#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
HELL BENT FOR LEATHER (Bassline)
As recorded by Judas Priest
Transcribed by Andy Aledort
Words and Music by Glenn Tipton
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Picked Bass (Excluding the Intro)'
Intro
Moderately Q.=88 H.=H
6/8
Gtr I
H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-0-------|-1-------|-2-------|-3-------|-4-------|-5-------|-1-------|-0-----||
Faster Q=195
4/4
W W W H Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------3--2---|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
W +W +W +H Q Q
|----------|------------|------------|--------------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----3--2--||
|----------|------------|------------|--------------||
Verse 1
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--2--|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--2--||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
Pre-Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E Q E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5p3--3---3--3-|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q +Q E E +Q. E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------5-5-(5)\-----||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3--5--|-5-5-5-6-6-6-7--|-(7)-------------0-||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
Chorus
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------------|
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----|
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------------||
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----||
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Verse 2
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--2--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--2--||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
Pre-Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E Q E E Q E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5p3--3---3--3-|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q +Q E E +Q. E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------5-5-(5)\-----||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3--5--|-5-5-5-6-6-6-7--|-(7)-------------0-||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
Chorus
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------------|
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----|
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------------||
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----||
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2---||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-----0-||
1st Bridge
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5S|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E W
|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|------||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----||
Guitar Solo
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
2nd Bridge
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5S|=1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------*|
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------*|
|----------|-19SxSxSxSxSxSxSxSxSxSxSx-|-x-x-x-x-x-2-------*|
|-0--------|--------------------------|-------------0-----*|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------0---|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-|
|----------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------|---------------3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|---------------------||
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0-----||
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0-||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------||
Outro
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|
||o-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
||-------------------|---------------3-|
1.
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------0---|-----------------------||
|-------0-------2-----|-------0-------0------o||
|-----2---3-(3)-------|-----0-----------2-0--o||
|-(3)---------------1-|-(1)-----3-(3)---------||
2.
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +W
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------*|
|-----0-------0-----|-----2-0-------------|---------0-(0)-0-----|--------*|
|---0-----------2---|---------3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)---2-----------0-|-(0)----*|
|-1-----3-(3)-----0-|-(0)-------------3---|-----3-----------3---|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
\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
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Bass Tabs | |
Title | Hell Bent for Leather |
Artist | Judas Priest |
Tablature Type | ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID | YXJtz1TgmIM |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).