Quiet Riot – Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
Firstly, check out my other tabs aswell, thanks!
Probably “THE” Metal anthem of all time! Here it is in all it’s glory...METAL HEALTH!!!
a bitchinÂ’ song & here I have included everything (even the bass at the break). Took a
outta me to tab it so please rate/comment! Thanks!
Tablature Legend:
~ - vibrato
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
x\ - Pick slide
x - Mute
t - Tap
t~ - Tremolo
\\\ - Slowed Slide
PM|-| - Palm Mute
h - Hammer-on
p - Pull-off
?(?) - Bend (to whatever is in the brackets)
Intro:
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e|-------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2---------|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2---------|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0---------|E|--------3----3-----------------0-3~--|
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e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------0-0--------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--0-0--2t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2-------2t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0-------0t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|E|--------3----3---------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-2-------------4-------------5-------------4-------------------|D|-2-------------4-------------5-------------4-----------5--5----|A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----|E|-------------------------------------------------------3--3----|PM |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-2----4----5----7--7--7--7--7--5---|D|-2----4----5----7--7--7--7--7--5---|A|-0----2----3----5--5--5--5--5--3---|E|-----------------------------------|
Chorus:
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e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------0-0--------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--0-0--2t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2-------2t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0-------0t~---t~---t~---t~---t~---t~--|E|--------3----3---------------------------------------------------|
Solo I:e|-20------------------------------------------------------|B|----17~--20----------------------------------------------|G|------------17~--19------14------------------------------|D|--------------------17~-----12~--10(11)-10(11)-----------|A|-----------------------------------------------12~~~~~---|E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-2-------------4-------------5-------------4-------------------|D|-2-------------4-------------5-------------4-----------5--5----|A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----|E|-------------------------------------------------------3--3----|PM |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------|G|-2----4----5----7--7--7--7--7--5---|D|-2----4----5----7--7--7--7--7--5---|A|-0----2----3----5--5--5--5--5--3---|E|-----------------------------------|
Chorus:
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Bridge:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------5------------5-----------5----------------------|D|-7\--------5--5\--------5--7\-------5--5-----7-------------|A|-7\--------3--5\--------3--7\-------3--5-----7-------------|E|-5\-----------3\-----------5\----------3-----5-------------|
Solo II:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-10(10)--10(10)~---------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-12(14)--12(14)~------16p14----16~--14-14-13-11-14-13-11-----------------------------|D|------------------/16-------16---------------------------14(16)—12~--12~-12~---------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------12-14~--|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-13(15)--10-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-18t13p10-18t13p10-18t13p10-|G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-18t-18t-/--17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-18t-18t-/--|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|B|-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-18t-18t-/--|G|---------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-18t13p10-18t13p10-18t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-18t13p10-18t13p10-18t13p10-|G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-15t13p10-15t13p10-15t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-17t13p10-|G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-15t13p10-15t13p10-15t13p10-13-13(15)~\-13-15(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)-|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-|B|-------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------|
e|-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-|B|-------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-19-19-19-19--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------17-17-17-17-------------17-17-17-17--------------------------------x\----|G|-------------------------15-15-15-15-------------15----------15-15-15-15--------x\----|D|----------------------------------------------------14-14-14-------------14-----------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------13~-------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
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Gtr Ie|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2---|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2---|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0---|E|--------3----3-----------------|
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|Gtr IIe|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------17-17(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)--------------|G|-14~--------------------------------------------------------------------17-14-17-14~-|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Break: (just thought I’d add in the beginning bass line - cus it’s cool!)“Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!”BassG|--------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------5----|A|-----------------3-----------------------3---3-------------5--|E|0-3-3-5-5-5-5--5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---5---5-5-5-0-3------|
Gtre|------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--|D|---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--|A|-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x----------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(The following are all the solo fills for ach of the following lyrics)
e|-----------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------13(15)--|G|---------------14-14-14p12-14-12---------|D|-----------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------|“Bang Your Head!”
e|---------------------------------------|B|---------------13(15)-13-10-10-13-10\--|G|---------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------|“Wake The Dead!”
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-13(15)--|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|“We’re All Metal Mad!”
e|------------------------------------------|B|------------------13(15)-13-10-10-13-10\--|G|------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|“It’s All Ya Have!”
e|----------------------------------------------------15------------|B|-------------------15(17)-15p13-15(17)-15(17)—15p13-----15(17)~~--|G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------------|“So Bang Your Head!”
e|------------------15--------15-----------15----------|B|---------------------15(17)----15(17)-13----15(17)~--|G|-----------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------|“And Raise the Dead – Ooo Yeah!”
e|----------------15(17)-15p12-15(17)-15(17)-15p12-15(17)-15(17)~~~--|B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|“METAL HEALTH!”
e|--------15(17)(15)-12-15(17)(15)-12-15(17)(15)-12-15(17)(15)-12-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)~-|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|“It Drives ya – Mad – Mad – Mad – Mad - Bang Your Head!”
Chorus: (the previous solo runs into this chorus for a second or two)
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e|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--------|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2---5-5--|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0---5-5--|E|--------3----3-----------------3-3--|
e|---------------------------------------|B|------------------------------1--3-3---|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--0--2-2---|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2-----------|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0-----------|E|--------3----3-------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|B|------------------------------1--3-3---|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--0--2-2---|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2-----*-----|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0-----------|E|--------3----3-------------------------|*Outro Solo starts here!
e|---------------------------------------|B|------------------------------1--3-3---|G|-2---5-----------5--2--5---2--0--2-2---|D|-2---5--5----5---5--2--5---2-----------|A|-0---3--5----5---3--0--3---0-----------|E|--------3----3-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-2---5-----------5-----2-----5-----2--------------------------------------------|D|-2---5--5----5---5-----2-----5-----2-------------------------------------7-7-\--|A|-0---3--5----5---3-----0-----3-----0*------------------------------------7-7-\--|E|--------3----3-----------------------------------------------------------5-5-\--|*Allow Feedback!
Outro Solo:
e|-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)~--20(22)-20-20(22)-20-20(22)~--20(22)—17h20p17h20p17---------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------20(21)--|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|-17h20p17h20p17-----------------------------------------|G|----------------19p17h19p17-19p17h19p17-----------------|D|----------------------------------------19p17h19p17-17\-|A|--------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------5-----------------------------------------|B|-------------8p7p5-------8p7p5-------8p7p5-----------|G|-5-5~-7(9)---------7p6p5-------7p6p5-------7p6p5-7~--|D|-----------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|B|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------------|G|---5p4p2---5p4p2---5p4p2---5p4p2---5p4p2-2~~~~-|D|-----------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------|
Above the muted notes will have bracketed fret numbers stating what frets you mute & strum! (22)(20)(18)(16)(12)(10)(8)(6)(4)(2)e|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x--x--x--x----------------------------------------|B|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x--x--x--x---x\--------x\--------x\---------------|G|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x--x--x--x---x\--------x\--------x\---------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------/-19-\---/-19-\----/-19-\--------|
Enjoy!
