Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band has sold over 50 million copies of their albums to date. Judas Priest is frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with indifferent record production, repeated changes of drummer, and lack of major commercial success or attention until 1980
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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 18:05:53 -0700 From: John English Subject: CRD: j/judas_priest/winter_retreat.crd
CRD: j/JUDAS_PRIEST/winter_retreat.crd
"WINTER RETREAT" by Judas Priest from the album Rocka Rolla
Part of the "Winter" themed portion of the first Priest album. A slower song that lends itself extremely well to acoustic. I have transcribed this in standard tuning. Listen to the album to pick up the timing, especially the tricky closing notes. I've noted some of the odd chords at the end of the transcription. The key to the song is the intro and the close. The song is mostly Am throughout, with improvised D7 thrown in.
intro: ED (repeat 3x) E/F#/Cmod/E EG
Am Now, winter wind fades from my face
Am My heart will no longer race
Am Sun smiling down from the sky
AmD7 Melts away ice from my eyes
Am Warmth...eases back to my soul
Am * C/B/Am7/G (repeat 3x) Em Bitterness shrugs then it goes
* This is where the tricky ending starts. The steady beat of the whole song turns into a descending half-rhythm. You probably won't pick it up without listening to the record.
Chords: EADGBe -------------------- F# x443xx Cmod 332xxx B x2001x
Part of the "Winter" themed portion of the first Priest album. A slower song that lends itself extremely well to acoustic. I have transcribed this in standard tuning. Listen to the album to pick up the timing, especially the tricky closing notes. I've noted some of the odd chords at the end of the transcription. The key to the song is the intro and the close. The song is mostly Am throughout, with improvised D7 thrown in.
intro: ED (repeat 3x) E/F#/Cmod/E EG
Am Now, winter wind fades from my face
Am My heart will no longer race
Am Sun smiling down from the sky
AmD7 Melts away ice from my eyes
Am Warmth...eases back to my soul
Am * C/B/Am7/G (repeat 3x) Em Bitterness shrugs then it goes
* This is where the tricky ending starts. The steady beat of the whole song turns into a descending half-rhythm. You probably won't pick it up without listening to the record.
Chords: EADGBe ---------------- F# x443xx Cmod 332xxx B x2001x