--5-5--5-7-5-|
|-----------------------|---3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
Q=156(8=s8)
C5
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-------------------13---o||
|-------------------------------------|-----12-12-12-(12)-12-------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| W +W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--5----------------------------------|-(5)------------------------||
|--3----------------------------------|-(3)-----------------------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
