HARVESTER OF SORROW (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1988 Album ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL)
Words and Music by James Hetfield And Lars Ulrich
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Q=93
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------|----------------------|------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------|
|-------2-1-0-----|------------2-1-0-----|------|
|-3-2-0-------3-2-|-0----3-2-0-------3-2-|-0----|
+W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----||
q Q q Q q Q S S E E E 3x q Q q Q q Q S S S S S S S S
||--------------|------------------||-------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------|-----------0---0-o||-------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------|---------0-------o||-------------|-------------2-1-0-----||
||--0-----0-----|-0-----3-----1----||-0-----0-----|-0-----3-2-0-------3-2-||
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2p1-------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2--||
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------2p1-------|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-5-5-5-5-3-||
W +W +W +W W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------|
W H Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------|---1---------------|---1----------------|
|----------|-----------0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1--|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---0---------------|
|---1---------------|-------------------|
|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---3-3---3-3-0-1-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E e E S S
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|---0---------------||
|---1---------------|-------------------||
|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---3-3---3-3-0-1-||
Verses
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-3---3---3-3-0-1--|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|
E E E E E E E S S W +H +Q. S S
|-------------------|----------|------------------||
|-------------------|----------|------------------||
|-------------------|----------|------------------||
|-2-3---3---3-3-0-2-|-0--------|-(0)----(0)---0-1-||
Pre-Chorus
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S W +W
|---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-2-|-0--------|-(0)----|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2-1-------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-----0-3-2-||
Chorus
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2p1-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------2p1-------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-5-5-5-5-3-|
1.
W +H. e S S E E E E E E E S S
|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------|---1---------------|
|-0--------|-(0)------1-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|---1---------------|---1-----------------|
|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1---|
2.
E E E E E e E S S W W W +H. e S S
|--------------------||----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
|---0---------------o||----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
|-------------------o||----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
|-2---3-3---3-3-0-1--||-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-(0)------1-0-1--||
Guitar Solo
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1--|
E E E E E e E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-2-3---3---3-3-0-1-|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|
E E E E E E E S S W +W +W
|-------------------|----------|------------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|------------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|------------|--------||
|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
Interlude
H Q E S S E E E E E E S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------7-7-7-|-------------------2p1--------|
|-----------0-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2--|
H H E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H E S S E S S
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-------------------2p1-------|-------------------|
|-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--|
H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H S E S S E.
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0----1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-1---|
H E S S E S S H S E S S E. W
|------------------|-----------------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|------|
|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-1--|-0----|
5/4 4/4
+H. S E S S S E H S E S S S E
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-(0)------0-1-0-0-1---|------0-1-0-0-1---||
3rd Verse
Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-3---3---3-3-0-1-|
W +W E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------2p1-------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|
Outro-Chorus
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-------------------2-1-------||o-------------------2p1-------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-----0-3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------2p1-------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2--||
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-------------------2p1-------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 5x E S S E S S H
|------------------------------||------------------*|
|-----------------------------o||------------------*|
|-------------------2p1-------o||------------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2--||-0-0-0-0-0-0------*|
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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
