#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# # This file is the author¥s own work and represents their interpretation # # of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,# # or research. # # # # All transcriptions on this site is the property of KISS Asylum and # # cannot be used on any other website, ftp site or archive without # # permission from KISS Asylum. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------# RADIOACTIVE (from the KISS CD "GENE SIMMONS") -------------------- Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, emil@kissasylum.com Standard tuning Comments: This is great rock and roll. A lot of the rhythm work is straight out of the KISS book of rhythm, it's especially like some of the work in Christine Sixteen. This has appeared elsewhere on the net in a very poor version. Plenty of the signature stuff, for instance the very distinctive way of playing the A-chord right before the chorus (Rhy. Fig 5), has been totally misrepresented in that tab. Same thing with the rhythm work under the solo (Rhy. Fig 7). On the record Rhy. Figs 3 (a and b), 5, 6 and 7 are played by two guitars, one on the right the other on the left. Rhy. Fig 4 and 2 is played by a separate guitar, mixed in the middle, that also handles Riff 1. Key: / = slide up \ = slide down b = bend (whole step) b^ = bend (1/2 step) b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps) pb = pre-bend r = release-bend t = tap with righthand finger h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = Vibrato * = Natural Harmonic #(#) = Trill ** = Artificial Harmonic x = Dead notes (no pitch) P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes) (\) = Dive w\bar (/) = Release w\bar Tp = Tap w\plectrum Rhythm Fig. 1 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x------------------------| A|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x------------------------| E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x------------------------| < - - - - - 3x - - - - > Rhythm Fig. 2 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----11b^-11p-9--11p-9----9\-------------------------| D|----11b^-11p-9--11p-9----9\---------9---------------| A|------------------------------------7---------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 3a E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|--7-----------7-----7-------------------------------| E|-------9\--------9---------9\-----------------------| Rhythm Fig. 3b E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|--7-----------7-----7-------------------------------| E|-------9\--------9---------0------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 4 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|------11p-9--11p-9--11p-9---------------------------| D|------11p-9--11p-9--11p-9---------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 5 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------12--------------------7-------------| G|----------------12--------------------7-------------| D|----12--14------12-----------7--9-----7-------------| A|----10--10--10--10-----------5--5--5--5-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2----------------------2------4-4-4------| D|--2h-4-----2-----4/-5-------4-----2------4-4-4------| A|--0-----0--0--0----------0-----0--0------2-2-2------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Rhythm Fig. 6 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------2---------4\-------------------| D|----9--11-----9------2---------4\-------------------| A|----7--7---7--7------0---------2\-------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| < - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - > E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----5--6--6--6--5--------7--8--8--8--7--------------| G|----5--5--5--5--5--------7--7--7--7--7--------------| D|----5--7--7--7--5--------7--9--9--9--7--------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--------------9-------------------------------------| G|--------------9-------------------------------------| D|----9--11-----9------9-9-9--------------------------| A|----7--7---7--7------9-9-9--------------------------| E|---------------------7-7-7--------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 7 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------9------------------------9--| D|--9----11-----9-----11--9-------11-----9-----11-----| A|--7--------7-----7-----------7------7-----7---------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------9---------------------------| D|-------11-----9-----11-----------11-----9-----------| A|----7------7-----7------------7------7--------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|---------------(12)-------------------7-------------| D|----12--14------12-----------7--9-----7-------------| A|----10--10--10--10-----------5--5--5--5-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------------------2-------------------------4--| D|--2-----4-----5-----4--2-------4-----5-----4-----4--| A|--0--0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0--2--| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. on 5th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Riff 1 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|--14\----x-x-14\----14\-----------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Solo E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|------11b-------11----9~----------------------------| D|-------------------11-----------------/11--9--------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----9------11b---11r--9~-------------9~---------11b-| D|----9h-11---------------------11p-9-------x-11------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|------12---------------------------------------15b--| G|----------11r-----p9-----9~-------11--9/------------| D|---------------------11-----------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--15--12--------------------------------------------| G|----------14b-14r-12--14~---14--12-----12--14b-14r~-| D|------------------------------------14--------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|--14p12-----14\-------12--14--14b-14r-12----14--12--| D|--------14--------14--------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Pick once -> E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--15b~----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Harmony E|----------------------------------------------------| B|------12b------r12p9-12~----------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------15b~-----15--12------------------| B|------------------------------------15b-15r-12--15~-| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--15--12------12--15b-15r~---15p12-----15\----------| G|----------14-----------------------14-------/14--12-| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------15b~-----------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|--14--14b-14r-12------14--12------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Pick once - > RADIOACTIVE Gene Simmons [Rhy. Fig 1 w/ Rhy. Fig 2] [Rhy. Fig 3a w/ Rhy. Fig 4] You're my food, you're my water, you've got to be the devil's daughter [Rhy. Fig 5] Can't get near, can't get far, you've got the power, but know you are [Rhy. Fig 6] She's radioactive (radioactive), she's very selective (radioactive) She's what I need, she's so pretty indeed, she wants it all the time [Riff 1] [Rhy. Fig 3b] And I'm crazy, kinda hazy, I'm not sorry, gonna worry [Rhy. Fig 5] I'm not lonely, she's my only, she's got me eatin' out of her hands [Rhy. Fig 6] She's radioactive (radioactive), she's very selective (radioactive) She's what I need, she's so pretty indeed, I've gotta make her mine [Solo w/ Harmony over Rhy. Fig 7] [Rhy. Fig 6] She's my little baby (radioactive), she's such a lady (radioactive) She knows how I feel, she knows that it's real, she wants it all the time [Rhy. Fig 6] She's radioactive (radioactive), she's very selective (radioactive) She's what I need, she's so pretty indeed, I've gotta make her mine (repeat and fade)