Band: Judas Priest
Album: Killing Machine
Song: Killing Machine
Copyright (c) (CBS) (1978)
Version 1.0 - (03/02/05)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tunning E A D G B E
Intro
Guitars 1 & 2 take turns to play this riff
[PM] [PM] [PM} [PM] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2----------------------------------------|
|----4-----4-4-----4-4-----2--4-------------(4)---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----2-2-----2-2-----2-2------------------------------------------|
Rpt 4 X before drums and bass enter
Main riff and verse riff
[PM] [PM] [PM} [PM] ~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-------|
|----4-----4-4-----4-4-----2--4----|
|----------------------------------|
|-2----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---------|
Rpt 2 X before vocals enter
Rpt 4 X for verse
Second verse riff
[PM] [PM] [PM} [PM] ~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------7-------|
|----9-----9-9-----9-9-----7--9----|
|----------------------------------|
|-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7---------|
Rpt 2 X
Main riff varient(play this after 2nd verse riff)
[PM] [PM] [PM} [PM] ~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-------|
|----4-----4-4-----4-4-2-4-2--4----|
|----------------------------------|
|-2----2-2-----2-2-----------------|
Rpt 2 X
Bridge
[PM] [PM] [PM] ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------------9-7------|
|---7-7-----7-7-----9-7-9----|
|---------------9-9----------|
|-5-----5-5-----7-7----------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/judas-priest/39921.html ]
Chorus
[------PM-------] [------PM-------]
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2--4---------------------2-----|
|-2--4--2--4-2-2-4---0--2--2--4--2--4-2-2-4---0-----|
|-0--2--0--2-0-0-2---------0--2--0--2-0-0-2---------|
Rpt 2 X
Mid 8
h h
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---4-4p2---4p2---------4-|
|---------4-----4p2-0-2---|
|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
Rpt 4 X
h ~~~ [------PM------]
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------5-----------------------------|
|---7p5\---7p5-7-----7p5-7p5p0-2-5-2-0-2-------|
|-0------0---------0---------------------3-0---|
|----------------------------------------------|
Rpt 2 X
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---4-2--------------|
|-------4-2-0---4-6--|
|-2-----------2-2-4--|
|--------------------|
Guitar 1
[PM] [PM] [PM] [------PM------] [PM] [PM] [PM]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6-----------------6-6-----6-6-----6-6-----6"\------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4----------|
Rpt 2 X Then RPT 2 X for backing of guitar solo
Guitar 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----------------------------------(6)----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------(4)----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt verse and bridge
Rpt chorus 4 X
Ending
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-2-2------|
|-0-0-2-4--|
|-----0-2--|
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