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KINGS OF METAL
As recorded by Manowar
(From the 1988 Album KINGS OF METAL)
Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez(elmomias@hotmail.com)
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)-------|
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| 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)----||-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
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| 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--||-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
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| 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)----|
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| +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----||-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
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| 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-|
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| 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-|
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| Q. E +Q Q|-----------------------------------||-11--------12-----(12)----13-------||-13b15-----14b16==(14)r---15b17====||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
Verse
C#5 D5 Eb5 E5
Gtr II
W W
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/
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-------------------------|
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| 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
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/ / / 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)-----------|-------------------------------|
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| 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
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/ / / / / / /
E E +E E +H +W +W|----------------------|-------------|---------|||----------------------|-------------|---------|||----------------------|-------------|---------|||-14----7-(7)-9-(9)----|--(9)--------|-(9)-----|||-12----5-(5)-7-(7)----|--(7)--------|-(7)-----|||----------------------|-------------|---------||
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
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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
