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Creeping Death

Year: 1984 - Album: Ride the Lightning

	   
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) 
 
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------| 
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------| 
||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-| 
              Trill 
 
  Now, in the Exact same bar where the E5 Trill 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. 

	  

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