Band: Metallica Song: The End of the Line Album: Death Magnetic (2008) Bassist: Robert Trujillo Tuning: Standard Note: I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be completely sure that this tab is 100% correct. You can hear the bass master track here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-x-dfAETfM The time marked in the tab is based on the song included on Death Magnetic, not on the master track. Intro 0:00 G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|--------------15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-| A|-----------------------------------------------------| x4 E|-1--0--3-3-0-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| 0:19 G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| x4 E|-1-1-1-0--0-0h3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-| B|------------------------------| 0:28 G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|-6-5-8-8-5/--8-7-10-10-7----| B|--------------------------5-| 0:42 G|----| D|----| A|----| E|-7\-| B|----| 0:42 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x3 E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|---------------------------| 0:49 G|----------------------| D|----------------5p0---| A|--------------------7-| E|-0--0-5h6-000-0-------| B|----------------------| 0:51 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x3 E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|---------------------------| 0:58 G|--------------| D|--------------| A|--------------| E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-| B|--------------| 1:00 G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-0--5h6--5h6--5h6--5h6---15\-| B|-----------------------------| 1:05 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-------------------------6-------| B|---------------------5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| Verse 1 1:13 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 1:20 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|-------------------------6-------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| 1:22 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 1:29 G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------6---------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-| 1:32 G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|----------------------------------------| 1:36 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x2 E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|---------------------------| 1:40 G|--------------------| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-------| B|---------------5-1/-| 1:43 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|-5h6-0-0-5h6-------------------------6-------| B|-------------5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| Verse 2 1:51 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 1:58 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|-------------------------6-------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| 2:00 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 2:07 G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------6---------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-| 2:10 G|--------------| D|--------------| A|--------------| E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-| B|--------------| 2:11 G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| x2 E|-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5-6-| B|-------------------------------| Chorus 2:16 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x2 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 2:20 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| x2 E|---------------------------------| B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-| 2:25 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x3 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 2:31 G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------1-1-1-1-1---| E|-0-0-15-0-15\-------------| B|------------------------6-| 2:35 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x3 E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|---------------------------| 2:41 G|----------------------| D|----------------5p0---| A|--------------------7-| E|-0--0-5h6-000-0-------| B|----------------------| 2:43 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x3 E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-| B|---------------------------| 2:50 G|--------------| D|--------------| A|--------------| E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-| B|--------------| 2:52 G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-0--5h6--5h6--5h6--5h6---15\-| B|-----------------------------| 2:57 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------5h6-----5h6---------5h6---------5h6-----5h6---------5h6-| B|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-----| | G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|---------5h6-----5h6-------------------------6-------| B|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| Verse 3 3:05 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 3:12 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|-------------------------6-------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-| 3:14 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| x3 E|----------------------------------| B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-| 3:21 G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------6---------| B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-| 3:24 G|--------------| D|--------------| A|--------------| E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-| B|--------------| 3:26 G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| x2 E|-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5-6-| B|-------------------------------| Chorus 3:30 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x2 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 3:34 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| x2 E|---------------------------------| B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-| 3:39 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x3 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 3:45 G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--------------1-1-1-1-1---| E|-0-0-15-0-15\-------------| B|------------------------6-| Interlude 1 3:48 G|--------------------| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| x12 E|------------3h5-3h5-| B|-5--5--5--5---------| 4:17 G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-5h7-7-7-----------------------| x4 E|---------5-7-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-| B|-------------------------------| 4:27 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x2 E|---------------------------| B|-5-5-5-3--3-6-6-6-5--5-3/5-| 4:32 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-8-8-8-7--7-10-10-10-7--7-5-7-7-7-| E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| | G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|-8-8-8-7--7-10-10-10-7--7-5-7-| E|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| 4:37 G|----------------------------------------| D|-15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| Guitar solo 4:39 G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| x8 E|-1-1-1-0--0-0h3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-| B|------------------------------| 4:58 G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|--------------15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-| A|-----------------------------------------------------| x3 E|-1--0--3-3-0-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| 5:12 G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-1--0--3-3-0-| B|-------------| 5:15 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x2 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 5:19 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| x2 E|---------------------------------| B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-| 5:24 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x4 E|---------------------------| B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-| 5:33 G|------------|------------|--------------|----------------| D|------------|------------|--------------|----------------| A|------------|------------|--------------|----------------| E|------------|------------|--------------|----------------| B|-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5---5-| Interlude 2 6:02 G|------| D|------| A|------| E|------| B|-10\5-| 6:10 G|-----------------| D|-----------5-----| A|--------7--------| x2 E|-0--5-7----------| B|---------------5-| 6:20 G|---------------------------| D|-----------5---------------| A|--------7------------------| E|-0--5-7--------------------| B|---------------5---5-5-5-5-| 6:38 G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------5-----------------------------------| A|--------7----------------------77777775h777777-| E|----5-7----------------------------------------| B|-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------| 6:47 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x2 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| 6:51 G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| x2 E|---------------------------------| B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-| 6:56 G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| x3 E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-| B|-------------------------------------------| | G|--------------| D|--------------| A|--------------| E|-0-0-15-0-15/-| B|--------------| 7:04 G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-17h1919191919-| x6 (17 and 19, not 1 and 7 or 1 and 9) E|---------------| B|---------------| 7:10 G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|-17h19191919\-1-1-1-1-1---| E|--------------------------| B|------------------------6-| Outro 7:13 G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| x2 E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-| B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----| 7:17 G|---------------------------|------------------| D|---------------------------|------------------| A|---------------------------|------------1-1---| x3 E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-|------5h6---------| B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----|-5--5-----5-----6-| 7:30 G|---------------------------|--------------------------| D|---------------------------|--------------------------| A|---------------------------|------------1-1-1-1-1-----| E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-|------5h6-----------------| B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----|-5--5-----5-----------6-5-| Legend ------ | / = slide up | \ = slide down | h = hammer-on | p = pull-off