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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 --------------- 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