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HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
As recorded by Judas Priest
Transcribed by Andy Aledort
Words and Music by Glenn Tipton
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Intro Moderately Q.=88 H.=H 6/8 Gtrs I, II H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|||-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-3-------|-2-----|||-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-3-------|-2-----|||-0-------|-1-------|-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-1-------|-0-----||
Faster Q=195 4/4 PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)---------------||---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7---||-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0-----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W W H Q Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5---4---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5---4---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3---2---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||---------------5-|-----7-----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)--------------|||---7-----7-----5-|-----7-----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|||-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
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| W +W +W +H Q Q|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)-------5---4--|||-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)-------5---4--|||-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)-------3---2--|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
Verse 1 PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||---------------5-|-----7-----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)--------------||---7-----7-----5-|-----7-----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
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| W +W +W +W|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)--------------||-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)--------------||-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)--------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|||---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|||-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E H E Q E E Q.|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)-------7----|-7p5--5---5----||---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---7----|-7p5--5---5----||-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------5------|------5---3----||--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|||--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|||---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)--------------9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-|||---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---8p6----9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-|||-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------6-----/7---|---/10-10-10-(10)S==0-|||--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|-------------------2-||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|---------------------|||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0-----|||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Verse 2 PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------||---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|||---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|||-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E H E Q E E Q.|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)-------7----|-7p5--5---5----||---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---7----|-7p5--5---5----||-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------5------|------5---3----||--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|||--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|||---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)--------------9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-|||---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---8p6----9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-|||-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------6-----/7---|---/10-10-10-(10)S==0-|||--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|-------------------2-||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(2)--------------|-----------------||-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|---------------------|||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-2-|||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-----0-||
1st Bridge +W W W|------------|----------|------||------------|----------|------||------------|----------|------||-(2)--------|-3--------|-4----||-(2)--------|-3--------|-4----||-(0)--------|-1--------|-2----|
W W H. +Q W H. E E W|----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|------|||----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|------|||----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|-9----|||-5--------|-6--------|-7-------(7)S=|=3--------|-2-----------|-9----|||-5--------|-6--------|-7-------(7)S=|=3--------|-2-------2s7-|-7----|||-3--------|-4--------|-5-------(5)S=|=1--------|-0-----------|------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr II
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-|-12p=5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| W +W|-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--2--------------------------|-(2)--------------------------||--2--------------------------|-(2)--------------------------||--0--------------------------|-(0)--------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-|-12p=4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7----||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| W +W|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||--9--------------------------|-(9)-----------------------------||--9--------------------------|-(9)-----------------------------||--7--------------------------|-(7)-----------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-|-12p=3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W +W|-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--5--------------------------|-(5)--------------------------||--5--------------------------|-(5)--------------------------||--3--------------------------|-(3)--------------------------|
\7
T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S H|-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-|-12p=2h5-12p2h5h10p2-----||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
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| W +W|-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------||--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------||--5--------------------------|-(5)---------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3---|
E Q. E Q +E E Q E Q E E E|-17-----------------------------|-17--------------20p==19p17------||----20b22---20b22---------------|-----20b20.5------------------19-||------------------20pb21r==(20)-|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| PM----| PM-------|
| H +E E E E +Q E E E E E E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--2---------(2)--------------2--|-(2)------------------------2----||--2---------(2)--------------2--|-(2)------------------------2----||--0---------(0)----0-----0---0--|-(0)---------0-0--0-0--0----0----||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|---3---| |---3---| |--3---|
E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. +E|-17--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----19b20r(19)p17h20p17------17h20---17-|-20--20----17---------------------||---------------------------19------------|--------19-19b20---17------(17)---||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM---------------| PM-----------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-(2)--------------------------------2----|-(2)-------------------------2----||-(2)--------------------------------2----|-(2)-------------------------2----||-(0)---------0---0--0----0-----0----0----|-(0)--------0----0--0--0-0---0----||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----3-----| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q. +E S S S S E E E H|--8----------8--------------------|----------------------------||-----10b11-------[11]b13r====(11)-|--7h=8p7p5-7p5--------------||----------------------------------|-----------------7p5\-------||----------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| PM--------------| PM-----------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E|----------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------||-(2)---------------------------2--|-(2)----------------------2-||-(2)---------------------------2--|-(2)----------------------2-||-(0)-------0---0---0-----0-0---0--|-(0)-------0---0---0--0-0-0-||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5p=4---------------------------|-------------------------------|||-------7p5p4-----5p4-------------|-------------------------------|||---------------7-------7p5h7p5p4-|--5p=4---4---------------------|||---------------------------------|-------7---5h==7-3h5---3-2h3---|||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
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| PM--------------| PM----------------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-(2)-------------------------2---|-(2)---------------------------|||-(2)-------------------------2---|-(2)---------------------------|||-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0---0---|-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0-0---|||---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
2nd Bridge \0.5/ \0.5/ a W +W H +Q +Q|------------|------------|------------------------||------------|------------|------------------------||------------|------------|------------------------||------------|------------|-[7]----(7)-----(7)-----||-5s7--------|-(7)--------|------------------------||------------|------------|------------------------|
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| W W W|------------|------------|------------------------||------------|------------|------------------------||------------|------------|------------------------||---2--------|--3---------|--4---------------------||---2--------|--3---------|--4---------------------||---0--------|--1---------|--2---------------------|
\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ ~~~ +Q +Q +Q +Q +W|---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||-(7)-----(7)-----(7)-----(7)-----|-(7)----||---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------|
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| W W|---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||---------------------------------|--------||--5------------------------------|--6-----||--5------------------------------|--6-----||--3------------------------------|--4-----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +W +H. +Q +W|---------------|-----------------|--------------||---------------|-----------------|--------------||---------------|-----------------|--------------||-(7)-----------|-(7)------([7])--|-(7)----------||---------------|-----------------|--------------||---------------|-----------------|--------------|
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| H. +Q W H. E E|---------------|-----------------|--------------||---------------|-----------------|--------------||---------------|-----------------|--------------||--7-------(7)S=|==3--------------|--2-----------||--7-------(7)S=|==3--------------|--2-------2s7-||--5-------(5)S=|==1--------------|--0-----------|
\1____________________/ ~~~~~ +W W +H. Q|------------|------------|---------------|||------------|------------|----------x/---|||------------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---|||-(7)--------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---|||------------|------------|---------------|||------------|------------|---------------||
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| W W W|------------|------------|---------------|||------------|------------|---------------|||--9---------|------------|---------------|||--9---------|------------|---------------|||--7---------|------------|---------------|||------------|------------|---------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
PM------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||-2--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------2-||-2--------------|-----------------|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||----------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||-2--------------|-----------------||-2--------------|-----------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||----------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|---------------------|||---------------------|-------------------2-|||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0---2-(2)---2-0-|||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Outro
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|-----------------|||o------------------|-----------------|||--(2)--------------|-----------------|||--(2)--------------|-----------------|||o-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|||-------------------|---------------3-|
1. +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|---------------------|-----------------------|||---------------------|----------------------o|||---------------------|-------------------2---|||---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2---|||-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0--o|||-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)---------||
2. E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +W|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*||-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*||-------------------|---------5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*||-----0-------0-----|-----2-0-5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*||---0-----------2-2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-2-2-5-(5)-5---0-|-(0)----*||-1-----3-(3)-----0-|-(0)-------------3---|-----------------3---|--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
