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
---------------
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
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