• Song:

    The Blood Of My Enemies

  • Artist:

    Manowar

Original Transcription Written by: Adam Scott 
 Editing/Corrections/Typed Out by: Death8699 (Ryan Fanucchi) 
 Added Rhythms/Solo/Lead Fills by: HeXa 
 
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.  - palm mute                  ph    - pinched harmonic 
/  - slide up to                ah    - artificial harmonic 
\  - slide down to              th    - tap harmonic 
~  - vibrato                    hr    - natural harmonic 
h  - hammer on                  b     - bend 
p  - pull off                      Suffixes for bend 
t  - tap with finger                    f - full bend    h - half bend 
"  - tremolo picking                    r - release      t - tap bend 
X  - percussion mute                    p - pick when bent 
>  - accented note                 Prefixes 
() - ghost note, sustained note         p - pre-bend     w - use bar 
*  - see comment                        d - don't pick start of bend 
 
Tune Gtr to E (Standard Tuning) 
 
--THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES-- 
 
 {Intro Riff} 
||----------------|-12hr-----------|----------------|-12hr---5hr-(5)-|| 
||----------------|------7hr-5hr---|-(5)------------|-----5hr----(5)-|| 
||*---(Tacet)-----|----------------|----------------|---------------*||{Gtr.1} 
||*---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------*|| 
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| 
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| 
||                                                                   || 
||                                                                   || 
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| 
||*---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------*||{Bass} 
||*---------------|----------------|--3---2---------|-(2)-----------*|| 
||--2---3---------|-(3)------------|----------------|----------------|| 
 
 
{Free Time} (Drums Build Up) 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------(Guitar-Feedback)--------------------------|{Gtr.1} 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|                                                                     | 
|                                                                     | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|{Bass} 
|--(2)----------------------------(2)----------------------------(2)--| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 {Next} 
||---------->-----------|| 
||-->--->--->-----------|| 
||--5---7---9------\----||{Gtr.1} 
||--5---7---9------\----|| 
||--3---5---7------\----|| 
||-----------------sl---|| 
 
 
 {Main Riff}(**) 
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| 
||------------------>---|------------------>---|------------------>---| 
||*-----------------9---|------------------9---|------------------9---|{Gtr.1} 
||*-----------------9---|------------------9---|------------------9---| 
||------------------7---|------------------7---|------------------7---| 
||--0--0--0--0--0"------|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0------|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0------| 
    .  .  .  .  .         . . .  .  . . .        . . .  .  . . . 
 
 
(**) = Riff has different variations in terms of how the E5 chords are 
       played. 
 
 
|------------------>---|| 
|------------>-->-->---|| 
|------------5--7--9\-*||{Gtr.1} 
|------------5--7--9\-*|| 
|------------3--5--7\--|| 
|--0-0-0--0---------sl-|| 
   . . .  . 
 
 
 {Verse} 
||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
||-->--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
||*-9--------------------|-----------%-----------|-----------%-----------|{Gtr.1} 
||*-9--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
||--7--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
||-----0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
       . . .  .  .  .  . 
 
 
 
 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|-----------%------------|-----------%-----------|-----------%-----------|{Gtr.1} 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|                                                                        | 
|                                                                        | 
|                                                                        | 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|-----------%------------|-----------%-----------|--(Blank-for-spacing)--|{Gtr.1} 
|------------------------|-----------------------|--(purposes.--------)--| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| 
 
 
 {Rhythm Fill #1} 
||------------------------------|------------------------------| 
||-->--->--->--->--->--->--->---|------------------------------| 
||*-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-(5)--------------------------|{Gtr.1} 
||*-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-(5)--------------------------| 
||--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-(3)--------------------------| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|-------------------------------|| 
|--->--->--->-------------------|| 
|--<5---7---9>---------------\-*||{Gtr.1} 
|--<5---7---9>---------------\-*|| 
|--<3---5---7>---------------\--|| 
|----------------------------sl-|| 
          (Hold) 
 
 
 {Chorus #1} 
||-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------| 
||-----------------------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------| 
||*--------->------>-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|{Gtr.1} 
||*---------5------5-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------| 
||----------5------5-----||---------5------5------||---------7------7------| 
||--0---2---3------3-----||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------| 
    @   @                   @   @                    @   @ 
 
 
 
|------------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------| 
|---------->------>------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------| 
|----------7------7------||---------5------5------||---------4------4------|{Gtr.1} 
|----------7------7------||---------5------5------||---------4------4------| 
|----------5------5------||---------3------3------||---------2------2------| 
|--0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------| 
|  @   @                    @   @                 || @   @ 
|                                                 || 
|                                                 || 
|------------------------||-----------------------|| 
|------------------------||-----------------------|| 
|------------------------||----------------------*||{Gtr.1} 
|-->------>------>-------||->--------------------*|| 
|--2------2------2-------||-2------2----2----2----|| 
|--0--0"--0--0"--0--0"---||-0------0----0----0----|| 
      .      .      .              .    .    . 
 
 
 {Rhythm Fill #2}(**) 
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||----------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--X\-|| 
    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   sl 
 
 
(**) = Play this after the first chorus. 
 
 
 {Chorus #2} 
||-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------| 
||-----------------------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------| 
||*--------->------>-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------|{Gtr.1} 
||*---------5------5-----||---------7------7------||---------9------9------| 
||----------5------5-----||---------5------5------||---------7------7------| 
||--0---2---3------3-----||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------| 
    @   @                   @   @                    @   @ 
 
 
 
|------------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------| 
|---------->------>------||--------->------>------||--------->------>------| 
|----------4------4------||---------2------2------||---------7------7------|{Gtr.1} 
|----------4------4------||---------2------2------||---------7------7------| 
|----------2------2------||---------0------0------||---------5------5------| 
|--0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------||-0---2-----------------| 
   @   @                    @   @                    @   @ 
 
 
 {Solo Backround #1} 
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
||->------------------>-----------------|->------------------>-----------------| 
||-9------------------9-----------------|-9------------------9-----------------|{Gtr.1} 
||-9------------------9-----------------|-9------------------9-----------------| 
||-7------------------7-----------------|-7------------------7-----------------| 
||----0-0-0--0--0--0-----0-0-0--0--0--0-|----0-0-0--0--0--0-----0-0-0--0--0--0-| 
      . . .  .  .  .     . . .  .  .  .      . . .  .  .  .     . . .  .  .  . 
 
 
 
 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|------------------%--------------------|------------------%-------------------||{Gtr.1} 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|                                                                              || 
|                                                                              || 
|                                                                              || 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5------|-(5)---------------------------------*||{Gtr.1} 
|--5----5----5----5----5----5----5------|-(5)---------------------------------*|| 
|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3------|-(3)----------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|| 
 
 
 {Solo Backround #2} 
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| 
||-->-------------->-------------|->-------------->-------------->--->---|| 
||*-9--------------9-------------|-9--------------9--------------5---7---||{Gtr.1} 
||*-9--------------9-------------|-9--------------9--------------5---7---|| 
||--7--------------7-------------|-7--------------7--------------3---5---|| 
||-----000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0-|----000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0----------|| 
||     ...  . . .     ...  . . .      ...  . . .     ...  . . .          || 
||                                                                       || 
||                                                                       || 
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| 
||-->-------------->-------------|->-------------------------------------|| 
||--9\-------------9-------------|-9--------------5---5---5---5---%---%--||{Gtr.1} 
||--9\-------------9-------------|-9--------------5---5---5---5---%---%--|| 
||--7\-------------7-------------|-7--------------3---3---3---3---%---%--|| 
||--sl-000--0-0-0-----000--0-0-0-|----000--0-0-0-------------------------|| 
       ...  . . .     ...  . . .      ...  . . . 
 
 
 
 
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| 
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| 
|--579-------------9-------------|-9-------------9---------(9)----------*||{Gtr.1} 
|--579-------------9-------------|-9-------------9---------(9)----------*|| 
|--357-------------7-------------|-7-------------7---------(7)-----------|| 
|------000--0-0-0----000--0-0-0--|---000--0-0-0--------------------------|| 
       ...  . . .    ...  . . .      ...  . . . 
 
 
{Guitar Solo} 
|--------12------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-15fb------15-12----12-------------------15-12-15-12------------------------| 
|-----------------14----14-12------14fb---------------14-12-------------14~--|{Gtr.2} 
|-----------------------------14----------------------------14-12-14-12-ph---| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|-----------------------------------------------------15-12151215-12-15-12| 
|----------------------------------------------15fb--------h--p--h-----------| 
|-12-14-12-----------12-14-12-------14-12------------------------------------|{Gtr.2} 
|----------14-12-14-----------14-12-------14---------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-15-12--------------------15fbr--12-15-12----12--------------------------| 
|-------14--14fbr-12-----------------------14----14-12-11-----------------|{Gtr.2} 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|-----------------------------0-2-3-5-7---------------------------15fb---12--| 
|-------------------------1-3-------------1215121512151215------------| 
|-------------------0-2-4-------------------h--p--h--p--h--p--h--------------|{Gtr.2} 
|-------------0-2-4----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------0-2-3----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-0-2-3----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|-15-12----12----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------15----15-12-15-12----12----15-12-15-12----12-------------------------| 
|-------------------------14----14-------------14----14-12----12-14fb~-------|{Gtr.2} 
|----------------------------------------------------------14----------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|-----------------------------22fb---22fb---22fb-----------------------------| 
|-22fb---22fb---22fb---22fb--------------------------12-13-12-13----13-12----| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------14-------14-|{Gtr.2} 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------12------| 
|-12-------------------------------------15--------------------------hr------| 
|----14-12-11-14-12-11----11-12-14-14fb-----14-12----12-14-12-14fb-----------|{Gtr.2} 
|----------------------14-------------------------14-------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
VARIOUS FILLS 
------------- 
 
{Bass Fill} 
|-----------------------9-9-9------| 
|---------5-5-5--9-9-9-------------| 
|--7-7-7---------------------------| 
|----------------------------------| 
--Play this during the 2nd chorus!-- 
 
 
{Fill 1} 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|--14fbr-12-14/16-14-12-----12~--|{Gtr.2} 
|---------------sl---------14-------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
--Play this during the 2nd chorus!-- 
 
 
{Fill 2} 
|--17fb---17fb----15-----17fb-------| 
|--------------------17-------------| 
|-----------------------------------|{Gtr.2} 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
--Play this during the 3rd chorus!!-- 
 
 
{Fill 3} 
|-----------------------------------| 
|--15-----15-----15-----15----------| 
|----14fb---14fb---14fb---14fb--~---|{Gtr.2} 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
---Play this on end of 3rd chorus!--- 
 
 
{Fill 4} 
|-----------------------12~---------| 
|--------8-8-8-12-12-12-------------| 
|--9-9-9----------------------------|{Gtr.2} 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
--Play this during the 4th chorus!!-- 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
 
 {Outro}                                  {Ending}                        (Fade Out) 
||----------------8----\---------->------||----------------------------------------|| 
||--------------8------sl->--->--->------||----------------------------------------|| 
||------------9-----------5---7--->------||----------------------------------------||{Gtr.1} 
||---------10-------------5---7---9------||---(9)------%------%------%------%------|| 
||----7-10----------------3---5---7------||---(7)------%------%------%------%------|| 
||--8-----------------------------0------||---(0)------%------%------%------%------|| 
   (Slowly Ascending)
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