Take These Chains Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author Binbags [a] 6,143.

2 contributors total, last edit on Jul 18, 2023

Band:  Judas Priest
Album: Screaming For Vengeance
Song:  (Take These) Chains
 
Copyright (c)  CBS (1982)
Version 1.0 - (31/01/05)
 
 
Intro
 
In background is heavily reverbed feedback 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
     ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
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
 
    |-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
      ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---8----8----6----6----|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
Rpt Pre Chorus and Chorus
 
 
Mid 8 before guitar solo
   |----PM-----------------------------------------|               \SL /SL\SL
 
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.
 
 
 
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| ~  Vibrato
 
 
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This is my favorite JP song... EVER!

can you please add the tabs to the solos in this song? that would make my day!

One major problem with this is that it should be Eb not standard tuning. Actually you are not the first to do this. A majority of players play it that way but this is clearly wrong.