Heavy Metal Maniac tab by Exciter

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Band: Exciter
Album: Heavy Metal Maniac
Song: Heavy Metal Maniac

Copyright (c) Shrapnel Records (1983)
Version 1.0 - 2006/15/7

Transcribed By: Benjamin Gheysels
Email:     [email protected]


. - 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
ps - pick scrape

Tuning E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE

Riff 1: play 11 times
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---8---6---8---6---8-------|
|---6-6-4-4-6-6-4-4-6-6-----|
|---------------------------|
   .  .  .  .  .

then this once
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----------------6----|
|---8---6---8-----4----|
|---6-6-4-4-6-6-6------|
|----------------------|
   .  .  . .

Riff 2: play once
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---4-------6----|
|---2-------4----|
|----------------|

Riff 1: play 8 times

Riff 2: play once

Riff 2: play 2 times

Riff 3: chorus. Play 4 times
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------4--6--8-8---8-8-------|
|---6-----2--4--6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
|---4---------------------------|
          .   .

Riff 1: play 8 times

Riff 2: play once
Riff 1: play 8 times

Riff 2: play once

Riff 1: play 2 times

Riff 3: chorus. Play 3 times, then this shorter bit once
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---------4--6-------|
|---6-----2--4-------|
|---4----------------|

Riff 4: play once
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---8----6----4----3----------8--6--8---------|
|---6----4----2----1----------6--4--6---------|

Solo: play this while John Ricci does his thing
    part 1      part 2
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---8--6--8--6--8---|-------------------|
|---6--4--6--4--6---|---6--4--6--4--6---|
|-------------------|---4--2--4--2--4---|

this is how the background riff should be played:
- part 1: 4 times
- part 2: 2 times
- part 1: 4 times
- part 2: 2 times
- part 1: 4 times

Riff 1: 8 times

Riff 2: play once

Riff 1: play 8 times

Riff 2: play once

Riff 1: play 2 times

Riff 3: chorus. Play 3 times, then this shorter bit once
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---------4--6-------|
|---6-----2--4-------|
|---4----------------|

Riff 4: play once
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---8----6----4----3----------8--6--8---------|
|---6----4----2----1----------6--4--6--stop---|