THE OUTLAW TORN (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 2000 Album S & M)
Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tuned Down Half Step'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=60
4/4
Gtr I
W S S E Q H S S E Q H 3x
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|----------||o---------------|---------------o||
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|----------||o-0-0-----------|-0-0-----------o||
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S S E E. T T s S S S S S S S S S T T S E S S e S S S S S S
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|------------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|----------------7-7-7-7-5-----||--5h7-------7-7-5-7-----7---7---|
|-0-0------0-0-0-----------7-5-||o-----0-0-0---------0-0---0---0-|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S T T
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|---------------------------------------o||
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5------||
|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2---0-0-o||
|-----------------3---3------------------||
4.
S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S S
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|-------------------------------------||
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5s7-||
|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2-----||
|-----------------3---3---------------||
E E E +E E E S +S +S S E E E +E S S e E S S
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7-(7)-------------------|-----7-(7)-------------|
|-0-3--------0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|-0-3--------3-2-0-3-0-3-|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
E E E +E E E S +S +S S E E E +E S S e E S S
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|-----7-(7)-------------------|-----7-(7)-------------||
|-0-3--------0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|-0-3--------3-2-0-3-0-3-||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
1st Verse
E E E S S E E S +S +S S E E E +E S S e E S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7-----------------------|-----7-(7)-------------|
|-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|-0-3--------3-2-0-3-0-3-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
E E E S S E E S +S +S S E E E S S S S e E S S 3x
||------------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------o||
||------7-----------------------|-----7------------------||
||o-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------||
E E E S S E E S +S +S S E E E S S S S E E a E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----7-----------------------|-----7-----------------|
|-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-2h3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S E S S E S S S S E E S T T
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-----5---------5-----|-------5-----------5-------|
|-7-----7-5-7-----7-5-|-7-7-7---7-5-7-5-7---7-5s3-|
|---0---------0-------|---------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------3-----------3-----|---------3---------3-------||
|-5-5-5---5-3-5-5-5---5-3-|-5-5-5-5---5-3-5-5---5-3-0-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Chorus
1.,2.,3.
S S T T S E S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S T T
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||o-------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
||--5h7-------7-7-5-7-----7---7---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5-------||
||o-----0-0-0---------0-0---0---0-|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2---0-0--o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------3---3-------------------||
4.
S S S S S T T S S S T T S S S S S S E E E S S E E S +S +S S
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-----5s7-|-----7-----------------------|
|-3p2-------------------------3p2-----|-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E S S S S e E S S E E E S S E E S +S +S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----7-----------------|-----7-----------------------|
|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-|-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
2nd Verse
E E E +E S S e E S S E E E S S E E S +S +S S
|------------------------||------------------------------|
|------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----7-(7)-------------||------7-----------------------|
|-0-3--------3-2-0-3-0-3-||o-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|
|------------------------||------------------------------|
E E E S S S S e E S S E E E +E E E S +S +S S
|------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------o||------------------------------|
|-----7------------------||-----7-(7)-------------------|
|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-o||-0-3--------0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|
|------------------------||------------------------------|
E E E S S S S e E S S E E E S S E E S +S +S S
|-----------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----7-----------------||------7-----------------------|
|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-||o-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3-|
|-----------------------||------------------------------|
E E E S S S S e E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|------------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------o||---------------------|
|-----7------------------||-----5---------5-----|
|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-o||-7-----7-5-7-----7-5-|
|------------------------||---0---------0-------|
E S S E S S S S E E S T T E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-----------5-------|-------3-----------3-----|
|-7-7-7---7-5-7-5-7---7-5s3-|-5-5-5---5-3-5-5-5---5-3-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S T T S E S S e S S S S S S
|---------------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|---------3---------3-------||--5h7-------7-7-5-7-----7---7---|
|-5-5-5-5---5-3-5-5---5-3-0-||o-----0-0-0---------0-0---0---0-|
|---------------------------||--------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S T T
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5------||
|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2---0-0-o||
|-----------------3---3------------------||
4.
|-3-|
S T T T S S S S T T S E S S S S S S
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|--------------------------------------||
|---------5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5------||
|-3-2h3p2-------------------------0-0--||
|---------------------3-------3--------||
Bridge
S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-9-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5---------------|-------------------------------|
|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-2-3-3-2h3/--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S E.
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|-7-9-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5---------------|-----------------5----4--|
|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-x-3--x-2--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-9-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5---------------|-------------------------------|
|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-2-3-3-2h3/--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S E T T T T T T E T T T T T T S T T E S E.
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-7-9-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5---------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-3-3-x-2--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
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||o---------------------------------o||-------------------------------||
||--7-7------------------------------||-7-7---------------------------||
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-o||-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-||
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Interlude
1.,2.,3.
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
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||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--7-7-----------------------------|-7-7----------------------------||
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E E E S S E E S +S +S S
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|-------------------------------||o------------------------------|
|-7-7---------------------------||------7------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---||o-0-3---3-2-0-3-5b6-(5)r(5)-3--|
|-----------------------------3-||-------------------------------|
E E E S S S S e E S S S S S S E S S S E S E S S
|------------------------||---------------------------|
|-----------------------o||---------------------------|
|-----7------------------||---------5-----------5-----|
|-0-3---3-2-3-2-0-3-0-3-o||-7-7-7-7---7-5-7-7-7---7-5-|
|------------------------||---------------------------|
S S S S E S S S E S E S T T S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------5-----------5-------|---------3-------------3-----|
|-7-7-7-7---7-5-7-7-7---7-5s3-|-5-5-5-5---5-3-5-3-5-5---5-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S E S S e S S S S S S
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|---------------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|---------3---------3---3---3-----||--5h7-------7-7-5-7-----7---7---|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5---5---5-3-||o-----0-0-0---------0-0---0---0-|
|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|
S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S T T 3x S S T T S E S S e S S S S S S
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|---------------------------------------o||-------------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5------||-5h7-------7-7-5-7-----7---7---|
|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2---0-0-o||-----0-0-0---------0-0---0---0-|
|-----------------3---3------------------||-------------------------------|
Bridge
S S S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S T T S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-7-9------------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---------5-----||-5-7---7-7-7-5---5----------------|
|-3p2---------------------0-2-3p2---0-0-||-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0--|
|-----------------3---3-----------------||----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S E S S S S S S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-7-9------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5----------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-2-3-3-2h3/-|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0--|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S E. S E. S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7-9-----------------------------|
|-----------------5----4--|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5---------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-x-3--x-2--|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S E S S S S S S E S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-7-9------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-5-7---7-7-7-5---5----------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-3-2-3-3-2h3/-|-----0---------7---5---3-5-5-5-0--|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
E T T T T T T E T T T T T T S T T E S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||--7-7-----------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-3-3-x-2--||o-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-|
|------------------------------------------||----------------------------------|
Outro
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------|
|-7-7----------------------------||-||--7-7-----------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-o||-||o-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-|
|--------------------------------||-||----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. T T S
|--------------------------------||---------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------o||---------------|-------------------|
|-7-7----------------------------||---------------|-------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-o||-0----0-1--1-1-|-2----2-3----3h5p3-|
|--------------------------------||---------------|-------------------|
Q E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q E E
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|----7-----3---|
|-0--0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-|-0-----1----1-|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q S S S S E S S
|--------------|--------------|---------------------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------------||
|----4-----5---|----7-----3---|----4----------5-----||
|-2-----3----3-|-0-----1----1-|-2-----3-3-3-3---3-3-||
|--------------|--------------|---------------------||
S T T S T T S T T S S S T T S T T S T T S S
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||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||----------------------------------------------|
S T T S T T S T T S S S T T S T T S T T S S 8x
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|----------------------------------------------||
W +W +W
|----------:------------:--------:
|----------:------------:--------:
|-7--------:-(7)--------:-(7)----:
|-0--------:-(0)--------:-(0)----:
|----------:------------:--------:
+W +Q Q Q Q
|------------:---------------*|
|------------:---------------*|
|-(7)--------:-(7)--7--7-----*|
|-(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
