Birth name : Robert William Gary Moore
Born : 4 April 1952 (1952-04-04) (age 58)Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Genres : Blues-rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz fusion
Occupations : Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments : Guitar, bass, vocals
Years active : 1969–present
Labels : Various
Associated acts : Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Phil Lynott, Cozy Powell, Greg Lake, Paul Rodgers, BBM
Website : Official website
Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish guitarist and singer.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, B.B. King, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the blues-rock band Skid Row (not to be confused with the glam metal band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career. Among many cameo appearances over the years, he performed the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from
Moore grew up on a road opposite Stormont, off the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast and started performing at a young age, having picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight. Moore got his first quality guitar at the age of 14, learning to play the right-handed instrument in the standard way despite being left-handed. Like so many others, Moore's early musical influences were artists such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Later, having seen Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in his home town of Belfast, his own style was developing into a blues-rock sound that would come to dominate his career.
Moore's greatest influence in the early days came from guitarist Peter Green, of Fleetwood Mac fame, who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin. Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, an album consisting entirely of Green compositions. On this tribute album Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul standard guitar which Green had loaned to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".
While somewhat less popular in the US, Moore's work has "brought substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world – especially in Europe". Moore throughout his career has been recognised as an influence by many guitarists including Randy Rhoads, John Sykes and Kirk Hammett.
Moore has collaborated with a broad range of artistes including George Harrison, Trilok Gurtu, Dr. Strangely Strange, Colosseum II, Albert Collins, Jimmy Nail, Mo Foster, Ginger Baker, Jim Capaldi, Vicki Brown, Cozy Powell, the Beach Boys, Ozzy Osbourne and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He has experimented with many musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country, electric blues, hard rock and heavy metal.
In 1969 Moore joined the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan "Brush" Shiels. It was with this group that Moore earned a reputation in the music industry, and his association with Phil Lynott began.
BLOOD OF EMERALDS
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Electric guitar solo part...
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Guitar riff for here and for the chorus...
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(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.
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Dublin city Sixty-nine,
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there could have been no better place, there was no better time.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
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Through the thunder and the rain,
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the deepest blood of emeralds was running through my veins.
Guitar riff for the chorus...
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[E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-|
Blood Of
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Emeralds
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(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.
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We would sail the stormy seas.
(Bm) (D) (E)
Never looking back, we were afraid of what we'd see.
(C#m) (F#) (A)
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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...
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Blood Of
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Emeralds
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Blood Of
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Emeralds
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A short Guitar solo...
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(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)
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(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...
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[E]---2-2-2---4-5---------5-5-------4-0-|
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