#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## THE CALL OF KTULU (Bassline) As recorded by Metallica (From the 1984 Album RIDE THE LIGHTNING) Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, and David Mustaine Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Key Of Dm' I Put that Wah Changes underneath the measures: + - Closed o - Open (0:05), (7:55) (1:01) Moderately Q=140 4/4 Gtr I Wx16 Wx16 H.. E H. +Q 4x |-------------||-------------||--------------|----------------|| |-------------||-------------||o-------------|---------------o|| |-------------||-------------||o-0---------7-|-6-------(6)--o|| |-------------||-------------||--------------|----------------|| < < W W 3x H E E E E E E E E E E Q ||-----------|-----------||--------------|----------------| ||o----------|-0--------o||--------------|----------------| ||o----------|----------o||------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| ||-----------|-----------||--------------|----------------| (1:29, 1:56, 2:54, 2:51) With Distortion/Wah E E E E a Q. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q ||-------------------|----------------|---------9-9-9---|---------------------| ||o-----7-5-5h7------|----------------|---------7-7-7---|-----------10-(10)--| ||o-0-0------------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-----------| ||-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------| o + o E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E E E E E E E Q |-------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|| |-------5-5h7-5-7---|-----------------|-------5-7------|-----------------|| |-0-0-0-----------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0---0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--|| |-------------------|-------------8--|----------------|-----------------|| + o TP TP TP TP E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----17--17----17-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-12-12-15--17----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-15--15----15-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| + o 1. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-15--17--19----19-|-20p0-19p0-17p0-19p0-17p0-15p0-17p0-15p0-| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------------------|| |-14p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-12p0-10p0-9p0----o|| |-------------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------------|| 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 S S S S S S E |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-|-17p0-19p0-17p0-19p0-17p0-15p0-14p0-14-o|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| + 3. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |----------------12----12-|-14-12-14-15-14-15-17---|| |-12-14-15-14-15----15----|------------------------o|| |-------------------------|------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|| 4. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------------| |-19p17-19p17-19p17-19p17-15p0-15p10-15p0-15p10-| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| (3:19) Distorion/Wah Off TP TP TP TP |----3----| |-3-| Q Q +Q +H E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q |-----------------------||------------------|---------------| |-15-17b19-(17)-(17)----||o-----------------|---------------| |-----------------------||o---------0---2-3-|---------0-2-3-| |-----------------------||--0-0-0-0---0-----|-1-1-1-1-------| + |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q |-----------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------| |-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------| |---------0---2-3-|-5-------3-2---o||-||o---------0---2-3-|---------0-2-3--| |-2-2-2-2---0-----|---3-3-3-----3--||-||--0-0-0-0---0-----|-1-1-1-1--------| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q |-----------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------| |-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------| |---------0---2-3-|-5-------3-2---o||-||o---------3---5-6-|---------3-5-6--| |-2-2-2-2---0-----|---3-3-3-----3--||-||--3-3-3-3---3-----|-4-4-4-4--------| (4:00) With Distortion/Wah |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------| |-----------------|---------------o||-------5-7--7---|------------------| |---------3---5-6-|-8-------6-5---o||-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9--| |-5-5-5-5---5-----|---6-6-6-----6--||----------------|------------------| E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-------5-7--7---|-----------5-5--|-------5-7--7---|-----------------| |-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----| |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------8-7-| E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------| |---------7------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-| |----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-14-14-15-15-14-14-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------| |-------5-7--7---|-----------------| |-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-| |----------------|-----------------| E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-------5-7--7---|-----------5-5--|-------5-7--7---|-----------------| |-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----| |----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------8-7-| E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------| |---------7------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-| |----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-14-14-15-15-14-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| (4:55) 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 Q ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-------5-7-5-7---|-----------------|-------5-7-5-7---|-----------5-5---o|| ||o-0-0-0---------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0---------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7---o|| ||------------------|-------------8-7-|-----------------|-------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------|-------------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-10h12p10h12-10h12p10h12-10h12p10h12-| |---------------------|-------------------------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E Q H Q |---------------------|-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12--14tr15----15--| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E H |---------------------|-------------12----| |-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-15-15-------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| T T T T T T T T T T 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 Q |-5h7-14p5h7-14p5h7-15p5h7-15p5h7-15p5h|=7-16p5h7-16p5h7-16p5h7-17p5-17---|| |--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| (5:23) Distortion/Wah Off |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x ||------------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------|| ||o-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o|| ||o-0-------0---2-3-|-0-------0-2-3-o||-||o-2-------2---4-5-|-2-------2-4-5-o|| ||----0-0-0---0-----|---1-1-1--------||-||----2-2-2---2-----|---3-3-3--------|| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x ||------------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------|| ||o-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o|| ||o-3-------3---5-6-|-3-------3-5-6-o||-||o-5-------5---7-8-|-5-------5-7-8-o|| ||----3-3-3---3-----|---4-4-4--------||-||----5-5-5---5-----|---6-6-6--------|| (6:10) H.. E W H.. E W |-------------|----------|-------------|----------| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------| |-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6--------| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------| H.. E W H.. E W |-------------|----------|-------------|------| |-------------|----------|-------------|------| |-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6----| |-------------|----------|-------------|------| H.. E W H.. E W H.. E W |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------| |-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6----| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------| 1.,2.,3. 4. H H W H H +W ||--7----7----|-----------||-----------|--------| ||o-----------|-0--------o||-0---------|--------| ||o-----------|----------o||-----------|--------| ||------------|-----------||------0----|-(0)----| E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H. 4x ||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------|| ||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o|| ||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o|| ||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------|| E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H. ||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------|| ||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o|| ||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o|| ||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------|| 1. E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H. ||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------|| ||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o|| ||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o|| ||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------|| 2. Q H E E +Q E E H +W |-------------|---------------|--------|| |-------------|---------------|--------|| |-------------|------5-5-5----|-(5)----|| |-0--0----2-2-|-(2)-----------|--------|| Slower Q=90 With Distortion/Wah 3/4 Wx15 W Q Q Q Q Q Q H +H. |-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------| |-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------| |-------------|----------||-5--3--5--1--|-5--8--5----|-(5)----| |-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------| 4/4 TP Q Q Q Q Q Q H H E E E E |-------------|------------|------12S10S12S14S| |-------------|------------|------------------| |-5--3--5--1--|-5--8--5----|-5----------------| |-------------|------------|------------------| TP E E E E E E E E H Q Q |-12S14S15-14S15-17S15S17S|=19-------------*| |-------------------------|----------------*| |-------------------------|-------17------*| |-------------------------|----------------*| Here's the guitar intro for bass if anyone wants to try that. It's in the two handed tapping routine. 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-----14----10-------14----|----14----10-------14----| ||o-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15-| ||o-------------12----------|-------------12----------| ||--10----------------------|-10----------------------| H H H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----15----10-------15----|----15----10-------15-----| |-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15--| |-------------13----------|-------------13-----------| |-10----------------------|-10-----------------------| H H H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----17----12-------17-12-|----17----12-------17-12-| |-------14-------14-------|-------14-------14-------| |-------------15----------|-------------15----------| |-10----------------------|-10----------------------| H H H H 1. 2. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |----14----10-------14----|----14----10-------14-----||-------| |-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15-o||-15----| |-------------12----------|-------------12----------o||-------| |-10----------------------|-10-----------------------||-10----| H H H H E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E ||-------------9--------|----------9--------| ||o-----7-10-9---9-10---|---7-10-9---9-10-7-| ||o-------------------7-|-6-----------------| ||--5-------------------|-------------------| H.. E W E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |------------9--------|----------9----------|| |-----7-10-9---9-10---|---7-10-9---9-10-7--o|| |-------------------7-|-6------------------o|| |-5-------------------|---------------------|| H.. E W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-----------10----------10-|----------10----------14-| ||o-------12----------12----|-------12----------12----| ||o----12----------13-------|----14----------15-------| ||--10----------10----------|-10----------10----------| H H H H 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 *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * ***************************************************************************************