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/ Judas Priest / Painkiller (1990) / Between the Hammer & the Anvil guitar tab

Song: Between the hammer and the anvil
Artist: Judas Priest
Album: Painkiller
Transcribed by: Chandler_rb
E-mail: chandler_rb@yahoo.gr


Hi everyone! This is a really nice song and I think I tabbed it right...

Normal tuning: E A D G B e

~: vibrato
\: slide down
/: slide up
h: hammer on
p: pull off
n: harmonic
m: mute
|-3-|: triplet


			

 Intro:
--------

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-/7--------\4--------/10--------\4--------|
A|-/7--------\4--------/10--------\4--------|
E|-/5--------\2--------/8 --------\2--------|

After the rhythm guitar plays the above part twice, the lead guitar enters
and plays the next part twice over the first guitar

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-/8--------\5--------/11--------\5--------|
D|-/8--------\5--------/11--------\5--------|
A|-/6--------\3--------/9 --------\3--------|
E|------------------------------------------|


 Riff 1:
----------
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|o------------------------------------------------------o|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5-----5-----5-----5--4-------5-----5--5--4--4-----|
A|o-----7-----7-----7-----7--5-------7-----7--7--5--5----o|
E|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--------0-0---0-0----------------|
    m m   m m   m m   m m        m m   m m

play this twice and then play twice:

 Verse 1:
----------

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|o------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5-----5-----5-----5--4-------2-----2-----2-----2---4---|
A|o-----7-----7-----7-----7--5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5---|
E|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--------------------------------------|
    m m   m m   m m   m m        m m   m m   m m   m m   m

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------o|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5-----5-----5-----5--4--------2-----2-----2-----2---4---|
A|-----7-----7-----7-----7--5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--o|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m         m m   m m   m m   m m   m


 Pre-Chorus:
-------------

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


 Chorus:
---------

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9---8---4---4----------------------------------|
D|-----9---8---5---4-----------5---4---1---0----------|
A|-----7---6---3---2-----------7---6---3---2----------|
E|--0-----------------0-3-2-0------------------0-3-2--|
    m                 m m m m                  m m m


 Verse 2:
----------
Here the rhythm guitar is playing the same as the verse 1
and the lead guitar is playing:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4--n2---------------------------------------4-----4-----4-2-0-2-----------------4---------|
D|-----------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5---n4-----------------------------5-4--2-----4-5-----------|
A|-------------------------------3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------------------------------------0-0---0-0---0-0-----------------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m         m m   m m   m m   m m   m       m m   m m   m m

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4--n2--------------------------------------4-----4-----4-2-0-2-----------------------4-------|
D|-----------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5---n4----------------------------5-4--2-------4-5-4-2----5-4--|
A|-------------------------------3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------------0-0---0-0---0-0---------------------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m         m m   m m   m m   m m   m      m m   m m   m m


 Pre-Chorus2:
--------------
The rhythm guitar is playing the same riff as pre-chorus1
and the lead guitar is playing:

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7----5----4----2----0----0-4-2--9-9-11-11-12-12-14--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------7-7-9 -9 -10-10-12--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|


 Chorus
--------
(same as previous Chorus)

Then quickly play this:

 Riff 2:
---------
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-0-3-2-0-3-2-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-3-4--|
   m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m


and then play the Intro part
                 ------------
(but this time the rhythm plays four times before the lead comes in)


Then comes the Solo Part...
Forgive me but I don't know how the lead guitar goes, but here is
the rhythm:

 Rhythm for Solo1:
-------------------

(play twice)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|o--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------7-7--|
D|------5-----5-----5-----4--4--------2-----2-----2-----2---7-7--|
A|o-----7-----7-----7-----5--5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5--|
E|--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------------|
    m m   m m   m m   m m         m m   m m   m m   m m   m

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------o|
G|---------------------------------------------------------4-4---|
D|-----5-----5-----5-----4--4--------2-----2-----2-----2---4-4---|
A|-----7-----7-----7-----5--5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--o|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----------------------------------------|
    m m   m m   m m   m m         m m   m m   m m   m m   m


 Rhythm for Solo2:
-------------------

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6----------------------------------------------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----------------8----------------5------------5--5--6----------------3------------5--6--5----------------5---------|
A|-3----------------8----------------5------------3--5--6----------------3------------5--6--5----------------5---------|
E|------------------6----------------3---------------3--4----------------1------------3--4--3----------------3---------|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-5----8-7-------------|
D|-5----8-7-8-10--------|
A|-3----6-5-8-10--------|
E|----------6-8 --------|
	|-3-|

After the Solo Parts,
play Riff 1,
     ------
Verse 2, Pre-Chorus2,
-------  ------------
and Chorus(twice)
    ------


Then play again Riff 1,
                ------
and then while rhythm guitar plays the Verse 1
                                       -------
the lead guitar plays:

 Riff 3:
---------
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4--2-------4-----4---4--2-0-2--0----|
D|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--------2-2---2-2---2-------------4--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m        m m   m m   m


Finally, after playing the above part,
the rhythm guitar is playing:

 Riff 4:
---------
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
D|-----5-----5-----5-----5--4-------5-----5--5--4--4--4--5--2--4----7-|
A|-----7-----7-----7-----7--5-------7-----7--7--5--5--2--3--0--2----5-|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--------0-0---0-0-----------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m        m m   m m

and the lead is playing:

 Riff 5:
---------
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4--2-------4-----4---4--2-0-2--0---0-------|
D|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--------2-2---2-2---2-------------4----2--4-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
   m m   m m   m m   m m        m m   m m   m


And then comes the outro(play until fade out)
 Outro:
--------

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-/9----\6----/12----\6----|
D|-/9----\6----/12----\6----|
A|-/7----\4----/10----\4----|
E|--------------------------|


Song order:
------------
Intro
Riff 1
Verse 1
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus2
Chorus
Riff 2
Intro
Rhythm for Solo1
Rhythm for Solo2
Riff 1
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus2
Chorus
Riff 1
Verse 1/Riff 3
Riff 4/Riff5
Outro


That's it guys! I hope I tabbed it well... And sorry about the solo!
If you have any problems feel free to mail me! C U!


Judas Priest albums
2001 Demolition
1997 Jugulator
1990 Painkiller
1988 Ram It Down
1986 Turbo
1984 Defenders of the Faith
1982 Screaming for Vengeance
1981 Point of Entry
1980 British Steel
1979 Unleashed in the East
1978 Stained Class
1978 Killing Machine
1977 Sin After Sin
1976 Sad Wings of Destiny
1974 Rocka Rolla
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03All Guns Blazing tabbass tab
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05Metal Meltdown tabbass tab
06Night Crawler tabbass tab
07Between the Hammer & the Anvil tabbass tab
08A Touch of Evil tabbass tab
09Battle Hymn tabbass tab
10One Shot at Glory tabbass tab

 

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