Take These Chains Chords & Tabs
Song = (Take These) Chains
Artist = Judas Priest
Normal Tuning
PM = Palm Mute
~~~ = Vibrato
SL = Slide Down
/SL = Slide Up
Intro
In background is heavily reverbed feedbacked and effects.
Guitar 1 Clean with Chorus
[------------PM----------------]
E[------------------------------------
B[------------------------------------
G[------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------
A[------------------------------------
E[-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----
[
[ Guitar 2 Clean with chorus
[
E[------------------------------------
B[-9-------------7-5-------------7----
G[-8-------------6-4-------------6----
D[-6-------------4-2-------------4----
A[------------------------------------
E[------------------------------------ RPT 4 X. Bass and vocals enter after 2nd time.
Bridge
Both Guitars with distortion
Guitar 1
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E[-----------------------
B[-----------------------
G[-----------------------
D[-----------------------
A[-----------------------
E[--3----2----1----0-----
[
[ Guitar 2
[
E[-----------------------
B[-----------------------
G[-----------------------
D[-----------------------
A[--5----4----3----2-----
E[--3----2----1----0-----
Pre chorus
Both guitars together.
/SL SL / SL SL /SL SL /SL
E-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D--4---6--6---4---6-------6---8--8---6---8------8--8--
A--2---4--4---2---4-------4---6--6---4---6------6--6--
E-----------------------------------------------------
Chorus
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------6-----------------------------
D----6---2----------6---------6--8----------------
A----6---2----------4---------4--6----------------
E----4---0--------------4--7---------------------- RPT
Verse
Second guitar plays the same riff but a lot looser
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/judas_priest/take_these_chains_tab.html ]
[-PM-] [-PM-] [----PM------]
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A---6-6-6-4-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---------------
E---4-4-4-2-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---------------
[-PM-] [-PM-] [----PM------]
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A---6-6-6-4-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---------------
E---4-4-4-2-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4--------------
RPT Bridge with this lead line underneath.
G F# F E
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E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G---8----8----6----6----
D-----------------------
A-----------------------
E-----------------------
Rpt Pre Chorus and Chorus
Mid 8 before guitar solo
[----PM-----] SL /SLSL
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------2-2--4-4--6-6--4--6--2----------
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--2-2--4-4--2--4--2----------
[-----PM-----]
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------6-------------8-8---------------
A-----------------4-------------6-6---------------
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------
Backing for guitar solo
[----PM----] [-----PM----]
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D----------------------------------
A-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--
[--PM--]
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D-------------------------8--6--4--
A-6---8---9---6-4-2-2-2-2-6--4--2--
E-4---6---7---4-2-0-0-0-0----------
RPT Bridge with these slides panned left to right
G F# F E
SL SL SL SL
E------------------------
B---15---15----15---15---
G---14---14----14---14---
D------------------------
A------------------------
E------------------------
RPT Pre Chorus then rpt chorus to fade with ad lib guitar soloing.
