Virgin Killer Scorpions
Band: Scorpions
Album: Virgin Killer
Song: Virgin Killer
Copyright (c) (RCA) (1977)
Version 1.0 - (06/06/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - harmonic
Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (though the pitch does seem to be between E and Eb)
Pick scrape
|------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------|
|-\-\-pans left to right-|
|--\-\-------------------| |------------------------|
Main Riff
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~
|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-0-0-6-7-6-5---3p0-3-----0-0-6-7-6-5-----------| |---------------------3-----------------0-3-4---|
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------5-4-3----| |-0-0-6-7-6-5---3p0-3-----0-0-0----------| |---------------------3------------------|
Drums and Bass enter
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~
|-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-7-7---------------------7-7-------------------| |-0-0-6-7-6-5---3p0-3-----0-0-6-7-6-5-----------| |---------------------3-----------------0-3-4---|
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-7-7---------------------7-7---5-4-3----\-| |-0-0-6-7-6-5---3p0-3-----0-0-0------------| |---------------------3--------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
[------------| [------------| [---------5--| [-7-7-----5--| [-0-0-6-7----| [------------|
[Guitar 2 with wah
[ -PM-]
[------------| [------------| [------------| [-7\------5--| [-7\--6-7----| [------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-4--3--2--1--|
[Guitar 2
[-------------| [-8--7--6--5--|
[-10b9b-8b-7b-|
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------|
Guitar 1
[------------| [------------| [---------5--| [-7-7-----5--| [-0-0-6-7----| [------------|
[Guitar 2 with wah
[ -PM-]
[------------| [-8\---------| [-5\---------| [-7\------5--| [-----6-7----| [------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-4--3--2--1--|
[Guitar 2
[-------------| [-8--7--6--5--|
[-10b9b-8b-7b-|
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------|
Guitar 1
[------------| [------------| [---------5--| [-7-7-----5--| [-0-0-6-7----| [------------|
[Guitar 2 with wah
[ -PM-]
[------------| [-8\---------| [-5\---------| [---------5--| [-----6-7----| [------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-4--3--2--1--|
[Guitar 2
[-------------| [-8--7--6--5--|
[-10b9b-8b-7b-|
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------|
Guitar 1
[------------| [------------| [---------5--| [-7-7-----5--| [-0-0-6-7----| [------------|
[Guitar 2 with wah
[ -PM-]
[-8\---------| [-8\---------| [------------| [---------5--| [-----6-7----| [------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1
[--------------| [--------------| [--------------| [--------------| [--------------| [-4--3--2--1---|
[Guitar 2
[-12-13-14-15--|
[-15b16b17b18b-|
[--------------| [--------------| [--------------| [--------------|
Chorus
~~~
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------4-3-2---0-2p0-2---------4-3-2---0-2p0-2---| |-2-2-2---------------0-1-2-2-2---------------0-1-| |-------------------------------------------------| Rpt
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------2-----2---2----| [-4--------4---------0-x-x-0-x-0----| [-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--------------0--|
[Guitar 2 Pick scrape
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------\-\------------| [---------------------\-\-----------| [-----------------------------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1 to feedback
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-4--------4---------4------(4)-----| [-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2------(2)-----|
[Guitar 2 Pick scrape. trem dive
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------\-\------------| [---------------------\-\-----------| [-----------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------3-4-3-2---0---0----------3-4-3-2-----2-4--| |-2-22-------------2-------2-22-------------0-2--| |----------------------5------------------2------|
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~ pick scrape
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |------3-4-3-2---0---0----------7-6-5--------\-\---| |-2-22-------------2-------2-22---------------\-\--| |----------------------5---------------------------|
2nd Verse
Guitar 1
[--------------| [--------------| [---------2----| [-----3-4------| [-2-2----------| [--------------| Rpt 3 X
[Guitar 2 with wah
[--------------| [--------------| [-7\-----------| [-9\-----------| [--------------| [--------------|Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-------------| [-5--4--3--2--|
[Guitar 2
[-------------| [-10-9--8--7--|
[-12b11b10b9b-|
[-------------| [-------------| [-------------|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------| |-7\----------7\----------7\----------10-9--8--7--| |-7\----------7\----------7\----------12b11b10b9b-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------10-9--8--7--| |-7\----------7\----------7\----------12b11b10b9b-| |-9\----------9\----------9\----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|-5\----------5\----------5\----------10-11-12----| |-7\----------7\----------7\----------12b13b14b---| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
~~~
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------6-5-4---2-4p4-----------6-5-4---2-4p4-----| |-4-4-4---------------2-3-4-4-4---------------2-3-| |-------------------------------------------------| Rpt
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------4-----4---4----| [-6--------6---------2-x-x-2-x-2-4/-| [-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4--------------2/-|
[Guitar 2 Pick scrape
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------\-\------------| [---------------------\-\-----------| [-----------------------------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1 to feedback
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [-4--------4---------4------(4)-----| [-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2------(2)-----|
[Guitar 2 Pick scrape. trem dive
[-----------------------------------| [-----------------------------------| [--------------------------------| [--------------------\-\------------| [---------------------\-\-----------| [-----------------------------------|
Backing for solo
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---------------------6-5-4--2-4-2-| |-2-4-4-4-2-4-4-4-4-4--------------| |----------------------------------| Rpt 8 X |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---------------------9-8-7--5-7-5-| |-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7--------------| |----------------------------------| Rpt 4 X
Guitar solo with wah
[B]
Guitar 1 notes often decay to feedback
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-----------------------------------------------------------| [-12fb-----------r--------12fb--------10fb------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-15fb-----------r--------16---fb---------------------------| [-------------------------------------10fb------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------17fb-17fb----14-16-| |----------------------------------------------------17-------| |-15brp13-15-13----13-11fb--trem vibrato----------------------| |---------------15--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------|
h h
|-14-16p14-12-14----12-14-19-14-16p14----14-20fb--r--16----14----12-| |----------------14-------------------17----------------17----14----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|---------21fb-21-21-21r-21fb-21r1919-19fb---17fb-r15-trem vibrato-\-| |-11fb--r------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[E]
|--------12------------------------------| |-----12----15fb-15fb-15fb-15fb-15fb15fb-| |-/14------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| Rpt
with trem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h
|-----------------------------------16fb---r--12-15p12----12----------| |--------13\-------------------------------------------15----12-15-12-| |-11\/11--------11\-11-trem vibrato-----------------------------------| |-----------11\-------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[G] [A]
|---------------------------| |----12---------------------| |-14----14-12-trem vibrato--| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-------| |-------| |-------| |----2--|
|-5--0--|
|-3-----|
Rpt Intro
Rpt 1st Verse
Rpt Chorus with ad lib trem guitar
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