Before The Dawn

Judas Priest

Composição de: Glenn Tipton / Robert Halford / K K Downing

Tom:

Afinação:

 BEFORE THE DAWN
 (From the 1978 Album KILLING MACHINE (HELL BENT FOR LEATHER IN THE 
USA))


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead guitar(overdriven guitar)'



 b   - bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release 
immediately)
 /   - slide into (from)
 \   - slide out of (/to "nowhere")
 S   - shift slide
 ~   - vibrato
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 ()  - still ringing the previous note.
 Intro

  Em                Am                D                   B7


  Gtr I
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2---------|-------------
|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---3---3---3----0--|---0---0-4-0-
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-------2-----|-----2-------
|---------2-------|-----------------|-0-----------------|-------------
|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|-2-----------
|-0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------
||-----| 
||--0--| 
||2----| 
||-----| 
||-----| 
||-----|

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Gtr I
  Em                Am                B7                Em
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-0-----|-0-------------
|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---0---0-----4-0-|---0---0---0---
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-----------|-----0-------0-
|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-----
|-----------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|---------------
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------------
||--| 
||0-| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 

   Verse

Gtr I
    Em                Am                D                   B7
||------------------|-----------------|---------2---------|------------------|
||----0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---3---3---3----0--|---0---0-4-0---0--|
||------0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-------2-----|-----2-------2----|
||----------2-------|-----------------|-0-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-0---------------|-------------------|-2----------------|
||--0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|

Gtr I
  Em                Am                B7                Em
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-0-----|-0-------------
|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---0---0-----4-0-|---0---0---0---
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-----------|-----0-------0-
|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-----
|-----------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|---------------
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------------
||---|| 
||0--|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 

Gtr I
    Em                Am                D                   B7
||------------------|-----------------|---------2---------|------------------|
||----0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---3---3---3----0--|---0---0-4-0---0--|
||------0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-------2-----|-----2-------2----|
||----------2-------|-----------------|-0-----------------|------------------|

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||------------------|-0---------------|-------------------|-2----------------|
||--0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|

Gtr I
  Em                Am                B7                Em
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-0-----|-0-------------
|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1-0-1-----|---0---0-----4-0-|---0---0---0---
|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-----------|-----0-------0-
|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-----
|-----------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|---------------
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------------
||---|| 
||0--|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 
||---|| 

 Gtr I              Chorus
  Em                 C
|-0---------------||----------8-----8-| 
|---0---0---0---0-||------8-----8-----| 
|-----0-------0---||----9---9-----9---| 
|---------2-------||-10---------------| 
|-----------------||------------------| 
|-0---------------||------------------| 

Gtr I
  G                         E7
|-------------10-------10-|-----7---10-7---10-| 
|-------12-------12-------|---9---9------9----| 
|----12----12-------12----|-------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------| 
|-10----------------------|-7-----------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------| 

Gtr I
  Am                        C
|-------------12-------12-|----------8-----8-| 
|-------13-------13-------|------8-----8-----| 
|----14----14-------14----|----9---9-----9---| 
|-------------------------|-10---------------| 
|-12----------------------|------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------|

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Gtr I
  G                 D7
|-----------------|---------2-------| 
|-3---0---3-0-----|-----3-1---3-1---| 
|---0---0-----0---|---2-----------2-| 
|---------------0-|-0---------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-3---------------|-----------------| 

Gtr I
  D7                C                 G                 Emaj7
|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
|---3---1---3---1-|---------1-----1-|-----0---3-0---3-|-----0---3-0---
|-----2-------2---|-----0-----0-----|---0---0-----0---|---1---1-----1-
|-0---------------|---2---2-----2---|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-0-------------
||--| 
||3-| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 

Gtr I
  Am                Am                C                 B7
|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|-----0---0-----0-|---------2-----
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----------1-----|---0-3-0---3-0-
|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|---------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-2-------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||4-| 
||--| 
||--| 

Gtr I
  B7                Em                Em
|---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|| 
|---0-3-0---3-0---|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|| 
|-----------------|-------0-----0---|---0---0-----0---|| 
|---------------4-|---2-------------|-----------------|| 
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 
|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||

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 Guitar solo ( Double guitar starts from here)
  C                                   D
  Gtr II

|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-2b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)b4==(2)r-----0-|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|                                     
||-------------------------------------------| 
||10b12r(10)b12r(10)b12r(10)b12==(10)r-----8-| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
                                             

| Gtr I
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------
|-------------------------1-------1-|-----------------3---------------
|------------0----------------0-----|---------2---------------2-------
|------2-----------2------------2---|---------------------------------
|-3---------------------------------|--2------------------------------
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------
||-2---------| 
||-----3---3-| 
||-------2---| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 

Gtr II
  Am                         Am
   ~~                         ~~~

|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
|-10-------(10)-[8]---10-8-|-----------------------| 
|--------------------------|--9------------(9)\----| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

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|Gtr I
|------------0---------0---|-----------0--------0--| 
|------1---------1---------|-------1-----1---------| 
|----2---2----------2------|-----2---2------2------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
|--0-----------------------|--0--------------------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 

  C                                   D
  Gtr II

|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-2b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)b4==(2)r-----0-|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------|-
|                                     
||-------------------------------------------| 
||10b12r(10)b12r(10)b12r(10)b12==(10)r-----8-| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------| 
                                             

| Gtr I
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------
|-------------------------1-------1-|-----------------3---------------
|------------0----------------0-----|---------2---------------2-------
|------2-----------2------------2---|---------------------------------
|-3---------------------------------|--2------------------------------
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------
||-2---------| 
||-----3---3-| 
||-------2---| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 

Gtr II
  Am                       Am
   ~~

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|------------------------|-12-----------12-(12)--| 
|-10-------(10)-8---10-8-|------------------12---| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 

|Gtr I
|------------0-------0---|----------0--------0---| 
|------1--------1--------|------1-----1----------| 
|----2---2--------2------|----2---2------2-------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 
|--0---------------------|--0--------------------| 
|------------------------|-----------------------| 

Gtr II
  C                       D
   ~~~~~

|-----------------------|---------------------------| 
|-15b17-----------15-12-|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------|-14b15r==12-14-------12-14-| 
|-----------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------|---------------------------| 

|Gtr I
|-----------------------|-----------------2---------| 
|-------------1-------1-|-------------3-----3-----3-| 
|---------0-----0-------|-------2-------2------2----| 
|-------2---2------2----|---------------------------| 
|--3--------------------|--2------------------------| 
|-----------------------|---------------------------| 

Gtr II
  Am                        Am
                             ~~

|-------------------------|---------------------------------------10-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------10---12-13------|
|-16----------------------|----------------9---11-12-----------------|
|----12-10-9-9/-10-10/-12-|------9-10---12---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

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|Gtr I
|------------0----------0-|------------------0------------------0----|
|--------1-------1--------|------1-----------------1-----------------|
|-----2----2--------2-----|----2------2-----------------2------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------|--0---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

Gtr II
  C                         B7
   ~~                                ~~~~~~

|-12-------(12)-14---15---|-17b19---17b19========(17)r-15-| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 

|Gtr I
|------0-----0----------0-|------------------2------------| 
|----------------1--------|-------0--3-----0---3---0------| 
|----0---0---------0------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------------4-| 
|--3----------------------|--2----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 

                            Chorus
Gtr II
  Em                         C
                   ~          ~~

|-------------------------||------------------| 
|-------------------------||------------------| 
|-------------------------||------------------| 
|-14-12-10-9--------------||------------------| 
|------------12-10-7------||------------------| 
|----------------------10-||--8---------------| 

|Gtr I
|-------------0------0----||----------8-----8-| 
|--------0-------0--------||------8-----8-----| 
|-----0----0-------0------||----9---9-----9---| 
|-------------------------||-10---------------| 
|-------------------------||------------------| 
|--0----------------------||------------------|

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  G                         E7
  Gtr I

|-------------10-------10-|-----7---10-7---10-| 
|-------12-------12-------|---9---9------9----| 
|----12----12-------12----|-------------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------| 
|-10----------------------|-7-----------------| 
|-------------------------|-------------------| 

Gtr I

  Am                        C
|-------------12-------12-|----------8-----8-| 
|-------13-------13-------|------8-----8-----| 
|----14----14-------14----|----9---9-----9---| 
|-------------------------|-10---------------| 
|-12----------------------|------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------| 

Gtr I
  G                 D7                 D7                 C
|-----------------|----------2-------|----------2-------|-------------
|-3---0---3-0-----|------3-1---3-1---|----3---1---3---1-|---------1---
|---0---0-----0---|----2-----------2-|------2-------2---|-----0-----0-
|---------------0-|--0---------------|--0---------------|---2---2-----
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-3-----------
|-3---------------|------------------|------------------|-------------
||----| 
||--1-| 
||----| 
||2---| 
||----| 
||----| 

Gtr I

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  G                 Emaj7             Am                Am
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-----0-|---------0-----
|-----0---3-0---3-|-----0---3-0---3-|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1---
|---0---0-----0---|---1---1-----1---|---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2-
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0-------------
|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|---------------
||0-| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 
||--| 

Gtr I
                                                        Final verse

  C                 B7                B7                 Em
|-----0---0-----0-|---------2-------|---------2-------||-------------
|-----------1-----|---0-3-0---3-0---|---0-3-0---3-0---||-----0-----0-
|---0---0-----0---|-----------------|-----------------||---0---0-----
|-----------------|---------------4-|---------------4-||---------2---
|-3---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------||-------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-0-----------
||----| 
||--0-| 
||0---| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 

Gtr I
  Am                D                   B7                Em
|-----------------|---------2---------|-----------------|-------------
|---1---1-0-1-----|---3---3---3----3--|---0---0-4-0---0-|---0---0---0-
|-----2-------2-0-|-----2-------2-----|-----2-------2---|-----0-------
|-----------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|---------2---
|-0---------------|-------------------|-2---------------|-------------
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-0-----------
||----| 
||--0-| 
||0---| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 

Gtr I

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  Am                B7                Em
|-----------------|-----------------|-^0----------|-(0)-----------T| 
|---1---1-0-1-----|---0---0---0-----|-^0----------|-(0)-----------h| 
|-----2-------2-0-|-----2---2---0---|-^0----------|-(0)-----------e| 
|-----------------|---------------4-|-^2----------|-(2)-----------E| 
|-0---------------|-2---------------|-^2----------|-(2)-----------N| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-^0----------|-(0)-----------D| 

Lyrics:

Before the dawn, I hear you whisper
In your sleep "don't let the morning take him"
Outside the birds begin to call
As if to summon up my leaving

It's been a lifetime since I found someone
Since I found someone who would stay
I've waited too long, and now you're leaving
Oh please don't take it all away

It's been a lifetime since I found someone
Since I found someone who would stay
I've waited too long, and now you're leaving
Oh please don't take it all away

Before the dawn, I hear you whisper
In your sleep "don't let the morning take him"

Am
B7
C
D
D7
E7
Em
Emaj7
G

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