Metal Militia

Metallica

w - whole note

h - half note

q - quarter note

e - eigth note

s - sixteenth note

t - thirty-second note

l - long note ('fermate' sign)

x+y - play note with length x+y



/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with

1. eight notes (1 slash) or

2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or

3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)



R - in the tab denotes a rest.

x - an undefined or muted note.

[ 3 ] - a triplet



/ - slide up

/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X

\ - slide down

\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X

T - tap note

Harm - harmonic

A.H. - Artificial harmonic



inside bar :

p - pull off

h - hammer on

bx - bend string x notes up

bx r - bend string x notes up and release string



a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes

that occur in sheet music sometimes).



cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')



||-- --||

||-o o-|| - a repeat

||-o o-||

||-- --||



| X |

|-----| - X bar rest

|-----|

| |



|-----|

| % | - repeat previous bar

|-----|

|-----|





168 bpm



|---|| 3 |---------|------|---|---|---------||

|---||-----|---------|------|---|---|---------||

|-R-||-----|-R-------|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R-------||

|---|| |---6-5-3-|-0----|---|---|---6-5-3-||

l h q q q q h. w w h q q q

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]



||------------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|

||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e



|1,2,3. |4. 2/4

|----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|

|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-----------------|

|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3---||-----------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s

[ 3 ]

4/4

|-------------|---|| 4 |------|-----|-----|---------------||

|-------------|---||-----|---R--| % | % |---------------||

|-------------|-0-||-----|-0----|-----|-----|-6---3---------||

|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|---|| |------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-||

q q q q q q w q h. q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



||----------------------|-----|-----|-----------------||

||-o---7---5------------| % | % |---------------o-||

||-o-0---0---0-7-0-6--5-|-----|-----|-6---3---------o-||

||----------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6---||

e e s e s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ]



Verse 1

|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---------------|

|---------------------------------| % | % |---------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-6---3---------|

|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ]



fig.1 end fig.1 3 times

||----------------------------|-----|-----|-----------------||

||-o--------------------------| % | % |---------------o-||

||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-----|-----|-6---3---------o-||

||----------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6---||

s s s s s s s s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ]



Pre-chorus

|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e



Chorus

|----------------||------------------------------|

|----------------||-o----------------------------|

|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|

|----------------||------------------------------|

e e s s e q h s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

[3]



|----------------------------|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|

|----------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e



|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4

|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|

|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-|

|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|

s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---------------|

|---------------------------------| % | % |---------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-6---3---------|

|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ]



|---------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------| % |---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|

|---------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s



Verse 2 Pre-chorus

|---------------|| ||---------------------|

|---------------|| play fig.1 4 times ||---------------------|

|-6---3---------|| ||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|---6-----3-5-6-|| ||---------------------|

q q q+e e e e e e s s e e e s s e

[ 3 ]



|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||

|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||

|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||

|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||

e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q h

[3]



Chorus

||------------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|

||------------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e



|1,2,3.

|----------------------------|-------------------------||

|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||

|----------------------------|-------------------------||

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q

[ 3 ]



|4. 2/4 4/4 3/4

|-----------------|-------------|---||----||------------------------------|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||-R--||-o----------------------------|

|-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-||----||-o-----------------------5--7-|

|-----------------|-------------|---||----||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|

s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w h. s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]



|----------------------------|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------------|

|-----------------------8--7-|-----------------------5--7-|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e



|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4

|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---||

|-----------------------o-||-----------------|-------------|---||

|-----------------8-7-5-o-||-----------------|-8-7-5-8-7-5-|-7-||

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||

s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



160 bpm

|-------------------------|-----|-----|---------------------|

|-7-----7-----7-----7-----| % | % |-7-----7-----7-----7-|

|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----|-----|---0-0---0-0---0-0---|

|-------------------------|-----|-----|---------------------|

e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s q



4 times 4 times 2 times

||----------------------|||----------------------|||----------------------||

||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-||

||-o-6-----3----------o-|||-o-8-----5----------o-|||-o-9-----6----------o-||

||------6-----3-3-5-1---|||------8-----5-5-7-3---|||------9-----6-6-8-4---||

e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e



2 times

||----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|

||-o------------------o-||-----------------------|-----------------------|

||-o-10----7----------o-||-7-7-5-5---------------|-----------------------|

||------10----7-7-9-5---||---------8-8-7-7-5-7-8-|-8-8-7-7-5-5-3-3-2-3-5-|

e. e. e. s e e e s e s e s e s e s s e s e s e s e s e s s e



Tempo I

|---||-----------------------------------|-----|-----|

|---||-o---------------------------------| % | % |

|---||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|

|-0-||-----------------------------------|-----|-----|

w s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s



2 times Verse 3 Pre-chorus

|-----------------|| ||---------------------|

|---------------o-|| play fig.1 4 times ||---------------------|

|-6---3---------o-|| ||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|---6-----3-5-6---|| ||---------------------|

q q q+e e e e e e s s e e e s s e

[ 3 ]



let ring

|-----------------|-----------7-|----------------||

|-----------------|-----7-------|----------------||

|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||

|-----------------|-------------|----------------||

e e s s e q e e e e s s e h e e s s e q h

[3]



Chorus

||------------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|

||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|

||------------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e



repeat & fade

|----------------------------|-------------------------||

|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||

|----------------------------|-------------------------||

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q

[ 3 ]




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Contribuição: Marcel Noronha Goncalves(marcelngoncalves@bol.com.br)