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. 

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