MANOWAR - THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES
From the Album HAIL TO ENGLAND
Copyright 1984 METAL BLADE RECORDS
Version 1.0 - OCT '02
Original Transcription Written by: Adam Scott
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Added Rhythms/Solo/Lead Fills by: HeXa
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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
Tune Gtr to E (Standard Tuning)
--THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES--
[Intro Riff]
||----------------|-12hr-----------|----------------|-12hr---5hr-(5)-||
||----------------|------7hr-5hr---|-(5)------------|-----5hr----(5)-||
||*---(Tacet)-----|----------------|----------------|---------------*||[Gtr.1]
||*---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------*||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|| ||
|| ||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||*---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------*||[Bass]
||*---------------|----------------|--3---2---------|-(2)-----------*||
||--2---3---------|-(3)------------|----------------|----------------||
[Free Time] (Drums Build Up)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------(Guitar-Feedback)--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|[Bass]
|--(2)----------------------------(2)----------------------------(2)--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Next]
||---------->-----------||
||-->--->--->-----------||
||--5---7---9------\----||[Gtr.1]
||--5---7---9------\----||
||--3---5---7------\----||
||-----------------sl---||
[Main Riff](**)
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------>---|------------------>---|------------------>---|
||*-----------------9---|------------------9---|------------------9---|[Gtr.1]
||*-----------------9---|------------------9---|------------------9---|
||------------------7---|------------------7---|------------------7---|
||--0--0--0--0--0"------|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0------|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(**) = Riff has different variations in terms of how the E5 chords are
played.
|------------------>---||
|------------>-->-->---||
|------------5--7--9\-*||[Gtr.1]
|------------5--7--9\-*||
|------------3--5--7\--||
|--0-0-0--0---------sl-||
. . . .
[Verse]
||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-->--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||*-9--------------------|-----------%-----------|-----------%-----------|[Gtr.1]
||*-9--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--7--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-----0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
. . . . . . .
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------%------------|-----------%-----------|-----------%-----------|[Gtr.1]
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| |
| |
| |
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------%------------|-----------%-----------|--(Blank-for-spacing)--|[Gtr.1]
|------------------------|-----------------------|--(purposes.--------)--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Rhythm Fill #1]
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-->--->--->--->--->--->--->---|------------------------------|
||*-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-(5)--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-(5)--------------------------|
||--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-(3)--------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||
|--->--->--->-------------------||
|--<5---7---9>---------------\-*||[Gtr.1]
|--<5---7---9>---------------\-*||
|--<3---5---7>---------------\--||
|----------------------------sl-||
(Hold)
[Chorus #1]
||-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------|
||-----------------------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------|
||*--------->------>-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|[Gtr.1]
||*---------5------5-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|
||----------5------5-----||---------5------5------||---------7------7------|
||--0---2---3------3-----||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------|
@ @ @ @ @ @
|------------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------->------>------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------|
|----------7------7------||---------5------5------||---------4------4------|[Gtr.1]
|----------7------7------||---------5------5------||---------4------4------|
|----------5------5------||---------3------3------||---------2------2------|
|--0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------|
| @ @ @ @ || @ @
| ||
| ||
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|------------------------||-----------------------||
|------------------------||----------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|-->------>------>-------||->--------------------*||
|--2------2------2-------||-2------2----2----2----||
|--0--0"--0--0"--0--0"---||-0------0----0----0----||
. . . . . .
[Rhythm Fill #2](**)
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--X\-||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sl
(**) = Play this after the first chorus.
[Chorus #2]
||-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------|
||-----------------------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------|
||*--------->------>-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|[Gtr.1]
||*---------5------5-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|
||----------5------5-----||---------5------5------||---------7------7------|
||--0---2---3------3-----||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------|
@ @ @ @ @ @
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/manowar/50938.html ]
|------------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------->------>------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------|
|----------4------4------||---------2------2------||---------7------7------|[Gtr.1]
|----------4------4------||---------2------2------||---------7------7------|
|----------2------2------||---------0------0------||---------5------5------|
|--0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------|
@ @ @ @ @ @
[Solo Backround #1]
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||->------------------>-----------------|->------------------>-----------------|
||-9------------------9-----------------|-9------------------9-----------------|[Gtr.1]
||-9------------------9-----------------|-9------------------9-----------------|
||-7------------------7-----------------|-7------------------7-----------------|
||----0-0-0--0--0--0-----0-0-0--0--0--0-|----0-0-0--0--0--0-----0-0-0--0--0--0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|------------------%--------------------|------------------%-------------------||[Gtr.1]
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
| ||
| ||
| ||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5------|-(5)---------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5------|-(5)---------------------------------*||
|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3------|-(3)----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
[Solo Backround #2]
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
||-->-------------->-------------|->-------------->-------------->--->---||
||*-9--------------9-------------|-9--------------9--------------5---7---||[Gtr.1]
||*-9--------------9-------------|-9--------------9--------------5---7---||
||--7--------------7-------------|-7--------------7--------------3---5---||
||-----000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0-|----000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0----------||
|| ... . . . ... . . . ... . . . ... . . . ||
|| ||
|| ||
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
||-->-------------->-------------|->-------------------------------------||
||--9\-------------9-------------|-9--------------5---5---5---5---%---%--||[Gtr.1]
||--9\-------------9-------------|-9--------------5---5---5---5---%---%--||
||--7\-------------7-------------|-7--------------3---3---3---3---%---%--||
||--sl-000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0-|----000--0-0-0-------------------------||
... . . . ... . . . ... . . .
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--579-------------9-------------|-9-------------9---------(9)----------*||[Gtr.1]
|--579-------------9-------------|-9-------------9---------(9)----------*||
|--357-------------7-------------|-7-------------7---------(7)-----------||
|------000--0-0-0----000--0-0-0--|---000--0-0-0--------------------------||
... . . . ... . . . ... . . .
[Guitar Solo]
|--------12------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15fb------15-12----12-------------------15-12-15-12------------------------|
|-----------------14----14-12------14fb---------------14-12-------------14~--|[Gtr.2]
|-----------------------------14----------------------------14-12-14-12-ph---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------15-12_15_12_15-12-15-12|
|----------------------------------------------15fb--------h--p--h-----------|
|-12-14-12-----------12-14-12-------14-12------------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|----------14-12-14-----------14-12-------14---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12--------------------15fb___r--12-15-12----12--------------------------|
|-------14--14fb___r-12-----------------------14----14-12-11-----------------|[Gtr.2]
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0-2-3-5-7---------------------------15fb---12--|
|-------------------------1-3-------------12_15_12_15_12_15_12_15------------|
|-------------------0-2-4-------------------h--p--h--p--h--p--h--------------|[Gtr.2]
|-------------0-2-4----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-2-3----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15----15-12-15-12----12----15-12-15-12----12-------------------------|
|-------------------------14----14-------------14----14-12----12-14fb~-------|[Gtr.2]
|----------------------------------------------------------14----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------22fb---22fb---22fb-----------------------------|
|-22fb---22fb---22fb---22fb--------------------------12-13-12-13----13-12----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------14-------14-|[Gtr.2]
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------12------|
|-12-------------------------------------15--------------------------hr------|
|----14-12-11-14-12-11----11-12-14-14fb-----14-12----12-14-12-14fb-----------|[Gtr.2]
|----------------------14-------------------------14-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VARIOUS FILLS
-------------
[Bass Fill]
|-----------------------9-9-9------|
|---------5-5-5--9-9-9-------------|
|--7-7-7---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
--Play this during the 2nd chorus!--
[Fill 1]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--14fb___r-12-14/16-14-12-----12~--|[Gtr.2]
|---------------sl---------14-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
--Play this during the 2nd chorus!--
[Fill 2]
|--17fb---17fb----15-----17fb-------|
|--------------------17-------------|
|-----------------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
--Play this during the 3rd chorus!!--
[Fill 3]
|-----------------------------------|
|--15-----15-----15-----15----------|
|----14fb---14fb---14fb---14fb--~---|[Gtr.2]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
---Play this on end of 3rd chorus!---
[Fill 4]
|-----------------------12~---------|
|--------8-8-8-12-12-12-------------|
|--9-9-9----------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
--Play this during the 4th chorus!!--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Outro] [Ending] (Fade Out)
||----------------8----\---------->------||----------------------------------------||
||--------------8------sl->--->--->------||----------------------------------------||
||------------9-----------5---7--->------||----------------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||---------10-------------5---7---9------||---(9)------%------%------%------%------||
||----7-10----------------3---5---7------||---(7)------%------%------%------%------||
||--8-----------------------------0------||---(0)------%------%------%------%------||
(Slowly Ascending)
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