Judas - Priest - Starbreaker guitar tab
Band: Judas Priest
Album: Sin After Sin
Song: Starbreaker
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)
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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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
Q=137
4/4
Gtrs I, II
~
Wx4 E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
|------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|------------||----------------|-----------------|-------------4-|-(4)----|
|------------||----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
|------------||--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)----|
|------------||-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------6-|-(6)----|
|----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-6-|-(6)----|
|--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
|-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
Verse
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
||o----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-|-(4)----|
||-----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
||o--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)----|
||--5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------6-|-(6)----|
|----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-6-|-(6)----|
|--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
|-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------4-|-(4)----|
|----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
|--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)----|
|-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------6-|-(6)----|
|----------------|-----------------|-2-------(2)-6-|-(6)----|
|--------4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------|-2-------(2)-4-|-(4)----|
|-5-4-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|-0-------(0)---|--------|
Chorus
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11--------9--|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11--9--|
|-7s=9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11--7--|
|-----------------|-------------9-----|
~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9s11-11-11-11--------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)\--|
|-9s11-11-11-11--------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)\--|
|-7s=9--9--9--9--(12)-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14----(14)\--|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11--------9--|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11--9--|
|-7s=9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11--7--|
|-----------------|-------------9-----|
To Coda
~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-9s11-11-11-11--------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)\---||
|-9s11-11-11-11--------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)\---||
|-7s=9--9--9--9--(12)-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14----(14)\--o||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
~~
W W E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q.
|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------------||
|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-6--------|-4--------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-6--------|-2--------|-6-6-6-6----(6)-(6)-|-(6)-(6)------------||
|-4--------|-2--------|-6-6-6-6----(6)-(6)-|-(6)-(6)------------||
|----------|-0--------|-4-4-4-4----(4)-(4)-|-(4)-(4)----0-4-----||
~~~~~~~~ ~
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. a Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------5s7--|-(7)-------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------7---------|-----7-------7\--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--------------|----------5------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
~
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E E Q Q H
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------|------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------(2)---|-2----------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-------(2)---|------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-0-------(0)-0-|----0--3----|
~~~~~~~~ ~
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. a Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------5s7--|-(7)-------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------7---------|-----7-------7\--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--------------|----------5------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~~~ ~
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. a Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------4s6--|
|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------6---------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
+E Q. Q Q Q. Q. Q E E Q Q E E
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-(6)-------------|-----------7--|-----9--9tr11--9------||
|-----6-------6\--|------7-------|---9------------------||
|----------4------|-5------------|-7--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo 1
Gtr I
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E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------4-4-4-4-|---4------4-4-4-4-------|
|--5-----4-2--2-2-2-2-|---2------2-2-2-2-2-5-4-|
|
| Gtr II
| W +H.. E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-11tr14--------------|-(11tr14)s============9-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
H. +E E +W
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------4----|--(4)----------------------------|
|--2----------------(2)--4----|--(4)----------------------------|
|--2----------------(2)--2----|--(2)----------------------------|
|--0----------------(0)-------|---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| |--3--|
| H Q E E E +E E E +E Q. +E
|----------------14-----------|------17-------------------------|
|-------------------14--17b19-|-(17)----17b19-(17)-17----(17)\--|
|-16b18----16b18--------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
~
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4--4----4-|---4----4------4-----4-----4--------------------|
|--5----4-2-------2-2--2----2-|---2----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----5----4---|
|
| |---3---|
| Q. Q. Q +E +S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-16b17-----16b17-----16b18r==|=(16)-(16)p14-16p14----14-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------16----16p14-16-14-----------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------16-15p==14|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
H. +E E +W
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------6-|-(6)---------------------|
|--2--------------------------(2)-6-|-(6)---------------------|
|--2--------------------------(2)-4-|-(4)---------------------|
|--0--------------------------(0)---|-------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| S S S S +E. S +H E E E E +H
|-----------------------------------|--------17-19b21-(19)----|
|-----------------------------------|-----17------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-18----------------------|
|-----------14-(14)-16-(16)\--------|-------------------------|
|-14--15-16-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
Harmony
~~ ~~~~
S S S S H Q +H E E E E
|-21-21-19-19-17----16b17--|-(16)----17-16----------|
|--------------------------|---------------19-17b19-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~
| S S S S H Q +H E E E E
|-17-17-16-16-14----17b19--|-(17)----14-------------|
|--------------------------|------------17-14-------|
|--------------------------|------------------16b18-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
~~~
+E e E e Q. E +E E E E E Q.
|--------------------------------|------14-17-------14-17\----|
|-(17)-17-17b19-17-17b19---17b19-|-(17)-------17b18-----------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| +E e E e Q. E +E E E E E Q.
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------14-17-------14--------|
|-(16)-16-16b18-16-16b18---16b18-|-(16)-------16b17----14\----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--| |-3-| |--3--|
S S S S Q +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--9--9-7-7-5--(5)-4-5s|=7-5-7s=9-10--9-|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3-| |--3--|
| S S S S Q +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|----------------|
|-10-10-9-9-7--(7)-5-7s|=9-7-9s10-12-10-|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
E E S S E S S S S E S S
|-------14-17p14-------14-14-17p14-------14-14-|
|-17b19----------17b19-------------17b19-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| E E S S E S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------14-17p14-------14-14-17p14-------14-14-|
|-16b18----------16b18-------------16b18-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S E S S S S E
|-17p14-14-14-17p14-14-14-------14-14-17p14-----||
|-------------------------17b19-------------17\-||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-17p14-14-14-17p14-14-14-------14-14-17p14-----||
|-------------------------16b18-------------14\-||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11--------9--|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11--9--|
|-7s=9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11--7--|
|-----------------|-------------9-----|
~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)---|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)---|
|-7s=9--9--9--9--12-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14----(14)\--|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
Gtr I
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11--------9--|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11--9--|
|-7s=9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11--7--|
|-----------------|-------------9-----|
|
| Gtr II
| E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11--------9--|
|-9s11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11--9--|
|-7s=9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11--7--|
|-----------------|-------------9-----|
~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)---|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)---|
|-7s=9--9--9--9--12-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14----(14)\--|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~
| E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16------3----|
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16-----------|
|-7s=9--9--9--9--12-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14-----------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--9s=11----(11)--------------|-(11)---11-----------------9-----|
|--9s=11----(11)--------------|-(11)---11---------11------9-----|
|--7s==9-----(9)--------------|--(9)----9---------11------7-----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------9------------|
|
| ~~~
| |-----3-----|
| +H +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(3)--------(3)b4r(3)b4r(3)--|--(3)b4r====(3)b4r=(3)b4r=(3)b4r=|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--9s=11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16--16-16----(16)---|
|--9s=11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s16-16--16-16----(16)---|
|--7s==9--9--9--9--12-(12)-|-(12)s14-14--14-14----(14)\--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~ ~~~
| +Q Q H +E E +H.
|---------2-----2----------|--(2)------------------------|
|--------------------------|------/7-(7)-----------------|
|-(3)----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|--9s=11----(11)----|-(11)-11----------9---|
|--9s=11----(11)----|-(11)-11----11----9---|
|--7s==9-----(9)----|--(9)--9----11----7---|
|-------------------|-------------9--------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3---|
| +W +H +Q Q Q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)---------------|--(7)-------(7)s5---2-|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s=16--16-16-16--------(16)---||
|-9s11-11-11-11------14--|-(14)s=16--16-16-16--------(16)---||
|-7s=9--9--9--9--12-(12)-|-(12)s=14--14-14-14--------(14)\--||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| ~~ ~~~~
| Q Q H +E Q. Q Q
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-5s===19----19----------|-(19)-/19--------16b18p=14--------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
Out-Chorus
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---9s===11---------(11)------|-(11)-11---------------9-------|
||---9s===11---------(11)------|-(11)-11--------11-----9-------|
||o--7s====9----------(9)------|--(9)--9--------11-----7-------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------9-------------|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| Q Q H +E Q E Q. S S
||--19b21-----19b21---19b21----|-(19)-21b22--21-21b23r===21p19-|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--9s11----11----11-11-------14--|-(14)s16----16-16----16-------------(16)--|
|--9s11----11----11-11-------14--|-(14)s16----16-16----16-------------(16)--|
|--7s=9-----9-----9--9---12-(12)-|-(12)s14----14-14----14-------------(14)\-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| \1
| ~~~ ~~~
| |-----3-----|
| Q Q Q Q. +E +E E E S S E E Q
|-18----19----18-----------------|------------14-14----------14-------------|
|-------------------19------(19)-|-(19)-17b19-------14-17b19----17b19-------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E Q. +H +E Q. Q Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9s===11---------(11)----|-(11)-11-----------------9----|
|--9s===11---------(11)----|-(11)-11----------11-----9----|
|--7s====9----------(9)----|--(9)--9----------11-----7----|
|--------------------------|-------------------9----------|
|
| ~~~~~
| |---3----|
| Q H. +Q Q +Q Q Q
|-19b21-----19b21----------|-(19)-----21b22r=(21)-19---18-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q. +E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--9s11--11--11--11----------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)----||
|--9s11--11--11--11----------14--|-(14)s16-16-16-16----(16)----||
|--7s=9---9---9---9------12-(12)-|-(12)s14-14-14-14----(14)\--o||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| \1
| ~~~ ~~~~~
| Q +Q +E Q. W
|--------------------14----------|-----------------------------||
|-19----(19)----(19)-------------|--19------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
