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London Calling Tab by The Clash

London Calling tab by The Clash

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Song: London Calling
Artist: The Clash
Album: London Calling
Tuning: Standard
Tab key:

* = mute note or cord after playing
/ = slide
() = harmonics
x = play muted strings
~ = hold note

Intro:

Guitar 1:
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*---||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*---||   x6
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
E||-------------------------------||
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Verse 1:

Guitar 2:
       ^      ^         ^        ^         ^      ^         ^        ^
e||--7-7-*--7-7-*----7--7--*--7--7--*----7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-10-*--||
B||--8-8-*--8-8-*----8--8--*--8--8--*----8-8-*--8-8-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
G||--9-9-*--9-9-*----9--9--*--9--9--*----9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||   x2
D||--9-9-*--9-9-*----10-10-*--10-10-*----9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
A||--7-7-*--7-7-*----7--7--*--7--7--*----7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-10-*--||
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------||

(All downstrokes here. Just like in the intro.)
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*--8*-8*-8*-8*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*--9*-9*-9*-9*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||  x2
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*-9*-9*-9*-9*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus:

Guitar 1:
(The timing hear isn't fully right. So listen to the song to get it.)
e||--7\-------------||
B||--8\--------8-7--||
G||--9\--------9-7--||   x3
D||--9\-------------||
A||-----------------||
E||-----------------||

Guitar 2:
e||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-12-*--||
B||--8-8-*--8-8-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
G||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||  x3
D||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
A||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-10-*--||
E||------------------------------------||

Guitar 1:

e||--7\---------------------------||
B||--8\---------------------------||
G||--9\--------9~----------4/-12--||
D||--9\---------------------------||
A||-------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------||

Guitar 2:

e||--7----------------------------||
B||--8---------------------3------||
G||--9---------------------2------||
D||--9---------------------0------||
A||--7----------------------------||
E||-------------------------------||

Verse 2:

Guitar 2:
(Play this only once coming out of the chorus. Listen to the song for timing.)
e||-----------------------------------7-7/--||
B||-----------------------------------8-8/--||
G||-----------------------------------9-9/--||
D||-----------------------------------9-9/--||
A||-----------------------------------7-7/--||
E||-----------------------------------------||

e||-----------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------||

e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*--8*-8*-8*-8*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*--9*-9*-9*-9*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||  x2
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*-9*-9*-9*-9*-12*-12*-12*-12*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus 2:

Guitar 1:
e||--7\-------------||
B||--8\--------8-7--||
G||--9\--------9-7--||   x3
D||--9\-------------||
A||-----------------||
E||-----------------||

Guitar 2:
e||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-12-*--||
B||--8-8-*--8-8-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
G||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||  x3
D||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
A||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-10-*--||
E||------------------------------------||

Guitar 1:
e||--7\---------------------------||
B||--8\---------------------------||
G||--9\--------9~-----------------||
D||--9\---------------------------||
A||-------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------||

Guitar 2:
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*---||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*---||   x4
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
E||-------------------------------||

Solo: (This entire solo is done in reverse. I don't know how you
plan on trying to play that. Possibly a delay with a reverse setting.)

Guitar 1:
e||--------/22~---12/-10--17/-15--15-15/12--12/10-12/10-12/10--||
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--4/-9------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------------||

e||--x-x-x-10b11-b11-b11-b11-b11--||
B||-------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------||

Guitar 2:(Almost like the intro but let the cords ring out longer.)
e||--7-*-7-*-7--*-7--*--||
B||--8-*-8-*-8--*-8--*--||
G||--9-*-9-*-9--*-9--*--||   x8
D||--9-*-9-*-10-*-10-*--||
A||--7-*-7-*-7--*-7--*--||
E||---------------------||

Chorus 3:

Guitar 1:
e||--7\-------------||
B||--8\--------8-7--||
G||--9\--------9-7--||   x3
D||--9\-------------||
A||-----------------||
E||-----------------||

Guitar 2:
e||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-12-*--||
B||--8-8-*--8-8-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
G||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||  x3
D||--9-9-*--9-9-*----12-12-*--12-12-*--||
A||--7-7-*--7-7-*----10-10-*--10-10-*--||
E||------------------------------------||

Guitar 1:
e||--7\---------------------------||
B||--8\---------------------------||
G||--9\--------9~-----------------||
D||--9\---------------------------||
A||-------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------||

Guitar 2:
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*---||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*---||   x4
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
E||-------------------------------||

Verse 3:

Guitar 1: (Does this fill instead of the G cord.)
e||------------||
B||------------||
G||--5-4-5-4---||
D||---------2--||
A||------------||
E||------------||

Guitar 2: (All downstrokes this verse.)
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*---||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*---||  x2
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*-9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2
e||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
B||--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--8*--8*--8*---||
G||--9*-9*-9*-9*-9*--9*--9*--9*---||   x2
D||--9*-9*-9*-9*-10*-10*-10*-10*--||
A||--7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--7*--7*--7*---||
E||-------------------------------||

Credit goes to oddmenout4@yahoo.com for tabbing the solo.

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