BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TIME (Bassline)
As recorded by Taste
(From the 1969 Album TASTE)
Words and Music by Rory Gallagher
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Richard McCracken - Bass'
Intro
Q=145
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q. Q E Q +Q E E E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|-5----3-------|--------0-2-0-2---|
|----------|----------|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3-|
Q. Q E Q +Q E E E E E E +W
|--------------|------------------|--------|
|--------------|------------------|--------|
|-5----3-------|--------0-2-0-2---|--------|
|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3-|-(3)----|
H +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q 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--||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Interlude
$
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E E Q 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--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
Q E E Q E E Q E Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o-------------2-|-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3---|
||o-5--5-5-5--5---|-------------3-|-5--5-5-5--5---|--------------3-|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3---|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-3-2-0-------|-5--5-5-5--5---|--------------3-|
|---------------|-------3-2-0-|---------------|----------------|
1.
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E Q E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-------------2-|-3--3-3--3-3---|-----------------|-------------o||
|-5--5-5-5--5---|-------------3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|-3-2-0-------o||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------3-2-0--||
2.
2/4
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E Q +Q E E E E E E H
|-------------|--------------|------------------|------||
|-------------|--------------|------------------|------||
|-3-2-0-------|-5--3-3-------|--------0-2-0-2---|------||
|-------3-2-0-|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3-|-0----||
Bridge
Q=109
4/4
+W W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|-5--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-(0)--------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|-5--------|-3--------|-2----|
||--0--------|----------|----------|------|
1.,2.
W W W W 3x
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|-5--------|-3--------|-2----o||
|-0--------|----------|----------|-------||
3.
W W +W W +W
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-3--------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Interlude
Q=145
Q E Q E Q +Q E E E E E E Q E Q E Q +Q E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-5--3-3-------|--------0-2-0-2---|-5--3-3-------|--------0-2-0-2----|
|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3-|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3--|
Q E Q E Q +Q E E E E E E +W
|--------------|------------------|--------|
|--------------|------------------|--------|
|-5--3-3-------|--------0-2-0-2---|--------|
|---------0-3--|-(3)--3---------3-|-(3)----|
Q E E Q E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q 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--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5-4-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-4-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-4--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q Q E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-3-3--3--3-3-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-4-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-4-|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5--5-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-5--5--5-5-5-4-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-4-|
|--------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5-4-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-4-|-5--5-5-5--4-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-4--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-4-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-4-|-5-5-5--5-5-4-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-4--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W +W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|------------||-------------|-------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||-3-2-0-------|-3-2-0-------|
|----------|------------||-------3-2-0-|-------3-2-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-3-2-0-------|-3-2-0-------|-3-2-0-------o||
||--------3-2-0-|-------3-2-0-|-------3-2-0--||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
