Creeping Death

Musical Definitions at the end of file.
Typed by : Christopher Sean Forgeron
Spread this around all you want.

Tempo = Fast Rock = 184 bpm

Intro
(Ryth Fig 1)                 (end Ryth Fig 1)

&-#---||----------------|---|-----------------|----||
&-----||----------------|---|-----------------|----||
&---4-||o-----------%---|---|-----------%-----|---o||
&---4-||o-----------%-9-|-9-|-----------%-9-7-|-7-o||
&-----||--------------9-|-9-|-------------9-7-|-7--||
&-----||--0-0-0-0-0---7-|-7-|-0-0-0-0-0---7-5-|-5--||
~~~~~                 ~~~~~


w/Ryth Fig 1 (once) (two guitars)

||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||o-------------%----|-------%-}-|------------------|-----%-}-o||-}-------|
||o-------------%-9--|-9--9--%-}-|-----------%-9--7-|-7-7-%-}-o||-}-------|
||----------------10-|-10-10-----|-----------%-10-9-|-9-9------||---7-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0--------|----------||---5-3-2-|
~~~~~~~                         ~~~~~

(Ryth Fig 3)                (end Ryt Fig 3)(Ryth Fig 4)      (end Ryth Fig 4)
x8                                x4
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||o-----2-----2---2-|-----2---------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||------2-----2---2-|-----2---2-3-2-3-2-0--||-----5-----5-|------------------||
||--0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0---0--------------||-0-0-3-0-0-3-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
H P P

You then play Ryth Fig 3 four times, and then continue.



|---|---|---|---------|
|---|---|---|---------|  The singing starts. Keep playing Ryth Fig 3
|---|---|---|---4-6---|  until the singing stops (16 bars later) then
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-4-6-4-|  start playing Ryth Fig 4 four times.
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-2-4-4-|
|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-----2-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Chorus

E5         C5 D5        F5                         G5                   @

||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
||-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-/8--10-|-5-|-9-------3-5-|
||---|---0-0-0-----|---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---------|---|---0-0-0-----|
~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~      ~~~~~         ~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~

w/Ryth Fig 3 (twice)

---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---||
---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---|| Go back up to the part where
-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-|| the singing starts
-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-||
-5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5-2-4-2-|-2-||
---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---|---------|---||
~~~~~~      ~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~


Lotsa solo stuff. Damned fast, but not hard. Usual pentatonic minor soloing.


Bridge
(Half Time Feel)

(This is the "Die, by my hands..." part)

Each chord is a half note, except the E which is 4 quarter notes using only
the bottom string. The progression is like this:

E5 E E E E F5 D5 E5 E E E E G5 F5 (x3)

Then it's Ryth Fig 3 for 6 bars. On the sixth bar, another gutair plays the
following:

|-----------|
|-----------|  Go back to where the singing originally started. Play it
|-[~3~]-7--|  through with the third verse, and when you hit the @ sign,
|-2-3-5-7\-|  go to this next part.
|-2-3-5-5\-|
|-0-1-3----|


Ryth Fig 9

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



(Following Can be played by 2 guitars, one high, one low, but one can do it)


w/Ryth Fig 9

/                                      x3
||---/----------|----|------/---------|------||
||--15--15-13-12-|-12-|-12-12--12----13-|-13---||
||o-14--14-12-11-|-11-|-11-11--11-14-12-|-12--o||
||o--------------|----|-----------14----|-----o||
||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~~



x3
--------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
--------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
-----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
-----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
-----7--5-3-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-3-|-3-||--3-7-3-5-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-2-|-2--||
-0-0----------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
~~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~         ~~~~~

Something for 4 bars... Probably one of the above riffs.

Ryth Fig 2 (twice) Then it's free time.

Then it's 4 chords, with a slight retard:

-----|-----|---|
-----|-----|---|
-*---|-----|---|
-*---|-----|-2-|
---7-|-5-5-|-2-|
---5-|-3-2-|-0-|
Tremolo picking

Now, in the Exact same bar where the E5 Tremolo picking starts,
this scale starts, with two guitars.

|-------------|-------------|-14-15--14----|-------------|----------|----|
|-------------|-------16-17-|--7--8---7-17-|-16----------|----------|----|
|----------14-|-16-17--8--9-|------------9-|--8-17-16-14-|----------|----|
|-14-16-17--7-|--9-10-------|--------------|----10--9--7-|-17-16-14-|-14-|
|--7--9-10----|-------------|--------------|-------------|-10--9--7-|--7-|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----|
~~~~~                ~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~
H                    H       P  P

And of course, it ends with 2 hard E5 chords, and a slide to nothing.



% = Quarter Rest      O = Whole Note   / = Quarter Note     = Thirty-Second
} = Full Rest         o = Half Note    | = Sixteenth

-||--    --||-                               ---|---
-||--    --||-   This is the repeat          ---|--- A tied note. You only
-||o-    -o||-   loop. It is repeated        ---|--- play it once, and hold
-||o-    -o||-   1 time (x1) unless          -2-|-2- it.
-||--    --||-   otherwise marked at         -2-|-2-
-||--    --||-   the top.                    -0-|-0-
begin    end                                 ~~~~~



---              ---        ---         ---         ---/---
---              ---        ---         ---         --/---- Bend up
-%- Quarter      -}- Full   -*- 1 Beat  -*- 2 Beat  -12--12- a full note
-%- Rest         -}- Rest   ---  Rest   -*-  Rest   --------
---              ---        ---         ---         --------
---              ---        ---         ---         --------

--------
---/--- Bend up
-12--12- a half note
--------
--------
--------


- That's it.. Enjoy.


====================================================================================

Creeping Death - Solo

From the Album "Ride The Lightning"
Tab by Christian Theves
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pit/1570/index.html


Triplets (next 2 bars)
|--------------------------------------|----------------------19h20h22--|
|--12-13-15-17p15-13-14-15-17-19p17-15-|-15-17-19-17-19-20-22-----------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|



|--22b24----22b24----22b24----|--22b24--r22----22b24-r23-b24--22--19--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|



|--22--20--19-17--21--19--17-15--19--17--15-14--17--15--14-12--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--15p14--------------------------------------------------|
|---------17p15--15p14p12h14--12-10--10------------------|
|------------------------------------------12b14-r13-b14--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|



|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------10--15------15---12--------------|-----------------------------------|
|--(14)------14b16---14---12------12--14--|--14b16--r14--12b13--------12--14b-|
|-----------------------------14----------|-----------------------14----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------12--15p12--15p12--------------12--15p12--15p12--|
|--b16---------------------14b16-(16)--------------------|
|---------------------------------*----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
* : hold bend and strike note


Triplets (next 2 1/2 bars)

|------------------------------------------12-|-15p12----12----------------------14-|
|---------12--15p12--15p12--15b17----(17)-----|-------15----15-12-15p12----12-------|
|--14b16------------------------------*-------|-------------------------14----14----|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



|-17p15-14-15p14----14-------12-------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------17----17p15----15p14-|-15p14-12-14-12----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------14--12------12--14-/-|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------14-----------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


Sweep picking
|----------17--19-/22-~-~-22-~-~-|---------12--17p12-----------------12--17p12-------|
|------18------------------------|-----13-------------13---------13------------13----|
|-/19----------------------------|-14---------------------14-14-------------------14-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|



|----------12--17p12-------------------12--17p12------|
|------13-------------13-----------13-------------13--|
|--14--------------------14-14-14---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|



|--12h15p12---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------15---12----12-15p12-------------|--15------15------15-------------(15)--|
|-------------------14----------14-12----12-|--14b16---14b16---14b16-r14-b16--(14)--|
|-------------------------------------14----|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|



|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-9-10-9-10-9-11-10-12-11-12-11-12-11-13-12-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------11-|
|-14-13-14-13-14-14-15-15-14-14-15-14-14-14-15----|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12/14--|
|-11-12-11-12-11-12-12-12-12-13-12-13-15-15---15-15--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


[-----Triplets----]
|-------------------------------------14-|-17p14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------14-17-14----14-17----|-------17-14-----14---17p14----------------|
|--17--14--13-14-16----------16----------|-------------16--------------16-14------14-|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------16-----|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


Triplets (next 1 1/2 bars)
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-16p14----14-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------16----16p14-16p14----14-------|----------------------------12--12--|
|-------------------------16----16-14-|-16p14-12-14p12-----12--14----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------14------------------|



|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------11--12--14--|--(14)----12----12-h-14-p-12--|--------------11--12--14--|
|--14------14-------------|------------------------------|--12------14--------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|



|----------------------------|--12--------12-/14--15--17--|
|----------12----13----15----|----------------------------|
|--(14)----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|


trem. pick
|--(17)----15----14----------|--/17--------17--19----20--|--(20)--19----17----15-14h15-|
|----------------------17----|---//----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|


Triplets (next 6 bars)

|-15p14p12-15p14p12-15p14p12-15p14p12-|-15p14p12-15p14p12-15p14p12-15-12/14-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



|-17p15p14-17p15p14-17p15p14-17p15p14-|-17p15p14-17p15p14-17p15p14-17-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



|-19p17p15-19p17p15-19p17p15-19-15-16-|-20p19p17-20p19p17-22p20p19-22p20p19-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



|--22b24----22b24----|--22b24----22b24--22b24-~-|------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|--14-----|
|--------------------|--------------------------|--14-----|
|--------------------|--------------------------|--12-----|

To Bridge

Here's an addition sent in by MetGuitar@aol.com

The first one is the part where Kirk plays the high part, right before they play
the intro riff to end the song.

e---------------------       (8 times)
B----19p16p0----------

e--------------------       (8 times)
B----20p17p0---------

(you just those repeat those twice, the 20p17p0 is only 4 times the second
time)

* When he plays it live, after those first parts he plays this:

e----------------19p16p0---    (4 times)
B---19p16p0----------------

e----------------20p17p0----     (2 times)
B---20p17p0-----------------