Die Hard - by Venom
Originally recorded on the Acid Queen 12" single (Neat Records, 1982)
also appears on the album Black Metal (licensed to Combat Records, 1982)
Words and music by Conrad Lant, Tony Bray, and Jeff Dunn

Transcribed by Mark Vignati (gs01mcv@panther.gsu.edu)

Tune guitar and bass down three half steps, to C#.
Song is in 4/4 time.

Letters above the staff indicate time values of the notes directly
below. q=quarter note, e=eighth, etc. Notes in parentheses are
tied from the previous measure. Notes followed by an 'r' are rests
for the indicated time value.
Lyrics appear below the staff.

Intro - guitar only

  s s   s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|-----|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|

(Bass and drums enter)

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

  
  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|                                          (drums pause w/bass)
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  e   hr
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--9-------------------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--7-------------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

Verse 1

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e        e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
   Sa-tan        Fa-ther        Help me from this grave


  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e   s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0-----0-0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e        e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
   De-mons      War-riors          Ever be my slaves


Bridge
   q   e e e e e e       q   e e e e e e
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--5-------------------|-4----------------------|
|--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
|--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|                                             
|  e e e e e. s e  s s   e e e e s s s s e  e
|----------3--5-3------|------------------------|
|--------5---------5-3-|---------2h4p2---2--4---|
|--3-3-3---------------|-2-2-2-2-------4--------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
   I can't reason with men and mortal fools
   
   q  e e e e e e        q  e e e e        q
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--5-------------------|-4----------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5------|-4--4-4-4-4--------5----|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3------|-2--2-2-2-2--------5----|
|----------------------|-------------------3----|
|                                             
|  e e e e e. s e  s s   e e e e s s s s   q 
|----------3--5-3------|------------------------|
|------2-5---------5-3-|---------2h4p2----------|
|--3-3-----------------|-2-2-2-2-------4--------|
|----------------------|-------------------5----|
  They will die hard  hear the golden rule
                                     (Bk.) Die-

Chorus
  h.          q     h.          q     h.          q
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-----------7--|--5-----------7--|--5-----------7---|
|-5-----------7--|--5-----------7--|--5-----------7---|
|-3-----------5--|--3-----------5--|--3-----------5---|
|
| e e e e e e q     e e e e e e q     e e e e e e q 
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-5---|
 Legions armed    Men of war         Captors of
        in steel        reviled          the brave
(Bk)Hard--   Die  Hard---     Die   Hard--

  e e e e e e e s s
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
|
| e e e e e e e s s
|--------------------| 
|--------------------|
|---------------0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|

Between verses 1&2

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

Verse 2  (music same as verse 1)
Sinner, Liar, guard your crown of thorns
Priestess, Parson, live your lives of scorn

Bridge 2
I can raise the fires of hell and blasphemy
We will grow strong, Satanic Royalty

Chorus 
  h.          q     h.          q     h.          e e
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------2-9--|
|-5-----------7--|--5-----------7--|--5-----------2-9--|
|-5-----------7--|--5-----------7--|--5-----------0-7--|
|-3-----------5--|--3-----------5--|--3----------------|
|
| e e e e e e q     e e e e e e q     e e e e e e e e
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------0-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3------|
 Legions armed    Men of war         Captives of
        in steel        and feeling       the brave
(Bk)Hard--   Die  Hard---     Die   Hard--

Bridge
  h.            e  e    h.           e  e    h.            e  e
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-7-------------2--9--|-7------------2--9--|-7-------------2--9--|
|-7-------------2--9--|-7------------2--9--|-7-------------2--9--|
|-5-------------0--7--|-5------------0--7--|-5-------------0--7--|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| e q  s s e e  e  e    e q  s s e e e  e    e q  s s e e e  e
|---7------7-7--------|---7------7-7-------|---7------7-7--------|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5----5-5------0--7--|-5----5-5-----0--7--|-5----5-5-----0--7---|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|   

  
  h.              q     (h)       e e q     (q)  h.     s s
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------||  
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------||  
|-7---------------4---|-(4)-----------5---|-(5)--4------------||  
|-7---------------4---|-(4)-------2-4-5---|-(5)--4------------||  
|-5---------------2---|-(2)-------0-2-3---|-(3)--2------0-0---||  
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------||  
|
| e q  s s e e    q     (h)       e e q     (q)  h.     e
|---7------7-7--------|-------------------|-------------------||  
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------||  
|-5----5-5--------2---|-(2)-------0-2-3---|-(3)--2----x/X\x---||  
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------||  

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
                                          Through the fires of Hell!

Solo (Note - I couldn't figure out the solo, so what follows is
      the bass part which goes under the solo.)
  
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  e e e e e e e e   e  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|-7--------------7-5---5-7-5------|
|-----------------|----0-0-0-0-0-0-----7-------7-5--|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|  

  e  s s s s s s s s s e  s s s     e q  e   q      q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|    
|---------------------------------|--------/14~~\---------|    
|-7--------------7-5---5----5-----|-7-7--7----------------|    
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-----7----7---7---|-----------------5-----|    
                                          (Bk.Voc) Die --
Chorus

Verse 3

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e   s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0-----0-0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
|   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e        e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
  Evil             Angels        Vultures of the night

  e e e e e e e e   e  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|-2-------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
| 
| e e e e e e e e   e  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-|-7-------------------------------|
|-----------------|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|

Bridge 3
Ride the wings of Hades, Death is on our side
Furnace burning bright, We ain't getting tired

Chorus

Outro

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|
| s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s e   s e  s s
|---9----9--------9----9------|---9----9--------9-----7-------|
|---7----7--------7----7------|---7----7--------7-----5-------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0----0-0-0-----0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0-------------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0----0-0--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------<3>~-----|
|
|  q   h.r                      wr
|--9--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--7--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

  s e  s e  s s s e  s e  s s   s e  s e  s s s s s s  q    
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5--2p0-----------------|
|---5----7--------5----5------|---7----5------2p0------5------|
|-0----0----0-0-0----0----0-0-|-0----0------------2p0--5------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------3------|
|
|  wr                           h.r                    q
|-----------------------------|------------------------7------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------5------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

  fermata    free time - gtr riff cues ending notes.
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------0h2p0--0--|--2--2------------------|
|--(5)-----------0h2p0------2----|--2--2------------------|
|--(5)-------0h2p0---------------|--0--0------------------|
|--(3)---------------------------|------------------------|
|
|                                   
|--(7)---------------------------|--9--9------------------|
|--(5)---------------------------|--7--7------------------|
|--------------------------------|--0--0------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------|