Everyday Buddy Holly
Tuning: Standard
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Everyday (1957)
(Buddy Holly/Norman Petty)
Now on: several Greatest Hits collections
One of my all time favourite songs. If you want to know what this tab sounds like,
check out my version here:
In the original version, solo and outro are played on a celeste (a keyboard
instrument sounding like a glockenspiel). For guitar, the solo looks
something like this:
SOLO (no capo: Eb)
(played two times)
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Bb] [Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Bb]
e|11--------------|----------------|11--------------|----------------| B|11--11----------|1313131315--13--|11--11-----11---|1313131311--9---| G|----12--12------|1313131315--13--|----12--12-12---|1313131312--10--| D|--------13------|----------------|--------13------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|1. time
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
e|11--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|11--11------11--|13--11--9-------|--------13------|----------------| G|----12--12--12--|13--12--10--10--|12------13------|12--------------| D|--------13------|------------12--|13--------------|13------12------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------13------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|2. time OUTRO (no capo: Eb)
[Eb] [Eb7] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
----------------| e|----------------|----------------| --------14------| B|--------13------|11--9---8-------| 12------12------| G|12------13------|12--10--8-------| 13------13------| D|13--------------|----------------| ----------------| A|----------------|----------------| ----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
The song is in Eb, so I'd suggest using a capo either 1st fret (play: D) or
3rd fret (play: C). Even with capo you can still play the solo as it doesn't
go below the 8th fret.
Here's the first version:
Capo 1st fret
Intro | D | D |
[D]Every[Bm]day [G]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' [Bm]faster [G]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
[D]Every[Bm]day [G]it's a-gettin' [A]faster
[D]Every[Bm]one said, [G]go ahead and [A]ask her
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[D(7)]hey
[G]Everyday seems a little longer
[C]Every way love's a little stronger
[F]Come what may, do you ever long for
[Bb]True love from [A]me
[D]Every[Bm]day [G]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' [Bm]faster [G]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
| D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D G | D A |
Solo (see above)
| D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D Bm | G A | D G | D D(7) |
Solo (see above)
[G]Everyday seems a little longer
[C]Every way love's a little stronger
[F]Come what may, do you ever long for
[Bb]True love from [A]me
[D]Every[Bm]day [G]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' [Bm]faster [G]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
| D G | D A D
Outro (see above)
And number two:
Capo 3rd fret
Intro | C | C |
Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C G |
Verse2 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C C7 |
Middle 8 | F | F | Bb | Bb |
| Eb | Eb | Ab | G |
Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C G |
Solo 1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C G |
Solo 2 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C C7 |
Middle 8 | F | F | Bb | Bb |
| Eb | Eb | Ab | G |
Verse1 | C Am | F G | C Am | F G |
| C Am | F G | C F | C G |
Outro | C Am | F G | C F | C G C
UPDATE
In Holly's recording the bass sometimes suggests different chords. Even
though I like the version above better, the original seems to run along
the lines of:
Capo 1st fret
Intro | D | D |
[D]Every[Bm]day [Em]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' [Bm]faster [Em]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like [Bm]yours will[Em] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
[D]Everyday [G]it's a-gettin' [A]faster
[D]Everyone said, [G]go ahead and [A]ask her
[D]Love like yours will[A] surely come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[D(7)]hey
[G]Everyday seems a little longer
[C]Every way love's a little stronger
[F]Come what may, do you ever long for
[Bb]True love from [A]me
[D]Everyday [G]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' faster [G]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like yours will[A] surely come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
| D | G A | D | G A | D | A | D G | D A |
Solo (see above)
| D | G A | D | G A | D | A | D G | D D7 |
Solo (see above)
[G]Everyday seems a little longer
[C]Every way love's a little stronger
[F]Come what may, do you ever long for
[Bb]True love from [A]me
[D]Everyday [G]it's a-gettin' [A]closer
[D]Goin' faster [G]than a roller [A]coaster
[D]Love like yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
[G] A-hey, [D]a-hey-[A]hey
[D]Love like yours will[G] surely [A]come my [D]way
| D G | D A D
Outro (see above)
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