LULLABY OF THE LEAVES
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1961 Album ANOTHER SMASH!!!)
Music by Petkere/Young
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bob Bogle - Lead Guitar'
Q=160
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Am G
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|----------|----------|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|----------|----------|-5-5-5---4-4-4---|
|----------|----------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|----------|----------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|----------|----------|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------|
| W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|----------|----------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|----------|----------|-----------------|
F E Am G F E Am G
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
|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-||--5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-||o-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-2-2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-5-5-5---4-4-4---|-2-2-2-1-(1)-1-1-1-||--5-5-5---4-4-4---|
|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-||--7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-||o-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5---3-3-3---|-1-1-1-0-(0)-0-0-0-||--5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|
| 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
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||o-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-||--------------0-0-|
|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-2-||o-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
F E Am G
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-2-2-2--1-(1)-1-1-1-|-5-5-5----4--4-4---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2-2-|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~
| E E E E +Q. E Q Q Q. E
|-------!0-(0)-------|---------!0--------|
|-------!1-(1)-------|---------!1--------|
|-------!2-(2)-----2-|---------!2--------|
|-1-1-2-!2-(2)-------|-1---2---!2------2-|
|-------!0-(0)-------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
F 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-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-1-1-1--1-(1)-1-1-1-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
| ~~~~~~
| Q Q Q Q E E E E +H
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-0-----------------|-1-1-1-!1-(1)-------|
|-----3---------0---|-2-2-2-!2-(2)-------|
|----------3--------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E Am
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|
| ~~
| Q E E +E E Q W
|-------------------|-!0-----------------|
|-------------------|-!1-----------------|
|-1---1-1-(1)-------|-!2-----------------|
|-2---2-2-(2)-------|-!2-----------------|
|-------------3-2---|-!0-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
Am F G# F
W E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-1---4---4---1----|
|----------------o||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-1---4---4---1----|
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-2---5---5---2----|
|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7----||-3---6---6---3----|
|----------------o||-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7----||------------------|
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||------------------|
|
| ~
| Q Q a E E Q W Q Q Q Q
|-----------------||-5------------------||-1S==4---4S==1----|
|----------------o||-5------------------||-1S==4---4S==1----|
|-2---------------||-5------------------||-2/--5---5S==2----|
|----2--0h2p0-----||-7------------------||-3S==6---6S==3----|
|-------------3--o||-7------------------||------------------|
|-----------------||--------------------||------------------|
G# F C F G# 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
|-1---4---4---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1---4---4---1---|
|-1---4---4---1---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---4---4---1---|
|-2---5---5---2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2---5---5---2---|
|-3---6---6---3---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3---6---6---3---|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-1S==4---4S==1---|-----------------|-------------------|-1S==4---4S==1---|
|-1S==4---4S==1---|-----------------|-------------------|-1S==4---4S==1---|
|-2/--5---5S==2---|---------3---5---|-----------3-3-5---|-2/--5---5S==2---|
|-3S==6---6S==3---|-----5-----------|-----5---5---------|-3S==6---6S==3---|
|-----------------|-3-------------3-|-(3)---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G# F C Em Dm G Am G
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
|-1---4---4---1---|--8--8--8---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-1---4---4---1---|--8--8--8---8-8-8---|-6-6-6---3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-2---5---5---2---|--9--9--9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---4-4-4---||-5-5-5---4-4-4---|
|-3---6---6---3---|-10-10-10---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---5-5-5---||-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-----------------|-10-10-10---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5-5-5---||-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-----------------|--8--8--8-----------|---------3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|
| 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
|-1S==4---4S==1---|-----8--------7-----|---5-------3-----||-----------------|
|-1S==4---4S==1---|--------8-------8---|-----6-------3---||-----------------|
|-2/--5---5S==2---|----------9-------9-|-------7-------4-||-----------------|
|-3S==6---6S==3---|-10---------9-------|-7-------5-------||-------------0-0-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
F E Am G
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-2-2-2--1-(1)-1-1---|-5-5-5----4--4-4---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2---|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2---|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|
| ~~ ~~~
| E E E E +Q. E Q Q Q. E
|-------!0-(0)-------|---------!0--------|
|-------!1-(1)-------|---------!1--------|
|-------!2-(2)-----2-|---------!2--------|
|-1-1-2-!2-(2)-------|-1---2---!2------2-|
|-------!0-(0)-------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
F 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-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-1-1-1--1-(1)-1-1-1-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
| ~~~~~~
| Q Q Q Q E E E E +Q. E
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-0-----------------|-1-1-1-!1-(1)-------|
|-----3---------0---|-2-2-2-!2-(2)-------|
|----------3--------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E Am
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E E +E E Q W
|-------------------|-!0-----------------|
|-------------------|-!1-----------------|
|-------------------|-!2-----------------|
|-2---2-2-(2)-------|-!2-----------------|
|-------------3-2---|-!0-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
F G# F
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-1---4---4---1----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-1---4---4---1----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||-2---5---5---2----|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7----||-3---6---6---3----|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7----||------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5----||------------------|
|
|~~~
| W Q Q Q Q
|-5------------------||-1S==4---4S==1----|
|-5------------------||-1S==4---4S==1----|
|-5------------------||-2/--5---5S==2----|
|-7------------------||-3S==6---6S==3----|
|-7------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
G# F C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1---4---4---1---|-0-0--0------0--0--0------0--0-|
|-1---4---4---1---|-1-1--1------1--1--1------1--1-|
|-2---5---5---2---|-0-0--0------0--0--0------0--0-|
|-3---6---6---3---|-2-2--2------2--2--2------2--2-|
|-----------------|-3-3--3------3--3--3------3--3-|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E +E E E +E E
|-1S==4---4S==1---|---8------------8------------8-|
|-1S==4---4S==1---|-----11b13-(11)---11b13-(11)---|
|-2/--5---5S==2---|-------------------------------|
|-3S==6---6S==3---|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------|
F G# F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--0----0-0--0------0--0--0-0-|-1---4---4---1---|
|--1----1-1--1------1--1--1-1-|-1---4---4---1---|
|--0----0-0--0------0--0--0-0-|-2---5---5---2---|
|--2----2-2--2------2--2--2-2-|-3---6---6---3---|
|--3----3-3--3------3--3--3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|-1S==4---4S==1---|
|---------8-------------------|-1S==4---4S==1---|
|-10b12-----10b12-(10)-9------|-2/--5---5S==2---|
|------------------------10---|-3S==6---6S==3---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
G# F C Em Dm G Am G
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
|-1---4---4---1---|--8--8--8---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-1---4---4---1---|--8--8--8---8-8-8---|-6-6-6---3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|-2---5---5---2---|--9--9--9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---4-4-4---||-5-5-5---4-4-4---|
|-3---6---6---3---|-10-10-10---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---5-5-5---||-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-----------------|-10-10-10---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5-5-5---||-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
|-----------------|--8--8--8-----------|---------3-3-3---||-5-5-5---3-3-3---|
|
| 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
|-1S==4---4S==1---|-----8--------7-----|---5-------3-----||-----------------|
|-1S==4---4S==1---|--------8-------8---|-----6-------3---||-----------------|
|-2/--5---5S==2---|----------9-------9-|-------7-------4-||-----------------|
|-3S==6---6S==3---|-10---------9-------|-7-------5-------||-------------0-0-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
F E Am G
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|-2-2-2--1-(1)-1-1---|-5-5-5----4--4-4---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2---|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-3-3-3--2-(2)-2-2---|-7-7-7----5--5-5---|
|-1-1-1--0-(0)-0-0---|-5-5-5----3--3-3---|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~
| E E E E +Q. E Q Q Q. E
|-------!0-(0)-------|---------!0--------|
|-------!1-(1)-------|---------!1--------|
|-------!2-(2)-----2-|---------!2--------|
|-1-1-2-!2-(2)-------|-1---2---!2------2-|
|-------!0-(0)-------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
F 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-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-1-1-1--1-(1)-1-1-1-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
| ~~~~~~
| Q Q Q Q E E E E +Q. E
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-0-----------------|-1-1-1-!1-(1)-------|
|-----3---------0---|-2-2-2-!2-(2)-------|
|----------3--------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Am
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
|
| ~~
| Q E E +E E Q W
|-0---0-0-(0)-------|-!0-----------------|
|-0---0-0-(0)-------|-!1-----------------|
|-1---1-1-(1)-------|-!2-----------------|
|-2---2-2-(2)-------|-!2-----------------|
|-------------3-2---|-!0-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-1-1-1--1-(1)-1-1-1-|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|-2-2-2--2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-0-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
| ~~~~~~
| H Q Q E E E E +Q. E
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-!0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-1-1-1-!1-(1)-------|
|----------0----1---|-2-2-2-!2-(2)-------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
N.C. Am
W H H +W +W
|-----------------|------!5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-----------------|------!5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-----------------|------!5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-----------------|------!7----|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-----------------|------!7----|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-----------------|------!5----|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E H H +W +W
|-----------------|------!0----|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-----------------|------!1----|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
|-----------------|------!2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2-2-0-0---------|------!2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|---------3-3-2-2-|-0----!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
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