ASTRONOMY (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1998 Album GARAGE INC)
Words and Music by Samuel Pearlman, Albert Bouchard and Joseph Bouchard
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tuned Down 1/2 Step'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=86
4/4
Gtr I
Wx6 E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +E a E E E
|------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-------------------|----------9-(9)-7h9-7----|
|------------|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)----|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)-------10-|
|------------|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)----|-0--0-(0)----------------|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +E a E E E E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----------9-(9)----|----------9-(9)-7h9-7----|----------9-(9)----|
|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)----|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)-------10-|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)----|
|-0--0-(0)----------|-0--0-(0)----------------|-0--0-(0)----------|
1st Verse
2/4
E. S +E E +E a E E E Q. +E Q E E Q Q
|-------------------------||-----------------|-------|
|----------------7h9-7----||-------------7---|-------|
|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)-------10-||-7----(7)S5----5S|=3--2--|
|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)----------||-0---------------|-------|
4/4 2/4
E. S +E E +H Q. +E Q E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------9-(9)----|-------------7---|---5----|
|----7-(7)----------|-7----(7)S5----5S|=3---2--|
|-0-----------------|-0---------------|--------|
4/4
E. S +E E +S S S S E E Q E S S Q S S E Q a E E Q. S S
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|----5-----5--7-5----|-------------------|
|----------7-(7)-7p5-------|-3----5s7--------7-|-3--3h5p3-2----3-5-|
|-0--0-(0)-----------7S3-5-|--------------------|-------------------|
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E E E Q E. S +E E +H
|----------------|---------|-------------------|
|----9------7----|----5----|----------9-(9)----|
|-7----7S5----5-|-3---2--|----7-(7)----------|
|----------------|---------|-0-----------------|
E. S +E E +E a E E E E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +E a E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
|----------9-(9)-7h9-7----|----------9-(9)----|----------------7h9-7----||
|----7-(7)-------------10-|----7-(7)----------|-7--7-(7)-7-(7)-------10-||
|-0-----------------------|-0--0-(0)----------|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)----------||
2nd Verse
2/4 4/4
Q. +E Q E E E E E E E. S +E E +Q. E
|-----------------|---------|---------------------|
|-------------7---|---5---4-|----------9-(9)------|
|-7----(7)S5----5S|=3---2---|----7-(7)---------10-|
|-0---------------|---------|-0-------------------|
2/4 4/4
Q. +E Q E E E E Q E. S +E E +S S S S E E
|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|
|-------------7---|---5----|--------------------------|
|-7----(7)S5----5S|=3---2--|----------7-(7)-7p5-------|
|-0---------------|--------|-0--0-(0)-----------7S3-5-|
Q. S S Q S S S S Q a E E E S S E E Q E E Q a S E.
|----------------------|-----------------4---|------------------|
|----------5--7p5------|---------------4-----|----9-------------|
|-3----5s7--------7p5-|-3--3h5p3-2-2-----2S|=7----7S5--5h7p5--|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------|
2/4 4/4
Q Q E. S +E E +H E. S +E E S a E. E E
|-------|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------|----------9-(9)----|-9--------9-9-7h9--7----||
|-3--2--|----7-(7)----------|-7--7-(7)-7-7--------10-||
|-------|-0-----------------|----0-(0)---------------||
Interlude
H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-7----5----|-3----7----|-7----5----|
|-0---------|------0----|-0---------|
H S E S +S S E H H H E. S +S S E
|----------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------------5-|
|-3----7-5-------------|-7----5----|-3----7------------|
|----------7-(7)-5-3b4-|-0---------|------0--5-(5)h7---|
2/4 4/4
H H H E S S +S S S S E. S +S S S S
|-----------|------|--------------------------------||
|-----------|------|--------------------------------||
|-7----5----|-3----|-3-----------2-3-5----------4-5-||
|-0---------|------|---0-3-(3)h5--------5-(5)-7-----||
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9-x-x--o||
||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-x-x--o||
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
Bridge
1.,2.,3.
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9-x-x--o||
||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-x-x--o||
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
4.
E S S +S S E a S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
|---------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-5h7-5-------5-----||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-------7-5-7---7-5-||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|---------------------------------||----------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E. S +E E +S S e S S S S
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9-x-x-o||-7--5-(5)-7-(7)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-x-x-o||-5--3-(3)-5-(5)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
E. S +E E +S S e S S S S E. S +E E +S S E Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)-5-5-5--|
|-5--3-(3)-5-(5)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--3-(3)-5-(5)-3-3-3--|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
W +W +H S S S S S E +S
|----------|------------|--------------------------|
|----------|------------|--------------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----2p0---0-----------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------3-----3b4-(3)-|
W W E. S +E E +H
|----------|----------||-------------------|
|----------|----------||----------9-(9)----|
|----------|----------||----7-(7)----------|
|-0--------|-0--------||-0-----------------|
E. S +E E +S a E. E E E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +S a E. E E
|--------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------||
|----------9-(9)-7h9--7----|----------9-(9)----|----------9-(9)-7h9--7----||
|----7-(7)--------------10-|----7-(7)----------|----7-(7)--------------10-||
|-0------------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------------||
3rd Verse
2/4 4/4
Q. +E Q E E E E E S S Q. E +H
|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
|-------------7---|---5-------|---------------|
|-7----(7)S5----5S|=3---2-2p0-|------7-(7)----|
|-0---------------|-----------|-0----0-(0)----|
2/4 4/4
Q. +E Q E E E E Q E. S +E E +S S S S E E
|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|
|-------------7---|---5----|--------------------------|
|-7----(7)S5----5S|=3---2--|----------7-(7)-7p5-------|
|-0---------------|--------|-0--0-(0)-----------7S3-5-|
Q E S S Q S S S S Q. E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------------|------------4---|----------------|
|----------5--7p5------|----------------|----9------7----|
|-3--3S5h7--------7p5-|-3----5-2----2S|=7----7S5----5-|
|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E. S +E E +H E. S +E E S a E. E E
|--------4-|-------------------|------------------------||
|----5-----|----------9-(9)----|-9--------9-9-7h9--7----||
|-3---2---|----7-(7)----------|-7--7-(7)-7-7--------10-||
|----------|-0-----------------|----0-(0)---------------||
Interlude
H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-7----5----|-3----7----|-7----5----|
|-0---------|------0----|-0---------|
H S E S +S E S H H H S E S +S S E
|--------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-3----7-------------|-7----5----|-3----7---5-(5)-----|
|--------0-3-(3)-5-7-|-0---------|--------0-------7-3-|
2/4 4/4
H H E E S S S S E S S +S S S S E. S +S S S S
|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-7----5----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------2-3-5----------4-5--|
|-0---------|-------------|---0-3-(3)h5--------5-(5)-7------|
Guitar Solo
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9-x-x--o||
||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-x-x--o||
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
1.
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e S S S S
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9----------o||
||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-7-9-10-o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Bridge
2.
E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-7-5-----5-------||-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x--|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-----7-5---7-5---||-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x--|
|-----------------------------7-||----------------------------|
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9------|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-9-10-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S +S S E a S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-5h7-5-------5-----|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-------7-5-7---7-5-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
Interlude
E S S +S S E S S e E S S H +Q. E H +Q. E
|---------------------------||--------------|--------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-9-9-7-5-||--------------|--------------|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-----||-7----(7)-----|-3----(3)---5-|
|---------------------------||-0----(0)-----|--------------|
a H +Q. S S H +E E E E a H +Q. S S
|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------------|-5----(5)-5-5-7-|-7h9----(9)---7h9-|
|-5h7----(7)p==5h7-|----------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|
H +E E E E W +W
|----------------|----------|--------|
|-5----(5)-7-7-5-|----------|--------|
|----------------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------------|----------|--------|
+Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-(7)--------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Chorus/Outro Solo
E S S +S S E S S e E S S E S S +S S E S S e E S S 4x
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-x-7-7-----|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-x-7-7-7-5--o||
||o-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-x-5-5-7-5-|-3-x-3-(3)-x-3-x-x-5-5------o||
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
