"HELL BENT FORLEATHER"Judas Priest

As heard on Hell Bent for Leather (COLU MB IA)

Words and Music by Glenn Tipton Transcribed by Andy Aledo rt

Seek him here, seek him on t he highway Black as nig ht. faster t han a shadow There's many who tried to prove that they're faster
Never know when he'll appear Cri mson flare fro m a raging sun But t hey d idn't last and they died as th ey tried
All await. engine's tick ing over An exhibition of sheer precis ion
Hear the roar as they sense the fear Yet no one knows fro m where he comes Hell bent, hell bent for leather (4x)

Wheels. a gli nt of steel and a f lash of light Fools self-destruct, cannot take that crown
Screams fro m a streak of fire as he strike s Dreams crash one by one to the ground

Hell bent, hell bent for leather (2x) Hell bent. hell bent for leat her (2x)

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[!] Intro (0:00)

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"HELL BENT FOR LEATHER"
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[ii Verse (0:24, 0:54)
1. Seek him here...
2. Black as night. . .
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 "HELL BENT FOR LEATHER"
(m Chorus (0:44,1:14,2:09)

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(3rd chorus) skip ahead to outro [IDI 1. go back to verse I!] I

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There'smany who tried...

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"HELL BENT FORLEATHER"
II] Guitar Solo (1:35)
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[QI2nd Bridge (1:55)

many who tried...
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Gtr. 2 .. -112 -1/2 - 112 -112 112 -112
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go back to chorus (ID

AS FS ES EsVII N.C.
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pitch: E Bass plays Bass Fill I (see previous page)

[!!] Outro (2:17)

Hell bent . . I.
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