Judas Priest - Ram It Down Chords & Tabs

Band:  Judas Priest
Album: Ram It Down
Song:  Ram It Down

Copyright (c)  (CBS) (1988)
Version 1.0 - (28/02/05)

Transcribed By: Steve
Email:          stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.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

Tunning E A D G B E
 



 Intro Riff

  [PM]hPM hPM hPM hPM h h[PM] hPM hPM hPM hPM h h~~
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------5-----------------------7-5--|
A-----7---5---7---5-----7-----7---5---7---5--------|
E-0-0---0---0---0---0-----0-0---0---0---0---0------|Rpt 3 X

 Main Riff
  [---PM----]  [--------PM-------]
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G-------------5-------------------2p0---5----|
D-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-2p0---5-7--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---7--|
E--------------------------------------------|

  [---PM----]  [--------PM-------]~~~
E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G-------------5-------------------7br---|
D-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7br---|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E---------------------------------------|Rpt

 Last time
  [---PM----]  [--------PM-------]               Trem dive
E-------------------------------------3--------------|
B-------------------------------------3--------------|
G-------------5-------------------5---0--------------|
D-5-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-5---0------2--(0)--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------2--(0)--|
E-------------------------------------3--2br-0--(0)\-|

      [---PM----]
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G----------------4---(4)----|
D----------------4---(4)----|
A-2-0---2-0---45-2---(2)----|
E-----3-----3-23------------|
 
 Verse

   [---PM--] [---PM--]   [--PM--] 
E------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G-7/9-9---9-7-9-9---9-/12-\9---9-5----7----|
D-7/9-9---9-7-9-9---9-/12-\9---9-5----7----|
A-5/7---7---5-7---7---/10-\7-7---3----5----|
E------------------------------------------|

   [---PM--]   [---PM--]   
E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G-7/9-9---9-/12--\9---9-7----5----7-----|
D-7/9-9---9-/12--\9---9-7----5----7-----|
A-5/7---7---/10--\7-7---5----3----5-----|
E---------------------------------------|Rpt

 Bridge

E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G-2--------------------2------5--------------------------------|
D-2------3------5------2------5------3------3---5---3---2------|
A-0------3------5------0------3------3------3---5---3---2------|
E--------1------3--------------------1------1---3---1---0------|

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-2--------------------2------------------------------|
D-2------3------5------2------3------5------2---(2)---|
A-0------3------5------0------3------5------2---(2)---|
E--------1------3-------------1------3------0---(0)---|

 Chorus

E---3----------------------------|
B---3----------------------------|
G-2-0-2---2-2--------------------|
D-2-0-2---2-2-5---109\7\5--/107--|
A-0---0---0-0-5------------------|
E-------------3---8\7\5\3-0/8\5--|

E---3----------------------------------|
B---3----------------------------------|
G-2-0-2---2-2-----------------9--(9)---|
D-2-0-2---2-2-5---3/7/109\7\5-9--(9)---|
A-0---0---0-0-5---------------7--(7)---|
E-------------3---1/5/8\7\5\3-0--(0)---|

 Rpt main riff
 Rpt verse, bridge and chorus.
 Rpt main riff

E-----|
B-----|
G-9---|
D-9---|
A-7---|
E-----|

  Mid 8

E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G-9--------------------9------4----------------------------|
D-9----------------------9----4----------------------------|
A-7------------------------7--2----------------------------|
E-0--------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G-9--------------------9------7----------------------------|
D-9----------------------9----7------------7---------------|
A-7------------------------7--5------------7---------------|
E-0----------------------------------------5---------------|

            [-PM-]
E-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-0-2-0---0---------|
E-------3---3-2-0---|

 Backing for guitar solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/judas_priest/ram_it_down_tab.html ]
 [---------------------PM------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------9--4--|
D-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9--4--|
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7--2--|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

[---------------------PM------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------2--4--|
D-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--2--4--|
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--0--2--|
E--------------------------------------------------------|Rpt

[---------------------PM------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------9--4--|
A-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9--4--|
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7--2--|

[---------------------PM------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------2--4--|
A-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--2--4--|
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--0--2--|Rpt

[---------------------PM------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|

 Backing for twin lead

 Riff A
[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E------------------|Rpt

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|Rpt 4 X

 Rpt Riff A 2 X

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|Rpt 

 Rpt Riff A 

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E------------------|

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5--|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3--|


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

 Backing for 2nd half of guitar solo

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|Rpt 3 X

[-------------------------------PM-------------------------------]
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E------------------|

[-------PM-------]
E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E----------------|Rpt 3 X

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E------------------|Rpt

[-------PM-------]
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|Rpt

[--------------------------------PM------------------------------]
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-------------2----|
A-5--6--2-----0----|
E-3--4--0----------|Pause with lead guitar on it's own.

 Rpt intro riff 6 X with additional guitar solos.
 Rpt Bridge.
 Rpt Chorus 2 X.

 Ending

E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D---2-5-4-2-----2-5-4-2-----------------|
A-3-0-3-2-0-5-3-0-3-2-0-5-7-7-5/7-5/7\--|
E-1---------3-1---------3-5-5-3/5-3/5\--|




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