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Three Steps To Heaven

Eddie Cochran

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Three Steps To Heaven

Written by Jerry Capehart/Eddie Cochran

Key:  A More
Three Steps To Heaven Key EE
Three Steps To Heaven Key FF
Three Steps To Heaven Key F#F#
Three Steps To Heaven Key GG(one step down)
Three Steps To Heaven Key G#G#(half step down)
Three Steps To Heaven Key AA(original key)
Three Steps To Heaven Key A#A#(half step up)
Three Steps To Heaven Key BB(one step up)
Three Steps To Heaven Key CC
Three Steps To Heaven Key C#C#
Three Steps To Heaven Key DD
Three Steps To Heaven Key D#D# 
	  		


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Cochran - Electric Guitar' 
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Sonny Curtis - Electric Guitar' 


 Intro 
  Q=134(8=s8) 
  N.C.       Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb 
 4/4 
  Gtrs I, II 
  W          E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E 
|----------|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-| 
|----------|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-| 
|----------|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-| 
|----------|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-| 
|----------|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-| 
|----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------| 


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F7 
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10--|| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--|| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------|| 


   1st & 2nd Verses 
    Bb                 Eb                 Bb       F    Eb    Bb 
    Gtr I 
    E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-| 
||o-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-| 
||--7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-| 
||--8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-| 
||o-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-| 
||--6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-| 
| 
|   Gtr II 
|   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 
||-----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------|----6--------------|----6-----6-------| 
||o------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6-| 
||--7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7---| 
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------| 
||o------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------| 
||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------| 


                     Eb 
  E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-| 
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------| 
| 
| E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E 
|----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------| 
|------6-----6---6-|------8-----8---8-| 
|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---| 
|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------| 


  F7 
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--|| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--|| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--|| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10--|| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8--|| 
|-------------------------|---------------------------|| 
| 
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q 
|-------------------------|------8--------8-----------|| 
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10--------|| 
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8-----|| 
|-10-------10-------10----|---------------------------|| 
|-------------------------|---------------------------|| 
|-------------------------|---------------------------|| 


 Pre-Chorus 
  Bb                 Bb7                Eb 
  E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|-------------------| 
| 
| E  E E E E E Q     E  E E E E E Q     E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E 
|----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------| 
|------6-----6-----|------9-----9-----|------8-----8---8-|------8-----8---8--| 
|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7---|-8------8-----8---|-8------8-----8----| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 


  F7 
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------| 
| 
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q 
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------| 
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------| 
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----| 
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------| 


  Bb       F    Eb    Bb 
  E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|| 
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|| 
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--|| 
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|| 
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--|| 
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--|| 
| 
| E  E E E  E E E E   E  E E E E E E E 
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------|| 
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--|| 
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----|| 
|-------------------|-------------------|| 
|-------------------|-------------------|| 
|-------------------|-------------------|| 


 Chorus 
  Eb                 F7     EbDm7 Cm7    Bb                 Bb7 
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E E E E E  E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
| 
| 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 
|----6-----6-----6-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------| 
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--| 
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 


  Eb                 F7     EbDm7 Cm7    Bb                 Bb7 
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E E E E E  E E   E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5--------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-6----8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----8-5----8---|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----8-7----8---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----6-5---10---|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|------------------|---------------8---|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
| 
| 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 
|----6-----6-----6-|--8-----6-5--------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------| 
|------8-----8-----|---------------8---|------6-----6---6-|------9-----9---9--| 
|-8------8-----8---|-------------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| 


  Eb                 F7             Bb 
  E  Q   E E E E E    E E Q  H      E  Q   E E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|--8-----------|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|--8-----------|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|------------------|--------------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
| 
| E  E E E E E E E    E E Q  H      E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E 
|----6-----6-----6-|--8-----------|----6-----6-------|----6-----6--------| 
|------8-----8-----|--------------|------6-----6---6-|------6-----6---6--| 
|-8------8-----8---|--------------|-7------7-----7---|-7------7-----7----| 
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------| 
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------| 


  F7 
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-|| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-|| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| 
| 
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q 
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------|| 
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------|| 
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----|| 
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------|| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| 


 Interlude 
 1. 
  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb 
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------| 
| 
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x--| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x--| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x--| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x--| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x--| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-----------| 


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F7 
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o|| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--|| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o|| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------|| 
| 
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E   Q   E 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-^10--10-o|| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7--8-^-8---8--|| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-^10--10--|| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-^-8---8-o|| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6-------------|| 


 2. 
  Bb       F    Eb    Bb 
  E  Q   E  E E E E   E  Q   E E E E E 
|-6-^6---6------6-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-6-^6---6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
|-7-^7---7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7---7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-8-^8---8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-8-^8---8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8---8-8-8-8-8--| 
|-6-^6---6----------|-6-^6---6-6-6-6-6--| 
| 
| E  E E E  E E E E   E  E E E E E E E 
|----6--------------|----6-----6--------| 
|------6---10---8---|------6-----6---6--| 
|-7------7-10---8---|-7------7-----7----| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 


                                                       Outro 
  F7                                                    Bb      F    Eb 
   E   Q    E  E  E  E  E    E   Q     E  E  E  E  E    E  Q  E  E E E E 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-6-^6--6------6-x-| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-| 
|-10-^10---10-10-10-10-10-|-10-^10----10-10-10-10-10-||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-| 
|--8-^-8----8--8--8--8--8-|--8-^-8-----8--8--8--8--8-||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------| 
| 
|  E   E E  E  E  E  Q       E   E  E  E  E  E  Q       E  Q  E  E E E E 
|-------------------------|------8--------8----------||-6-^6--6------6-x-| 
|-----10------10----------|--------10-------10-------||-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-| 
|--------8--------8-------|--8---------8--------8----||-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-| 
|-10-------10-------10----|--------------------------||-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-| 
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-6-^6--6----------| 


  Bb      F    Eb    Bb      F    Eb    Bb 
  E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E   W          +W 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*| 
| 
| E  Q  E  E E E E   E  Q  E  E E E E   W          +W 
|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6-^6--6------6-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*| 
|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6-^6--6-10-x-8-x-|-6--------|-(6)----*| 
|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7-^7--7-10-x-8-x-|-7--------|-(7)----*| 
|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8-^8--8-10-x-8-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*| 
|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8-^8--8--8-x-6-x-|-8--------|-(8)----*| 
|-6-^6--6----------|-6-^6--6----------|-6--------|-(6)----*| 


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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