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BATTERY (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)
Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Transcribed by HaMsTr
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=75
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Q S S E +H Q S S E +H Q S S E +H
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||--0--0-0-1-(1)----|-2--2-2-3-(3)----|-0--0-0-1-(1)---|
Fast Q=190
Q S S E +E E S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q H W
|-----------------------||-------------||------------|------|
|----------------------o||-------------||------------|------|
|----------------------o||----2-----6--||------------|------|
|-2--2-2-3-(3)-3-3-1-0--||-0-----3-----||-0----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------||o---------------------|---------------5-5-4-|
|-----------------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|-6-5---5---5---5-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
1. 2.
E S S E S S E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------||------------------|
|-5-------------------|---------------o||------------------|
|---------------------|---------------o||------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-5-|-0-2--3-0-3--4--||-6-5---5---5---5--|
Q E E E S S E E Q E E E S S E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----5-5-------5-5-|-----7-7---------|
|----7-7-------7-7-|------------------|-------------6---|
|-0------0-0-0-----|-3------3-3-3-----|-5-5-----1-0-----|
1st, 2nd, 3rd Verses
$
E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------5-5-4-|-5--------------------|
||o-7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-----7-------|-------7-----7--------|
||----0-0---0---6-6-5-|---0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5--|
E Q E E Q E E S S E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-7-----7---7-------|
|-0-2--3-0-3--4-|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------5-5-4-|-5--------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-------7-----7--------|
|---0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5--|
E Q E E Q E Q Q +E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----5-----------5-5-|
|---------------|----7--(7)-----7-7-|---------------------|
|-0-2--3-0-3--4-|-0---------0-0-----|-3-3---2-2-3-3-3-----|
E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|-----7-7--------|-------------------|
|---------7-7-6--|-7-----7---7-------|
|-5-5------------|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------5-5-4-|-5--------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-------7-----7--------|
|---0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5--|
E Q E E Q E Q Q E S S Q Q E E E S S E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----5-5-------5-5--|
|---------------|----7--------7--|-------------------|
|-0-2--3-0-3--4-|-0-----0-0-0----|-3------3-3-3------|
E E E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|---------------5-5-4-|
|---------7-7-6--|-7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-----7-------|
|-5-5-5-5--------|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|---0-0---0-0---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------5--|-------------|-------------------|---------------5-5-4--|
|----7--------|----2-----6--|-7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-----7--------|
|-0-----7-----|-3-----0-----|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|---0-0---0-0----------|
5/4 4/4
E S S E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-5-------------------8---|-------------------|---------------5-5-4--|
|-------7-----7---------8-|-7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-----7--------|
|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-----|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|---0-0---0-0----------|
1.
To Coda
E S S E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------7---7-------|-1-----------|-----7------7--|-----5------5--|
|---0-0---0---6-6-5-|----1--0-----|-0-0----0-0----|-3-3----3-3----|
Interlude
2.
E S S E E E E Q W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------||----------||----------------|----------------|
|------------------o||----------||----------------|----------------|
|---------------6--o||----------||--------7-------|--------7---7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-----||-0--------||-0--0-0---0---0-|-0--0-0---0---0-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------5-------|-5-----5--------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------2--|--------7---7---|--------7---7---|
|-3--3-3---3-3-3-|---3-----0-0----|-0--0-0---0---0-|-0----0---0---0-|
Q. E E E E E q E E E E E E Q. E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------4----|
|----------------|------5---------|--------5------|
|--------7---7---|----------------|---------------|
|-0----0---0---0-|-3--3---3-3-3-3-|-3----3--------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o--------7-----7-|-----7-7---------|--------------7-|
||--0--0-0---0-0---|-0-0-----8-8-7-7-|-3--3-3-3p0-----|
E E E E E E Q 3x Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q W +W
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|---4-5-7-8-8-9--o||----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|-7--------------o||--------7-----7-|-------------3--|----------|--------|
|-----------------||-0--0-0---0-0---|-0----3-(3)-----|-3--------|-(3)----|
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||o---------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||o-7-----7-----7-------|------------------|
|-6-5---5---5---5-||----0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|-0-6-6-5-0-6-6-5--|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-----------------|
|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|-0-6-6-5-0-3-3-1-|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-----------------|
|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|-0-6-6-5-0-6-6-5-|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E S S E E
|---------------------|------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-----------------o||----7--------7---|
|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|-6-5---5---5---5--||-0-----0-0-0---0-|
E E E E +E S S E E Q E E E S S Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----5-5-(5)-----5-5-|-----------------|-----4------4---|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-3---------3-3-----|-5--5-5-5-0-0-5--|-2-2----2-2-----|
Q E E E S S E E E E E E +E S S E E Q Q H H Q Q
|------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------|
|------------------|-----5-5-(5)-----5-5-|------------|--------------|
|----7---------7-7-|---------------------|------------|--------------|
|-0----0-0-0-0-----|-3-3---------3-3-----|-5----------|---------2----|
E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--1-(0)-6-(0)-7-(0)-6-(0)-|
D.S. al Coda
$
7/8
E E E E E E Q 4x Q Q H Q E E E Q
|-----------------------||------------|-------------|
|----------------------o||------------|-------------|
|----------------------o||------------|----------6--|
|-7-(0)-6-(0)-7-(0)-2---||-1----------|------1-1----|
&
2/4 4/4
Q Q E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------|---------------------|---------------5-5-4--|
|-1-----|-7-----7-----7-------|-7-----7-----7--------|
|----1--|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|---0-0---0-0----------|
5/4 4/4
E S S E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------1---|-7-----7-----7-------|
|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5---1-|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------5-5-4-|-5-------------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------|-------7-----7-------|-1-----------|
|---0-0---0-0---------|---0-0---0-0---6-6-5-|----1--0-----|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x
||-----------------------|-----------------------||
||o----------------------|----------------------o||
||o----------------------|----------------------o||
||--1--6-(0)-7-(0)-6-(0)-|-7-(0)-6-(0)-7-(0)-2---||
Q E E E E E E W +W
|----------------------|----------|--------|
|----------------------|----------|--------|
|----------------------|----------|--------|
|-4--6-(0)-7-(0)-6-(0)-|-7--------|-(7)----|
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|-2-1---1---1---1-|-0----------*|
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
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