Quiet Riot – Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
Probably “THE” Metal anthem of all time! Here it is in all it’s glory...METAL HEALTH!!!
A bitchin’ song & here I have included everything (even the bass at the break). Took a
outta me to tab it so please rate/comment! Thanks!
Intro:
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 0 3~ |
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | 0 0 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 0 2t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 2t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 0t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| E | 3 3 |
Verse:
| e | |
| B | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| G | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| D | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 19\\\\ |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 4 5 4 |
| D | 2 4 5 4 5 5 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 |
| E | 3 3 |
| PM | | | | | | | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 |
| D | 2 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 |
| A | 0 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 |
| E | |
Chorus:
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | 0 0 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 0 2t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 2t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 0t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ t~ |
| E | 3 3 |
Solo I:
| e | 20 |
| B | 17~ 20 |
| G | 17~ 19 14 |
| D | 17~ 12~ 10(11) 10(11) |
| A | 12~~~~~ |
| E | |
Verse:
| e | |
| B | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| G | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| D | 2 4 5 4 2 4 5 4 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 19\\\\ |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 4 5 4 |
| D | 2 4 5 4 5 5 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 |
| E | 3 3 |
| PM | | | | | | | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 |
| D | 2 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 |
| A | 0 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 |
| E | |
Chorus:
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 0 3~ |
Bridge:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 |
| D | 7\ 5 5\ 5 7\ 5 5 7 |
| A | 7\ 3 5\ 3 7\ 3 5 7 |
| E | 5\ 3\ 5\ 3 5 |
Solo II:
| e | |
| B | 10(10) 10(10)~ |
| G | 12(14) 12(14)~ 16p14 16~ 14 14 13 11 14 13 11 |
| D | /16 16 14(16)—12~ 12~ 12~ |
| A | 12 14~ |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 13(15) 10 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 18t13p10 18t13p10 18t13p10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 18t 18t / 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 18t 18t / |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 18t 18t / |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 18t13p10 18t13p10 18t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 18t13p10 18t13p10 18t13p10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 15t13p10 15t13p10 15t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 17t13p10 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 15t13p10 15t13p10 15t13p10 13 13(15)~\ 13 15(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17)(17) |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 19 19 19 19 |
| B | 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 x\ |
| G | 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 x\ |
| D | 14 14 14 14 |
| A | 13~ |
| E | |
Interlude:
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
Gtr I
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
|
| | Gtr |
| e | |
| B | 17 17(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20)(20) |
| G | 14~ 17 14 17 14~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Break: (just thought I’d add in the beginning bass line - cus it’s cool!)
“Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!”
Bass
| G | |
| D | 5 |
| A | 3 3 3 5 |
| E | 0 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 0 3 |
Gtr
| e | |
| B | |
| G | x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |
| D | x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |
| A | x x x x x x x |
| E | |
(The following are all the solo fills for ach of the following lyrics)
| e | |
| B | 13(15) |
| G | 14 14 14p12 14 12 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“Bang Your Head!”
| e | |
| B | 13(15) 13 10 10 13 10\ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“Wake The Dead!”
| e | |
| B | 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 13(15) |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“We’re All Metal Mad!”
| e | |
| B | 13(15) 13 10 10 13 10\ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“It’s All Ya Have!”
| e | 15 |
| B | 15(17) 15p13 15(17) 15(17)—15p13 15(17)~~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“So Bang Your Head!”
| e | 15 15 15 |
| B | 15(17) 15(17) 13 15(17)~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“And Raise the Dead – Ooo Yeah!”
| e | 15(17) 15p12 15(17) 15(17) 15p12 15(17) 15(17)~~~ |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“METAL HEALTH!”
| e | 15(17)(15) 12 15(17)(15) 12 15(17)(15) 12 15(17)(15) 12 15(17) 15(17) 15(17)~ |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
“It Drives ya – Mad – Mad – Mad – Mad - Bang Your Head!”
Chorus: (the previous solo runs into this chorus for a second or two)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 5 5 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 5 5 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 5 5 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
| e | |
| B | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 |
| D | 2 5 5 5 5 2 5 2 |
| A | 0 3 5 5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 3 3 |
Outro Solo:
| e | 15(17) 15(17) 15(17)~ 20(22) 20 20(22) 20 20(22)~ 20(22)—17h20p17h20p17 |
| B | 20(21) |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 17h20p17h20p17 |
| G | 19p17h19p17 19p17h19p17 |
| D | 19p17h19p17 17\ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 5 |
| B | 8p7p5 8p7p5 8p7p5 |
| G | 5 5~ 7(9) 7p6p5 7p6p5 7p6p5 7~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 5p4p2 5p4p2 5p4p2 5p4p2 5p4p2 2~~~~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Above the muted notes will have bracketed fret numbers stating what frets you mute & strum!
(22)(20)(18)(16)(12)(10)(8)(6)(4)(2)
| e | x x x x x x x x x x |
| B | x x x x x x x x x x x\ x\ x\ |
| G | x x x x x x x x x x x\ x\ x\ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | / 19 \ / 19 \ / 19 \ |
Enjoy!