Artist - Mike Oldfield
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                                              Song - Nuclear 
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                                         Album - Man On The Rocks 
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                                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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C = 032013

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VERSE 1
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Fm              C           Fm
Standing on the edge of the crater
                        C
Like the phorphets once said 
        Fm            C
And the ashes are all cold now
        Fm                         C
No more bullets and the embers are dead
Bbm             Fm            Bbm
Whispers in the air tell the tales
                Fm
Of the brothers gone
    Bbm
Desolation
    Fm
Devastation
       C#
What a mess we made
                 C
When it all went wrong


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Verse 2
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Fm                C           Fm
Watching from the edge of the circus
                 C
For the games to begin
     Fm               C
Gladiators draw their swords 
           C#            C
Form their ranks for armageddon


----------------Muted----------------------------------
CHORUS         [---------------]
*******        [------------br-]      
    Fm         [---------10-12-]
I'm nuclear    [------10-------]
    C          [-8-11----------]
I'm wild       [---------------]
    Bbm           C        |
I'm breaking Up inside     |
           Fm              |
A heart of broken glass----|
  C
Defiled
     Bbm
Deep inside
               C
The abandoning child


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VERSE 3
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Fm              C           Fm  
Standing on the edge of the underworld
               C
Looking at the abyss 
        Fm              C
And I'm hoping for some miracle
   Fm                      C
To breakout to escape from all this
Bbm             Fm
Whispers in the air
         Bbm                   Fm
Tell the tail of a life that's gone
    Bbm
Desolation
    Fm
Devastation
       C#
What a mess we made
                 C
When it all went wrong


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CHORUS
*******
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03:17
SOLO
*****
[------------------------------------|--------------|----|----------]
[--------------------------b---brp---|----s---------|-br-|--s-------]
[-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-12--12--10-|---5\10-13-12-|-5--|-5\10-8-6-]
[------------------------------------|-6------------|----|----------]
[------------------------------------|--------------|----|----------]
[------------------------------------|--------------|----|----------]

                                               b
[-------------br-|-------------------b--br--|-11-8--------|--------]
[---------6-9-8--|---5-------5---6-8-8--8-6-|------9----8-|--------]
[---5-6-8--------|-5---5---5---5------------|--------10---|--------]
[-8--------------|-------5------------------|-------------|-5-5-5--]
[----------------|--------------------------|-------------|--------]
[----------------|--------------------------|-------------|--------]

03:40                       C
[-------------------------|---|---s---------------------b-]
[-6-6-6-------------6-9-6-|-5-|-14\17-17-17-17---18-20-20-]
[-------6-5---5-6-8-------|-5-|---------------------------]
[-----------8-------------|-5-|---------------------------]
[-------------------------|-3-|---------------------------]
[-------------------------|---|---------------------------]


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CHORUS
*******
Play this with the chorus above
03:53
[-18-16-----b-]
[-------20-20-]
[-------------]
[-------------]
[-------------]
[-------------]

04:12                         04:18                    04:26
[----------------------------|-Muted----------|-------|-----------------]
[------------s-------------b-|-------------br-|--b----|--b-----------br-]
[-------12-13\15-13-12----15-|---------10-12--|-12-12-|-13-13-12-10-12--]
[-14-15----------------15----|------10--------|-------|-----------------]
[----------------------------|-8-11-----------|-------|-----------------]
[----------------------------|----------------|-------|-----------------]


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Fm         C  
Ohhhhhhhhh 

[---------------b-]
[--------------12-]
[-----------------]
[-----------------]
[-----------------]
[-----------------]  
|                 |
|                 |
[-Muted-----------]
[-------------b---]
[---------10-12---]
[------10---------]
[-8-11------------]
[-----------------]

Bbm
Deep inside

[--b----br---]
[-13---13-11-]
[------------]
[------------]
[------------]
[------------]

              C
The abandoning child

[-----b----]
[-13-13-13-]
[----------]
[----------]
[----------]
[----------]

Fm


ENJOY............