Mad Butcher
As recorded by Destruction
(from the Album Sentence Of Death / Mad Butcher (EP)


One of the first Destruction songs and, in my humble opinion, one
of the best ones. There's also a newer version of the song which
appeared on their '87 EP "Mad Butcher". That version is a bit
different with more riffs and the middle-section is extended with
a solo. Don't worry, I've included all the riffs from the new
version here. Hope you enjoy this.

Standard tuning (EADGBe)
Listen to the song for actual timing

1) Main Riff:
e|------------------------1-0----------|
B|----------------------------1-3p1-0--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|------------------3-2-0--------------|
A|------------3-2-0--------------------|
E|--0-0-3-2-0--------------------------|
. . . . . . .

2) Verse:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--2-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-------7-8---8--|
A|--0-00003p0-3-00003p0-3-0000005-6---6--|
E|----....------....------......---------|

3a) Chorus: "Through the blackstreets of the town..."
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5-------4-------10-------9-12--12-9-10--10--|
A|--2-------5-------4-------3-------2-------8--------7-10--10-7--8---8--|
E|--0-0000003-0000002-000000--000000--000000---000000-------------------|
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......

3b) Chorus ending: "Now it's the time you got to feel..."
e|------------------------3p0h3p0-----------------------|
B|-------------------------------3p0h3p0----------------|
G|--------------------------------------2p0h2p0---------|
D|--7-9--9-5-7--7-4----------------------------2p0h2p0--|
A|--5-7--7-3-5--5-2-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

4) Interlude: "You lie on your bed..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------9-----7-----9---10-10----------------109---7/9-----1210--|
A|----------7-----5-----7----8--8---------109----87---5/7-----10-8--|
E|--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-------0-0-0-0--87-0------0-----0-0--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Now these following riffs are additional to the newer version
of the song:

5) Extended solo rhytm:
(the solo-section after the interlude continues with this)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------5---4---2------|
A|-2---------------4---------------5---------------3-332-220-005--|
E|-0-000-000-000-002-222-222-222-223-333-333-333-33------------3--|
... ... ... .. ... ... ... .. ... ... ... .. .. .. ..

6) Double guitar harmony:
(lower notes indicate 2nd guitar notes)
e|-------14-15-14---15-17-15---17-19-20p19h10p19-----------20p19h10p19-------------|
B|--17------------------------------------------20p19h20p19-----------20p19h10p19--|
G|-------11-12-11---12-14-12---14-16-17p16h17p16-----------17p16h17p16-------------|
D|--14------------------------------------------17p16h17p16-----------17p16h17p16--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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