Hellhounds On My Trail Chords & Tabs
Hellhounds On My Trail Tab
This is my interpretation of Alexi's guitar part
I would say this is 95% correct what I would say is incorrect is the number of chords
strummed in the Chorus and the Breakdown section but the notes are correct.
Make sure you read the text in throughout this tab for a better explanation for playing
this song.
Note there is no Palm Muting marks because I don't think you need them (just listen to
the song and you should be able to figure it out).
Intro
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||-5---9\8/10--------------9/10--------------10/9-------------------------|
||-3---7\6/8---8-7--11-10--7/8--11-10--13-12--8/7-------------------------|
||-------------8-7--11-10-------11-10--13-12------0000etc-----------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------9/10----------5-7-10-8-----------------------------|
||-8-7------11-10------7/8-----------3-5-8--6-----------------------------|
||-8-7-0000-11-10-0000------0000etc---------------------------------------|
(Note: the open C picking is tremolo picked so the number of '0' will be off. Listen to
the song for timing and you will work it out)
Verse
(Part 1)
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||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---5-7-10-8--------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-3-5-8--6--------------------|
||---0-0-----0-0---------------------------------|
(Part 2)
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||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-5-5-8-8-3-3-7-7-3-5--------|
||---0-0-----0-0--------------------------------|
Pre chorus
Part 1
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||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------(Pick 5 and slide into 7)----|
||-----------------------------------\/---------------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2-5/7-------------|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0-----8-7-5~------|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3---------------------|
Pre chorus
Part 2
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||--------(Pick from anywhere and slide into 14)-----|
||-------------------------------------/14-----------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2------15-14-12~-|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0----------------|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3--------------------|
(Verse 2)
Part 1
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||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-5-5-8-8-3-3-7-7-3----------|
||---0-0-----0-0--------------------------------|
(Part 2)
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---5-7-10-8--------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-3-5-8--6--------------------|
||---0-0-----0-0---------------------------------|
(Chorus)
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||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||-7-7--5-5-------2-2--3-----------5------------|
||-5-5--3-3--5-5--0-0--1--2-2-2-2--3--1-1-1-1---|
||-----------5-5----------2-2-2-2-----1-1-1-1---|
X 3 then
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||-7-7--5-5-------2-2--3-----------5--2-2-2-2---|
||-5-5--3-3--5-5--0-0--1—-3-3-3-3--3--0-0-0-0---|
||-----------5-5----------3-3-3-3---------------|
Pre chorus
Part 1
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||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------(Pick 5 and slide into 7)-|
||-----------------------------------\/------------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2-5/7----------|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0-----8-7-5~---|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3------------------|
Part 2
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||--------(Pick from anywhere and slide into 14)-----|
||-------------------------------------/14-----------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2------15-14-12~-|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0----------------|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3--------------------|
Interlude
(Part 1)
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------15-15-------15-15-------------------------|
||-12-12-------14-14-------12-12-15-15-11-11-15-15-|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------13-13-------------------13-13-|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-12-12-15-15-10-10-------12-12-15-15-10-10-------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
X 2
Part 2
||-------------------------------------------17-17--|
||-------19-19-------19-19-------19-19-15-15--------|
||-16-16-------18-18-------16-16--------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------21-21-------------------21-21--|
||-16-16-19-19-------------16-16-19-19--------------|
||-------------18-18-------------------18-18--------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------17-17--|
||-------19-19-------19-19-------19-19-15-15--------|
||-16-16-------18-18-------16-16--------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/children_of_bodom/hellhounds_on_my_trail_tab_ver_2.html ]
||-------------------21-21-------------------21-21/-|
||-16-16-19-19-------------16-16-19-19--------------|
||-------------18-18-------------------18-18--------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
Break
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||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------7-7-12-12-7-7-7--------------------|
||--7-------5-7-------------------------------------|
||--5-------3-5-------------------------------------|
||----0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
Solo
||------/\------------------------------------------|
||-6p0-/ \-7*N.H\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /---------|
||-6p0/ \7*N.H-\ / \/ \/ \/ \/----------|
||-----------------\ /---------------------------|
||------------------\ /----------------------------|
||-------------------\/-----------------------------|
Depress Whammy Bar but don't pick, pull off both G,B (F,A) strings, and catch the
natural harmonic on both strings above the 7th fret on the way up and raise the bar slowly,
then quickly up towards the end of bar travel and then relax tension and do quick up and
down tremolo movements to complete.
(Basically a Dive Bomb technique, listen to the song and you'll figure it out)
Or...
You can do it this way from either 15 or 17 on the G,B (F,A) string and doing the same
technique with the whammy bar as above.
||-Depress whammy bar before picking-N.H -----------|
||-15*N.H------17*N.H-------------------------------|
||-15*N.H--OR--17*N.H-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
Ok here are the chromatic scale notes or whatever he uses to play this part
(Not the solo, it's only the notes!)
||--13-12-11-10----------------------------------------------|
||-------------14-13-12-11-----------------------------------|
||------------------------14-13-12-11------------------------|
||------------------------------------15-14-13-12------------|
||-----------------------------------------------16-15-14-13-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------|
And here is how he plays it with tapping, note that it is all tapping, hammer on's, and
pull off's(no picking in this part).
||-T13p10h11h12T13p12p11p10--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------T14p13p12p11h12h13T14p13T14p13p12p11-------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||- T14p13p12p11h12h13T14p13T14p13p12p11--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------T15p14p13p12h13h14T15p14p13p12-|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------13-10*P.H/--|
||---------------------------------------------------10-12------------|
||-----------------------------------------12-10~-12------------------|
||-T16p15p14p13h14h15T16p15p14p13~12-10-12----------------------------|
||---------Start picking from here-^----------------------------------|
And that's one way and the easiest way to play the solo. Alexi even says that every
time he plays it, it's going to be different; like he will play it like it is above but
when he gets to the G/F string he will go back to the B/A string and then go all the way
to the end. Just muck around with the notes in the scale but make sure you only Tap, hammer
on, and pull off.
Keyboard Solo backing
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||-5-----3-5-------------5-----3-5-----6-3-6-5---|
||---0-0-----0-0-5-6-3-6---0-0-----0-0-6-3-6-5---|
||---------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------5---------5-|
||-5-----3-5-------------5-----3-5-------------3---------3-|
||---0-0-----0-0-5-6-3-6---0-0-----0-0-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---|
Breakdown
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||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------4-4-4/5-5-5-|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0-2-2-2/3-3-3-|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0-------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------4-4-4/5-5-5-|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0-2-2-2/3-3-3-|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0-------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||-2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0--2-2-2-0--5-5-5-0-2-2-2/3-0-2-|
||-----------------------------------------------------------|
||------- ---------------------------------------------------|
||--------- Pick and slide from anywhere into-\14------------|
||-------------------------------------7-4--------15-14-12~--|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-5-2-------------------|
||-2-2-2-0--3-3-3-0--2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-----------------------|
Pre chorus
Part 1
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------(Pick 5 and slide into 7)-|
||-----------------------------------\/------------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2-5/7----------|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0-----8-7-5~---|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3------------------|
Part 2
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||------5------7----8--------5--------3----2-2--|
||------3------5----6--3-2-0-3--3-2-0-1--3-2-0--|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3-2-0----3------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||--------(Pick from anywhere and slide into 14)-----|
||-------------------------------------/14-----------|
||------8------5----7--------3----2-2------15-14-12~-|
||------6------3----5--3-2-0-1--3-2-0----------------|
||-0000---0000---00----3-2-0----3--------------------|
(Verse 3)
Part 1
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-5-5-8-8-3-3-7-7-3----------|
||---0-0-----0-0--------------------------------|
(Part 2)
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8---------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5------------------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-----3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-3-2-0-2-3--------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---------------1------------------------------|
||-----------------3-------------6--------------|
||-5-----8-7-----------------5-8----------------|
||---0-0-----1-1-----0-0-5-6--------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||---------------5---5-7-10-8--------------------|
||-5-----8-7-------8-3-5-8--6--------------------|
||---0-0-----0-0---------------------------------|
(Chorus)
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||-7-7--5-5-------2-2--3-----------5------------|
||-5-5--3-3--5-5--0-0--1--2-2-2-2--3--1-1-1-1---|
||-----------5-5----------2-2-2-2-----1-1-1-1---|
X 3 then
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-7--5-5-------2-2--3-----------5-----------3-----------5--2-2-2-2-|
||-5-5--3-3--5-5--0-0--1--2-2-2-2--3--1-1-1-1--1--3-3-3-3--3--0-0-0-0-|
||-----------5-5----------2-2-2-2-----1-1-1-1—----3-3-3-3-------------|
All natural harmonics \/
||----------------------------5-------------------|
||----------------------------5-------------------|
||----------------------------5-------------------|
||-7--5-7---------------------5-------------------|
||-5--3-5--5-6-3-5-6-3-6-5-0--5-0-----------------|
||-----------------6-3-6-5-0----0-----------------|
And that's it!
Any corrections just contact me through Ultimate Guitar.
jeffmetalhead
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