Death Tab by Judas Priest

Death tab by Judas Priest

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard

           Gothic chant thing 0:00-0:32
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----------2------------------|
D|-2~~~~------ 5-3~---------2~-|
A|----------------- --5~-------|
E|-----------------------------|

                MAIN RIFF/Intro       0:32-0:54
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9/10--109---9/10--/12--9-----9/10-109--9/10--10-10/12--14----------|Repeat
A|--7/8----87---7/8---/10--7-----7/8---87--7/8----8--8/10--12----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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              2nd Guitar over rythm at 0:43-0:54
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~--9~~~~~~---9sb-9~~~~~~~~~~~----9sb--9~~~~~~--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-(7)---------(7)-----------(7)------------------(7)-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

                      SLOW PART       (where Rob's vocals come in at 0:54)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--7h8~~-------7h8~~-8-7---------------------------Repeat------|
E|-5---------5~~-------------8-7-5~~~~----------------------------|

                    1:16-1:28    Rob screams "... be your last regret" here
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------10--------------10------------------------------------------------|
A|---7---7-7--8-----7---7-7--8-----8-7-----7-----------------------------------|
E|---5---5-5--------5---5-5------------8-7-5-----------------------------------|
                         *

1:28-1:49                 Slow Part

1:50-2:13                 Main Riff


                        2:13-2:35   EVIL SOUNDING GUITAR RIFF
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9------9/10~~----------------------------|
D|----------9---------------------7------7~~-------|
A|--7---------7-------------7--------7-8-----------|
E|--0-----------------------0----------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9------9/10~~--------------------------------|  2x
D|----------9----------------7--------9----10----------|
A|--7---------7-----------7-----7--8-----7-------7-----|
E|--0---------------------0----------------------0-----|

2:26-2:57        Slow Part

              2:57-3:09       Rob screams again
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------9/10-----------------9/10-------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7---7/8------------7--7--7/8----8-7------7------------------------------|
E|--5--5------------------5--5-------------8-7--5------------------------------|

3:09-3:30  Slow Part
 3:31-3:54  Main Riff
3:32-4:16  Evil Sounding Riff

        4:16-5:17            New Rythm and Background for 1st solo
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------87/87---Repeat-----|
D|--7--77-8-/10-7-----65/65--------------|
A|--5--55-6-/8--5--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

5:17-5:55  I don't really know what they play here, but it sounds like an open E5...?

5:57  Fast Riff
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3h5------3h5--8p7h8-3h5--------8p7h8-3h5-------3h5----8p7h8-------7h8~~~--|
E-----0000----0-----------000055------------0000-----00--------0000---------|

For the guitar solo, just repeat the fast riff.
After that is the "Death rise up from the storm" part,
and then Main Riff 1 again.

()   optional note
 sb  slight bend
| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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