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Desert Plains

Judas Priest
Tab
4.7(18)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Band: Judas Priest

Album: Point of Entry

Song: Desert Plains

Copyright (c) (CBS) (1981)

Version 1.0 - (08/02/05)

. - 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

Tunning E A D G B E

Intro

Half distortion ~~ Increase distortion

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------4--------------------------------------|
G--------5--3-------------5--3--3----------5--3---------------------|
D--------5--3--3----------5-----3----------5--3--3------------------|
A---1-3--3-----3-----1-3--3-----------1-3--3-----3-----1-3---(3)----|
E-3----------------3----------------3----------------3--------------|

Main and verse riff ~~

E------------------------------------|
B----------------------------4-------|
G--------5--3-------------5--3--3----|
D--------5--3--3----------5-----3----|
A---1-3--3-----3-----1-3--3----------|
E-3----------------3-----------------|

Rpt 2 X before vocals enter

Rpt 4 X for verse

Chorus

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------4----------------------------------------|
G--------------------------3----------------------------------------|
D------------3------5-----------------------------------------------|
A---1-6------1------3-----------1-6------3------5------5-5---5-5----|
E-3---4-----------------------3---4------1------3------3-3---3-3----|

Guitar in background in chorus

[--------------------PM----------------------------]

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------11111113333333333--------------------------------------|
E-----4444444---------------------4444444111111133333333------------|

Rpt verse

Rpt chorus

Pre solo riff. Let notes ring.

E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G--------7-----5-----0-----7--|
D------7-----5-----0-----7----|
A-1-/5-----3----------/5------|
E----------------3------------|
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----7-----5-----0-----------|
D---7-----5-----0-------------|
A-5-----3-------------3-------|
E-------------3-----5---------|
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G------7-----5-----0-----7----|
D----7-----5-----0-----7------|
A-/5-----3-----------5--------|
E--------------3--------------|
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----7-----5-----0-----------|
D---7-----5-----0-------------|
A-5-----3-------------3-------|
E-------------3-----5---------|

Backing for guitar solo

[-----------PM-----------------] [-PM] [-PM] [---PM---]

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------2-2-2-2-2-2---------|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-5--5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
E---------------------------------1--1-1-3--3-3---------------------|

Rpt 4 X

Rpt verse

Rpt chorus

Rpt main riff 4 X

Rpt pre solo riff till fade out

END

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