HEAVY METAL LOVE (written by HELIX-from the album "No Rest for the Wicked.")
The lyrics for this song were taken from the official Helix website.
Transcribed by Chris Tondreau
[intro]
| A | A | (bass only)
A G D A Asus4
|---------------|-----------------|-3-3----2---|----------------|
|-----10--10-9--|--10-9--10-9-----|-3---3----3-|-----3-2-3-2----|
|------9---9----|---9-----9-------|-0-----2----|-----2---2------|
|------9---9----|---9-----9-------|-0----------|-2---2---2------|
|--0-0----------|-----------------|-2----------|-0-0------------|
|---------------|-------------0-2-|-3----------|----------------|
**this riff provides the basis for much of the song. The first two bars
before the G chord are not really A chords, but I called it A for the sake
of simplicity. It is really an Esus4 figure with an A running throughout
in the bass. Harmonically, it functions as an A chord. The Asus4 figure
at the end is sometimes voiced as a Dsus4 played at the 9th fret. This
pattern is repeated throughout the verses, so the chords below refer to
this riff.
The original studio recording sounds a semitone (one fret) lower than you
see written here. This is easily achieved by tuning the guitar so that
each string sounds a semitone lower (often called Eb tuning). On the
Half-Alive album, the song is played a full tone (two frets) lower. This
can be done either by tuning the guitar a full tone lower, or by transposing
the key from what you see here.
[verse]
A
Got me a baby she's hard as nails
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
A
She plays guitar just like a ringin' a bell
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
A
Leather and lace you know what I've found
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
A
When the lights go up, well, she gets down
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
E
I like the caress of steels
G Dsus4 D
It's the hard edge that I feel
[CHORUS]
G D
|-------------------------|
|---------8-----8---7-----|
|-----0---7-----7---7-----|
|-----0---9-----9---7-----|
|-----2-------------------|
|-0-2-3-------------------|
She's my Heavy Metal Love
A
She's not the kind of girl you bring home to mom
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
A
She's dirty and mean but she's lots of fun
G D A
She's my Heavy Metal Love
[CHORUS]
G D
|-------------------------|
|---------8-----8---7-----|
|-----0---7-----7---7-----|
|-----0---9-----9---7-----|
|-----2-------------------|
|-0-2-3-------------------|
She's my Heavy Metal Love
[SOLO]
|B |B |D A |D A |
|B |B |D A |E |
|E |G |G |
[CHORUS]
G D
|-------------------------|
|---------8-----8---7-----|
|-----0---7-----7---7-----|
|-----0---9-----9---7-----|
|-----2-------------------|
|-0-2-3-------------------|
She's my Heavy Metal Love