Am I Evil

From the Creeping Death EP
Originally recorded by Diamond Head
Transcription by Jon Kendrew

Gtr 1 : Distorted

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Gtr 1 : Distorted

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                                               | Gtr 2 : Distorted
                                               | ( Trem Strum )

Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

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Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

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Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

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Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

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Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

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Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

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        (Repeat 3 times)
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Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

[Gtr 2 : Intro solo] (See comments at end)

Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

                                                        (Hold last note..)
    HH  HH  HH  HH  HH   HH   HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH

Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

"One, Two"              (Repeat Main Riff 8 times before verse)
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[Main Riff]       |E|E|-------|E|-------|E|-------|-|E|-------|-|

Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

(Main Riff with verse 1)
[Verse 1] (Lyrics)
                My mother was a witch, she was burned alive.
                Thankless little bitch, for the tears i've cried.
                Take her down now, don't want to see her face.
                All blistered and burned, can't hide my disgrace.
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[Pre-Chorus riff] |E|E|-------|E|-------|E|-------|-|E|-------|-|

Pre-Chorus riff x 4 with Pre-Chorus

[Pre-Chorus] (Lyrics)
                Twenty-seven, every one is nice,
                Gotta see 'em, make 'em pay the price,
                See the bodies out on the ice,
                Take my time.......

Main Riff x 4 with Chorus

[Chorus] (Lyrics)
                Am I Evil?
                Yes I am,
                Am I Evil?
                I am that, yes I am....

Main Riff x 2

[Main Riff x 8 with verse 2
[Verse 2] (Lyrics)
                As i watched my mother die, I lost my head,
                Revenge now I sought, to break with my bread,
                Taking no chances, you come with me,
                I split you to the bone, help set you free.

Bridge

               (Repeat 3 times)
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                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~

Double Time feel

[Fast Riff 1]                         |1.
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Double Time feel

|2.                                     Fast Riff 2 : (Note : Lyrics)
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Double Time feel

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Double Time feel

[With Fast Riff 2] [First repeat]
[With Fast Riff 2] [Second repeat])

Then Fast Riff 1 x 1

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GUITAR G O

For the solo, the rhythm follows the following 'feel':

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        Chord changes are noted above tab lines, and are 2 or 3 fingered power
chords, depending on what you feel like. For the 'XX' notes, strike the
full chord, on the others just play the lowest note (Usually the E string)
  B5
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       (Full)    P

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   @       @  @  @  @     @     @  @  @  @    @    @@@@ @   @@@@
     H  P       H  H        P  P     P  P

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             H P                   P       P   P

GUITAR G O

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  (Full)

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   E5
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     P  P              P  P                P  P              P  P

GUITAR G O

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GUITAR G O

   B5
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GUITAR G O

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GUITAR G O

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    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH

GUITAR G O

                                       A5
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    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH   T PP T PP T PP T PP
e|-058-058-058-058-|-047-047-047-047-|-1285-1285-1285-1285-|

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   F5                    A#5                   F#5
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   T PP T PP T PP T PP   T PP T PP T PP T PP   T PP T PP T PP T PP
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GUITAR G O

   B5
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   T P P T P P T P P T P P    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH

GUITAR G O

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    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH

GUITAR G O

                                         E5
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GUITAR G O

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GUITAR G O

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               H  P    H  P     H P   H P    ~~~~~~~~

Fast Riff 1 x 2

( Note : Only repeat the first section )
On fourth repeat, Gtr 2 plays:

Fast Riff 1 x 4

(Triplet feel - not strict time)

Fast Riff 1 x 4

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Fast Riff 1 x 4

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               (Repeat 6 times)