x#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# KINGS OF METAL As recorded by Manowar (From the 1988 Album KINGS OF METAL) Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez([email protected]) Words by Joey DeMaio Music by Joey DeMaio & Ross the Boss A5 x 0 2 2 x x E5 0 2 2 x x x G5 3 5 5 x x x E5(type 2) 0 2 x x x x G5(type 2) 3 5 x x x x A5(type 2) 5 7 x x x x G5/D x x 0 0 3 3 D x x 0 2 3 2 Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'solo' Intro Moderate Heavy Metal Q=133 Bb5 A5 G#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5 4/4 Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--| |-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--| Verse E5 G5/D E5 W +Q +S S E Q Q W +Q +Q H ||-----------|--------------------||----------|----------------| ||o----------|--------------------||----------|----------------| ||-----------|--------------7-----||----------|----------------| ||--9--------|-(9)--(9)-----5--7--||-9--------|-(9)--(9)-------| ||o-7--------|-(7)--(7)--------5--||-7--------|-(7)--(7)-------| ||--0--------|-(0)--(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--(0)-------| | | Gtr II | W +H Q Q W +W ||-----------|--------------3--2--||----------|----------------| ||o----------|--------------3--3--||----------|----------------| ||-----------|--------------0--2--||----------|----------------| ||--2--------|-(2)----------0--0--||-2--------|-(2)------------| ||o-2--------|-(2)----------------||-2--------|-(2)------------| ||--0--------|-(0)----------------||-0--------|-(0)------------| E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5 ~~~~ Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H +W +W |-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------| |-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------| |-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------| |-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-(9)--------|-(9)----| |-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)----| |-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------| | | Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H +W +W |-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|------------|--------| |-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|------------|--------| |-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|------------|--------| |-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----| |-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----| |-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)----| $ E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5 A5 PM----| Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W +H. S S S S |-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)---------------| |-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-2--------|-(2)---------------| |-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-0--------|-(0)------0-0-0-0--| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| | | Q Q E E +Q E E +E E +H W +W |-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|----------|-------------------| |-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|----------|-------------------| |-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|-9--------|-(9)---------------| |-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-7--------|-(7)---------------| |-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-0--------|-(0)---------------| |-0---3------3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|----------|-------------------| C D5/A C D5/A C D5/A A5 E5 PM----| PM----| PM E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E +H W +W |---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------| |---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------| |--8p=7---------8p7---------|--8p=7--------------|----------|--------| |--7--7---------7-7---------|--7--7-----2-(2)----|-9--------|-(9)----| |-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-------0---0-(0)----|-7--------|-(7)----| |---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----| | | +W +Q. E +H W +W |---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------| |---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------| |-(9)-----------------------|-(9)-------2-(2)----|----------|--------| |-(7)-----------------------|-(7)-------2-(2)----|-2--------|-(2)----| |-(0)-----------------------|-(0)-------0-(0)----|-2--------|-(2)----| |---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----| Chorus E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5 E5 G5 Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W W |-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------| |-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------| |-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------| |-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----||-9--------|-12----| |-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----||-7--------|-10----| |-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------| | | Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W W |-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------||----------|-------| |-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------||----------|-------| |-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------||----------|-------| |-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----| |-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----| |-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----||-0--------|--3----| A5 E5 E5 G5 Gtr II W W W W | | | | / / / / Gtr I W W W W |-----------|----------|----------|-------| |-----------|----------|----------|-------| |-----------|----------|----------|-------| |-14--------|-9--------|-9--------|-12----| |-12--------|-7--------|-7--------|-10----| |-----------|----------|----------|-------| To Coda A5 E5 D5 W W W W | | / / \7 W W H H +W |-----------|----------|------------|---------|| |-----------|----------|------------|--------o|| |-----------|----------|------------|---------|| |-14--------|-9--------|------7-----|-(7)-----|| |-12--------|-7--------|------5-----|-(5)----o|| |-----------|----------|------------|---------|| Guitar Solo A5 Gtrs I, II W +W | | / / Gtr III ~ E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q |-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--8-8-8-5------------| |-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--5-5-5-5-7b9r(7)-5--| |-7b9-----7b9-----7b9---|----------7b9r(7)-5--| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| E5 W | / \2__________________________________ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-5h==8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8--| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| E5 A5 W W | | / / \2 | \7 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |-5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8-|-------12-14-15-14-12---------------------| |---------------------------------|-12-15----------------15-13-12------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------14-12------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------10---| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------| E5 +W W +W | | | / / / ~~~~~~ +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q |-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------|-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-|--0----------------------------| |-------------|-2b4-----2b4---------|----[2]b4-[2]b4-[2]b4-0--------| |-(10)--------|---------------------|------------------------2-(2)--| |-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------| A5 W | / \1 |------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------12-14-15-10h13p10h13-| |----------------------------------12-13-14----------------------| |-------------------------11-12-14-------------------------------| |----------------10-12-14----------------------------------------| |-------10-12-14-------------------------------------------------| |-12-14----------------------------------------------------------| +W | / \2 S S S S S S S S Q +Q |-10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13---------------| |-------------------------15b17r=(15)---| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| E5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 Gtrs I, II PM| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-2-------3------------4-------|-------5--------------6-------7------| |-0---0-0-1------1---1-2-----2-|--2----3-------3---3--4----4--5----5-| | | Gtr III | Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-5-------6-----(6)----7-------|-(7)---8------(8)-----9------10------| |-7b9-----8b10==(8)r---9b11====|=(9)r-10b12==(10)r---11b13---12b14---| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Bb5 B5 C5 PM| PM--| PM E E E E E E E E |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |--8---------9-------------10-------| |--6----6-6--7-------7---7--8-----8-| | | Q. E +Q Q |-----------------------------------| |-11--------12-----(12)----13-------| |-13b15-----14b16==(14)r---15b17====| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Verse C#5 D5 Eb5 E5 Gtr II W W | / Gtr I PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E W |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------------------------||--9-------------------------| |-------11-------------12-------13-------||--7-------------------------| |---8----9-------9---9-10----10-11----11-||--0-------------------------| | | Gtr III | +E E +Q Q Q Q Q E E Q |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |-(13)--14-----(14)----15-------16-------||-17-----17-----17-17--------| |-(15)r-16b18==(16)r---17b19----18b20----||-19b21--19b21--------19b21--| |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------------------------||----------------------------| E5(typG5(typE 2)G5(A5(type 2) +W Q E E E E +Q | | | | | | | / / / o / / / ~~~~~~ +H +Q Q Q E S S E E +Q |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-(9)-----------(9)-----------|--9----12--------12s14-(14)----| |-(7)-----------(7)-----------|--7----10----x---10s12-(12)----| |-(0)-----------(0)-----------|-------------------------------| | | E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-17--17--------17--17--------|-17-17-----------17-17---------| |--------19b21---------19b21--|-------19b21------------19b21--| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| D.S. al Coda G5/D D E5 E E +E E +H +W +W | | | | | | | / / / / / / / E E +E E +H +W +W |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |-14----7-(7)-9-(9)----|--(9)--------|-(9)-----|| |-12----5-(5)-7-(7)----|--(7)--------|-(7)-----|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | H H +W W |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |---------------17-----|-(17)--------|---------|| |-19b21----------------|-------------|---------|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| |----------------------|-------------|---------|| & W W |----------|------|| |----------|------|| |----------|------|| |----------|------|| |----------|------|| |----------|------|| Out-Chorus A5 E5 A5 E5 Gtrs I, II W W W W 6x ||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||--9--------|----------|-9--------|-------|| ||--7--------|-9--------|-7--------|-9-----|| ||o-0--------|-7--------|-0--------|-7----o|| ||-----------|-0--------|----------|-0-----|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
