Rory Gallagher – Jacknife Beat (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

BBC Sessions/Calling Card Intro Play around with muted strings, after drums and piano come in Rory plays this:

|-3vvv--3-2-3/5-2vvv-| <-- Calling Card    |-3vvv--3-2-3/5-0-(let ring)-----|
|--------------------|       BBC Sessions--> |------------------------------|
|--------------------|                   |----------------------------------|
|--------------------|                   |----------------------------------|
|--------------------|                   |----------------------------------|
|--------------------|                   |----------------------------------|

then:
|-/7vvv-7b-(8)-(8)r7-(let ring)--5--5-5/3vvv---3-2-3/5-0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-3p2p0-2-3-5---3p2p0-2-3-2---3p2p0-3-2-5vv---3p2p0-3-2-2-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-/15vvv-14-15-15b17-12vvv---/15vvv-14-15-15b17-12vvv-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-10-1010-10/7-7-7---5-5-5/3(let ring then slide up neck)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---9/7/9-----9/7/9-----------9/7/9-----7-9/0---|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7-----------7/5/7-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Shake it babe        ...shakes you      ^ fill

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8v----------------------------|
|----------------------------7h9--------9----7----------7h9---9v-|
|---9/7/9-----9/7/9-----7/9----------------------9---------------|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  Get it Baby           And let it take you where you want it to

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7-----------7/5/7-----5/7/0---|
|---5/3/5-----5/3/5-----------5/3/5-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Don't Say Maybe   ...Just Wont do       ^ fill

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------6v----------------------------|
|----------------------------5h7--------7-----5-------5--h7---7v-|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7-----5/7-----------------------7--------------|
|---5/3/5-----5/3/5----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
...Say I'm Crazy           But this mu-sic's got me feel-ing good.

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---9/7/9-----9/7/9-----------9/7/9-----/12v-12-12-|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7-----------7/5/7----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

I know it's fever    ...no cure         ^ fill
--
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------8v---------------------------------|
|---------------------|------7h9-------9-----7----------7----h9---9v-|
|---9/7/9-----9/7/9---|--7/9---------------------9-------------------|
|---7/5/7-----7/5/7---|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------|x2
 you're the doctor                 I'm you're pa-tient that's for sure

Then go to next verse: same riffs as before, different fills.

Then, this is the part where he sings what he plays on the guitar:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8--------------------------------8----------------------|
|-7h9p7---9p7---7-------7--9-9-----7h9p7---9p7---7-------7------|
|-------------9---7h9p7-7----------------------9---7h9p7-7---9--|
|----------------------------------------------------------9-7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
           Tripelet
   1 + 2 +(1  2  3) 4 +   1 + 2 +(1  2  3) 4 +
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2------------2-0---2---2------------2-0--|
|--2---2---------2--2-2---2---2---------2--2-2--|
|--0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0---0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
   v   v            ^ ^   v   v            ^ ^

   1 + 2 +(1  2  3) 4 +   1 + 2 +(1  2  3) 4 +
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2------------2-2---2---2------------2-2--|
|--2---2---------2--2-2---2---2---------2--2-2--|
|--0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0---0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0--|
   v   v            ^ ^   v   v            ^ ^

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------3-(let ring)-|
|--2---2------------2-0---2---2------------2-0---2------------|
|--2---2---------2--2-2---2---2---------2--2-2---0------------|
|--0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0---0---0---3-h5-p0--0-0----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   v   v            ^ ^   v   v            ^ ^

Under Piano Solo:
x2
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------7--|--------------------|
|--9/7/9---9--9--99--7--|--9/7/9--9-7--|--------------------|
|--7/5/7---7--7--77--6--|--7/5/7--7-5--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|-----------------------|--------------|--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
                                        ^Do something like this for 4 bars or so, until 
solo... which is in E.

Then guitar solo 1:
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------3-3-3vvv--|--------------3vvv--\--0------------------|
|------4p2----2--4p2------------|--4p2---2-4-2-------------4p2---2-4-4p2---|
|-2--4-----4--------------------|------4-----------------------4---------4-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

Order: Intro Verse Verse vocal/guitar thing chorus piano solo guitar solo 1 chorus verse vocal/guitar thing x2 guitar solo 2 end on the guitar/vocal thing, minus the vocals.