Hell Bent For Leather Chords & Tabs
Hell Bent For Leather Tab
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HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
As recorded by Judas Priest
Transcribed by Andy Aledort
Words and Music by Glenn Tipton
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Intro
Moderately Q.=88 H.=H
6/8
Gtrs I, II
H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-3-------|-2-----||
|-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-3-------|-2-----||
|-0-------|-1-------|-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-1-------|-0-----||
Faster Q=195
4/4
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)---------------|
|---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7---|
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5---4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5---4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3---2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|---------------5-|-----7-----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)--------------||
|---7-----7-----5-|-----7-----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||
|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|
| W +W +W +H Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)-------5---4--||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)-------5---4--||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)-------3---2--||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
Verse 1
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------5-|-----7-----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|---7-----7-----5-|-----7-----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|
|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| W +W +W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)--------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)--------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------||
|---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E H E Q E E Q.
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)-------7----|-7p5--5---5----|
|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---7----|-7p5--5---5----|
|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------5------|------5---3----|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)--------------9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-||
|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---8p6----9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-||
|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------6-----/7---|---/10-10-10-(10)S==0-||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2-|
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0-----||
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Verse 2
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------5-|---7-----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------||
|---7-----7-----5-|---7-----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-------0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E H E Q E E Q.
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)-------7----|-7p5--5---5----|
|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---7----|-7p5--5---5----|
|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------5------|------5---3----|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
E E E E H +E E E E Q Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)--------------9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-||
|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---8p6----9-|-------12-12-(12)S==2-||
|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------6-----/7---|---/10-10-10-(10)S==0-||
|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2-|
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-||
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-2-||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-----0-||
1st Bridge
+W W W
|------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|------|
|-(2)--------|-3--------|-4----|
|-(2)--------|-3--------|-4----|
|-(0)--------|-1--------|-2----|
W W H. +Q W H. E E W
|----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|------||
|----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|------||
|----------|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|-9----||
|-5--------|-6--------|-7-------(7)S=|=3--------|-2-----------|-9----||
|-5--------|-6--------|-7-------(7)S=|=3--------|-2-------2s7-|-7----||
|-3--------|-4--------|-5-------(5)S=|=1--------|-0-----------|------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr II
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-|-12p=5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------|-(2)--------------------------|
|--2--------------------------|-(2)--------------------------|
|--0--------------------------|-(0)--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-|-12p=4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--9--------------------------|-(9)-----------------------------|
|--9--------------------------|-(9)-----------------------------|
|--7--------------------------|-(7)-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-|-12p=3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|--5--------------------------|-(5)--------------------------|
|--5--------------------------|-(5)--------------------------|
|--3--------------------------|-(3)--------------------------|
\7
T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S H
|-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-|-12p=2h5-12p2h5h10p2-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------|
|--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------|
|--5--------------------------|-(5)---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3---|
E Q. E Q +E E Q E Q E E E
|-17-----------------------------|-17--------------20p==19p17------|
|----20b22---20b22---------------|-----20b20.5------------------19-|
|------------------20pb21r==(20)-|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| PM----| PM-------|
| H +E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--2---------(2)--------------2--|-(2)------------------------2----|
|--2---------(2)--------------2--|-(2)------------------------2----|
|--0---------(0)----0-----0---0--|-(0)---------0-0--0-0--0----0----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~
|---3---| |---3---| |--3---|
E E +E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. +E
|-17--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----19b20r(19)p17h20p17------17h20---17-|-20--20----17---------------------|
|---------------------------19------------|--------19-19b20---17------(17)---|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------| PM-----------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(2)--------------------------------2----|-(2)-------------------------2----|
|-(2)--------------------------------2----|-(2)-------------------------2----|
|-(0)---------0---0--0----0-----0----0----|-(0)--------0----0--0--0-0---0----|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----3-----| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q. +E S S S S E E E H
|--8----------8--------------------|----------------------------|
|-----10b11-------[11]b13r====(11)-|--7h=8p7p5-7p5--------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------7p5\-------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM--------------| PM-----------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(2)---------------------------2--|-(2)----------------------2-|
|-(2)---------------------------2--|-(2)----------------------2-|
|-(0)-------0---0---0-----0-0---0--|-(0)-------0---0---0--0-0-0-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--5p=4---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------7p5p4-----5p4-------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------7-------7p5h7p5p4-|--5p=4---4---------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------7---5h==7-3h5---3-2h3---||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| PM--------------| PM----------------|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-(2)-------------------------2---|-(2)---------------------------||
|-(2)-------------------------2---|-(2)---------------------------||
|-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0---0---|-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0-0---||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
2nd Bridge
\0.5/ \0.5/
a W +W H +Q +Q
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|-[7]----(7)-----(7)-----|
|-5s7--------|-(7)--------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|
| W W W
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|---2--------|--3---------|--4---------------------|
|---2--------|--3---------|--4---------------------|
|---0--------|--1---------|--2---------------------|
\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/
~~~
+Q +Q +Q +Q +W
|---------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|-(7)-----(7)-----(7)-----(7)-----|-(7)----|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|--------|
|--5------------------------------|--6-----|
|--5------------------------------|--6-----|
|--3------------------------------|--4-----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +Q +W
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-(7)-----------|-(7)------([7])--|-(7)----------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| H. +Q W H. E E
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--7-------(7)S=|==3--------------|--2-----------|
|--7-------(7)S=|==3--------------|--2-------2s7-|
|--5-------(5)S=|==1--------------|--0-----------|
\1____________________/
~~~~~
+W W +H. Q
|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|----------x/---||
|------------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---||
|-(7)--------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---||
|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|---------------||
|
| W W W
|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|---------------||
|--9---------|------------|---------------||
|--9---------|------------|---------------||
|--7---------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|---------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
PM------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------2-|
|-2--------------|-----------------|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|----------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
PM------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|----------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------2-||
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-||
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0---2-(2)---2-0-||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Outro
PM------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||--(2)--------------|-----------------|
||--(2)--------------|-----------------|
||o-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
||-------------------|---------------3-|
1.
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|-------------------2---||
|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2---||
|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0--o||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)---------||
2.
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +W
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*|
|-------------------|---------5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*|
|-----0-------0-----|-----2-0-5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*|
|---0-----------2-2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-2-2-5-(5)-5---0-|-(0)----*|
|-1-----3-(3)-----0-|-(0)-------------3---|-----------------3---|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
