CALL OF THE KTULU (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 2000 Album S&M)
Words by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Clifford Burton and David Mustaine Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newstead
Tuning (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Down Half A Step'
Moderately Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
W W 4x W W 4x
||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------||
||o----------|----------o||-||o----------|------o||
||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------||
||o----------|----------o||-||o----------|------o||
||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------||
H +Q. E W H +Q. E H +H
|--------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----(0)---7-|-6--------|-0----(0)---7-|-6----(6)----|
|--------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
H +Q. E H +H H +Q. E H +H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----(0)---7-|-6----(6)----|-0----(0)---7-|-6----(6)----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
H H W H H W
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-0----0----|-0--------|-0----0----|-0----|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
H H W H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|----------|--------------|-----------------|
|-0----0----|-0--------|-0------------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------|------2-------|---------------0-|
|-----------|----------|--------1-----|---1-1-----1-----|
|-----------|----------|----------3-3-|-3-----3-3---3---|
Q E E Q S S E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q S S E Q E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----7-5-7--7p5---|----------------|----7-5-7--7p5---|-----------------o||
||--0-------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9---||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-9-9-9-------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------10-9-8s7----||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------7--||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o----7-5-7-5-7p5---|----------------|----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------o||
||--0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9---||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E Q
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-9--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E Q
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-9--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-10-12-10-9-2-0-2/--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
~
E S S E E E S S E E a E E E E E E Q
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-|-9h10-10---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0--0-10-9-7--------|
|---------------------|----------------10-7---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
||o----7-5-7-5-7p5---|----------------|----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------o||
||--0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9---||
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a Q
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-12-10-10h12-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-12-12-14-15-14--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--3--|
Q Q Q E S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-15-14h15-14h15-14h15-|
|--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--3--|
Q Q Q E S S S S S S E E E S S Q S S E
|-17-17-17-15-14h15-14h15-14h15-|-15-14-14-12h14-12--10h12-10-|
|--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0----|--0--0--0--0-----0---0-----0-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-9-10-9-7---------||-------------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-9-14-9-9--|
|-0--0-0-0-7-5-----||o----7-5-7-5-7p5---|----------------o||-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
|--------------7-5-||--0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9--||-------------------|
|------------------||o------------------|----------------o||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-9-10--2-2-2-2S|=7-7-7-7-9-7-9-9-|-10-9-10--1-1-1-1S|=7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
|--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q 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
|-10-9-10--2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-6-5-7--------------||
|----------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-7-6-5--------||
|------------------|-------------------------|----------------------7-6-5--||
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E. S +E E
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--0-------0-----2-3-|-0-------0--2-(2)-3-|
||o---0-0-0---0-0-----|---1-1-1------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E. S +E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-------0-----2-3-|-5---------3--2-(2)----||
|---2-2-2---2-2-----|---3-3-3-3----------3-o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
4.
E E E S S E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-5---------3--2-(2)-0-|---------3-----5-6-|
|---3-3-3-3------------|-3-3-3-3---3-3-----|
|----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3-------3--5-(5)-6-|-3-------3-----5-6--|
|---4-4-4------------|---5-5-5---5-5------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-8-------6--5-(5)---|-3-------3-----5-6-|
|---6-6-6----------6-|---3-3-3---3-3-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-3-------3--5-(5)-6-|-3-------3-----5-6-|
|---4-4-4------------|---5-5-5---5-5-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Guitar Solo
E S S S S S S E. S +E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------||----------------|
|--------------------------||----7-7-7-7-7---|
|-8-------------6--5-(5)---||-0--0-0-0-0-0-7-|
|---6-6-6-6-6-0----------6-||----------------|
|--------------------------||----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----7-7-7-7-7----|
|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-7--|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E. S S S S S E E S S S S Q Q Q S S E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------5-|-7--7-5-7-5-7---|------------------5-5-6-6-|-7--7--7--7p5----|
|-6--6-6-6-7-7---|-0--0-0-0-0-0-7-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-7---------|-0--0--0--0---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 4x Q E E Q a S S E
|-----------------||--7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||-------------------|
|-------------5-7-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-7--7-5-7--5h7p5---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----||------------------|------------------||-0--0-0-0----0---7-|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------|
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--|
|-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-10-10-12-10-9-7-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
|--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--3--| |---3----|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-|-14-15-14-15-17-14h15--|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q E E S E. Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-17-19-17-19-19-19p17--|-19-17----19-17----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|-------19-------19-|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--3--|
a Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E S S E
|-17h19-17----17-------||-------------------|
|----------19-----19--||-------5-7-5-7p5---|
|----------------------||-0-0-0-----------7-|
|----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-------5-7--7p5---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0-----------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0----------7-|
|-------------6-0-|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E S S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------2-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-6-6-6-6---6-6-----|-----------------|-----2-4-----2---|------------------|
|---------7-----7--|-0-0-0---0---0-0-|-4-4-------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3-----|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E S S E S S E S S E E
|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-2-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5--5--||------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--||------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------||-------------2-----2-3--|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------||------------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------0--2-(2)-3-|-------------0-----2-3-|
|-1-1-1-1------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------0--2-(2)-3-|-------------0-----2-3-|
|-1-1-1-1------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-------0--2-(2)-3-|-0-----------0-----2-3-|
|---1-1-1------------|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------||o-------------------|
|-0-------0--2-(2)-3-||--2-------2-----4-5-|
|---1-1-1------------||o---2-2-2---2-2-----|
|--------------------||--------------------|
E E E E E. S +E E 4x E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E. S +E E 3x
|---------------------||-||------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------o||-||o-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-2-------2--4-(4)-5--||-||--3-----------3-----5-6-|-3-----------3--5-(5)-6--||
|---3-3-3------------o||-||o---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----|---4-4-4-4-4------------o||
|---------------------||-||------------------------|-------------------------||
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E. S +E E 3x H +Q. E W
||------------------------|-------------------------||--------------|------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------o||-7----(7)-----|------|
||--5-----------5-----7-8-|-5-----------5--7-(7)-8--||-0----(0)---7-|-6----|
||o---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-----|---6-6-6-6-6------------o||--------------|------|
||------------------------|-------------------------||--------------|------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H. E E H E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E S E S E E E. S +E E
|-------------|--------------|----------5-----------|----------------------|
|-7-------5---|--------------|----7-5-7---7-6-7-6-5-|-6-7-6-5--------------|
|-0---------7-|-6----4-2-1-1-|-0--------------------|---------7-6--5-(5)-7-|
|-------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q E E W H +Q. E W 4x
|---------------|----------||---------------|-------||
|----7-5-7--5---|----------||o-7----(7)-----|------o||
|-0-----------7-|-6--------||--0----(0)---7-|-6-----||
|---------------|----------||o--------------|------o||
|---------------|----------||---------------|-------||
2/4
H H W 3x H H H
||------------|-----------||-----------|------|
||o-0----0----|-0--------o||-0----0----|-0----|
||------------|-----------||-----------|------|
||o-----------|----------o||-----------|------|
||------------|-----------||-----------|------|
4/4
W +W E E E E +Q a Q Q Q H
|----------|------------||--------------------|------------|
|----------|------------||o-------------------|------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||--------------------|-------7----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||o-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0--0--0----|
|----------|------------||--------------------|------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8.
3/4
E E E E +Q a Q Q H. E E E E +Q a Q H.
|-------------------|-------------||-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|------------o||-------------------|-------|
|-------------------|----7--------||-------------------|-7-----|
|-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0--0-------o||-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0-----|
|-------------------|-------------||-------------------|-------|
4/4
E. S +H Q W +W +W +W
|----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-5--5-(5)----2--|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||
|----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------||
Wx8 W
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
|------------|------||
Slower Q=92 1.
2/4 4/4
TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q
||--------------|--------|----------|---------------||
||o-7--5--7--3--|-7--10--|-7--------|-(7)----------o||
||--5--3--5--1--|-5---8--|-5--------|-(5)-----------||
||o-------------|--------|----------|--------------o||
||--------------|--------|----------|---------------||
2.
TP TP TP
W +W W +W
|----------:------------:-----------:---------*|
|-7--------:-(7)S=======:=19--------:-(19)----*|
|-5--------:-(5)S=======:=17--------:-(17)----*|
|----------:------------:-----------:---------*|
|----------:------------:-----------:---------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
