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Signals

Rory Gallagher
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4.7(3)

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From: gjo@iris10.biosym.com

Subject: TAB: Signals by Rory Gallagher

Date: Mon, 06 Nov 95 11:50:45 -0800

Signals - Rory Gallagher, from the Jinx album. It wasn't a big

seller since new wave was hitting at the time, but it is chock

full of some the best blues rock guitar playing ever recorded.

Transcribed by Glenn Olander.

Main riff used for intro and bridge:

e-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
B-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
G-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
D-|--------4--5--5--4-h5-p4-----|-----------------------------|---------------|
A-|--5--7--------------------7--|--------4--5--5--4-h5-p4-----|---------------|
E-|-----------------------------|--5--7--------------------7--|---------------|
e-|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------0--0--|------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------2--2--|------------------------------|
D-|-----------5-----------5-----------5--2--2--|------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E-|--3--3--3-----3--3--3-----3--3--3-----------|------------------------------|

Verse chords (with flanger): D A C G

Chorus chords (second guitar comes in): A B G D A

Interlude chords: F#m F#m Em Em Em Bm, F#m F#m Em Em Em Bm A

Solo on third guitar (bridge pickup):

e-|--------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------------------|
B-|--------------|----------b5-----|-----------|------------------------------|
G-|--------------|-----5--7-----7--|-(7-(7--7--|------------------------------|
D-|--------5--7--|--7--------------|-----------|------------------------------|
A-|--5--7--------|-----------------|-----------|------------------------------|
E-|--------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------8-----|---------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------5--7-10b10----10--|b10b10-10--8---------------------------------|
G-|-----5--7-----------------9--|--------------9-11-12-10h11p10--9-12---------|
D-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
e-|--------------------------------------|--------9-----9---------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|---b10---b10---b10-\0---------------|
G-|-10h11p10-------10h11p10--9-----------|--9---------------------------------|
D-|----------12-12-------------12-12-12--|------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e-|-----9--------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B-|-b9----b9--9-10--9--7--7--------|-------------------------------------b5---|
G-|--------------------------9--7--|------------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------5--7------|
A-|--------------------------------|--------------0--3--5--5--5--7------------|
E-|--------------------------------|--2--3--2--3------------------------------|
e-|--------------------|-----------5--8--9-10--|-b8--5-b5--5--5-h8-p5---------|
B-|--------------------|-----5--8--------------|------------------------------|
G-|--7-h9-p7-----5--7--|--7--------------------|------------------------------|
D-|-----------7--------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
A-|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
E-|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
e-|-----5-h8-p5---------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--8--------------5--8b10--7-h9-p7-h9-p7-h9-p7/12-\0------------------------|
G-|--------------7------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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