LONDON CALLING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Clash
(From the 1979 Album LONDON CALLING)


 Words and Music by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderately Fast Q=144(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                        |-3--|
  Wx3          H    Q  Q     H    +Q    E E  E
|------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------|-7----(7)--10-7-10-|
|------------|---------2/--|-------------------|


                               |-3--|
   H     +Q    Q    H    +Q    E E  E   H    +Q    Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-10----(10)\-----|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------2S=|=7----(7)--10-7-10-|------------2S===|
|-----------------|-------------------|-8----(8)\-------|


             |-3--|                                |-3--|
  H    +Q    E E  E    H     +Q    Q    H    +Q    E E  E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-10----(10)\-----|-------------------|
|-7----(7)--10-7-10-|--------------2S=|=7----(7)--10-7-10-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                    1st Verse
                               |-3-|             |-3-|
  H    +Q    Q       Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  E E E E E
|----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------2/--||o-7--7------------|-8--8------------|
|-8----(8)\------||----------7-5-6-7-|---------7-5-6-7-|


                                        Chorus
            |-3-|
  Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  Q  E E  4x     Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------||-||--------------|
|-----------------|--------------o||-||o-------------|
|-----------------|--------------o||-||o-7--7--7--9--|
|-3--3----7-5-6-7-|-3--3-------7--||-||--------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   3x Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------------o||-------------|--------------|
|-10--10-10-10------o||-7--7--7--7--|--------------|
|---------------10---||-------------|-10--9--8--7--|


                  2nd Verse
                             |-3-|             |-3-|
   Q  Q  Q  Q      Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  E E E E E
|--------------||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-7--7------------|-8--8------------|
|-10--9--8--7--||----------7-5-6-7-|---------7-5-6-7-|


                                        Chorus
            |-3-|
  Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  Q  E E  4x     Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------||-||--------------|
|-----------------|--------------o||-||o-------------|
|-----------------|--------------o||-||o-7--7--7--9--|
|-3--3----7-5-6-7-|-3--3-------7--||-||--------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   Q   3x Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------------o||-------------|--------------|
|-10--10-10-10------o||-7--7--7--7--|--------------|
|---------------10---||-------------|-10--9--8--7--|


                  Interlude
                              |-3--|
   Q  Q  Q  Q      H    +Q    E E  E    H     +Q    Q
|--------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|-10----(10)\-------|
|--------------||o-7----(7)--10-7-10-|--------------2S===|
|-10--9--8--7--||--------------------|-------------------|


                                            Guitar Solo
             |-3--|                                    |-3-|
  H    +Q    E E  E   H    +Q    Q           Q  q  E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------||-||------------------|
|-------------------|----------------o||-||o-----------------|
|-7----(7)--10-7-10-|------------2/--o||-||o-7--7------------|
|-------------------|-8----(8)\-------||-||----------7-5-6-7-|


            |-3-|             |-3-|
  Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  E E E E E   Q  q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|-8--8------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|---------7-5-6-7-|-3--3----7-5-6-7-|-3--3-------7--||


   Chorus
    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q   E  E  Q   Q   3x Q  Q  Q  Q
||--------------|--------------------||-------------|
||o-------------|-------------------o||-------------|
||o-7--7--7--9--|-10--10-10-10------o||-7--7--7--7--|
||--------------|---------------10---||-------------|


                                Outro
   Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  q  H
|--------------|--------------||------------|
|--------------|--------------||------------|
|--------------|--------------||------------|
|-10--9--8--7--|-10--9--8--7--||-7--7-------|


  W          W          H    Q  Q
|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|---------2/--|
|----------|----------|-------------|


               |-3--|                                |-3--|
    H    +Q    E E  E    H     +Q    Q    H    +Q    E E  E
||--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|-10----(10)\-----|------------------|
||o-7----(7)--10-7-10-|--------------2S=|=7----(7)--10-7-10|
||--------------------|-----------------|------------------|


  H    Q   Q    4x W          +W
|---------------||----------|--------|
|--------------o||----------|--------|
|----------2/--o||-7--------|-(7)----|
|-8----8\-------||----------|--------|


  +W           +W
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|------------|--------*|




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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