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Blow Your Speakers
Manowar
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BLOW YOUR SPEAKERS
As recorded by Manowar
(From the 1987 Album FIGHTTING THE WORLD)
Words and Music by Joey DeMaio
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'guitar 2'
Intro
A5 D5 A5 D5
Gtr I
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------||
|-2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)---------------|-7---------------||
|-2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)---------------|-7---------------||
|-0----(0)---3s5-|-5--------|-0----(0)-----------3s5-|-5---------------||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr II
| \7
|----------------|----------|-------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||
|----------------|----------|-------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-7b9--(7)--------||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------0-----||
|----------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------||
Verse
A5 D5 A5 D5
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|-2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)-------|-7----|
|-2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)-------|-7----|
|-0----(0)---3s5-|-5--------|-0----(0)---3s5-|-5----|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
A5
~~~
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-2---[5]p2-[4]p2-[2]-(2)--|
|-2------------------------|
|-0------------------------|
|--------------------------|
D5 A5
~~~ ~~~
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-------3-[5]-3-[3]-(3)--|--------------------------|
|-2---[2]------------------|-2---[5]p2-[4]p2-[2]-(2)--|
|-0------------------------|-2------------------------|
|--------------------------|-0------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
D5 C5 C5A5G5A5 C5 D5 C5
PM------------| PM----------|
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3--3--3-----||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--5--||-5-2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)-----------------5---|
|-0--0--0--5--||-5-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5---|
|----------3--||-3-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3---|
|-------------||-----3-------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------|----------------------------[5]--|
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus
A5G5A5 C5 D5
PM------------| PM------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----|
|-(3)-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----|
|-------3-------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|
| ~~~
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|-(5)-----------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
Interlude
E5 A5
|----------||-------------------|
|-----5----||-------------------|
|-----4----||-2-------(2)-------|
|-----2----||-2-------(2)-------|
|-----2----||-0-------(0)---3s5-|
|-----0----||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------||-9tr5--------------|
|----------||-------------------|
|----------||-------------------|
|----------||-------------------|
|----------||-------------------|
|----------||-------------------|
D5 A5 D5
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--7-----------|--2-------(2)-------|--7--------||
|--7-----------|--2-------(2)-------|--7--------||
|--5-----------|--0-------(0)---3s5-|--5--------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|
|-10tr5--------|-12tr9--------------|-14tr10----||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
|--------------|--------------------|-----------||
Verse
A5 D5 A5 D5 C5
3x
||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|----------------o||----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-2-2-----2-------||----------------|-2-2-----2--------|
||--2-----2-2------|-0-0-----0-------||-2-----2-2------|-0-0-----0--7--5--|
||o-0-----0-0------|-----3-5--------o||-0-----0-0------|-----3-5----5--3--|
||----3-5----------|-----------------||---3-5----------|------------------|
Pre-Chorus
A5G5A5 C5 D5 C5
PM------------| PM----------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5--2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)----------------5--|
|--5--2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|
|--3--0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|
|-------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-[5]-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
Chorus
A5G5A5 C5 D5
PM------------| PM------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----|
|-(3)-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----|
|-------3-------------------|------------------------------||-----|
Guitar Solo
E5 A5
|----------||---------------------------------|
|-----5----||---------------------------------|
|-----4----||--2---------(2)------------------|
|-----2----||--2---------(2)------------------|
|-----2----||--0---------(0)--------------5s7-|
|-----0----||---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \1/ \1/
|----------||---------------------------------|
|----------||-18b20=====(18)--(18)--(18)r-----|
|----------||-17b19=====(17)--(17)--(17)r-----|
|----------||---------------------------------|
|----------||---------------------------------|
|----------||---------------------------------|
D5 A5
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--7------------------|--2------------(2)---------------------|
|--7------------------|--2------------(2)---------------------|
|--5------------------|--0------------(0)--------------5s===7-|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--8-----7-----5------|-13-----12-----10------(10)------------|
|-10b12--9b11--7b9----|-15b17--14b16--12b14===(12)r-12---11---|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
D5
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7-----------------------|
|--7-----------------------|
|--5-----------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| ~
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-14-12-[10]-12------------|
|---------------12-10-9----|
|--------------------------|
A5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------(2)------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------(2)------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------(0)-------------------------5s====7----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10h12p10h12p10h12h13p10h12p10h====12p10h13p10h12p10h12p10h==12p10s15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-17p12h17p12h15p12h15p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h15p12h15p12h15p12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 D5 C5
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|--2----------------------(2)---------------|---7------(7)--------5-||
|--2----------------------(2)---------------|---7------(7)--------5-||
|--0----------------------(0)-----------5s7-|---5------(5)--------3-||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| /7_____|
|-15b17===(15)r\-12h15p12-20b22--20b22======|=(20)r-----------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------0-----(0)---||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------0-----(0)---||
Pre-Chorus
$
A5G5A5 C5 D5 C5
PM------------| PM----------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(5)-2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)----------------5--|
|-(5)-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|
|-(3)-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|
|-------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
Chorus
A5G5A5 C5 D5
PM------------| PM------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2---2-----------------|-5---5s7-(7)------------------||-----|
|-(5)-2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5---5s7-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----|
|-(3)-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3p0-3s5-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----|
|-------3-------------------|------------------------------||-----|
Verse
To Coda
E5 A5 A6 A5 A6 Gsus2/A
|----------||------------------------------------|
|-----5----||------------------------------------|
|-----4----||------------------------------------|
|-----2----||-2-(2)-4-(4)-2-(2)-4-(4)-5p=4p==2---|
|-----2----||-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)--|
|-----0----||------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |
|----------||------------------------------------|
|----------||------------------------------------|
|----------||-2-------------(2)------------------|
|----------||-2-------------(2)------------------|
|----------||-0-------------(0)--------------3s5-|
|----------||------------------------------------|
D5D6Csus2/D5 D6Csus2/D A5A6GsA6Gsus2/A A5 A6
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-4-5p=4--2-(2)-4-5p=4--|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-|-2-4-5-4--5p==4---2-(2)-4p=2---|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0--0--(0)--0-(0)-0-(0)--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-2-------(2)-------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-2-------(2)-------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-0-------(0)---------------3s5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5D6Csus2/D5 D6D A5
PM----------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5p=4--2-(2)-4-7--|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0--|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-7---------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------|-2-----------[5]p2-[4]p==2-[2]-(2)-------|
|-7--------------------|-2---------------------------------------|
|-5--------------------|-0---------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D5
PM----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7---------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3---------------3-[5]---3-[3]-(3)-------|
|-2-----------[2]-------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A5 D5 C5
PM----------------------------------| PM--|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-7-------7---7--5----||
|-7---------------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5--3----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-|---------------------||
|
| ~~~
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-2-----------[5]p2-[4]p==2-[2]-(2)-------|---------------------||
|-2---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-0---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------||
Out-Chorus
&
A5 D5 A5 D5
4x
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
||o----------------|----------|----------------|------o||
||--2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)-------|-7-----||
||--2----(2)-------|-7--------|-2----(2)-------|-7-----||
||o-0----(0)---3s5-|-5--------|-0----(0)---3s5-|-5----o||
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
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