"Grinder" as recorded by Six Feet Under
Original version by Judas Priest
tabbed by Aaron Richards
I can never decide if Allen West use drop D tuning or tune all
strings down 1 step. For this song at least, I believe it's
just regular D tuning, not drop. i did the solo as well.
play that 4x riff A ( x2)
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|-------------------|-------------------|-------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--.-/.-|-------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|---/---|-5-5-5--5-5-10-10-9|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|-------|-5-5-5--5-5-10-10-9|
|-5-5-5--5-5-8--8--7|-5-5-5--5-5-8--8--7|-------|-3-3-3--3-3-8--8--7|
end riff A chorus riff B end riff B
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|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|-2-4-----4-----4-----2-4-5-4-------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9|-2-4-----4-----4-----2-4-5-4-------------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-8--8--7|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
end chorus
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|-----------------------------|
|-2-4-----4-----4-----2-4-5-4-|
|-2-4-----4-----4-----2-4-5-4-|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-3-2-|
. . . . . .
riff A x 2
lead fill 1
|---------------------------|
|-b-------------------------|
|-7a.h.--5tr7-----14>\------|
|-------------7~------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
chorus
guitar solo w/ riff A I think most of this is accurate.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5-5-5-5-8p5-----5~------------|
|-7~-7~-7~-7~-5---------------7-7-7-7-------------7-7---------------|
|---------------7a.h.-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5h8p5---5h8p5---5h8p5---5h8p5---5h8p5---5h8p5-5h8p5---------------|
|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5------5------8p5-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------7-5-7-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5----|
|-b-r---------------------8p5-----8p5-----8p5-----8p5----8p5----8p5-|
|-7-7-5tr7----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7~-7\--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/six_feet_under/grinder_tab.html ]
|-8p5-----8p5-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8p5-----8p5--5-5-5-8p5-5-5-8p5-----8a.h-7a.h.-5a.h.-----------|
|------------------------------------7-5------------------7a.h.-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b
|-------5>--------------8>\-----------------------------------------|
|------------5>-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------8>----------------------------------------------|
|--5>---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
slow part
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----3-4-----4-----4---2-----3-4-----4-----4---7-7-4-2-----2-----|
|-2-----3-4-----4-----4---2-----3-4-----4-----4---7-7-4-2-----2-----|
|-0-0-0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1st ending 2nd ending
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|-----------|--------------.|-|-------------------------------------|
|---------2-|---------------|-|-------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-|-4-----4-----4.|-|--4-----4-----4-----4-2--------------|
|-2-----2-0-|-4-----4-----4-|-|--4-----4-----4-----4-2--------------|
|-0-0-0-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
this twice then play riff A twice w/ 3rd verse
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|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9----------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-10-10-9----------------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-8--8--7----------------------|
lead fill 2
|---b---------b--r------------------|
|--15-13tr15-15-13--13tr15----------|
|--------------------------14~~-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
the last chorus is a little different from the others.
play riff B 3 times "Grinder, bitch!..."
then the 4th time goes
" Grinder, motherfucker!" "Grin-der!"
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|-2-4-----4-----4-----2--4-7-9------------2--4---------|
|-2-4-----4-----4-----2--4-7-9------------2--4---------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--2-5-7------------0--2---------|
. . . . . .
hope that wasn't hard to understand. The riff structure was kind
of fucked up, or "fickt auf" as we say in Germany. there were
little variations on each riff that I had to keep putting in.
h- hammer on
p- pull off
.-palm mute
a.h.- artificial harmonic
b- bend note up 1 full step
r- release bend
tr- trill
>- depress whammy bar slightly
~- vibrato
/- slide
