Calling Card — Rory Gallagher
Chords and lyrics for Calling Card by Rory Gallagher (key of C).
Verse 1
Note: Song counted in 12/8 time
Intro
Bass riff
||: Gm7 C7 :|| (x20)
Verse 1
[Gm7] Well, the rain ain't [C7]fussy about [Gm7]where it [C7]lands
[Gm7] It'll find [C7]you no [Gm7]matter where you [C7]stand
[Gm7] It's gonna rain [C7]brother, [Gm7]and it's gonna rain [C7]hard
When the [Gm7]blues comes calling with it's calling card
Verse 2
[Gm7] It ain't [C7]too funny when you'd [Gm7]rather die[C7]
[Gm7]Ain't no [C7]pleasure when that [Gm7]girl don't reply[C7]
To your [Gm7]love sick [C7]letter that you [Gm7]wrote in [C7]tears
About [Gm7]feeling so bad for a million years
Bridge 1
[Cm7] Watch out [F]brother,
[Cm7] be [F]alert
[Cm7]Whatever [F]you do,
[Cm7] [F]don't show that [Gm7]hurt[C7]
Don't show that [Gm7]hurt[C7]
||: Gm7 C7 :||
Solo 1
||: Gm7 C7 :|| (x12) (Guitar solo)
||: Am7 D :|| (x12) (Piano solo)
Bridge 2
[Cm7] I've been [F]subjected,
[Cm7] I've been [F]so___ distressed
[Cm7] Come back [F]baby,
[Cm7] and clean [F]up this mess
Clean up this mess
Solo 2
||: Gm7 C7 :|| (x8)
Verse 3
[Gm7] It ain't [C7]too funny when you'd [Gm7]rather die[C7]
[Gm7]Ain't no [C7]pleasure when that [Gm7]girl don't reply[C7]
To your [Gm7]love sick [C7]letter that you [Gm7]wrote in [C7]tears
About [Gm7]feeling so bad for a million years
Verse 4
[Gm7] Yeah, the rain [C7]ain't fussy [Gm7]about where it [C7]falls
[Gm7] It rains on [C7]one just like it [Gm7]rains on all[C7]
[Gm7] But when it [C7]falls brother, it's [Gm7]gonna rain [C7]hard
When the [Gm7]blues comes calling with his calling card
Outro
||: Gm7 C7 :|| (x32)
||: Gm7 :|| (x8)
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