Left Handed
AUTOSCROLL
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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G B E
CALLING CARD (Bassline)
As recorded by Rory Gallagher
(From the 1976 Album CALLING CARD)
Words and Music by Rory Gallagher
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Gerry McAvoy - Bass'
Intro
Q.=110
12/8
Gtr I
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|-------------------0----|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1--|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|-3----------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
1st & 3rd Verses
$
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------0---||-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-||---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------||-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q Q. Q. H
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|-------------------|
|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|
2nd & 4th Verses
H. Q E E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|--------------------||-----------------------|
|------------0-------||-------------------0---|
|--------------3-----||---------3-(3)-------1-|
|----------------1-2-||-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E Q Q. Q. H
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|-------------------|
|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|
Bridge
W q E Q E +Q. E E E
|--------------||-----------------------|
|--------------||---------3-(3)-----0---|
|--------------||-3-------------------1-|
|--------------||-----------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----0---|---------3-(3)-----0------|
|-3-------------------1-|-3-------------------1----|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
To Coda
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----0----|-------------------0---|
|-3-------------------1--|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|------------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0-----|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1---|
|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------0---||-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-||---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------||-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
Piano Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------0---||o-------------------2---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-||o---------5-(5)-------3-|
|-3---------------------||--5---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------2---|-------------------2------|
|---------5-(5)-------3-|---------5-(5)-------3----|
|-5---------------------|-5------------------------|
1.,2. 3.
q E Q E +Q. E E E 3x q E Q E +Q. E E E
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------2---o||-------------------2---||
|---------5-(5)-------3-o||---------5-(5)-------3-||
|-5----------------------||-5---------------------||
Bridge
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----0---|---------3-(3)-----0------|
|-3-------------------1-|-3-------------------1----|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|---------3-(3)-----0---|---------3-(3)-----0---||
|-3-------------------1-|-3-------------------1-||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------0---|-------------------0----||
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1--||
|-3---------------------|-3----------------------||
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0-----|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1---|
|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0------|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1----|
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------0---|-------------------0---|
||o---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-|
||--3---------------------|-3---------------------|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E 9x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------0---|-------------------0-----o||
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1---o||
|-3---------------------|-3------------------------||
Outro
Freely Q.=98
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E Wx4
|-----------------------|-----------------------||--------*|
|-------------------0---|-------------------0---||--------*|
|---------3-(3)-------1-|---------3-(3)-------1-||--------*|
|-3---------------------|-3---------------------||--------*|
Duration Legend
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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