Metal Health by Quiet Riot
These are the main riffs for the intro, verse, chorus, bridge. Sorry, don't know the
Also during the first part of the verse, you should switch from distortion to some type
chorus with less distortion to be more accurate with the cd. These are just the chords,
to the cd and figure how many times you play it on the intro, verse, etc.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2---5-----------5--2--5--2----------------------------------------------------|
D|2---5---5---5---5--2--5--2---5-----7------------------------------------------|
A|0---3---5---5---3--0--3--0---5-----7------------------------------------------|
E|--------3---3----------------3--/--5------------------------------------------|
For the first part of the verse, switch from heavy distortion to lighter distortion with
pedal.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2---4---5--4----2--4--5--4---------------------------------------------------|
D|2---4---5--4----2--4--5--4---------------------------------------------------|
A|0---------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
For the second part of the verse, switch back to heavy distortion and utilize the palm
where you see the x's below.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2------------4-----------5----------4-------2---4---5---7------------------|
D|2------------4-----------5----------4-------2---4---5---7------------------|
A|0-x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x--------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Go back to
in intro.
Metal health will drive you crazy.........
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------5-------------------5---------------------------------------------|
D|----7------5---5------7--------5----5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
A|----7------3---5------7--------3----5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
E|----5---------3-----5------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|
Riff over the solo. Listen to the cd to count how many times you hit each chord.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|5-5-----7--7---9--9--------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-5-----7--7---9--9--------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-----5--5---7--7--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|Back to
After going through the chords, a nice little break down happens. Palm mute the notes
below. Again, listen to the cd for timing.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3----------------------3-0-3-0--------------------------------|
E|-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-----------------------------------------|
That's it. I've seen other tabs on the internet for this song and most don't go into
much detail. Hope this helps. Keep rockin!
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
|
