A Touch of Evil

        from the "Painkiller" album

Tabbed by Gus Siewert (ktulu@cs.mcgill.ca)
Correction by Can Sahin (oatay@fornet.net.tr)

(Visit Catch My Smoke - The Motorhead Tab Page
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E-mail me with Corrections & Comments.

Version 1.1
June 14th, 1998

This is by no means complete or 100% accurate.

Legend:

 .  : palm muting
< > : pinch harmonics
 ~  : vibrato
 \  : slide down
( ) : ghost note (sustain)
 x  : fretting hand mute (percussive tone)

Standard tuning

Verse
e|----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|-----------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|--9-9-9-9/10\9-9-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|--9-9-9-9/10\9-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7\5/7--|--7-7-7-7/-8\7-7-|
E|----------------|-----------------|

Pre-chorus                      (x2)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7\5/7--|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|
A|----------------|-7-7-7-7-7\5/7--|
E|----------------|----------------|

e|---------------------------------|----------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------|
G|-9/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|
D|-7/-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9\7/9--|
A|---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7\5/7--|
E|---------------------------------|----------------|
        I touched the flame
                                (x2)
e|----------------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|----------------|--------|
G|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5/7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5\2--|-5-7-8--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5/7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5\2--|-5-7-8--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3/5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3\0--|-3-5-6--|
                                     . . .

Chorus
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-9-------\-5-----/10-9----5---7--|
D|-9-------\-5-----/10-9----5---7--|
A|-7-------\-3-----/-8-7----3---5--|
E|-0-------------------------------|

Bridge (and solo backing)
(Artificial harmonics only the first time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-------<9>~---<9>/10\9------10-------10---9---7----7---|
A|-7-7-----7-7------------------8-8------8-8----8---8---10---8-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   . .     . .                  . .      . .    .   .   .

Fill
e|----------|
B|-<0>------|
G|----\-----| Dive with tremolo bar and feedback
D|-----\----|
A|------\---|
E|-------\--|

Solo
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------9~--7-5-<4>-------------|
D|-----------------9-7~----------------------7/\/\/\~---|
A|--7~------9-10-------------7---------------w/ t-bar---|
E|---------------8--------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------dive w/---|
G|---------------------------------------------t-bar----|
D|-----------------9-7~-------------------------<9>\----|
A|--7~------9-10-------------7~---9--10--9~---------\---|
E|---------------8--------------------------------------|

e|------12~----10--------10-------------------------------|
B|----------------13-13-----13-12-10---13-12-10-12--------|
G|-9~-----------------------------------------------12-11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|------17b(19)----15-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------17--17-15---------------------------|
G|------------------------------16-15-14-12-14-12~-etc. :)|
D|-14-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Post solo
   C                                   D E
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----------------------------------7-9---------------|
D|-5-----------------------------------7-9---------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------5-7---------------|
E|---------------------------------------0---------------|
       Arousing me now with a sense of desire

   D C                                        A     B
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-5---------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-5----------------------------------------7-----9----|
A|-5-3----------------------------------------7-----9----|
E|--------------------------------------------5-----7----|
        Possessing my soul till my body's on fire

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Verse riff