BLOODSTONE

As recorded by Judas Priest

(From the 1982 Album SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE)
Transcribed by /\X/\M Words an
Halford &

A Intro
P = 120
4 gV gV gV V V V gVV V gV V V V V
3
gV gV gV V V V V V gV gV V
I4 gV V V V gV V V V V gV V V V gV
1

Gtr I
let ring P.M.
let ring
let ring
P.M. let ring P.M.
let ring
let ring
P.M. P.M. P.M. [[
T 7 9 7 9
A 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 10 13 (13)
4 7 (7) 6 7 6 7 6 4 (9) 11
B 9 9 (7) 7 7 9 9
7 (7) 7 (7)
sl. H P sl. sl. sl. sl.

gV gV gV V V V gVV V gV V V V V
3
gV gV gV V V P V V V V V V V gV
I gV V V V z
V gV V V V V gV V
5

let ring
let ring P.M.
let ring P.M. let ring P.M.
4
T 7 9 7
6 6 7 6 6 4 2 4 6 (6) 4 2 4 2
A 4 7 (7) 6 7 6 7 6 4 4 2
B 9 9 (7) 7 7
7 (7)
sl. H P sl.

B Pre-Verse

V eV c VV k e VV k gV
I V k V k gVV gV V V gV gVV l VV gW gVV l VV gV
3 3
9
V V gV V
u u V u u V V gV V gV V V V
Gtrs I, II [[[[[[[[[[ [[[[P.M.
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2
4 4 4 4
B 2 3 4 2 3 4
(0) (2) (5) (2) (0)
H H H H
H H P P

VV k e VV k gVV gV l V c VV k e VV k gV c
V V V u u V gV V VV
3
13
I gV V V V gV gW WW gggVVV
u u V W
[[[[[[[[[[[
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2
4 4 4 2 2 (2) 4
B 2 3 4 2 (2) 4
0 (0) 2
H H

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C Verse
T c c c R
I ggWW VV WW gVV WW VV V ggVV VV VV V P V V
17

gW V V
V gV V V
P.M.
M
1/4
P.M.

T
A 2 (2) 1 (1) 2 2
2 (2) 2 (2) 4 (4) 4 2
B 4 (4) 4 0
0 2 (2)

c c c R
I ggWW VV WW gVV WW VV V ggVV VV VV V P V V
21

gW V V
V gV V V
P.M.
M
1/4
P.M.

T
A 2 (2) 1 (1) 2 2
4 2 (2) 2 (2) 4 (4) 4 2
B 4 4 (4) 4 0
2 0 2 (2)

k c
D Bridge
c k gVV k e VV k c
I W VV VV VV VV VV VV VVgggVVV VV VVV VV VV
25

WW V V V V V
P.M.

T 2 4
A 2 4
2 2 (2) 4 (4) 4 (4) 2
B 2 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 2 4 (4) 4 (4) 2
0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 (2) 0

c R
c
29
I W VV VV gggVVV WW
W
VV VV PP gVV V VV VV V V
V V gV VV
WW V V VV VV VV VV VV
P.M.

T
A 6 (6) 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2
2 (2) 6 (6) 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2 4 2
B 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 2 4 (4) 4 2
0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0
sl.

E Chorus

VV k e VV k gVV 3
gV l V c VV k e VV k gV 3
gVV l VV gV
33
I gV V V V gW V V gV V
u u V V gV u u V V gV V gV V V V
[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[P.M.
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2
4 4 4 4
B 2 3 4 2 3 4
(0) (2) (5) (0) (2)
H H H H
H H H

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To Coda D.S. al Coda

VV k e VV k gVV 3
gV l VV c VV k e VV k gV c
I gV V V V gV V gW V u u V gV V VV WW gggVVV
37

u u V W
[[[[[[[[[[[
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2
4 4 4 2 2 (2) 4
B 2 3 4 2 (2) 4
0 (0) 2
H H

S
R
I VV k e VV k gVV
gV V
V gV
VV PP gVV
VV VV VV VV V
VV
41

u u gV
Gtr I

T 5 4 2
A 4 4 2 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2
4 2 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2 4 2
B 4 2
sl.

I j V
gV
Gtr II

T
A 4 7
B

R Vc R Vc
F Guitar Break

43
I VV gVV VV k VV k
gVV PP V WW k VV gVV VV k VV k
gVV PP V WW k

mp
T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
B
sl. sl.

V V V
I gV V V V V V V V V V VV c VV k V k V V V V V V
u V u u V V V gV
M
1/2 M
1/2
P.M.
M 1/2M
1/2 MO
1/2 1/2M P.M.

T
O O 0 2 5 4
O 7 (7)
4 (4) 2
5

A 4 5 7 4 5 7 10 2 5 5 4 5 7
B 0 2 (2) 0
sl. P P P

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R Vc c
47
I VV gVV VV k VV k
gVV PP V WW k VV gVV VV k VV k V
gV
T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2 2 4 5 7 4
2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2 2 4 5 7 4
B
sl. sl.

c
I gV V V V V V V V V V VV VV k V k V V V V V VV
u u u gV
V V
M
1/2 M
1/2
P.M.
M 1/2M
1/2

T
O O 0 2 5 4
O
4 (4) 2 0 4 (4)
A 4 5 7 4 5 7 10 2 5 4 (4)
B 0 0
sl. P P sl.

G Guitar Solo

I V ggVV VV k VV k R Vc k
ggVV PP V WW
51

V
T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
B 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
sl.

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
I 3

M
Full M
Full Full M M2 let ring
FullM let ring
Full M let ring
M
Full

T 15 15 15 12
12
12 15 15 12
12
12 15 15 12
12
12 15 (15) (15)
O
15 12 12 15 12 12 15 12 12 15 12
A 14 14 14
B
P P P P H P H P H P

I V VV k VV k R Vc k
ggVV ggVV PP V WW
53

V
T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
B 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
sl.

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV
V V V l
I 3

let ring
let ring
FullM M
Full M2 M
1 1/4
O
15 12 15 (15) (0) 17 (17) 17 14
T 15 12 15 12 15 (15) (12) 15 12 15 17
A 14 12 (14) (12) 14 14
(14) (12)
B
P P P P P P P P P
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IV VV k VV k R Vc k
ggVV ggVV PP V WW
55

V
T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
B 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
sl.

gV V V V V V V V V V VgV V V V V V V
V VgV V gVgV V V V V V V V V V 3

I 3 3
gV V V V V V V V V VgV
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
14 15 17 14 15 14
T 17 19 15 17 15 14 15 14 12 14 12
A 14 16 14 13 14 13 11 13 11 9 11 9
12 14 12 11 12 11 9 11 9 7 9
B 10 12 10 9
H H P P P P sl. H P sl. H P H P sl. H P sl. H P sl. H P H P sl. H P sl. H P sl. H H P sl.

I VV k V k R Vc k
VV ggVV V ggVV PP V WW
57

T
A 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
B 2 4 5 7 4 (4) 5 2
sl.

V V V V V gV V V
V V V V V V gV
5

I V V gV V V V

T
A 7 9 11 12 14 16 14 12 11 9 7 5
9 9 10
B 10 9 10 12 12
12
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.

c k c
H Interlude

I gV k
59
WW VV VV ggWW V V gVV WW VV
V VV ggWW VV
P.M. P.M.

T
A 4 2 4 4 2 4
B 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 4 4 4
0 2 0 2

V V
I V V V gV V V V V V V V gV V V gV V V V V V V V V V

T (0) (0) 2 3 2 3 (2) 5 (2) 3 (2) 5 (2) 7 (2) 5 (2) 7 (2) 8 (2) 7 (2) 8 (2)
A (2)
B
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP

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c k
63
I ggVV eW VV eW
gW ggVV gW V V
P.M.

T
A 6 6
B 4 6 4 4 6 4 4
4 2 4

V V gV V gV eV fV eV fV gV V V
V V V
I gV V V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V

T 10 (2) 8 (2) 10 (2) 12 (2) 10 (2) 12 (2) 14 (2) 12 (2) 14 (2) 16 (2) 17 (2) 16 (2) 17 (2) 19 (2) 17 (2) 19 (2)
A
B

c
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP

R
I ggVV gWW gVV VV PP gVV VV VV VV VV
gVV VV
65

T
A 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2
6 4 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2 4 2
B 4 2 4 2
sl.

gV gV fV gV V V fV gV gV gV V V V V V V
I gV V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V

T 21 (2) 19 (2) 18 (2) 19 (2) 21 (2) 19 (2) 18 (2) 19 (2) 21 (2) 19 (2) 17 (2) 19 (2) 21 (2) 19 (2) 21 (2) 22 (2)
A
B
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP

Uc c
I Out-Chorus

VV k e VV k gVV l c VV k e VV k gV l
gV V V V gV gVV VV gW V u u gV V V V gV gVV VV gV
V
3 3
67
I
V gV V V V
M [[[[[[[[[ [[[P.M.
play bent note 1st time
Full

17
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2
4 4 4 4
B 2 3 4 2 3 4
(0) (2) (5) (0) (2)
H H H H
H H H

VV k e VV k gVV c VV k e VV k gV R
I gV V
3
gVV l VV gW V V gV V gVV VV PP gVV V VV VV V V 3x c
V V gV VV gV
71

u u V V gV u u gV
[[[[[[[[[
T 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 2
A 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2
4 4 4 2 6 (6) (6) 4 2 4 2 4 2
B 2 3 4 4 2 4
2
H H sl.
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