Judas Priest – Painkiller (Guitar)

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Chords

I can't believe there was no chord tab out there for this masterpiece. Here you go. Play it acoustic and sing along.
[Intro]
  Em                                                         Bb
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-7-----5-----7-----8-----7-0-----|-7-----5-----7-----8-----8-8---|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----3-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-6-6---|
[Verse 1]
Em                                     Bb
Faster than a bullet, terrifying scream

Em                                                        Bb
Enraged and full of anger, he is half man and half machine

Em                                                Bb
Rides the metal monster, breathing smoke and fire

Em                                     Bb
Closing in with vengeance soaring high
[Chorus 1]
Am         D  C  B
He is the Painkiller

Am           B  C  D
This is the Painkiller
[Verse 2]
Em                                       Bb
Planets devastated, mankind's on its knees

Em                                                         Bb
A savior comes from out the skies, in answer to their pleas

Em                                                        Bb
Through boiling clouds of thunder, blasting bolts of steel

Em                             Bb
Evils going under deadly wheels
[Chorus 2]
Am         D  C  B
He is the Painkiller

Am           B  C  D
This is the Painkiller..........
[Interlude 1] B C B C B C B [Bridge]
F#m         G  F#m       G Am  F#m         G  F#m      G Am
Faster then a laser bullet,    louder than an atom bomb

Am           Bb Am          Bb C Am           Bb Am        Bb C
Chromium plated boiling metal,   brighter than a thousand suns
Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C Am Bb C [Solo] C#m F#m C#m B A B C#m B A B C#m B A B C#m B A B G#m [Verse 3]
Em                                             Bb
Flying high on rapture, stronger free and brave

Em                                                           Bb
Nevermore encaptured, they've been brought back from the grave

Em                                          Bb
With mankind resurrected, forever to survive

Em                                  Bb
Returns from Armageddon to the skies
[Chorus 3]
Am         D  C  B
He is the Painkiller

Am           B  C  D
This is the Painkiller

B               E  D  C#
Wings of steel, Painkiller

B               C# D  E
Deadly wheels, Painkiller
[Interlude 2] B C B C B C B B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D B C D Em [Verse 4]
Em                                          Bb
He is the Painkiller, this is the Painkiller

Em                                          Bb
He is the Painkiller, this is the Painkiller

Em                                                    Bb
Pain, pain, killer, killer, pain, pain, killer, killer
[Interlude 3] F#m [Outro]
F#m             B  A  G#  G                 F#m
Can't stop the Painkiller...................pain!