 Exciter - "Heavy Metal Maniac" Guitar Tab
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Band: Exciter
Album: Heavy Metal Maniac
Song: Heavy Metal Maniac
Copyright (c) Shrapnel Records (1983)
Version 1.0 - 2006/15/7
Transcribed By: Benjamin Gheysels
Email: benjamingheysels@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
ps - pick scrape
Tuning E A D G B E
Riff 1: play 11 times
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---8---6---8---6---8-------|
|---6-6-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6-----|
|---------------------------|
. . . . .
then this once
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----------------6----|
|---8---6---8-----4----|
|---6-6-4-4-6-6-6------|
|----------------------|
. . . .
Riff 2: play once
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---4-------6----|
|---2-------4----|
|----------------|
Riff 1: play 8 times
Riff 2: play once
Riff 2: play 2 times
Riff 3: chorus. Play 4 times
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------4--6--8-8---8-8-------|
|---6-----2--4--6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
|---4---------------------------|
. .
Riff 1: play 8 times
Riff 2: play once
Riff 1: play 8 times
Riff 2: play once
Riff 1: play 2 times
Riff 3: chorus. Play 3 times, then this shorter bit once
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---------4--6-------|
|---6-----2--4-------|
|---4----------------|
Riff 4: play once
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---8----6----4----3----------8--6--8---------|
|---6----4----2----1----------6--4--6---------|
Solo: play this while John Ricci does his thing
part 1 part 2
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---8--6--8--6--8---|-------------------|
|---6--4--6--4--6---|---6--4--6--4--6---|
|-------------------|---4--2--4--2--4---|
this is how the background riff should be played:
- part 1: 4 times
- part 2: 2 times
- part 1: 4 times
- part 2: 2 times
- part 1: 4 times
Riff 1: 8 times
Riff 2: play once
Riff 1: play 8 times
Riff 2: play once
Riff 1: play 2 times
Riff 3: chorus. Play 3 times, then this shorter bit once
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---------4--6-------|
|---6-----2--4-------|
|---4----------------|
Riff 4: play once
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---8----6----4----3----------8--6--8---------|
|---6----4----2----1----------6--4--6--stop---|
That's it! Enjoy!
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