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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
END

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