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                                ORION (Bassline)
                            As recorded by Metallica
                     (From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, And Cliff Burton

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Cliff Burton'

    Moderate Rock Q=128
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          +W           W          W     8x
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||o----------|------------|-9--------|------o||
||o-7--------|-(7)--------|----------|-9----o||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   6x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-5-----5-----5-5-|-6-----6-----6-6--o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---7-7---7-7-----|---7-7---7-7-------||


     S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S    E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  E  S  S  E
||--------------14-------------16-------------|-17----------------------------------|
||o-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-|----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-14-|
||o-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S    E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  E  S  S  E     4x
|-------------17-------------16-------------|-14--------------------------------------||
|-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-|----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-14----o||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||


    E S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S e S S e S S e
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------0---------2---------|-3-----------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-|


  E S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S e S S e S S e  4x
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------3---------2---------|-0-----------------------o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0--||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   6x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-5-----5-----5-5-|-6-----6-----6-6--o||
||----0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---7-7---7-7-----|---7-7---7-7-------||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0--|


                                       |-3-|          |-3-|
  +W           Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q Q Q   Q.   E Q Q Q
|------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|-2----2-2-2-2---|-0----0-0-0-0-|--------------|
|-(0)--------|----------------|--------------|-2----2-2-2-2-|


                         Q.=54
                           6/8
  W          +H     H       E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E
|----------|-------------||-------11---9---|---9-----9---|
|----------|-------------||----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|
|----------|-------------||-9--------------|-------7---7-|
|-0--------|-(0)---------||----------------|-------------|


  E.  S  E E E E   E E E Q.     E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|-------11---9---|---9--------|-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9---|
|----11----7---7-|-9---9------|----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7-|
|-9--------------|-------7----|-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9--------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|


  E E E a S S S S  S S    E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|---9---7s9-9-9-9------||-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9---|
|-9---9-----------11-9-||----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7-|
|----------------------||-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9--------------|
|----------------------||----------------|-------------|----------------|


  E E E Q.     E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|---9--------|-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9---|
|-9---9------|----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7-|
|-------7----|-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9--------------|
|------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|


  a S S S S S S S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|-7s9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6---------|-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9---|
|-------------------9-7-----|----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7-|
|-----------------------9-7-|-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9--------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|


  E E E S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E. S S S   E.  S  E E E E
|---9---6-9-6-------|-------11---9---|---9------------|-------11---9---|
|-9---9-------9-7-6-|----11----7---7-|-9---9----9---7-|----11----7---9-|
|-------------------|-9--------------|-------7----7---|-9--------------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E E S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|---9-9-9-7-6-------|-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9----|
|-9-----------9-7-6-|----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7--|
|-------------------|-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9---------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|


  E E E S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E. S S S   E.  S  E E E E
|---9---------------|-------11---9---|---9------------|-------11---9---|
|-9---9-9-7---------|----11----7---7-|-9---9----9-7-6-|----11----7---7-|
|-----------9-7---7-|-9--------------|-------7--------|-9--------------|
|---------------9---|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E E S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E E E   E.  S  E E E E
|-------------------|-------11---9---|---9-----9---|-------11---9----|
|-9-9-9-------------|----11----7---7-|-9---9-------|----11----7---7--|
|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--------------|-------7---7-|-9---------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|


  E E E S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E   E E E E. S S S   E.  S  E E E E
|---9---9-9-9-9-6---|-------11---9---|---9------------|-------11---9---|
|-9---9-----------9-|----11----7---7-|-9---9----9-7-6-|----11----7---7-|
|-------------------|-9--------------|-------7--------|-9--------------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  a S S S a S S S S S S S S S   E.  S  E E E E
|-7s9-9-9-7s9-9-9-9-6---------|-------11---9---|
|---------------------9-7-----|----11----7---7-|
|-------------------------9-7-|-9--------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|


  E E E E. S S S   E.  S  E E E E
|---9------------|-------11---9---|
|-9---9------6-7-|----11----7---7-|
|-------7--9-----|-9--------------|
|----------------|----------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S     E S  S  E  E  S  S  S  S
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9------------||---------11----------------|
|------------------------11-9-------||o-----11-------14----------|
|-----------------------------12----||o-9-9-------12----12-11-12-|
|--------------------------------12-||---------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S E  4x E S  S  S  S  E  S  S S  S
|---9----------------||-----------------------9----|
|-9---9-6-----7-6---o||--------11----11----11---11-|
|---------9-7-----7-o||-9-9-12----12----12---------|
|--------------------||----------------------------|


   E  S S  e  E  S  S  S  S    E S  S  S  S  E  S  S S  S
|---------------------------|------------------------9----|
|-12-12-9-------------------|---------11----11----11---11-|
|---------11-------11-14-11-|-12-9-12----12----12---------|
|------------12-12----------|-----------------------------|


   E  S S  e  E  S  S  S  S      S  T  T  S S  S  S  S  T  T  S  S  S S
|---------------------------||----------------------------------------9--|
|-12-12-9-------------------||o------------------11-11-11-11-11----11----|
|---------11-------11-14-11-||o-12-12-12-12-9-12----------------12-------|
|------------12-12----------||-------------------------------------------|


   S  T  T  S S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  4x    
|---------------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-9----9-------------------o||
|---------------11------------11-14-11-o||
|--------------------12-12-12-----------||

 Gtr I
    Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E  4x  E     S S E   E  S S E
||------------|------------||--------------------------|
||o-----------|-----------o||--------------------------|
||o------0--0-|------4--4-o||--------------------------|
||--2--2------|-0--0-------||--0-----0-0-0---3--3-3-3/-|
|
|   Gtr II
|   W           W          4x  Q.           +Q.
||------------|------------||-21pb24r======(21)--------|
||o-----------|-----------o||--------------------------|
||o-----------|-----------o||--------------------------|
||------------|------------||--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   W           W          4x  W
||------------|------------||--------------------------|
||o-----------|-----------o||--------------------------|
||o-----------|-----------o||--------------------------|
||------------|------------||--------------------------|


    S   S     S  S  E      S  S  S  S  S     S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--/5---5-----5--5--5-----2--2-----2--2------------|
|--------------------------------3-----------3------|
|
|  +S   T  T  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T
|-(21)----------21-----21----------16-17p16----16---|
|------19-19-19----17-----16-17-19----------19------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
|   W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


  Gtr I
   S     S     S     S     S     S     S  S S S S S     S   S     S  S  S  S  S        S  S  S  S  S
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---5---5-----5--5--5--5--6--------6--2-----2----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3--3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------------3-----3-|
|
| Gtr II
|                                                                             |--3--|
|  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  Q.              +S   T  T  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  S  S  S  S  S
|-17p16----16-17p16----16-17p16----16---------------|------16-17-19-17-16-17-16h17p16----16-17-16-17-|
|-------19----------19----------19----17------------|-(17)----------------------------19-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                                                    W
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-/5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2----------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3/-|---------------------------------3--2----|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19p16----19-16----16s12----16-12-----|-17-14----17-14-----14-11----11-14-11----|
|-------17-------17-------14-------14--|-------16-------16--------12-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S
|-16s12----16-12----12s=9----12--9-----|-14-11----14-11-----11----------11-------|
|-------14-------14-------10-------10--|-------12-------12-----12----12----12----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------14-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


  Gtr I
   S    S  S  S  E          S  S  S        S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0----0--0--0--0----------3--3--3--------3--3--3-|
|
| Gtr II
|                ~~~~~~
|                                 |--3--|
|  E       S  S  E          S  S  T  T  T  S  S  S
|-23b24---23-21-23---------21-23-21h23p21s19-21-19-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                                 |--3--|
|  E       S  S  S     +S   S  S  T  T  T  S  S  S
|-14b16---14-12-14b15r(14)-12-14-12h14p12s11-12-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                                              2/8
   S  S        S  S  E      S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  E
|------------------------------4-----5-------|-----------|
|---------------------------------5-----5--4-|-----------|
|--5--5--------5--5--5-----2----------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|--0--0-----|
|
|     |--3--|
|  S  T  T  T  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  E
|-21-19h21p19s17-19-17--16-17-16----16-17-16-|-----------|
|--------------------------------19----------|-17-17-----|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------|
|
|     |--3--|
|  S  T  T  T  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  E
|-12-11h12p11s=9-11--9-----------------------|-----------|
|------------------------9-12--9-----9-------|-----------|
|--------------------------------10----10--9-|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-12-12-----|


  Tempo 1 Q=128
 4/4                            3/4           4/4
  Q.   E +Q   Q    +H.      Q    Q.   E +Q     W
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-0-----------3--|-(3)---------|-3-----------|-0----|
|------0-(0)-----|-------------|------0-(0)--|------|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-|-------------0----|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------0---|------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||


    E S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S e S S e S S e
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------0---------2---------|-3-----------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-|


  E S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S e S S e S S e
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------3---------2---------|-0-----------------------o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0--||


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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