------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuclear attack - Gary Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is how I play that song. Hope it sounds right. Main Riff e|-----|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|-----|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|--0--|--3--0--5--3-----------0--|--3--0--5--0--3--0-----0--| D|--0--|--3--0--5--3-----------0--|--3--0--5--0--3--0--3--0--| A|-----|--------------------------|--------------------3-----| E|-----|--------------------------|--------------------------| Intro: 6x Main Riff Verse 1: F F Out on the streets they're all living in fear 1x Main Riff F F Your can hear their hearts pound as the moment draws near 1x Main Riff D Eb F C One push of a button is all it would take to dress the world in black D Eb F (one bar without chord) One fault in the system, a fatal mistake and you'll never come back from a nuclear attack 2x Main Riff Verse 2: same chords as Verse 1 For the next part where Moore sings something like You ain't never coming back, no, from a nuclear attack Oh, no no no no no, yeah oh play the following powerchords with palm mute: G G Eb Eb F F C C Rythm: |essessessess| e = eighth note s = sixteenth note Then there are four bars you can play a D over and then it goes into: e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4----------| E|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------2----------| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q Those are palm mutes except for the hammer ons and the last two quarter notes. After those two bars Gary Moore does some insane solo tricks in the next two bars. This is done four times and then the two bars shown above are played again followed by four bars of D and it goes back to the main riff: 6x Main Riff Verse 3: same chords as Verse 1 3x G G Eb Eb F F C C 4x Main Riff e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--- B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--- G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--- D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--- A|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-h-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4----------|-5- E|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-h-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------2----------|-3- s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************