Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac Chords & Tabs

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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/exciter/heavy_metal_maniac_tab.html ]
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!