Hell Bent For Leather

Words & Music:

Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)

This is fully transcribed (all the guitar parts) in Guitar World. The chords given are approximate, but a fairly good fantab from mikesguitarsite.co.uk follows.

INTRO:

E5 F5 F#5 G5 A5 F5 E5 [hold the E5]

[faster q.n.=192] A5 | C5 B5 [this line, 2x]

Seek him here, seek him on the highway; never knowing when he'll appear.

All await, engines ticking over; hear the roar as they sense the fear.

PRE-CHORUS:

Wheels! A glint of steel and a flash of light!

D5 Eb5 E5 G5 A5

Screams! From a streak of fire as he strikes!

CHORUS: [n.c. – but the implied chords are given]

A5 G C F5 G

Hell bent, hell bent for leather.

Black as night, faster than a shadow; crimson flare from a raging sun.

An exhibition, of sheer precision; yet, no one knows from where he comes.

Fools! Self-destruct! Cannot take that crown!

Dreams crash one by one to the ground!

CHORUS:

BRIDGE:

E5 F5 F#5 G5

There's many who tried to prove that they're faster.

G#5 A5 F5 E5

But, they didn't last and they died as they tried.

SOLO OVER: A5 E5 G5 D5 A5

BRIDGE REPRISE:

CHORUS: [2x and out on A5]

"Hell Bent For Leather" Tab

(From the 1978 Album HELL BENT FOR LEATHER)

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'K.K. Downing - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Glen Tipton - Rhythm / Lead w/dist'

Intro Q.=88 H.=H 6/8

Gtrs I, II

|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------||

|-2------|-3------|-4------|-5------|-6------|-7------|-3------|-2----||

|-0------|-1------|-2------|-3------|-4------|-5------|-1------|-0----||

Faster Q=192

4/4

Gtr I

PM PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|

|---------------5-|--7----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|

|---7-----7-----5-|--7----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--|

|-0---0-0---0-0---|-----0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|

| Gtr II

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5---4--|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------3---2--|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|

PM PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM|

|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||

|---------------5-|-----7----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)--------------||

|---7-----7-----5-|-----7----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||

|-0---0-0---0-0---|--------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||

|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||

|-2---------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)-------5---4--||

|-0---------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)-------3---2--||

|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||

Verses

PM PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM|

||------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

||o-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

||----------------5-|-----7----5h6-6p5-|-----------------5-|-(5)---------------|

||----7-----7-----5-|-----7----5h7-7p5-|-----7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7---|

||o-0---0-0---0-0---|--------0---------|--0----0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0-----|

||------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

||o-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

||--2---------------|-(2)--------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|

||o-0---------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|

||------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

PM PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM|

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||

|---------------5-|--7----5h6-6p5-|---------------5-|-(5)--------------||

|---7-----7-----5-|--7----5h7-7p5-|---7-----7-----5-|-(5)-7p5-------7--||

|-0---0-0---0-0---|-----0---------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---------0-3p0----||

|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||

Pre-Chorus

|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|

|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)-------7----|-7p5--5--5---|

|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---7----|-7p5--5--5---|

|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------5------|------5--3---|

|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|

|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||

|---------7----|-(7)-------5--7--|-(7)--------------9-|------12-12-(12)\---2-||

|---7p5---7----|-(7)-7p5---5--7--|-(7)-7p5---8p6----9-|------12-12-(12)\---2-||

|-5-----5------|---------5-------|---------6-----/7---|--/10-10-10-(10)\---0-||

|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------||

Chorus

PM------------------------|

|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|

|-(2)--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------2-|

|-(2)--------------|-----------------|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2-|

|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|

|------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|

PM------------------------| To Coda

|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------||

|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------o||

|-(2)--------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------||

|-(2)--------------|-----------------|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0------||

|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-o||

|------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)--------||

Bridge

|---------------------||------------|----------|----------|------|

|-------0-------0---2-||-(2)--------|-3--------|-4--------|-5----|

|-----0-----------2-2-||-(2)--------|-3--------|-4--------|-5----|

|-(1)-----3-(3)-----0-||-(0)--------|-1--------|-2--------|-3----|

|----------|-------------|----------|------------|------||

|----------|-------------|----------|------------|-9----||

|-6--------|-7------(7)S=|=3--------|-2----------|-9----||

|-6--------|-7------(7)S=|=3--------|-2------2s7-|-7----||

|-4--------|-5------(5)S=|=1--------|-0----------|------||

Guitar Solo

Gtr II

T T T T T T T T

|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-|-12p=5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-|

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

| Gtr I

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

|--2--------------------------|-(2)--------------------------|

|--0--------------------------|-(0)--------------------------|

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

T T T T T T T T

|-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-|-12p=4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7----|

|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--9--------------------------|-(9)-----------------------------|

|--7--------------------------|-(7)-----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

T T T T T T T T

|-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-|-12p=3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-12p3h7-|

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|

|--5--------------------------|-(5)--------------------------|

|--3--------------------------|-(3)--------------------------|

T T T T T T

|-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-12p2h5-|-12p=2h5-10p2h5h10p2-----||

|-----------------------------|-------------------------||

|--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------||

|--5--------------------------|-(5)---------------------||

|-----------------------------|-------------------------||

|-17-----------------------------|-17--------------20p==19p17------|

|----20b22---20b22---------------|-----20b20.5------------------19-|

|------------------20pb21r==(20)-|---------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| PM----| PM-------|

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--2---------(2)--------------2--|-(2)------------------------2----|

|--0---------(0)----0-----0---0--|-(0)---------0-0--0-0--0----0----|

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-17--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-----19b20r(19)p17h20p17------17h20---17-|-20--20----17---------------------|

|---------------------------19------------|--------19-19b20---17-----(17)\---|

|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

| PM---------------| PM----------|

|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-(2)--------------------------------2----|-(2)------------------------2-----|

|-(0)---------0---0--0----0-----0----0----|-(0)--------0----0--0-0-0---0-----|

|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--8----------8------------------------|----------------------------|

|-----10b11-------[11]b13==(11)r(11)---|--7h=8p7p5-7p5--------------|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------7p5\-------|

|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|

| PM------------------| PM-----------|

|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|

|-(2)--------------------------------2-|-(2)----------------------2-|

|-(0)-------0---0---0--------0----0--0-|-(0)-------0---0---0--0-0-0-|

|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||

|--5p=4---------------------------|-------------------------------||

|-------7p5p4-----5p4-------------|-------------------------------||

|---------------7-------7p5h7p5p4h|==5p=4---4---------------------||

|---------------------------------|-------7---5h==7-3h5---3-2h3---||

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||

| PM--------------| PM----------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||

|-(2)-------------------------2---|-(2)---------------------------||

|-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0---0---|-(0)-----0---0---0---0---0-0---||

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||

Bridge Reprise

\0.5/ \0.5/

|------------|------------|--------------------------|

|------------|------------|-<7>----(<7>)----(<7>)----|

|-5s7--------|-(7)--------|--------------------------|

|------------|------------|--------------------------|

|---2--------|--3---------|--4-----------------------|

|---0--------|--1---------|--2-----------------------|

\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/

~~~~~

|-------------------------------------|----------|

|-(<7>)----(<7>)----(<7>)----(<7>)----|-(<7>)----|

|-------------------------------------|----------|

|---5---------------------------------|---6------|

|---3---------------------------------|---4------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|

|-(<7>)-----------|-(<7>)------(<7>)--|-(<7>)----------|

|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|

|---7--------(7)S=|===3---------------|---2------------|

|---7--------(7)S=|===3---------------|---2--------2s7-|

|---5--------(5)S=|===1---------------|---0------------|

D.S. al Coda

\1____________________/

~~~~~~~

|--------------|------------|---------------||

|--------------|------------|----------x/---||

|--------------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---||

|-(<7>)--------|-0----------|-(0)------x/---||

|--------------|------------|---------------||

|---9----------|------------|---------------||

|---7----------|------------|---------------||

|--------------|------------|---------------||

Outro (Coda)

Gtr I

PM------------------------|

|---------------------||------------------|-----------------|

|---------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|

|-------------------2-||--(2)-------------|-----------------|

|-------0-------0---2-||--(2)-------------|-----------------|

|-----0---2-(2)---2-0-||o-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||------------------|---------------3-|

|---------------------|-----------------------||

|---------------------|----------------------o||

|---------------------|-------------------2---||

|---------------2-5---|-------0-------0---2---||

|-----2-5-3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0--o||

|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)---------||

|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*|

|---------------------|---------5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*|

|-------0-------0-----|-----2-0-5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-----7-(7)-7---2-|-(2)----*|

|-----0-----------2-2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-2-2-5-(5)-5---0-|-(0)----*|

|-(1)-----3-(3)-----0-|-(0)-------------3---|-----------------3---|--------*|

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

<n> - 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

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths