Buddy Holly – Heartbeat tab

Tabbed By: Belavista Man
On: 06/02/08
E-mail: anthonybentley@hotmail.co.uk

Intro:e|-12-12-12-14-12--10-10-10-12-10--12-12-12-14-12--10-10-10-12-10-|B|-14-14-14-15-14--12-12-12-14-12--14-14-14-15-14--12-12-12-14-12-|G|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A
Heartbeat,
           D            E           A
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
A
Heartbeat,
           D              E          A
Why does a love kiss stay in my memory?
E
Piddly pat
  D                  A
I know that new love thrills me
E  D                   A       E
 I know that true love will be-e
A
Heartbeat
           D            E           A
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

Middle 8 (Solo):e|---------------12-14~-14~-14-12--12-------|B|-/14-14~-14-15-14-15~-15~-15-14--14-15-15-|G|-/14-14~-14-14----------------------14-14-|D|------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|

Then play the intro riff again.

A
Heartbeat
           D            E                A
Why do you skip when my babies lips meet mine?
A
Heartbeat
           D             E              A
Why do you flip and give me a skip each sign?
E
Piddly pat
    D                 A
And sing to me love's story
E    D                  A     E
 And bring to me love's glory-e
A
Heartbeat
           D            E           A
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

And finish on the intro riff.

There's a little riff after second line (such as "Why do you miss when my baby kisses Here's how it goes:   A          E          A          Ee|----------------------------------------------|B|-5-5-5-7-5--3-3-3-5-3--5-5-5-7-5--3-3-3-5-3-x-|G|-6-6-6-7-6--4-4-4-6-4--6-6-6-7-6--4-4-4-6-4-x-|D|----------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|

And there's this little fill after the lines "I know that new love thrills me" and "And to me love's story". This is it:   A                       Ee|------------------------------|B|-14-------12----------------x-|G|-14-------14-------14----13-x-|D|----14-14----14-14-14-14-14-x-|A|------------------------------|E|------------------------------|

Hope that's helpful to anyone! It's a great song, so don't mock it before you try it! lol

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato/whammy bar
| +  harmonic
| x  Palm muted string