Judas Priest
"Blood Red Skies"
Album:"Ram It Down"
Tabbed :Nicolas Saaverdra.(salocin@excite.com)
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BLOOD RED SKIES
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~

INTRO MELODY (guit. 1) (acoustic) 6 times :

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

guit. 2 (acoustic) 5 times :

|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------6-----6-5-3-----------------------------------------|
|-2---------5-----5-5-2-----------------------------------------|
|-----------3-----3---0----5-5-5-5-7p5-7------------------------|
|----000-00---00------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

END

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

RIFF 1 (3 times) : this finish with:

|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|----2----------------|
|-----7\\\\-----7-5-----7-------7-5--|----2----------------|
|-----7\\\\-----7-5-----7-------7-5--|----0----------------|
|-55555\\\\-55555-3-55555-5555555-3--|---------------------|
.... .... .... ......

RIFF 1 goes with this: (this and the keyboards at the same time)

|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10---8-------------------------------------------|
|-9----7---10--9-7--9----2-------------------------|
|-7----5---10--9-7--9----2-------------------------|
|----------8---7-5--7----0-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

then wait for the end of the verse,and then:

RIFF 2:

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--10-----10--9----------------|
|--10-----10--9----------------|
|--8------8---7----------------|
|------------------------------|

CHORUS

RIFF 3 (2 times) :

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------6---------------------------------|
|-2----5-7--2----5---------5-5------2--------------------------|
|-2----5-7--2----5-5--3----5-3--5-5-2--------------------------|
|-0-00-3-5--0-00-3-5--3----3----5-5-0--------------------------|
|------------------3--1-11------3-3----------------------------|
.. .. ..

Repeat:
RIFF 1 (1 time )

then in the verse play the K.K's lead (repeat this a few times)

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-101010-8-10101010-8-10101010-8-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9--7-9-9-9-9--7-9-9-9-9--7-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-----ETC.......-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat:
RIFF 2 (1 time )
RIFF 3 Chorus (2 times)
RIFF 1 (1 time)

Lead melody (KK. & glenn) :

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10~--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6-7-9-10~--12~---------------------------------------|
|---7-7~----------------------10-9-10-9-7--------------------|
|--------------------10-10-10--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10~--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6-7-9-10~---12---------------------------------------|
|---7-7~---------------------9-9h10--------------------------|
|---------------------7-8-10~-------7~-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

RIFF 4 with the keyboards (2 TIMES):


|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------6------6-5-3--------------------------------------|
|-2--------5------5-5-2----5-5-5--4-4-4--2-0-2---------------|
|-2--------3------3---0----5-5-5--5-5-5--2-0-2---------------|
|-0-000-00-----00--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
... .. ..

RIFF 5 (2 times)

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9----9-8------------------------------------------|
|-5--------8----8-8-10-----8-8-8--7-7-7--5-3-5---------------|
|-5--------6----6---10-----8-8-8--8-8-8--5-3-5---------------|
|-3-333-33---33-----8----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
... .. ..

RIFF 5 goes with:

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------12-10-12-13~--13-13-13/17-15~--|
|-10~--10-10--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|13-13-13--12-12-12--10-8-10~---|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


Repeat:
RIFF 1 (4 times) UNDER THE SOLO,and this finish with:

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

Repeat:
RIFF 2 (1 time )
RIFF 3 Chorus (2 times)
RIFF 1 (1 time )
RIFF 4 (keep playing this ....)(fade out)


*salocin@excite.com JUDAS PRIEST...
...THE METAL GODS!!