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Battle Hymn

Manowar
Tab
★4.7(21)

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

Riff 1

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e|-5-------5-------5-555-----5-----|-3-------3-----------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3-------3-----3---|---1---1---1---1-7-------7-------|
G|-----2-------2-----------2-----2-|-----0-------0-----4---4---4---4-|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------4-------4---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(Bass & Elec guitar) [Riff 1] (1st 3 notes only)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e|---0-3-0-5-0-7-0-|-12-0-10-0-7-----7-|-5-------5-----5-|-3-----3---------|
B|-----------------|-------------5--5--|---3---3---3--3--|---1--1--7-----7-|
G|-----------------|---------------4---|-----2-------2---|-----0-----4--4--|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------4---|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------6-----------|-------------5-----------|-------------------------|
G|-9-----------9-----------|-------------5-----------|-------------4-----------|
D|-9-----------9-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
A|-7-----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|

1 2 3 4

Guitar 2

e|------------[10]--[11]---|
B|-------------------------|
G|-7-----------------------|
D|-7-----------7-----8-----|
A|-5-----------5-----6-----|
E|-------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Pm---- Pm--- Pm---- Pm---

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------9-----------9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|-------9-----------9-----|
D|-9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|-9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-----|
A|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|-3-----5-----9-----3-----|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Pm---- Pm---

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-5-----7-----9-----------|-------9-----------9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|
D|-5-----7-----9-----------|-9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|
A|-3-----5-----7-----------|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|-3-----5-----9-----3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Pm---- Pm---

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------9-----------9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|-4-----------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9-----|-5-----7-----9-----5-----|-4-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----|-3-----5-----9-----3-----|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

> 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e|-----8-----8-----|-----8-------8---|-----8-----8-----|-----8--\6-------|
B|-6-------6-----6-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-9-------9-----9-|-8-------8-----8-|-7-------------7-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

HP

e|-----6-----6-----|-5---------3--/8-|-----3---3-5-353---|-----------------8-|
B|-----------------|-6-----6---------|-------------------|-6-------6---6/8---|
G|-6-------6-------|-5---5-----------|-5-----5---------5-|-----5-5---5-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

e|-----10----10----|-----10------10--|-----10----10-----|-----10----------|
B|/8-------8-----8-|-7-------7-----7-|------------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-10------10----10-|-9-------------9-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

> HP

e|-----8-----8-----|-7---------5/10--|-----5---5-7-575-|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-8-----8---------|-----------------|-8---------------|
G|-8-------8-------|-7---7-----------|-7-----7---------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Here shold be the guitar solo but... ;)

There shouldn't be anything else in the rest of the song. Just repeat those figures above...

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| [n] Artificial harmonic

| \ Slide down

| > Accented note

| / Slide up

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