DESERT PLAINS
As recorded by Judas Priest
(From the 1984 Album POINT OF ENTRY)
Words and Music by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro + Verse
Q=125
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
E E E E +Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E
|---------||----------------|--------------------|
|---------||o---------------|--------------------|
|---------||----------------|--------------------|
|---------||-------5------3-|-(3)----------------|
|-----1-3-||o-(3)--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|
|---3-----||----------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|
+Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)---------|
|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-3---|
|-----------------|-------------3-------|
+Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E +W +H +E E E E 6x
|---------------|--------------------|------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|------------|-------------------||
|------5------3-|-(3)--------------5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--------||
|-(3)--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)---1-3-o||
|---------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|------------|------------3------||
Chorus
+Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------|
|------5------3-|-(3)----------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)-------|
|-(3)--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-6-|
|---------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3---4-|
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H +E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)-------|
|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)---5-|-(5)----(5)---1-|-(1)----(1)-------|
|-(6)----(6)---1-|-(1)----(1)---3-|-(3)----(3)-----|--------------1-6-|
|-(4)----(4)-----|----------------|----------------|------------3---4-|
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +W E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-(6)----(6)---3-|-(3)----(3)---5-|-(5)--------|-5-5----5---1-3-|
|-(4)----(4)---1-|-(1)----(1)---3-|-(3)--------|-3-3----3-3-----|
+Q H E E +Q. E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E 3x
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o---------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
||-------5------3-|-(3)---------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)---------||
||o-(3)--3------1-|-(1)---3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-3--o||
||----------------|-------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3-------||
Chorus
+Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------|
|------5------3-|-(3)----------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)-------|
|-(3)--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-6-|
|---------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3---4-|
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H +E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)-------|
|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)---5-|-(5)----(5)---1-|-(1)----(1)-------|
|-(6)----(6)---1-|-(1)----(1)---3-|-(3)----(3)-----|--------------1-6-|
|-(4)----(4)-----|----------------|----------------|------------3---4-|
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +W E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-(6)----(6)---3-|-(3)----(3)---5-|-(5)--------|-5-5----5---1-5-|
|-(4)----(4)---1-|-(1)----(1)---3-|-(3)--------|-3-3----3-3-----|
Interlude
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|-----------------7---|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------7-----|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|---------------------|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------------|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-0-3-5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|-----------------7---|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------7-----|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|---------------------|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-----------2-|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-0-3-0-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
|
| W H Q E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------5-|
|---------------------|-------------------5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Guitar Solo
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(2)-------------2-|-(2)---------------|---------------------------2----|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-----5---(5)-----------0----|
|-------------------|-----------------1-|-(1)-1-1-3---(3)---3---3--------|
|
| +Q Q Q E E +H. E E +Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------5-3-|-(3)-------------8-|-(8)---8-5-8-----5--------------|
|-(5)-----------5---|---------------9---|--------------7----7-5---5------|
|-------7---7-------|-------------------|-----------------------7---7-5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(2)-----------------------2-|--(2)-------------2-|-(2)------------------|
|-(0)---0---0---0--0-0-0----0-|--(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|-----------------1----|
|
| S S S S S S Q. S S E +Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------|-----------5----------|
|--------------------------13-|-(13)---------------|-------------5-8-8b10-|
|--------------------------14-|-(14)---5-2-2-------|--5-------------------|
|----------------------0------|--------5-2-2-------|-------6-7------------|
|--7--6-5-3-5-3---------------|----------------6-7-|----------------------|
|---------------5-------------|--------------------|----------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------2-|-(2)-----------------2-|
|-(3)--------5---(5)-----------0-|-(0)-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-|
|-(1)-1-1----3---(3)---3---3-----|-----------------------|
|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S E +E E +Q Q. E
|--------------------------------|-------------8---------|
|--8----8---10----8----8---8-----|-----8-(8)---8------20-|
|-----9---9----9-----9---9---9-7-|-(7)-------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
+E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--(2)-----------------------2----|
|--(0)-0--0--0-----0-0--0----0----|
|---------------------------------|
|
| +Q E. S Q S S S S
|--------------20------17---------|
|-(20)---20-------20--------20----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-(2)-------------------------------------|
|-(0)----0----0----0----0----0----0---3---|
|-------------------------------------1---|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20----19---17---15---13---12---10---8---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------2--|
|-(3)-----------------5-(5)-----------------0--|
|-(1)-----1-----1-----3-(3)-----3-----3--------|
|
| S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-13--15-17-13-15-13----13--15-17-13-15-13-----|
|--------------------14--------------------14--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(2)----------------------2-|--(2)----------------------2-|
|-(0)-----0-----0-0-0-0-0--0-|--(0)-----0-0-0---0---0-0--0-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| S S S S H E E +S S E E S S S S E E E
|----------------------------|--------------8-8-8-8-8---10-|
|-----13-15-13------------10-|-(10)-10-10---8-8-8-8-8------|
|-14-----------14----------9-|--(9)--9--9------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--(2)-------------------------------|
|--(0)-----0---0---0---0-0--0-----3--|
|---------------------------------1--|
|
| +S S S S S S S S E E S S E
|-(10)-10-10------------------17-15--|
|--------------------------17--------|
|--------------7-8-7-5-5-------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2----|
|-(3)--------------5----(5)----------------0----|
|-(1)--1-----1-----3----(3)-----3-----3---------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15--17-17-------17----15-----------12-10-8----|
|-----------15-17----17-----17-15-13---------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
+E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-(2)---------------------------------|
|-(0)----0---0----0----0-------1---3--|
|--------------------------3----------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-10--8------8------------------------|
|-------10-8---10-8---10-8-----5-8-8--|
|-------------------9------9-7--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Outor Verse
+Q H E E +Q. E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------|
|------5------3-|-(3)---------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)-------|
|-(3)--3------1-|-(1)---3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-3-|
|---------------|-------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3-----|
|
| +W W W W
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(8)-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
+Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E
||----------------|--------------------|
||o---------------|--------------------|
||----------------|--------------------|
||-------5------3-|-(3)----------------|
||o-(3)--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|
||----------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|
+Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)---------||
|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-3--o||
|-----------------|-------------3-------||
Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
||--------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o-------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||--------------|--------------------|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
||-----5------3-|-(3)----------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)---------||
||o-3--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-6--o||
||--------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3---4---||
H +Q. E +H +Q. E +W E E Q E E E E
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-6----(6)---3-|-(3)----(3)---5-|-(5)--------|-5-5----5---1-3-|
|-4----(4)---1-|-(1)----(1)---3-|-(3)--------|-3-3----3-3-----|
+Q H E E +Q. E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E 3x
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
||o---------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------|---------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
||-------5------3-|-(3)---------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)---------||
||o-(3)--3------1-|-(1)---3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-3--o||
||----------------|-------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3-------||
Q H E E +Q E E +E E E E +Q Q +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---------------|
|----5------3-|-(3)----------------|------5--(5)---1-|-(1)---3-(3)-------|
|-3--3------1-|-(1)----3-(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3--(3)-----|-------1-(1)---1-5-|
|-------------|--------1-(1)-3-----|-----------------|-------------3-----|
Outro Interlude
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|-----------------7---|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------7-----|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|---------------------|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------------|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-0-3-5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|-----------------7---|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------7-----|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|---------------------|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------------|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-0-3-5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----3-(3)-------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------7---------5---|-----------------7---|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------7-----|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)-----------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------*|
|-------7---------5---|---------------------*|
|-----7---------5-----|-------5-------------*|
|-(5)-----3-(3)-------|-----5---5-(5)-0-3-5-*|
|-------------------3-|-(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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 =
swing 16ths