Ride The Lightning

Metallica

Tuning Normal ( E A G ) x=Couldn't find the note but it is there. |--------7-----8------------------7--------------------------------------| |--------7-----8-----------10-----------------------7--------------------| |--------------------------7------9-----------9-----------------x-----9--| |---------------------------------------------7-----9--------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------5-----7--| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| Start bit. May be two guitars. Can be approximated by playing the lower of the notes if need be. The bass can be approximated with open E (E|--0--) |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-7/8--------7/8--------------| |-7-8--------7-8--------------| |-5-6--0--0--5-6--0--0--0--0--| After start bit. |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-6--------5--4--------6-----------------------| |-6--------5--4--------6-----7--7--7--7--7--7--| |-4--------3--2--------4-----7--7--7--7--7--7--| |----------------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--| Chorus |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----------------5----------------------------| |----------------5-----------------5-7-----7--| |-2--------------3-----------------5-7-----7--| |-0--------0--3--------------0--2--3/5-----5--| Middle/Backing in solo. |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--8--7--------------------------------5-----------------5--| |-7--6--5-----4-----3--------------------5-----------------5--| |----------6-----5-----4-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----| Just before "oh God help me, OH please god help me" |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------5--------------------|--------5--------5--------5-4--| |-4--2--4--7--3-----4--2--4--7--2--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--32--| |-2--0--2--5--------2--0--2--5--0--|-------------------------------| A riff close to the end. ----------------------------- MetallicA ---------------------------------- For Whom The Bell Tolls ----------------------- Transcription by Tim Scott Edited by Brant Stoner Rhythm D|-4--4-----4--4----||--(2)-----------(2)--4--4-----4--4------|| A|-4--4-----4--4----||--(2)-----------(2)--4--4-----4--4------|| E|-2--2-----2--2----||--(0)-----------(0)--2--2-----2--2------|| (Lead over Rhythm transcribed for guitar...4x w/Rhythm A and 4x w/Rhythm ) |------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------- |------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------- |-Z----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------- |----12--11--10--9-|-------12--------|------------------------------------- |------------------|10--9------------|------------------------------------- |------------------|-----------10-(9)|------------------------------------- Rhythm B 8x G||-------------|-----------------||----------------------------------3- D||-(2)---------|(2)--4-----4----x||--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-3- A||-(2)---------|(2)--4-----4-----||--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-1- E||-(0)---------|(0)--2--x--2--x--||--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|-0-3-2-1-0-2-3--- 4x Rhythm C G||------------|-----------|-||------------|----------|------------|----Z-- D||(2)---------|(2)--------|-||-(2)--------|(2)-------|(5)---------|-5----- A||(2)---------|(2)--------|-||-(2)--------|(2)-------|(5)---------|-5----- E||(0)---------|(0)--------|-||-(0)--------|(0)-------|(3)---------|-3----- 2x G||---Z---Z--|----------------------|----------|-------------|| D||----------|(2)---------|(2)------|(5)-------|(10)--(7)----|| A||----------|(2)---------|(2)------|(5)-------|(10)--(7)----|| E||----------|(0)---------|(0)------|(3)-------|(-8)--(5)----|| Rhythm D D||--2------5--2------7---|--2------5--8--4--|-2------5--2------7-| A||--2------5--2------7---|--2------5--8--4--|-2------5--2------7-| E||--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--5---|--0-0-0--3--6--2--|-0-0-0--3--0-0-0--5-| 2x Rhythm C 2x Rhythm D 2x G||--------3------||------------------|-------------||---------|--------| D||-2------3-4-3--||------------------|-------------||-(2)-----|(2)-----| A||-2------1-4-3--||------------------|-------------||-(2)-----|(2)-----| E||-0-0-0----2-1--||------------------|-------------||-(0)-----|(0)-----| D||(2)-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|(2)--------|(9)-------|| A||(2)-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|(2)--------|(9)-------|| E||(0)-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|(0)--------|(7)-------|| Rhythm C 2x Rhythm D 2x (slower..till fade) D||----------------|------------||--2--4-4--2--4-4-5-5--||-------------------- A||----------------|------------||--2--4-4--2--4-4-5-5--||-------------------- E||----------------|------------||--0--2-2--0--2-2-3-3--||-------------------- I'm not sure if the notation is absolutely correct -- I wrote this down a while ago. Z = rests. Parentheses around chords signify half/whole note notation...

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