NSU by Cream, Live at the reunion concert in 2005 at Royal Albert Hall.
This is all of the song but the Lead part in the middle, that is a little to hard to tab
it is extensive, I will say that it is played in the key of A, mostly on minor scales,
he uses a few blues licks with it that are commenly used. Now the tab.
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Cream - NSU LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL
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Tabbed by:General Tildor
Email:Endiscreator@hotmail.com
Tuning:standard
Intro and verse lick.
There is a blues style overdrive on the guitar.
V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^
e|--3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-----|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
It does that several times before the verse, after the first verse he goes into this.
Chorus lick. He strums this for four beats each chord, then a blues lick.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-----------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-7-5-5-5-7------|
A|-8--8--8--8---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
V V
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--6-6----x-6-6-6------4-4-4-4---|
D|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--7-7----x-7-7-7------5-5-5-5---|
A|-8--8--8--8---6-6-6-6--7-7----x-7-7-7------5-5-5-5---|
E|-----------------------5-5----x-5-5-5------3-3-3-3---|
Then it goes back to the intro verse lick.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cream/nsu_live_tab.html ]
V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^
e|--3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-----|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Then back into chorus lick.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-----------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-7-5-5-5-7------|
A|-8--8--8--8---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
But on the second time around it's a little different.
V V
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--6-6--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8--7-7--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-|
A|-8--8--8--8---6-6-6-6--7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------5-5------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3---3-3-3-3-----4-5-5-5---------|
D|--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--4-4---4-4-4-4-----5-5-5-5---------|
A|--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--4-4---4-4-4-4-----5-5-5-5---------|
E---------------------2-2---2-2-2-2-----3-3-3-3---------|
It goes back to intro lick and stuff. The solo lasts about 2-3 minutes long and is in
key of A, mostly blues stuff. A little to much to tab right now. But the rest of the song
mostly intro/verse lick and the first chorus lick. Listen to the song, the live version,
to get the tempo right.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| V Down stroke
| ^ Up stroke
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