Devils Answer Chords & Tabs
NOTE: I am not sure of what to use for the pull offs and hammer ons so this is what the
P's and H's repreasent:
P-pull off
H-hammer on
The 'crunching' type sound near the beginning is made by just sliding a pick/plectrum
down the A string, start around where the middle pickup is on a strat and just slide
down in
time with the song, it's not a major part of the song but its nice to put in
Intro (although repeated later in the song):
P H
G------------------------------------------|
D--10--8------8--------------8--8--10------|
A---------10-----10------10----------------|
E------------------------------------------|
P
G----------------------------10--8---------|
D--10--8------8--------------10--8---------|
A---------10-----10------10----------------|
E------------------------------------------|
Do this twice.
Verse/Chorus chords:
Its a bit hard to hear but I think John Du Cann plays the barre chords but misses out
the B and E string octaves, its really up to you but I've tabbed without.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/atomic_rooster/devils_answer_tab.html ]
C A# A# A# A# C C
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G--9---7--7------7--9---9------------------|
D--10--8--8------8--10--10-----------------|
A--10--8--8------8--10--10-----------------|
E--8---6--6---6--6--8---8------------------|
C C A# A# A# A# C
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G--9---9---7--7------7--9------------------|
D--10--10--8--8------8--10-----------------|
A--10--10--8--8------8--10-----------------|
E--8---8---6--6---6--6--8------------------|
And that's it apart from the solo, which I haven't worked out yet. As with most John Du
Cann solo's, it's a beautiful mess! One thing he does do quite consistenly at the
beginning of it is bending the B string at the 12th/13th fret (I'm not entirely sure;
either he was an amazing string bender - well, he is anyway - or he was at the 13th, just do
whatever floats your boat ^_^).
And thats it, if you have any Atomic Rooster song requests, just give me a message and
I'm sure I might be able to tab it for you.