Band: W.A.S.P.
Album: W.A.S.P.
Song: Torture Never Stops
Copyright (c) (Capitol) (1984)
Version 1.0 - (09/04/05)
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 Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro / Main Riff
PM PM PM PM PM
E[----------------------------|
B[----------------------------|
G[----------------------------|
D[-----4---2------------------|
A[-------------5---4----------|
E[-2-2---2---2---2---0-3p0-2--|
[
[Additional guitar
E[----------------------------|
B[----------------------------|
G[----------------------------|
D[----------------------------|
A[----------------------------|
E[-2-2---------------0-330-2--| Rpt 8 X
Verse Riff
[-------------PM-------------]
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A-2-444-444-444-444-444-444-444---5----|
E-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0-3-0--| Rpt
Bridge
Guitar 1
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D-2-4-------(4)--------2-4-------(4)-----------|
A-0-2-------(2)--------0-2-------(2)--------2--|
E-------------------------------------------0--|
Guitar 2
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G------------x-x-4-2-0-2--------------4-2-7\4--|
D------------x-x-4--------------------4---5\2--|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
[-------------PM-------------]
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-2-444-444-444-444-444-444-444---5---4/5--|
E-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0-3-0-2/3--| Rpt
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6---6---6---6--6--6-/7--7-------------------------------------|
A-4---4---4---4--4--4-/5--5--2----------(2)------------------\--|
E----------------------------0----------(0)------------------\--|
Rpt Main Riff 4 x for Chorus
Rpt Verse
Bridge
Guitar 1
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D-2-4-------(4)--------2-4-------(4)-----------|
A-0-2-------(2)--------0-2-------(2)--------2--|
E-------------------------------------------0--|
Guitar 2
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G------------x-x/7/5/3-4-------------/7/5/3-4--|
D------------x-x/6/4/2-4-------------/6/4/2-2--|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Rpt rest of Bridge.
Rpt Chorus.
Mid 8
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----2-----2----2-----2-----2----2-|
D-4--2--4--2--4-2--4--2--4--2--4-2-|
A-2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2---|
E----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/w/wasp/137706.html ]
[-------------PM----------------]
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-4---------------------------------|
E-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-| Rpt both riffs
Pick scrapes
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6---6---6---6--6--6-/7--7-------------------------------------|
A-4---4---4---4--4--4-/5--5--2----------(2)-------------\----\--|
E----------------------------0----------(0)--------------\----\-|
Backing for guitar solo
[----------PM-------------]
E-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7\5\--|
E-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-5\3\--| Rpt 8 X
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-7-/9-------(9)-------9--------7-/9-------(9)-------9-\7-\6-----|
A-5-/7-------(7)-------7--------5-/7-------(7)-------7-\5-\4--2--|
E-------------------------------------------------------------0--|
Guitar 1
[-------------PM-------------]
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A-2-444-444-444-444-444-444-444---5----|
E-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0-3-0--|
Guitar 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E--------------------------------------|
B-7-------------9----------------------|
G-9b------------11b--------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E--------14--------------16------------|
B--------17b-------------19b-----------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
[-------------PM-------------]
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A-2-444-444-444-444-444-444-444---5----|
E-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-0-3-0--|
Guitar 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E--------------------------------------|
B-10------------12---------------------|
G-12b-----------14b--------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E--------17-----19-------19------------|
B--------20b-------------22b-----------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
C# D E
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D----3--4--6--4--3-----4--6--(6)--|
A-4-----------------5-------------|
E---------------------------------|
Rpt Chorus
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G-----6-\4-----------------|
D-----4-\2--7-\6-----------|
A-4-4-------5-\4----5---4--|
E-2-2-------------0-3-0-2--| Rpt 13 X
Ending
E------------|
B------------|
G------------|
D------------|
A---5---4-4--|
E-0-3-0-2-2--|
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