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Turning Circles

Judas Priest
Tab
★4.8(6)

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: Turning Circles

Copyright (c) (CBS) (1981)

Version 1.0 - (27/02/05)

Intro

Cleanish guitar with light overdrive

e|-7-7--7---9-9--9------------4-4-4-4-4/6-6--|
B|-4-4--4---7-7--7---1212-12--5-5-5-5-5/7-7--|
G|-4-4--4---6-6--6---9-9--9---4-4-4-4-4/6-6--|
D|-4-4--4------------9-9--9------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|Rpt

Main / Verse Riff

Full distortion

|PM] |PM] |PM]

e|--------------------------|
B|------------3------2---3--|
G|-----4------2------2---2--|
D|-----4-------------2---0--|
A|-2-2----2-2----0-0---0----|
E|--------------------------|

Rpt 2 X before vocals enter

Rpt 8 X for verse

Chorus

|PM] |PM]

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4----------------------------4----------------------------4---------|
D|-4--------2---------4---------4--------2---------4---------4---------|
A|-2--------2---------4---------2--------2---------4---------2---------|
E|--------4-0---------2----------------4-0---------2-------------------|

Rpt main riff 2 X letting last B chord of chorus fade into feed back.

Rpt verse

Halfway through 2nd verse

Harmonic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~vibrato with trem

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-<12>------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Rpt Chorus

Interlude

Guitar 1 Clean with chorus effect

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------3-------2-----------3-|
G|-----4---------2-------2-------2---|
D|---4---4---4-------2-------2-0-----|
A|-2-------2-------0-------0---------|
E|-----------------------------------|

|Guitar 2 clean with chorus effect

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------3---|
G|-------------------------------2---|
D|-------------------------------0---|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|Rpt 12 X

Harmonic~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~vibraro with trm

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-<7>---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Enters the 5th time.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8fb------------r--------------12-10-7----------------------------|
G|-------------------9brp7---------------9fbrp7-------(7)--------\--|
D|-----------------------------9------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rpt 7th fret harmonic

Enters 9th time.

~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|-14-----15fbr-14-19-17-14-13p12------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------15------------17fb-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rpt 7th fet harmonic

Chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4------/---------------------4------/---------------------4---------|
D|-4------/-2-------/-4-------/-4------/-2---------4---------4---------|
A|-2------/-2-------/-4-------/-2------/-2---------4---------2---------|
E|----------0---------2-------/----------0---------2-------------------|

Rpt main riff to fade with additional 7th fret harmonic.

END

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| / Slide up

| PM Palm mute

| ~ Vibrato

| r Release

| (n) Ghost note

| \ Slide down

| p Pull-off

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