Rory Gallagher – Calling Card (Bass Tab)
Versions
(3)
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
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
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5----|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5--|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
1st & 3rd Verses
$
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---||---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-||-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q Q. Q. H
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|-------------------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-----------------|
2nd & 4th Verses
H. Q E E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|--------------------||-----------------------|
|------------0-------||-----------------------|
|--------------3-----||---------3-(3)-----5---|
|----------------1-2-||-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E Q Q. Q. H
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|-------------------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-----------------|
Bridge
W q E Q E +Q. E E E
|--------------||-----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------------|
|--------------||---------3-(3)-----5---|
|--------------||-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
To Coda
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5----|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5--|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5-----|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5---|
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---||---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-||-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
Piano Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-------------------2---|
|---------3-(3)-----5---||o---------5-(5)-------3-|
|-3-------------------5-||--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)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---||
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-||
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
D.S. al Coda &
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5----||
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5--||
Guitar Solo
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5-----|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5---|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5------|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---|
||--3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-|
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E 9x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5-----o||
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5----||
Outro
Freely Q.=98
q E Q E +Q. E E E q E Q E +Q. E E E Wx4
|-----------------------|-----------------------||--------*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||--------*|
|---------3-(3)-----5---|---------3-(3)-----5---||--------*|
|-3-------------------5-|-3-------------------5-||--------*|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