Barley and grape rag – Rory Gallagher (CD: Calling Card)
Tuning on Calling Card version:
all strings whole note down (song played in key Bb)
Tuning on live performance at Rockpalast night 1977 Essen – Germany: standard
(song played in key C)
Intro
| | | |
e|-3---3-2p1-------3-------------------------------|
B|-----------4/5-----4p3p1-3---1-------------------|
G|-------------------------------2---0-----0-------|
D|-------------------------------------1h2---1p0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------3-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
| | | |
e|-------------------------------------3-----------|
B|-------------------------------------0-----------|
G|-------------------------------------0-----------|
D|-------------------------------------0-----------|
A|-0---------------0-2-----3-----------2-----------|
E|-----3-1---2-3---------3-------------3-----------|
C D7
Well I don't care if I get arrested,
G C G
'Cos tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain,
C D7
I don't care who's interested,
G C G
I'm coming into town just the same.
C C7
I've been so alone, I've been feeling blue,
F F#dim
I think I need a little drink or two,
C D7
Be my friend, tell me where the place is,
G C G
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn?
C D7
My baby's done me wrong you must have guessed it,
G C G
My heart's so low I think it must be told,
C D7
That I don't wanna know where east or west is,
G C G
'Cos pretty soon I won't feel the cold.
C C7
When I'm walking down mainstreet, feeling no pain,
F F#dim
Along comes a cop, he can take my name,
C D7
And explain to me what a federal case is,
G C
I'm mixing the barley with the grape again.
E Am E Am
Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
D7 G G7
I'm right or wrong and tomorrow never comes.
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C D7
I don't care if I get investigated,
G C G
And the city fathers they all black my name.
C D7
I'm pretty sure that you can smell the traces,
G C G
For tomorrow morning, I'll take all the blame.
C C7
I've been feeling bad and feeling blue,
F F#dim
I think I need a little whiskey or two,
C D7
God, brother, you look like you could do with it too.
(That's true)
G C G
Tonight I'll sleep on a walking-cane.
Solo:
|C C7 |F F#dim |
|C G |C G |
|C C7 |F F#dim |
|C G |C G |
|C |C |F F#dim |
|C G |C G |
E Am E Am
Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
D7 G G7
I'm right or wrong and tomorrow never comes.
C D7
I don't care if I get arrested,
G C G
Cause tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain.
C D7
I don't care who's interested,
G C G
I'm coming into town just the same,
C C7
I've been feeling alone and I've been feeling blue.
F F#dim
I think I need a little drink or two.
C D7
Hey, be my friend, tell me where the place is,
G C G
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn?
|C |D7 |G |C G |
|C |D7 |G |C G |
|C C7 |F F#dim|
|C |D7 |G G7|C F Fm G |
|C G C|
Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – june 2008
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com
