Dion And The Belmonts

Teenager In Love Tab

A TEENAGER IN LOVE

As recorded by Dion & The Belmonts
(From the 1959 Album PRESENTING DION & THE BELMONTS)

Words and Music by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar (nylon)'


   Intro
    Q=150(8=s8)
    Db                      Bbm
   4/4
    Gtr I
     Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q
||-------9--9--(9)-11--9--|----6-6-(6)-8-6--|
||o------9--9--(9)-----9--|----6-6-(6)---6--|
||------10-10-(10)----10--|----6-6-(6)---6--|
||--11--------------------|-6---------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||------------------------|-----------------|


  Gb                Ab
  Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q
|----2-2-(2)-4-2--|----4-4-(4)-6-4---||
|----2-2-(2)---2--|----4-4-(4)---4--o||
|----3-3-(3)---3--|----5-5-(5)---5---||
|-4---------------|-6----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
    Db                      Bbm
     Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q
||-------9--9--(9)-11--9--|----6-6-(6)-8-6--|
||o------9--9--(9)-----9--|----6-6-(6)---6--|
||------10-10-(10)----10--|----6-6-(6)---6--|
||--11--------------------|-6---------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||------------------------|-----------------|


  Gb                Ab
  Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q
|----2-2-(2)-4-2--|----4-4-(4)-6-4---|
|----2-2-(2)---2--|----4-4-(4)---4---|
|----3-3-(3)---3--|----5-5-(5)---5---|
|-4---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|


  Db                      Bbm               Gb                Ab
   Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q
|------9--9--(9)-11--9--|----6-6-(6)-8-6--|----2-2-(2)-4-2--|----4-4-(4)-6-4--|
|------9--9--(9)-----9--|----6-6-(6)---6--|----2-2-(2)---2--|----4-4-(4)---4--|
|-----10-10-(10)----10--|----6-6-(6)---6--|----3-3-(3)---3--|----5-5-(5)---5--|
|-11--------------------|-6---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Db                      Bbm               Gb                Ab
   Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q
|------9--9--(9)-11--9--|----6-6-(6)-8-6--|----2-2-(2)-4-2--|----4-4-(4)-6-4--|
|------9--9--(9)-----9--|----6-6-(6)---6--|----2-2-(2)---2--|----4-4-(4)---4--|
|-----10-10-(10)----10--|----6-6-(6)---6--|----3-3-(3)---3--|----5-5-(5)---5--|
|-11--------------------|-6---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                                     1.
                      To Coda
  Db            N.C.
   q  Q  H      W          W          Q  Q  Q   Q
|--9----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|--9----------|----------|----------|--------------o||
|-10----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|-11----------|----------|----------|----6--8--10---||
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------o||
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------||


                Bridge
  2.,D.S.
                    Gb                Ab                     Gb
  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E +E  E q    Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q
|-------------||----6-6-(6)-6-6--|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|-------------||----7-7-(7)-7-7--|-----9--9--(9)--9--9--|----7-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-------------||----6-6-(6)-6-6--|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|----------3--||----8-8-(8)-8-8--|----10-10-(10)-10-10--|----8-8-(8)-8-8--|
|----4--6-----||-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------||-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|


     Ab                     Gb
  Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|-----9--9--(9)--9--9--|----7-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|----10-10-(10)-10-10--|----8-8-(8)-8-8--|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|


     Ab                     Gb
  Q   E  E  +E   E  q    Q  E E +E  E q
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|-----9--9--(9)--9--9--|----7-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--|----6-6-(6)-6-6--|
|----10-10-(10)-10-10--|----8-8-(8)-8-8--|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|


                                          Outro
                  D.S. &
                  D.S.
     Ab                   N.C.             Db
  Q   E  E  +E   E  q     Q  Q  Q   Q       Q   E  E  +E   E  q
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--||--------------||-------9--9--(9)-11--9--|
|-----9--9--(9)--9--9--||--------------||o------9--9--(9)-----9--|
|-----8--8--(8)--8--8--||--------------||------10-10-(10)----10--|
|----10-10-(10)-10-10--||----6--8--10--||--11--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------||o-----------------------|
|----------------------||--------------||------------------------|


  Bbm               Gb                Ab
  Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q    Q  E E +E  E q   3x
|----6-6-(6)-8-6--|----2-2-(2)-4-2--|----4-4-(4)-6-4---||
|----6-6-(6)---6--|----2-2-(2)---2--|----4-4-(4)---4--o||
|----6-6-(6)---6--|----3-3-(3)---3--|----5-5-(5)---5---||
|-6---------------|-4---------------|-6----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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