Breathing Lightning Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays508

Breathing Lightning by Anthrax is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: 

Clean or Chorus effect guitar 
e|--0---------0--------0----0----------------------------------------------------| 
B|--0---------0--------0----0----------------------------------------------------| 
G|--13--------14-------9----11---------------------------------------------------| 
D|--x---------x--------x----x----------------------------------------------------| 
A|--11--------12-------7----9----------------------------------------------------| 
E|--0---------0--------0----0----------------------------------------------------| 

2nd guitar distortion 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-13---14---12----14---13---------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-11---12---10----12---11---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

guitar chords following drum 'riddim' (distortion) 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-7----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Main riff palm mute where neccessary yal! 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--2---2-----------1------0-------------1------0----------------------------| 
E|--0---0----3--5------3-------0--3---5------3----0--3-----------------------| 

Verse just a simplified version of above) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--2--2---------1-----0-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|--0--0---3--5-----3-----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------| 

Pre Chorus 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9------10---12----14-------------------------13/9-------------------------| 
D|-9------10---12----14------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-7------8----10----12---x-2-------------------11/7-------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante