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Judas Priest:  Painkiller

transcribed by: Russ Elton      (webmaster@abysslord.com)

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION.  THANK YOU!

Date last modified:  December 24, 2003

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-7-----5-----7-----8-----7--------|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3p0--|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-7-----5-----7-----8-----8-8--|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6--|
     * *   * *   * *   * *

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------7--12--10--9-|
E|-555555555555555555555555-5--10---8--7-|
   ************************
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------7--9--10--12-|
E|-555555555555555555555555-5--7---8--10-|
   ************************


Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2


Riff 3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------5-----4-------|
D|-4-----5-----4-----a-----a---4h5-|
A|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   *
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-----4---------|
D|-4-----5-----4---a-----a-----5---|
A|---2-2---2-2---3---3-3---3-3---2-|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   *   * *   * *   *


Riff 4
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------------4/5-4/5-|
E|-222222222222222222-2/3-2/3-|
   ******************
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--------------------5-7-|
E|-222222222222222222-3-5-|
   ******************
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------------4/5-4/5-|
E|-222222222222222222-2/3-2/3-|
   ******************
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--------------------5-7-|
E|-222222222222222222-3-5-|
   ******************
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------------7/8-7/8-|
E|-555555555555555555-5/6-5/6-|
   ******************
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--------------------8-10-|
E|-555555555555555555-6--8-|
   ******************
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------------7/8-7/8-|
E|-555555555555555555-5/6-5/6-|
   ******************
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--------------------8-10-|
E|-555555555555555555-6--8-|
   ******************
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-555555-666-888888-555-666-888-|
   ****** *** ****** *** *** ***
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-555555-666-888888-555-666-888-|
   ****** *** ****** *** *** ***
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------11--|
A|----------------------------[picks up speed]--9--|
E|-556688-556688-556688-556688-...-----------------|
   ****** ****** ****** ******


Solo Rhythm #1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------6p4-----|
D|-6-----7-----6-----7---------7p4-|
A|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---------|
E|---------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-6-----7-----6-----7-----4--7-|
A|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-2--5-|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *


#2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-----5-----4---5p2-|
A|-4-----5-----4-----5-----4---5p2-|
E|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-----|
     * *   * *   * *   * *   *
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-----5--------|
A|-4-----5-----4-----5-----2--|
E|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-0--|
     * *   * *   * *   * *


#3
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-6--|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-4--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-2--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----9-9--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *

#4
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-6--|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-4--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-2--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----4-4--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *


Repeat #3


#5
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-6--|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-4--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-2--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|------------------------------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-----------2--|
E|-4-0-2-3-4----|


#6
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------6p4-----|
A|-6-----7-----6-----7---------7p4-|
E|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-6-----7-----6-----7-----4--7-|
E|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-2--5-|
     * *   * *   * *   * *


#7
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------6p4-----|
A|-6-----7-----6-----7---------7p4-|
E|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---------|
     * *   * *   * *   * *
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-6----7-6-4-6--|
E|-4----5-4-2-4--|



Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2

Extra chorus
Riff 2a
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------9--14--12--11-|
E|-777777777777777777777777-7--12--10---9-|
   ************************
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------9--11--12--14-|
E|-777777777777777777777777-7---9--10--12-|
   ************************


Play Riff 3, then:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-222222-333-555555-222-333-555-|
E|-------------------------------|
   ****** *** ****** *** *** ***
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-222222-333-555555-222-333-555-|
E|-------------------------------|
   ****** *** ****** *** *** ***
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----[picks up speed]-------------9-|
A|-223355-223355-223355-223355-...--7-|
E|------------------------------------|
   ****** ****** ****** ******


Play Riff 1

Next solo is solo rhythm #2, but repeat
ending E5 chord on final time


Ending
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-4----4----4--/9----7----6----5--------4\-|
E|-2----2----2--/7----5----4----3--------2\-|




Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill

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