Tabs
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Diamond Head: Lightning to the Nations
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Tuning: Standard
I think all of the song has a rock shuffle beat; triplets instead of eighth notes or sixteenth notes
Intro
e|--------------------------|
BB|-------10--------------9--|
G+G|-------10--------------9--|
D MajorD|-------10--------------9--|
A augmentedA|-0--0--8---------0--0--7--|
E MajorE|--------------------------| Play 4 times
Riff 1/Chorus Riff later on
e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------5-4--------------|
A augmentedA|-0--0-5--3--0-5--3-------5h6h7h-5h6h7-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------10-10----10--------------|
A augmentedA|-0--0-8--8---0-8-7----5-7------|
E MajorE|-----------------5----3-5------|
Riff 2
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------5-|
D MajorD|-2-----------------0-2-----3-|
A augmentedA|-0-------------0-3-----3-0---|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
x x x x x x
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|-(5)----------------------4-|
D MajorD|-(3)--------------0-2-----2-|
A augmentedA|--------------0-3-----3-0---|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
x x x x x x
Riff 3
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------5---|
A augmentedA|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3---|
E MajorE|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-----|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--5--|
A augmentedA|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--3--|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Chorus Riff
Bridge 1 Riff
e|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------10-7~~~~~~-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-5-3--0-8-7--0------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
e|----------------------|
BB|----------------------|
G+G|----------------------|
D MajorD|-5h6h7-----3h4h5------|
A augmentedA|------5h6h7-----3h4h5-|
E MajorE|----------------------|
Bridge 2 Riff
Guitar 1 Part
e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|--2-2-----2-2---2-2---2-2--|
D MajorD|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------0-----0-----0-----|
E MajorE|---------------------------|
Guitar 2 Part
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------2----------2--------------2-|
D MajorD|-2------5--0-2-----5--0---------5----0-|
A augmentedA|-0------3----0-----3-----3------3------|
E MajorE|-------------------------1-------------|
End Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------2--2------2--2------2--2--|
A augmentedA|-3--3------5--5------0--0------0--0------0--0--|
E MajorE|-1--1------3--3--------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-(2)--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-(0)----------------------------7--|
E MajorE|--------------------------------5--|
Well, that's pretty much it. You'll have to figure out where each riff goes, though.
your comments if you like.
Notation 🏷Legend:
|h hammeron
|~ vibrato
| slide down
|x palm mute
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