We Are The Pigs Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

We Are The Pigs by Judas Priest is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, A, G, C, Bm, D5 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			 
|---7-----------|------------------0-| 
|-----8p7-------|--------10\8----0---| 
|---------9-7---|--------------7-----|     play 3 times 
|-------------9-|---9/11-11\9--------| 
|---------------|-0------------------| 
|-0-------------|--------------------| 
 
 
|---7-----------|-------------\0-| 
|-----8p7-------|-5-5-5-5-5--5\0-| 
|---------9-7---|-6-6-6-6-6--6\1-| 
|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7--7\2-| 
|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7--7\2-| 
|-0-------------|-5-5-5-5-5--5\0-| 
                           Well the 
 
Verse: 
====== 
  E5              A    G           
|----0-----0----|---------------|            |------------------| 
|----0--3-(0)-0-|-2-2--0--------|  4 times   |--2-2-2-0h2-2-0h2-| 
|---------------|---2--0--------|  per verse |--2-2-2-0h2-2-0h2-| 
|-2-------------|---2--0--------|  and then: |--2-2-2-0h2-2-0h2-| 
|-2-------------|-------------0-|            |--0-0-0-----------| 
|-0-------------|-----(3)-2-3---|            |------------------| 
church.......                                           I say 
 
 
Chorus: 
======= 
(here you need both, riffs and chord to sound like the CD) 
 
  C           G              Bm          E5 (D5) C           G 
|-8---------|------------0-|-7-----7--0-|------|-8----------|------------0-| 
|---8h10p8--|-8-8----8p7---|-7--8--7--0-|------|---8h10p8---|-8-8----8p7---| 
|-----------|---7----------|-7--7--7--0-|------|------------|---7----------| 
|-----------|-----9--------|----9-------|------|------------|-----9--------| 
|-----------|--------------|-#----------|---2--|------------|--------------| 
|-----------|--------------|------------|---0--|------------|--------------| 
we are the pigs........                         we are the stars of the fire 
 
continue after 1st chorus 
========================= 
 
A 
|--------|-5-5-----5------------| 
|------8-|-8-8b10--10--10b12b10-| continue chords: Em,,A,G,Em,,A,G 
|-6------|----------------------|                              And as the smack 
|-7------|----------------------|            continue with 2nd verse 
|--------|----------------------| 
|-#------|----------------------| 
 of the firing line  
 
continue after 2nd chorus: 
========================== 
A 
|--------|----0------------0-| 
|------7-|-7-----10--8--7--0-| 
|-6-6--7-|-7------------7--0-| 
|-7-7--7-|-7-----11--9--7----| 
|--------|-------------------| 
|-#------|-------------------| 
 
then play another chorus with slight variations on the riffs 
(I figured these out, too but I canït find anything in the chaos of my room) 
 
Solo 
==== 
 A            G                   Em                       A       G 
|-3p0-3p0-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------3-| 
|-----3p0---------2-------------|------------------------|-----------0h2h4---| 
|---------2p0-2p0-2-2b3-2b3-2b3-|-2p0----0h2p0---0h2p0---|-0h2p0h2-4---------| 
|-------------------------------|-----2--------2-------2-|---------4---------| 
|-------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------| 
 
 Em                A         G          Em                   A       G 
|-------3h5-5-5p3-|---3---------------|--------------------|----------------------|                   
|-3h5-5-----------|-5---5p3p0-3h5-3h5-|-5h7-7h8-8-10-10h12-|-12-15-15-17-17-15-12-| 
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------| 
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------| 
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------| 
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------| 
 
 C                  G            Bm               Em         D5 
|-8--8p7h8p7-------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------| 
|------------8-----|---------8-|-8p7---7---------|-------------------| 
|--------------7h9-|-7-7-7h9---|-----9---9p7---7-|-------------------| 
|------------------|-----------|-------------9---|-9p7-5---------5-7-| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------------|-------7-5-5h7-----| 
|------------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------| 
 
 C                   G               Bm            Em    D5 
|------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| 
|------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| 
|-----7------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| 
|-7b8--7b8b7-5---5-|-------7b8-7b8-|-7b8b7p5---7-|-7-7b9-7b9-9\2-| 
|--------------7---|-7p5-5---------|---------7---|---------------| 
|------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| 
FreakMen 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante