Intro: the first five different
notes are repeated many times. The
rhythm is obvious in the song.
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--0--3-----------7-7-7-7-7-5-5--------|
E--------3--1--0--5-5-5-5-5-3-3--------|
Verse:
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-5-5--5-------------------|
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3--5--3--2----------|
E-----------------------------------3--1--0----------|
Bridge:
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-------------7-9-12-11----10-9----8---|
D-7-9-10-9-10-----------12------10-----|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Last Bridge Riff Repetition Before the Solo:
it has four extra notes at the end.
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G-------------7-9-12-11----10-9----8-7----7----|
D-7-9-10-9-10-----------12------10-----10---10-|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Solo Riff: It's basically a jam on the
open E string and open A string
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-----|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
Little Bass/Vocal Fill Just
Before the Quiet Part:
E----------------------------------------|
B-(Vocals)-4-3---------------------------|
G----------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A-(Bass)---3-2---------------------------|
E-(Bass)-------4-5--3-0------------------|
Quiet Part:
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-(Do this one twice)------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A-7-9-10-9-10-12-10-9-7-9-10-9-10-12---|
E--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/judas_priest/the_ripper_tab_ver_3.html ]
E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-8-10-11-10-11-13-11-10-8-10-11-10-11-13-|
E-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-9-11-12-11-12-14-12-11-9-11-12-11-12-14-|
E-----------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-10-12-13-12-13-15-13-12-11-13-14-13-14-16-14-13-|
E-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-12-14-15-14-13-15-16-15-14-16-17-16-17-19-|
E-------------------------------------------|
Brief Riff Before the Last Verse:
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5----------------------|
Guitar Fills During the Last Verse:
this one is a little shady. I can
barely catch the end of it. I think
it's right.
E-(Do this one twice)------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-7--5-4-------------------------------|
D-7--5-4-7-5-7-------------------------|
A--------7-5-7-------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Guitar Fills During the Last Verse:
E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-2--1--0--2---------------------------|
D-2--1--0--2---------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Last Bridge Riff of the Song:
it has a bunch of extra notes at the end.
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------7-9-12-11----10-9----8-7----7------10-9-10------10-9-10-7-|
D-7-9-10-9-10-----------12------10-----10---10-7---------7--7-----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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