written by Metallica
as performed live with the San Francisco Symphony on S&M



There are two ways to tune the guitar to play this song.  The way the band has
it tuned (or at least James) on the S&M video is: Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb
(Dropped D down 1/2 step).  The song can also be played in standard C# tuning.

Music theory lesson for today:  C# and Db are the same note.



Tuning #1
low to high Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb (Dropped Db tuning)
1)
Gb-------------------------------------------
Db---------------5-0-3---------7-6-0-2-3-3--0
Ab---------------5-0-3---------7-6-0-2-3-3--0
Db--0--0-7~~0-6~~5-0-3---0-0-0-7-6-0-2-3-3--0

2)
Gb-----------------------       ----------
Db--------------6-7-6-5-0 three -3-5-3-2-0
Ab--------------6-7-6-5-0 times -3-5-3-2-0
Db--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0 then  -3-5-3-2-0

3)
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------
Db--0--0--3--3--5--5--0-----------6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7
Ab--0--0--3--3--5--5--0-----------6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7
Db--0--0--3--3--5--5--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7
"Don't you leave me father time"





Tuning #2 down 1 1/2 steps (C# tuning)
low to high C#, F#, B, E, G#, c#
1)
E---------------------------------------------
B---2------------7---5---------------4-5--5--2
F#--2------------7---5---------9-7---4-5--5--2
C#--0--0-7~~0-6~~5-0-3---0-0-0-7-6-0-2-3--3--0
                pm....         .  .......


2)
E------------------------       ----------
B---------------8-9-8-7-2 three -5-7-5-2-2
F#--------------8-9-8-7-2 times -5-7-5-4-2
C#--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0 then  -3-5-3-2-0

3)
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B---2--2--5--5--7--7--2-----------8-9-8-7-2--2--5--5--7--7--9-9-9-9
F#--2--2--5--5--7--7--2-----------8-9-8-7-2--2--5--5--7--7--9-9-9-9
C#--0--0--3--3--5--5--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7
"Don't you leave me father time."
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