Judas Priest - Stained Class: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Stained Class" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#
Wild-eyed and tight-fisted, I'm fused to the bone
I stand contemplating, reacting alone

Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns
                               A       B
Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt

Chorus:
Em
Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean
           C       B
Now he's stained class
Em
Time has slashed each untouched thing
                     D            Em
So now he's just a stained class king

Transfixed at deliverance, is this all there is
Faithless continuum, into the abyss
Fierce is my conviction, absolute my belief
I spit at you apathy, and seducer deceit

Chorus

Bm
Lethal, deadly, hung, drawn and quartered
He slaughtered and faltered and altered the world
        A
But by doing so smashed all his
 F#                 Bm
hopes and Utopian dreams

Bm
Whipping, stripping, peeling the flesh off,
relentless and senseless
His lust snapped like vipers
       A
whose fangs sank in deep
      F#                      E
To infest and decay from the core

Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns
Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt

Chorus

Stained class king


You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Stained Class" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Stained Class" by Judas Priest.

Judas Priest Song List