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CALLING
As recorded by Taproot
(From the 2005 Album BLUE-SKY RESEARCH)
Transcribed by Alex Mack
Music by Taproot
Arranged by Alex Mack
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Clean 2'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=107
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||----3--------------|------3-----------5-|
||o-----5----8-7---5-|--------5---8-7-----|
||--0-----0------0---|---0------0-----0---|
|
| Gtr II
| H H +W
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o---------15-------|-(15)---------------|
||----------14-------|-(14)---------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|---3--------------|------3---------------||
|-----5----8-7---5-|--------5---8-7---7--o||
|-0-----0------0---|---0------0-----0-----||
|
| H H +W
|------------------|----------------------||
|---------15-------|-(15)----------------o||
|---------14-------|-(14)-----------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
Verse
1.,2.
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||----3-------------|---3-----------5-|---3-------------|---3--------------||
||o-----5---8-7---5-|-----5---8-7-----|-----5---8-7---5-|-----5---8-7---7-o||
||--0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0----||
Pre-Chorus
3. 1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
||----3-------------|---3-----------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||o-----5---8-7---5-|-----5---8-7-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Chorus
2.
G5 F5 G5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 G5
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5---------||----------------3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-5-||--(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-5-||o-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)--1--3-3-3-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-5-||--(5)--5--5-1-1---|---------------5--|
1.
Eb5 Bb5 C5 G5
Gtr III
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------3-|-(3)-----3-----5--5---5-----||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)-----3-----5--5---5--5--||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)-----1-----3--3---3--5-o||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1---|-------------------------5--||
|
| Gtr I
| W E E E E E E +Q
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|-13--------13--------------o||
|-----------------|-----12-------12-10-(10)----||
|-----------------|--------12------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
2.
D.S.
Eb5 Bb5
+Q Q E E E E +W
|-|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-|---------------3-|-(3)----------------------||
|-|-(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)----------------------||
|-|-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)----------------------||
|-|-(5)--5--5-1-1---|--------------------------||
|
| W E E E E E E +Q
|-|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-|-----------------|-13--------13-------------||
|-|-----------------|-----12-------12-10-(10)--||
|-|-----------------|--------12----------------||
|-|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-|-----------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
Eb5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||------------3---3---3--3--3-|------------5--5---5--5--5-|
||---1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
||o--1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
||---1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||----------------------------|------------8-(8)----------|
||o----11----13-(13)----11----|------10-------------10----|
||--12----12---------12----12-|-10------10-------10----10-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H.. E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------3-|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------3-|
||----------------------------|-------------------------3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/taproot/calling_tab_ver_4.html ]
G5 F5 G5 F5
PM------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------8-(8)--------|-------6-(6)--------|
|---8------------8---|---8------------8---|
|-7---7--------7---7-|-7---7--------7---7-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| H +Q E E H +Q E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3-|
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3-|
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3-|
1.
Eb5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------3---3---3--3--3-|------------5--5---5--5--5-|
|--1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
|--1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
|--1--1--1--1---1---1--1--1-|--3----3--3-3--3---3--3--3-|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------------|------------8-(8)----------|
|----11----13-(13)----11----|------10-------------10----|
|-12----12---------12----12-|-10------10-------10----10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W H.. E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------3-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------3-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------3-|
G5 F5 G5 F5
PM------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5--o||
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5---||
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------8-(8)--------|-------8-(8)----------||
|---8------------8---|---8------------8----o||
|-7---7--------7---7-|-0---0--------0---0---||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
| H +Q E E H +Q E E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3---||
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3--o||
|-5-------(5)\-----3-|-5-------(5)\-----3---||
2.
Eb5 F5 G5
E E E E E E E E H E E E E
|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------||
|-------3-3-3-3-5-|--------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|------x-x-x-5-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|------x-x-x-5-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|------x-x-x-5-||
|
| E E E Q E E E W
|-----------------|--------------||
|-------4---------|--------------||
|-0-3-0-----0-3---|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------||
Chorus
Eb5 Bb5 C5 G5
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5---|
||--(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5-5-|
||o-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)--1--3-3-3-5-|
||--(5)--5--5-1-1---|---------------5-|
|
| W W
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
C5 Bb5 C5 G5
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)-----3-----5--5--5---|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)-----3-----5--5--5-5-|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)-----1-----3--3--3-5-|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1---|-----------------------5-|
|
| W E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-13--------13------------|
|-----------------|-----12-------12-10------|
|-----------------|--------12---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
Eb5 Bb5 C5 G5
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5---|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)--3--5-5-5-5-|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)--1--3-3-3-5-|
|-(5)--5--5-1-1---|---------------5-|
|
| W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb5 Bb5
+Q Q E E E E +W
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------3-|-(3)------------------------||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-3-|-(3)------------------------||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1-1-|-(1)-----------------------o||
|-(5)--5--5-1-1---|----------------------------||
|
| W E E E E E E +Q
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|-13--------13--------------o||
|-----------------|-----12-------12-10-(10)----||
|-----------------|--------12------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
Outro
1.
N.C.
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||----3-------------|---3-----------5-|---3-------------|---3--------------||
||o-----5---8-7---5-|-----5---8-7-----|-----5---8-7---5-|-----5---8-7---7-o||
||--0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0----||
2.
Dsus2/AD5
E E E E H W +W
|--------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------|----------|--------*|
|---------7----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|---3-----7----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-----5---7----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-0-----0-7----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|
| Gtr III
| W W +W
|--------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|--------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
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
