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FADE TO BLACK (Bassline) by paul thompson
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1984 Album RIDE THE LIGHTNING)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Rock Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H Q E E W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|------|
W H Q E E Q Q H
|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|-----------5-|-7----------|
H Q Q W Q H Q W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|---------5--|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-7--------|---------5--|-7----|
W W H Q E E W W W W
|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|----------|----------|------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E H W
|---------------|-------------||----------|
|---------------|-------------||----------|
|---------------|-2----2------||-0--------|
|-1----1-4----4-|--------0----||----------|
W W H Q Q
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|------3--/7----|
W W W W H. E E H. E E
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
|-0--------|----------|----------|----------|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-2--|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
H. E E H Q Q H. E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------3-2-|--------2--/7--|-0-------0-2-|
|-3-----------|-0--------------|-------------|
H. S S E H. E E H Q Q
|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|-3-----------5-|-------------|------7-------||
|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0--------0----||
1st Verse
H. E E Q. E Q a E E H. E E Q E E E E q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|-------------|-----------5-7---|
|-------------|-----------------|-3-------5-3-|-0--0-0-/7-------|
H. E E H. S S E H. E E H q Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0----3--/7---|
H. E E Q. E Q a E E H. E E H q q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------3-2-|------7--7---|
|-------------|-----------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|
H. E E H +E E S S S S H +E S S S S E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------5h7p5---|-5----(5)-----5h7-5-|-----------------||
|-0-------0-2-|-3----(3)-/7-------7-|----------5h7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q q Q. E E S S E E
||-------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
||o-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2-|
||-----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0-----|
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q E E W
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------||
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------o||
|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------|------o||
|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0-----||
Interlude
H. E E H. S S E H. E E H. Q
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|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|---------/7---|
|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0-------------|
H. E E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q E E H. q
|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||
|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||
|-0-------0-2-|----------------|--------------|--------------||
|-------------|-3--3--3--0-3-5-|-3--3--3--5-3-|-0-------/7---||
2nd Verse
Q. E Q E a E Q. E Q E E H E Q E Q. E q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
|-0----0-0--0-3h5-|-3----3-3--5---|-------------|-----------2/---|
|-----------------|-------------7-|-3----3-5--3-|-0----0-0-------|
H. E E H. E E Q Q +E E E E H q a Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-5-|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--(3)-3-5-3-|-0----0--5s7---|
H Q E E Q. E Q a E E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q a Q
|-------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------------|----7---7-------|
|-------------|-----------------|-3----3-3--5-3-|-0----0----5s7--|
H Q E E Q. E E S S S S S S H. S S E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------5h7p5---|-5-------5h7p5-|-----------------|
|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3-5h7-------7-|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q q Q. E E S S E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2--|
|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0------|
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q E E W
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|------|
|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------|------|
|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0----|
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q q Q. E E S S E E
|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2--|
|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0------|
Q=144
Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E q E E W
|------------------|------------------|---------------||------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------||------|
|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------||------|
|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-||-0----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
+W +H.. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|------------|----------------|--------------------------||
|------------|------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5----||
|------------|----------------|--------------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q.
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||o----------------|---------5-4----|
||o-5-7-----7------|-5-7------------|
||------0-0----0-0-|-----0-0--------|
E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|------------------|---------------------4--|
|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4----|
|---5---5-5--------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|
1.
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------4-|
|----------------|---------5-4-/12--|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|
E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|------------------|---------------------4--||
|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---o||
|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------o||
|------------------|------------------------||
2.
E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|--------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------4-|
|--------------|----------------|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------|
E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E E E Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|--------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------|----------------|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-||
|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------||
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q Q +E Q. E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-(2)-2----4-2-0---|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0-0-0-0-|
||-----------------|----------------2-|----------------|------------------|
Q. E +Q E E +E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q E Q. E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------2-2--o||
|-----------------|-------------------|-0----0-(0)--0--|-0-0----0-0------o||
|-3----3-(3)--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------------------||
Q. E +Q Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
||-----------------|--------------2-|------------------|----------------|
E E E E +Q E E E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q E E E Q. E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--o||
|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
Q. E +Q Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|----------------|--------------2-|------------------|-----------------|
E E E E +Q E E E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q E E E Q. E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-2-2----2-2------|
Q. E +Q Q E Q E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
||-----------------|--------------2-|------------------|----------------|
E E E E +Q E E E Q. E E E E Q. E +Q E E E Q. E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--o||
|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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