BLISTER ON THE MOON
As recorded by Taste
(From the 1969 Album TASTE)
Words and Music by Rory Gallagher
Transcribed by Slowhand
E D G C
x 7 9 9 9 x x 5 7 7 7 x x 10 12 12 12 x x 3 5 5 5 x
E/G# G/B D/F# A
x 11 9 9 x x x 14 12 12 x x x 9 7 7 x x x 0 2 2 2 0
D/A E5 F#5 G#5
x 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 x x x 2 4 4 x x x 4 6 6 x x x
D5 Dopen E7+9 Eopen
x x 0 2 3 x x x 0 2 3 2 x 7 6 7 8 x 0 2 2 1 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rory Gallagher - Electric Guitar (w/ distortion)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rory Gallagher - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Intro
Q=138
E D E
4/4
Gtr II
H Q E S S W +H. E S S W +H. E S S
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / x x / / / / /
Gtr I
H Q E S S W +H. E S S W +H. E S S
|-----------------|----------|----------------|----------|----------------|
|-------------9-9-|-9--------|-(9)--------7-7-|-7--------|-(7)--------9-9-|
|-------------9-9-|-9--------|-(9)------9-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)------7-9-9-|
|-------------9-9-|-9--------|-(9)------9-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)------7-9-9-|
|-------------7-7-|-7--------|-(7)------7-5-5-|-5--------|-(5)------5-7-7-|
|---------(0)-----|-0--------|-(0)------------|----------|----------------|
D
W +H. E S S W +H. E S S
| | | | | | | | |
/ / x x / / / / /
W +H. E S S W +H. E S S
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------7-7-|-7--------|-(7)--------9-9--|
|-9--------|-(9)------9-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)------7-9-9--|
|-9--------|-(9)------9-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)------7-9-9--|
|-7--------|-(7)------7-5-5-|-5--------|-(5)------5-7-7--|
|-0--------|-(0)------------|----------|-----------------|
E G C D
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x x / / x x / / x x / / x x
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x-|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x-|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x-|
|-7--7-x-x-10--10-x-x-|-3--3-x-x-5--5-x-x-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E G C D
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x x / / x x / / x x / / x x
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x---|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x---|
|-9--9-x-x-12--12-x-x-|-5--5-x-x-7--7-x-x---|
|-7--7-x-x-10--10-x-x-|-3--3-x-x-5--5-x-x---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E
q Q H W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~
Q Q S S E E E +S S E E E +Q E E
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-9--9--9p7---7-9-|-(9)p(7)---7-9-(9)/--/(14)\---|
|-9--9------9-----|---------9--------------------|
|-7--7------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
q Q H W
| |
/ /
~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q a E S S S E S S S E S S S S S E H
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------7h9p7---------|-------7h9p7---9----|
|-------7s9-------9-7h9p7-|-5-7h9-------9------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-0--0--------------------|--------------------|
q Q H W
| |
/ /
Q Q Q S S E S S E S S E H
|---------------------|-----------(0)-----|
|-------10b12--10p8---|-8s7---------------|
|-------------------9-|-----9-7s6---------|
|---------------------|------------7s9----|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0----------------|-------------------|
q Q H W
| |
/ /
Q Q E E S S E H. Q
|------------------------|-------------||
|-------------12---------|-------------||
|-------11b13----11p9----|-9-----------||
|---------------------11-|-------------||
|----0-------------------|-------------||
|-0--0-------------------|---------0---||
1st - 4th Verses
$
E D
W +W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W +H +E E E E W +H +E E E S S
||-----------|------------------|----------|---------------------|
||o----------|--------------9---|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7------|
||--9--------|-(9)----(9)---9---|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7------|
||--9--------|-(9)----(9)---9---|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7------|
||o-7--------|-(7)----(7)---7---|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-5-5------|
||-----------|------------0---0-|----------|----------------0-0--|
E D
2/4
W +H. E S S W +H
| | | | | | |
/ / o x x / /
W +H +E E E E W +Q. E
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-9-0---|-7--------|-(7)------|
|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-9-0---|-7--------|-(7)---0--|
|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-9-0---|-7--------|-(7)---0--|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7-----|-5--------|-(5)---0--|
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
1.,D.S. 2.
To Coda
C D C D C D C D C D D
4/4
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||---------------------||
|-------7-7-------7-7--|-------7-7-------7-7-o||-------7-7-------7-7-||
|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7--|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7--||-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-||
|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7--|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7--||-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-||
|-3s5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-5--|-3s5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-o||-3s5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-||
|----------------------|----------------------||---------------------||
Interlude
E/G# G/B C/E D/F#
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-9--------12----------|-5-------7-------|
|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7-|
|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9---|
|----------------------|-----------------|
E/G# G/B C/E D/F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-9--------12----------|-5-------7--------|
|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7--|
|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9----|
|----------------------|------------------|
E/G# G/B C/E D/F# E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|----------------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|----------------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-9--------12----------|-5-------7-------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7-|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9---|-7--------|-(7)----||
|----------------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
Bridge
A D/A E5 F#5 G#5 E5 F#5 G#5
Gtr I
W W E. S E E +E Q E E. S E E +E Q E
|----------|-2--------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-2--------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-0--------|-2--2-2------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2--2-2-4-(4)-6----|-2--2-2-4-(4)-6-----|
|----------|----------|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4----|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4-----|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E. S E E +E Q E E. S E E +E Q E
|----------|-2--------|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-2--------|-1-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-0--------|-2------4-(4)------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2------4-(4)-6----|-2--2-2-4-(4)-6-----|
|----------|----------|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4----|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4-----|
A D/A E5 F#5 G#5
W W E. S E E +E Q E
|----------|-2--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-2--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-0--------|-2--2-2------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2--2-2-4-(4)-6----|
|----------|----------|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4----|
|
| W W E. S E E +E Q E
|----------|-2--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-2--------|-------------------|
|-2--------|-0--------|-2--2-2------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2--2-2-4-(4)-6----|
|----------|----------|-0--0-0-2-(2)-4----|
D.S. al Coda
A C5 D5
E. S E E +E Q. +W +H. E E
|----------------------|------------|---------------||
|-2------------3-------|-(3)--------|-(3)------0----||
|-2------5-(5)-2-------|-(2)--------|-(2)------0----||
|-2--2-2-5-(5)-0-------|-(0)--------|-(0)------0----||
|-0--0-0-3-(3)---------|------------|---------------||
|----------------------|------------|---------------||
|
| E. S E E +E Q E +W +H. Q
|----------------------|------------|---------------||
|-------------------0--|-(0)--------|-(0)-----------||
|-2------5-(5)-7---(7)-|-(7)--------|-(7)-----------||
|-2------5-(5)-7---(7)-|-(7)--------|-(7)-----------||
|-0--0-0-3-(3)-5---(5)-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----------||
|----------------------|------------|---------------||
5th Verse
&
C D C D E
Gtr II
S S E E E S S E E E W +H +E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
S S E E E S S E E E W +H +E E E S S
|---------------------||----------|--------------------|
|-------7-7-------7-7-||----------|--------------------|
|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-||-9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-------|
|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-||-9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-------|
|-3s5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-||-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-------|
|---------------------||-0--------|-(0)----(0)-0---0-0-|
D E
W +H +E E E S S W +H +E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / x x / / / / / x x
W +H +E E E S S W +W
|----------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7-x-x-|-9--------|-(9)----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7-x-x-|-9--------|-(9)----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7-x-x-|-9--------|-(9)----------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-5-5-x-x-|-7--------|-(7)----------------|
|----------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----------------|
D C D C D C D C D
2/4 4/4
W +H S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|---------|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
|-7--------|-(7)-----|-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-||
|-7--------|-(7)---0-|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
|-7--------|-(7)---0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-||
|-5--------|-(5)---0-|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------|---------|---------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo
E
q Q H W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~
Q Q S S E E E +S S E E E +Q Q
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-9--9------------|------------------------|
|-9--9--9p7---7-9-|-(9)p(7)---7-9-(9)/-----|
|-9--9------9-----|---------9--------------|
|-7--7------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
q Q H W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q Q a E S S S E E Q E E +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9--9-----------------------|--------12-15-(15)b17----|
|-9--9--------12h14p12----12-|-14b16-------------------|
|-9--9--12s14----------14----|-------------------------|
|-7--7-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-----------------------|-------------------------|
E7+9
q Q H W
| |
/ /
~
|-3--| |-3-|
Q Q a E S S S E E E S S S S S E H
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-------7h9p7---9----|
|------------9h11p9----9-|-5-7h9-------9------|
|-------9s11--------11---|--------------------|
|-0--0-------------------|--------------------|
q Q H W
| |
/ /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E S S S E S S S E S S S S S E H
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------7----------------------|
|---------7h9p7---------|--------7h9p7---9pb11r(9)b11==(9)r(9)--|
|-------9-------9-7h9p7-|----7h9-------9------------------------|
|-----------------------|-10------------------------------------|
|-0--0------------------|---------------------------------------|
H E. +S +E +E
E
W +W
| |
/ /
W +H E E +E +E
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------12b14==(12)r(12)-|
|-9--------|-(9)-----------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)-----------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)-----------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)-----------------------|
W W
|
o
H E E +E +E H E E +E +E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------12b14==(12)r(12)-|--------12b14==(12)r(12)--|
|-9-----------------------|-9------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E S S S E E Q +E E E S S S E E E Q W +H. +E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------|------------------|
|-10s7--------------------|---------------------|----------|------------------|
|------7h9p7--------------|------7h9p7----------|----------|------------------|
|------------9-9s11--(11)s|=14-9-------9-7s6s7s=|=9--------|-(9)------(9)\----|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------|------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------|------------------|
E
Gtr II
Q Q H W
|
x
Gtr I
PM----|
E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-|
|---------7h9-9-9-9-|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-----------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E H. E E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / x x
S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-|-7h9-9-9-9-9\---0----||
|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-|-7h9-9-9-9-9\---0----||
|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7\---0----||
|---------------------|---------------------||
Outro
E/G# G/B C/E D/F# E/G# G/B
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-9--------12----------|-5-------7-------|-9--------12----------|
|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7-|---9----9----12----12-|
|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9---|-----11---------14----|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
C/E D/F# E/G# G/B C/E D/F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-5-------7-------|-9--------12----------|-5-------7-------|
|---5---5---7---7-|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7-|
|-----7-------9---|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9---|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
E/G# G/B C/E D/F# E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|----------------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|----------------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-9--------12----------|-5-------7-------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
|---9----9----12----12-|---5---5---7---7-|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-----11---------14----|-----7-------9---|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|----------------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(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
