Holy War

Thin Lizzy

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Album: Thunder and Lightning Version 1.0 - (06/03/07) Transcribed By: Steve Email: * . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap f - full bend h - half bend ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend * - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend , - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note " - tremolo note - harmonic pb - pre bend Tuning E A D G B E Bass and drums on own Harmonised main riff Guitar 1 [--------------------PM----------------------] [------------------------------------------------| [-10-10-9--9--7--7-------------------------------| [--------------------9--9--7--7--6--6------------| [--------------------------------------9--9--7---| [------------------------------------------------| [------------------------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [[--------------------PM----------------------] [------------------------------------------------| [-14-14-12-12------------------------------------| [-------------14-14-13-13-12-12------------------| [-------------------------------14-14-12-12--11--| [------------------------------------------------| [------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 [------------------PM---------------------] [-------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------| [-9--9--7--7--6--6--------------------------| [-------------------9--9--7--7--6--6--------| [-------------------------------------9--9--| [-------------------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [[------------------PM--------------------] [-------------------------------------------| [-10-10-9--9--7--7--------------------------| [-------------------9--9--7--7--6--6--------| [-------------------------------------9--7--| [-------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 [----------------------------PM--------------------------] [--------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------7------7-9----7-9-10-7-10-12-14--| [-------------6-----6-7---7-9---7-9------9---------------------|
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[-----6---7-9---7-9-----9--------------------------------------| [-7-9---7------------------------------------------------------| [--------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [[---------------------------PM---------------------------] [-------------------------------------------7-7-9-10-7-9-10-12-| [---------------------------7-7-9-10-7-9-10--------------------| [-------------6-6-7-9-6-7-9------------------------------------| [-6-7-9-6-7-9--------------------------------------------------| [--------------------------------------------------------------| [--------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt Guitar 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-------------------------------| [-10----------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-------------------------------| [-14----------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| [-------------------------------| Backing for intro
|-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-4-------------(4)------------2- |-2-------------(2)------------0- ||---------------------------------| ||3-------------(3)--------------3-| ||2-------------(2)--------------2-| ||0-------------(0)--------------0-| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |-6-------------(6)------------- |-4-------------(4)------------- |------------------------------- ||------------------| ||---------3--------| ||---------2--------| ||\4--/6---0---2----| ||\2--/4-------0----| ||---------------4--|
Rpt above Verse
|--------------------------------- |------------------------------3-- |------------------------------2-- |------------------------------0-- |-4-------------(4)--------------- |-2-------------(2)--------------- ||---------------------------------- ||5-5-5---------(5)----------------- ||4-4-4---------(4)----------------- ||2-2-2---------(2)--------------2-- ||-------------------------------0-- ||---------------------------------- ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| Rpt |--------------------------------- |------------------------------3-- |------------------------------2-- |------------------------------0-- |-4-------------(4)--------------- |-2-------------(2)--------------- ||---------------------------------- ||5-5-5---------(5)----------------- ||4-4-4---------(4)----------------- ||2-2-2---------(2)--------------6-- ||-------------------------------4-- ||---------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-3-----------(3)---------------- |-2-----------(2)---------------- |-0-----------(0)------------6--- |----------------------------4--- |-------------------------------- ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||---------------------------------2-| ||4-------------(4)----------------0-| ||2-------------(2)------------------| |--------------------------------- |------------------------------3-- |------------------------------2-- |------------------------------0-- |-4-------------(4)--------------- |-2-------------(2)--------------- ||---------------------------------- ||5-5-5---------(5)----------------- ||4-4-4---------(4)----------------- ||2-2-2---------(2)--------------2-- ||-------------------------------0-- ||---------------------------------- ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| Rpt |--------------------------------- |------------------------------3-- |------------------------------2-- |------------------------------0-- |-4-------------(4)--------------- |-2-------------(2)--------------- ||---------------------------------- ||5-5-5---------(5)----------------- ||4-4-4---------(4)----------------- ||2-2-2---------(2)--------------6-- ||-------------------------------4-- ||---------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-3-----------(3)---------------- |-2-----------(2)---------------- |-0-----------(0)------------6--- |----------------------------4--- |-------------------------------- ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||---------------------------------6-| ||4-------------(4)----------------4-| ||2-------------(2)------------------|
Chorus ~~
|--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |------------------------------2-- |-4-------------(4)------------0-- |-2-------------(2)--------2-4---- ||--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------| ||-----------(2)--------------6---| ||-----------(0)--------------4---| ||--------------------------------| || || || || || ||Rpt |-------------------------------- |-3-------------(3)-------------- |-2-------------(2)-------------- |-0-------------(0)-----------4-- |-----------------------------2-- |-------------------------------- ||----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------| ||6-------------(6)------------7\6--| ||4-------------(4)------------5\4--| ||----------------------------------| |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |-4-------------(4)--------------- |-2-------------(2)-----------4--- ||--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------| ||-2-------------(2)-----------2--| ||-0-------------(0)-----------0--| ||--------------------------------|
Rpt Verse and Chorus Rpt harmonised guitars 2 X Guitar
|--------------------------------- |-12b---r-12fb-------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- ||-------------------------------12- ||---------\-12brp10-12-----10b----- ||---------------------------------- ||---------------------------------- ||---------------------------------- ||---------------------------------- ||14--| ||----| ||----| ||----| ||----| ||----| |-14fb-----16-16b-15--------12---- |------------------------------15- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- ||-------------17-19-19fb------- ||15b-----\-17b----------------- ||------------------------------ ||------------------------------ ||------------------------------ ||------------------------------ ||19fb-r--| ||--------| ||--------| ||--------| ||--------| ||--------| |-17-22fb--------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------|
Double tracked part
h h |-16-17p16----16-------------16- |----------19----19-17---------- |----------------------18p16---- |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |------------------------------- ||17-16--------------------------| ||------19-17-19-----------------| ||---------------16-18-18--------| ||------------------------19p16--| ||-------------------------------| ||-------------------------------|
Guitar 1 h h h h h h [-------------------------------14-17p15p12----12-----------------| [----------------12-14-14-15-17-------------17----17-17p15p14-12--| [-11-13-14p13-14--------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-10p9p7-10p9p7-9-10-------------------10p9p7-10p9p7-7-9----------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| [-----------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [----------------------------------------------17-16-16b------------| [-17fb--------17fb---r17p15-17------15------------------------------| [--------------------------------------16---------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar 2 [ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [------------------------------------------17b-------16b------------| [------17fb---17fb---r17p15-17------15------------------------------| [--------------------------------------16---------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------| [-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-19b----------17-22fb---22b-- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- ||21----17-----------19-19br-----------| ||---------19--------------------17----| ||-------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------| |-17-17br------16----16-------- |-----------------19----------- |------------------------------ |------------------------------ |------------------------------ |------------------------------ ||16br---------------------| ||-----17-17b--------------| ||-------------------------| ||-------------------------| ||-------------------------| ||-------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-14p12-14-12p10-12--------------| |-------------------11-----------| |-----------------------9\7---\--| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|
Rpt Chorus Breakdown
|------------------------------- |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |-4----------------------------- |-2----------------------------- ||------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------| ||(4)---------------------------------| ||(2)---------------------------------|
Play as volume swells with light overdrive Guitar 1 [--------------------------------------------| [--------------------------------------------| [--------------------------------------------| [-4
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Composition: Phil Lynott

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