Manowar - Kings Of Metal Chords & Tabs

 

Kings Of Metal Chords & Tabs

Manowar Chords & Tabs

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Kings Of Metal Tab

   
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KINGS OF METAL
As recorded by Manowar
(From the 1988 Album KINGS OF METAL)

Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez(elmomias@hotmail.com)
	

Words by Joey DeMaio Music by Joey DeMaio & Ross the Boss

A5
x 0 2 2 x x
	
E5
0 2 2 x x x
	
G5
3 5 5 x x x
	
E5(type 2)
0 2 x x x x

G5(type 2)
3 5 x x x x
	
A5(type 2)
5 7 x x x x
	
G5/D
x x 0 0 3 3
	
D
x x 0 2 3 2

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'solo'

 Intro
  Moderate Heavy Metal Q=133
  Bb5     A5      G#5     G5        G#5     G5      F#5     F5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--|
|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|


                                    Verse
    E5                      G5/D     E5
    W          +Q   +S  S E Q  Q     W          +Q   +Q   H
||-----------|--------------------||----------|----------------|
||o----------|--------------------||----------|----------------|
||-----------|--------------7-----||----------|----------------|
||--9--------|-(9)--(9)-----5--7--||-9--------|-(9)--(9)-------|
||o-7--------|-(7)--(7)--------5--||-7--------|-(7)--(7)-------|
||--0--------|-(0)--(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--(0)-------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   W          +H           Q  Q     W          +W
||-----------|--------------3--2--||----------|----------------|
||o----------|--------------3--3--||----------|----------------|
||-----------|--------------0--2--||----------|----------------|
||--2--------|-(2)----------0--0--||-2--------|-(2)------------|
||o-2--------|-(2)----------------||-2--------|-(2)------------|
||--0--------|-(0)----------------||-0--------|-(0)------------|


  E5 G5     G5 A5         G5/D     E5
                    ~~~~
  Q   E S S  E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H       +W           +W
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|
| Q   E S S  E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H       +W           +W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)----|


  $
  E5 G5     G5 A5         G5/D     E5         A5
                                                                  PM----|
  Q   E S S  E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H       W          +H.      S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-2--------|-(2)---------------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----|-2--------|-(2)---------------|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----|-0--------|-(0)------0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
|
| Q   Q      E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H       W          +W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------|-9--------|-(9)---------------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----|-7--------|-(7)---------------|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----|-0--------|-(0)---------------|
|-0---3------3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----|----------|-------------------|


  C   D5/A      C D5/A        C   D5/A  A5         E5
        PM----|     PM----|         PM
   E  E S S S S E E S S S S    E  E S S E +H       W          +W
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|--8p=7---------8p7---------|--8p=7--------------|----------|--------|
|--7--7---------7-7---------|--7--7-----2-(2)----|-9--------|-(9)----|
|-------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-------0---0-(0)----|-7--------|-(7)----|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|
| +W                          +Q.       E +H       W          +W
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)-------2-(2)----|----------|--------|
|-(7)-----------------------|-(7)-------2-(2)----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-(0)-----------------------|-(0)-------0-(0)----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|


                                              Chorus
  E5 G5     G5 A5         G5/D     E5          E5         G5
  Q   E S S  E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H        W           W
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|-9--12-----12s14-(14)--|-14-7-(7)-9-(9)----||-9--------|-12----|
|-7--10-x---10s12-(12)--|-12-5-(5)-7-(7)----||-7--------|-10----|
|-----------------------|-------------------||----------|-------|
|
| Q   E S S  E  E  +Q      E E +E  E +H        W           W
|-----------------------|--3-2-(2)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--3-3-(3)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--0-2-(2)----------||----------|-------|
|-----------------------|--0-0-(0)-2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----|
|-2---5------5s=7--(7)--|----------2-(2)----||-2--------|--5----|
|-0---3-0----3s=5--(5)--|----------0-(0)----||-0--------|--3----|


  A5          E5         E5         G5
  Gtr II
   W          W          W           W
   |          |          |           |
   /          /          /           /

  Gtr I
   W          W          W           W
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|
|-14--------|-9--------|-9--------|-12----|
|-12--------|-7--------|-7--------|-10----|
|-----------|----------|----------|-------|


         To Coda
  A5          E5              D5
   W          W          W             W
   |          |
   /          /

                              \7
   W          W          H    H       +W
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||
|-----------|----------|------------|--------o||
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||
|-14--------|-9--------|------7-----|-(7)-----||
|-12--------|-7--------|------5-----|-(5)----o||
|-----------|----------|------------|---------||


 Guitar Solo
  A5
  Gtrs I, II
  W                       +W
  |                        |
  /                        /

  Gtr III
                                           ~
  E   E E E   E E E   E    E E E E E   +E  Q
|-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--8-8-8-5------------|
|-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--5-5-5-5-7b9r(7)-5--|
|-7b9-----7b9-----7b9---|----------7b9r(7)-5--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


  E5
  W
  |
  /

  \2__________________________________
  S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5h==8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


  E5                                A5
  W                                  W
  |                                  |
  /                                  /
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manowar/kings_of_metal_tab_ver_3.html ]
  \2                                 |                                   \7
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|-5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8p5h8-|-------12-14-15-14-12---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-12-15----------------15-13-12------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------14-12------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------10---|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


                E5
   +W           W                     +W
    |           |                      |
    /           /                      /

                                                             ~~~~~~
   +W           E   E E E   E E E E    E  E     E     E    E E +Q
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-|--0----------------------------|
|-------------|-2b4-----2b4---------|----[2]b4-[2]b4-[2]b4-0--------|
|-(10)--------|---------------------|------------------------2-(2)--|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|


  A5
   W
   |
   /

                                                      \1
         |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |--3--|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------12-14-15-10h13p10h13-|
|----------------------------------12-13-14----------------------|
|-------------------------11-12-14-------------------------------|
|----------------10-12-14----------------------------------------|
|-------10-12-14-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14----------------------------------------------------------|


  +W
   |
   /

   \2
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q      +Q
|-10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13---------------|
|-------------------------15b17r=(15)---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  E5      F5           F#5            G5             G#5     A5
  Gtrs I, II
      PM|        PM--|       PM--|             PM--|       PM      PM
  E   E E E      E   E E     E    E    E       E   E  E    E  E    E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-------3------------4-------|-------5--------------6-------7------|
|-0---0-0-1------1---1-2-----2-|--2----3-------3---3--4----4--5----5-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q.      E     +Q     Q         +E    E      +Q      Q       Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-------6-----(6)----7-------|-(7)---8------(8)-----9------10------|
|-7b9-----8b10==(8)r---9b11====|=(9)r-10b12==(10)r---11b13---12b14---|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Bb5       B5             C5
        PM|          PM--|        PM
   E    E E  E       E   E  E     E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--8---------9-------------10-------|
|--6----6-6--7-------7---7--8-----8-|
|
|  Q.        E      +Q      Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-11--------12-----(12)----13-------|
|-13b15-----14b16==(14)r---15b17====|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


                                           Verse
        C#5            D5       Eb5         E5
  Gtr II
    W                                        W
                                             |
                                             /

  Gtr I
    PM           PM--|        PM       PM
    E    E       E   E  E     E  E     E     W
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||--9-------------------------|
|-------11-------------12-------13-------||--7-------------------------|
|---8----9-------9---9-10----10-11----11-||--0-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  +E    E      +Q      Q        Q           Q      Q      E  E  Q
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-(13)--14-----(14)----15-------16-------||-17-----17-----17-17--------|
|-(15)r-16b18==(16)r---17b19----18b20----||-19b21--19b21--------19b21--|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------||----------------------------|


                                E5(typG5(typE 2)G5(A5(type 2)
  +W                             Q     E    E    E  E  +Q
   |                             |     |    |    |  |   |
   /                             /     /    o    /  /   /

                                                        ~~~~~~
  +H            +Q      Q        Q     E    S S  E  E  +Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(9)-----------(9)-----------|--9----12--------12s14-(14)----|
|-(7)-----------(7)-----------|--7----10----x---10s12-(12)----|
|-(0)-----------(0)-----------|-------------------------------|
|
|  E   E  Q      E   E  Q        E  E  Q         E  E   Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-17--17--------17--17--------|-17-17-----------17-17---------|
|--------19b21---------19b21--|-------19b21------------19b21--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


                               D.S. al Coda
  G5/D  D     E5
   E    E +E  E +H        +W           +W
   |    |  |  |  |         |            |
   /    /  /  /  /         /            /

   E    E +E  E +H        +W           +W
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|-14----7-(7)-9-(9)----|--(9)--------|-(9)-----||
|-12----5-(5)-7-(7)----|--(7)--------|-(7)-----||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|
|                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H             H        +W            W
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|---------------17-----|-(17)--------|---------||
|-19b21----------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||
|----------------------|-------------|---------||


  &
  W          W
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||
|----------|------||


   Out-Chorus
    A5         E5         A5         E5
    Gtrs I, II
    W          W          W          W     6x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--9--------|----------|-9--------|-------||
||--7--------|-9--------|-7--------|-9-----||
||o-0--------|-7--------|-0--------|-7----o||
||-----------|-0--------|----------|-0-----||



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths