THIS IS HEAVY METAL - Lordi
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Tabbed by: Dragozan
Email: coopercoe@hotmail.com
Tuning: Drop D (D,A,D,G,B,e)
Opening Organ bit can be played like this on guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5--7------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--7------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--3--5------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5------------------------------------------------------------|
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Intro Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------3--5---------------------| (x2)
D|--------------------------------------3--5---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------1--3---------------------|
D|-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-2--2-3-2-0-7-0-6-0-5-0--------------------------|
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| (x2)
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--8--7-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--8--7-|
P.M* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pre Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5------5--5\3-----3/5\3-0---------------------------------|
A|--5--3------5--5\3-----3/5\3-0---------------------------------|
D|--5-----0-0-5--5\3-0-0-3/5\3-0--0-0-0--------------------------|
* * * * * * *
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5--7---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--7---7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--3--5---7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---------7-7-7-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Same as the intro riff):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------3--5---------------------| (x2)
D|--------------------------------------3--5---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------1--3---------------------|
D|-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-2--2-3-2-0-7-0-6-0-5-0--------------------------|
REPEAT VERSE, PRE-CHORUS AND CHORUS AFTER THIS, BUT USE THIS ALTERNATE ENDING FOR THE
(Replaces last two power chords):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------3--5------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--5------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1--3------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------|
Bridge (Similar to the riff in the pre-chorus):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------5--5\3-----3/5\3-0----3/5--------------------------| (x3)
A|----------5--5\3-----3/5\3-0----3/5--------------------------|
D|------0-0-5--5\3-0-0-3/5\3-0--0-3/5--------------------------|
* * * * *
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------3--5-----------------------------------------|
D|-------5--5\3-----3--5-----------------------------------------|
A|-------5--5\3-----1--3-----------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-5--5\3-0-0----------------------------------------------|
* * * *
Solo (Not figured out yet. Feel free to contact me with a submission, and you will be
If not, ill upload as soon as i figure it out)
Interlude: around 2:16. No guitar played till the very end, with this:
(not too sure, but its similar. These are all 2nd fret, not 22nd. two notes together
as 16th notes, whilst seperate notes are 8th notes)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-22-2-22-2-22-2-22-2-------------------------------------------|
** * ** * ** * ** *
Then repeat chorus twice through, but instead of the last two power chords, just play this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8\------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8\------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8\------------------------------------------------------------|
And that's all ive figured out :) this was my first attempt at tabbing almost a whole
so i hope ive done it write. Corrections and feedback are most appreciated, and like i
feel free to submit the solo part, for credit, to my E-mail address. Thanks!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
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