Kings Of Metal Chords & Tabs
Manowar Chords & Tabs
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KINGS OF METAL
As recorded by Manowar
(From the 1988 Album KINGS OF METAL)
Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez(elmomias@hotmail.com)
Words by Joey DeMaio Music by Joey DeMaio & Ross the Boss
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
E5(type 2)
0 2 x x x x
G5(type 2)
3 5 x x x x
A5(type 2)
5 7 x x x x
G5/D
x x 0 0 3 3
D
x x 0 2 3 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'solo'
Intro
Moderate Heavy Metal Q=133
Bb5 A5 G#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--|
|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|
Verse
E5 G5/D E5
W +Q +S S E Q Q W +Q +Q H
||-----------|--------------------||----------|----------------|
||o----------|--------------------||----------|----------------|
||-----------|--------------7-----||----------|----------------|
||--9--------|-(9)--(9)-----5--7--||-9--------|-(9)--(9)-------|
||o-7--------|-(7)--(7)--------5--||-7--------|-(7)--(7)-------|
||--0--------|-(0)--(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--(0)-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +H Q Q W +W
||-----------|--------------3--2--||----------|----------------|
||o----------|--------------3--3--||----------|----------------|
||-----------|--------------0--2--||----------|----------------|
||--2--------|-(2)----------0--0--||-2--------|-(2)------------|
||o-2--------|-(2)----------------||-2--------|-(2)------------|
||--0--------|-(0)----------------||-0--------|-(0)------------|
E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5
~~~~
Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H +W +W
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|
| Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H +W +W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
$
E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5 A5
PM----|
Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W +H. S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)---------------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-2--------|-(2)---------------|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-0--------|-(0)------0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|
| Q Q E E +Q E E +E E +H W +W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|-9--------|-(9)---------------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-7--------|-(7)---------------|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-0--------|-(0)---------------|
|-0---3------3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|----------|-------------------|
C D5/A C D5/A C D5/A A5 E5
PM----| PM----| PM
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E +H W +W
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|--8p=7---------8p7---------|--8p=7--------------|----------|--------|
|--7--7---------7-7---------|--7--7-----2-(2)----|-9--------|-(9)----|
|-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-------0---0-(0)----|-7--------|-(7)----|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|
| +W +Q. E +H W +W
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)-------2-(2)----|----------|--------|
|-(7)-----------------------|-(7)-------2-(2)----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-(0)-----------------------|-(0)-------0-(0)----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
Chorus
E5 G5 G5 A5 G5/D E5 E5 G5
Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W W
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----||-9--------|-12----|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----||-7--------|-10----|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|
| Q E S S E E +Q E E +E E +H W W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----|
|-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----||-0--------|--3----|
A5 E5 E5 G5
Gtr II
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr I
W W W W
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-14--------|-9--------|-9--------|-12----|
|-12--------|-7--------|-7--------|-10----|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
To Coda
A5 E5 D5
W W W W
| |
/ /
\7
W W H H +W
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||
|-----------|----------|------------|--------o||
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||
|-14--------|-9--------|------7-----|-(7)-----||
|-12--------|-7--------|------5-----|-(5)----o||
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||
Guitar Solo
A5
Gtrs I, II
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr III
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q
|-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--8-8-8-5------------|
|-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--5-5-5-5-7b9r(7)-5--|
|-7b9-----7b9-----7b9---|----------7b9r(7)-5--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
E5
W
|
/
\2__________________________________
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5h==8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
E5 A5
W W
| |
/ /
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manowar/kings_of_metal_tab_ver_3.html ]
\2 | \7
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8-|-------12-14-15-14-12---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-12-15----------------15-13-12------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------14-12------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------10---|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E5
+W W +W
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~
+W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-|--0----------------------------|
|-------------|-2b4-----2b4---------|----[2]b4-[2]b4-[2]b4-0--------|
|-(10)--------|---------------------|------------------------2-(2)--|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
A5
W
|
/
\1
|------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------12-14-15-10h13p10h13-|
|----------------------------------12-13-14----------------------|
|-------------------------11-12-14-------------------------------|
|----------------10-12-14----------------------------------------|
|-------10-12-14-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14----------------------------------------------------------|
+W
|
/
\2
S S S S S S S S Q +Q
|-10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13---------------|
|-------------------------15b17r=(15)---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-------3------------4-------|-------5--------------6-------7------|
|-0---0-0-1------1---1-2-----2-|--2----3-------3---3--4----4--5----5-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-------6-----(6)----7-------|-(7)---8------(8)-----9------10------|
|-7b9-----8b10==(8)r---9b11====|=(9)r-10b12==(10)r---11b13---12b14---|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Bb5 B5 C5
PM| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--8---------9-------------10-------|
|--6----6-6--7-------7---7--8-----8-|
|
| Q. E +Q Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-11--------12-----(12)----13-------|
|-13b15-----14b16==(14)r---15b17====|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Verse
C#5 D5 Eb5 E5
Gtr II
W W
|
/
Gtr I
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E W
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||--9-------------------------|
|-------11-------------12-------13-------||--7-------------------------|
|---8----9-------9---9-10----10-11----11-||--0-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| +E E +Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-(13)--14-----(14)----15-------16-------||-17-----17-----17-17--------|
|-(15)r-16b18==(16)r---17b19----18b20----||-19b21--19b21--------19b21--|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
E5(typG5(typE 2)G5(A5(type 2)
+W Q E E E E +Q
| | | | | | |
/ / / o / / /
~~~~~~
+H +Q Q Q E S S E E +Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(9)-----------(9)-----------|--9----12--------12s14-(14)----|
|-(7)-----------(7)-----------|--7----10----x---10s12-(12)----|
|-(0)-----------(0)-----------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-17--17--------17--17--------|-17-17-----------17-17---------|
|--------19b21---------19b21--|-------19b21------------19b21--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
G5/D D E5
E E +E E +H +W +W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E +E E +H +W +W
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|-14----7-(7)-9-(9)----|--(9)--------|-(9)-----||
|-12----5-(5)-7-(7)----|--(7)--------|-(7)-----||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W W
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|---------------17-----|-(17)--------|---------||
|-19b21----------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
&
W W
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
Out-Chorus
A5 E5 A5 E5
Gtrs I, II
W W W W 6x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--9--------|----------|-9--------|-------||
||--7--------|-9--------|-7--------|-9-----||
||o-0--------|-7--------|-0--------|-7----o||
||-----------|-0--------|----------|-0-----||
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