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Gary Moore - Blood of Emeralds

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Chord diagram for A
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BLOOD OF EMERALDS - Gary moore
\ = Slide Down
/ = Slide Up
Agustic guitar solo part...
Keyboard By Guitar...
(F#) (E) (A) (Bm) (D) (E)
----14----16-14-12------------------------------------------------| -14----------------14-------12----14-12---------------------------| -------------------------14-------------14------------14---16-----| ---------------------------------------------16-14-16---------14--| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

(F#) (E) (A) (Bm) (F#) (D) (Esus4) (E)
----14----16-14-12------------------------------------------------| -14----------------14-------12----14-12--------------------14-12--| -------------------------14-------------14------------14----------| ---------------------------------------------16-14-16-------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

Electric guitar solo part...
------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------8(9)-----9-| ------7---10(11)-7----------------7----11---9~11~9~7---------11---| -7--9---------------9--7----7--9----------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -------9----------------------------------------------------------| -11------11---9---------------------------------------------------| -------------------9//11---------9-11-9---7~9~7-------------------| -------------------------12---------------------9---7--7//9-------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar riff for here and for the chorus...
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4-----------4-----------------------| [E]---2-2-2---0-2-----------------------|

(A) (F#)
I was born up on the North side, where the Lagan River flows.
(A) (F#) (E)
When I came across the border, I was following my nose.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
[G]-6-----------1-----2-----| [D]-6------4----2-----2-----| [A]-4------4----2-----0-----| [E]--------2----------------|

Dublin city Sixty-nine,
(Bm) (D) (E)
there could have been no better place, there was no better time.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
[G]-6-------------------1-------2-----| [D]-6-----------4-------2-------2-----| [A]-4-----------4-------2-------0-----| [E]-------------2---------------------|

Through the thunder and the rain,
(Bm) (D) (E) (F#m)
the deepest blood of emeralds was running through my veins.
Guitar riff for the chorus...
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-|

Blood Of
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-|

Emeralds
[D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-5-4-2-5-----------4-----------------| [E]---------2-2-2---0-2-----------------|

(A) (F#)
I was down and out on Skid Row, but I held on to my pride.
(A) (F#) (E)
The darkest son of Ireland, he was standin' by my side.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
[G]-6-----------------1------2----| [D]-6--------4--------2------2----| [A]-4--------4--------2------0----| [E]----------2--------------------|

We would sail the stormy seas.
(Bm) (D) (E)
Never looking back, we were afraid of what we'd see.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
[G]-6-------------------1-------2----| [D]-6-----------4-------2-------2----| [A]-4-----------4-------2-------0----| [E]-------------2--------------------|

Through the thunder and the rain,
(Bm) (D) (E) (A)
the deepest blood of emeralds was running through our veins.
(C#m) (E) (A)
Some of us will win and some of us will lose,
(F#)
the strong will survive.
(G#m) (Bm)
Some of us will fall,
(D) (A) (Bm)
some of us won't get out of here alive.
Guitar riff for the chorus...
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-|

Blood Of
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-|

Emeralds
[D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------|

A
-5-4-2-|
[E]-------|

Blood Of
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-|

Emeralds
[D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------|

A
-5-4-2-|
[E]-------|

A short Guitar solo...
----14-14-14-----11-12---11~12~11~----14-14-14----12-11-----------| -14--------------------------------14-------------------14-12-----| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ----14-14-14-----11-12---14-12------------------------------------| -14----------------------------14-------12-14-12------------------| ----------------------------------14-14------------14-------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ----14-14-14-----11-12---11~12~11~----14-14-14----12-11-----------| -14--------------------------------14-------------------14-12-----| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ----14-14-14-----11-12---14-12------------------------------------| -14----------------------------14-------12-14-12-------15-14-12---| ----------------------------------14-14----------13-----7--6--5---| ----------------------------------------------------14------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------|-----------------------------| [A]-5-4-2-|-4---------------------------| [E]-------|---2-2-2---0-2---------------| [G]-6-----------------------------------| [D]---4-4-4-----4-----------------------| [A]-----------7-------------------------| [E]-------------------------------------| [B]-14-------------9--9(10)-------------| [G]----11-11-11----9-10(11)-------------| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-------------------------------------| [E]-------------------------------------|

(A) (E) (F#)
I was angry, I was sad,
(E) (D) (E)
just thinking about the times we had.
(A) (E) (F#)
I felt so lost and lonely too,
(E) (D) (E)
what could I say, what could I do?
(D) (E) (F#)
After all, the time goes by.
(D) (E) (F#)
No one knows the reasons why.
(E) (D) (E) (F#)
You lived each day like there was no tomorrow.
(E) (D) (E) (F#)
You spent those years living on time you borrowed.
(E) (D) (E) (F#)
And in your eyes, all I could see was sorrow.
Here is the main Guitar Solo...
(A) (E) (F#) (E)
------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------8(9)-----9-| ------7---10(11)-7----------------7----11---9~11~9~7---------11---| -7--9---------------9--7----7--9----------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

(D) (F#) (Bm) (D) (E)
------------------------------------------------------------------| ------9-----------------------------------------------------------| -11-----11---9----------------------------------------------11----| -----------------9//11-----9-11-11(12)--11-9--8-8~9~8~---14----14-| ------------------------12----------------------------9-----------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

(A) (E) (F#) (E)
----------------------------------------------------12---------12-| ------14----------------------------14-12~14~12~------------14----| -14-------14-----------------11-14--------------14----------------| --------------14//16-14---14--------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

(D) (F#) (D) (E) (A)
-14---15(16)--14--12----9-----------------------------------------| --------------------------12-10---12-12(14)--12---10~12~12~----10-| -----------------------------------------------------------11-----| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------|

(C#m) (E) (A)
Some of us will win and some of us will lose,
(F#)
the strong will survive.
(G#m) (Bm)
Some of us will fall,
(D) (A) (Bm)
some of us won't get out of here alive.
Repeat This Riff Till Fading...
[D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------------------------------------| [A]-4---------------2-4---------4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5-------2-2-2-5-----4-0-| [D]-------------------2-----------------| [A]-4---------------4---4-----2-4-2-----| [E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-| [D]-------|

A
-5-4-2-|
[E]-------|

Enjoy!

Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/gary_moore/after_the_war/blood_of_emeralds.txt

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