HARVESTER OF SORROW (Bassline) As recorded by Metallica (From the 1988 Album ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL) Words and Music by James Hetfield And Lars Ulrich Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard' Intro Moderately Q=93 4/4 Gtr I S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S W |-----------------|----------------------|------| |-----------------|----------------------|------| |-------2-1-0-----|------------2-1-0-----|------| |-3-2-0-------3-2-|-0----3-2-0-------3-2-|-0----| +W +W +W |------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------| W +W W +W |----------|------------|----------|--------|| |----------|------------|----------|--------|| |----------|------------|----------|--------|| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|| q Q q Q q Q S S E E E 3x q Q q Q q Q S S S S S S S S ||--------------|------------------||-------------|-----------------------|| ||o-------------|-----------0---0-o||-------------|-----------------------|| ||o-------------|---------0-------o||-------------|-------------2-1-0-----|| ||--0-----0-----|-0-----3-----1----||-0-----0-----|-0-----3-2-0-------3-2-|| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||o-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2p1-------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2--|| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------2p1-------|-----------------------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-5-5-5-5-3-|| W +W +W +W W |----------|------------|------------|------------|------| |----------|------------|------------|------------|------| |----------|------------|------------|------------|------| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------| W H Q E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------| |----------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------| |----------|---------------|---1---------------|---1----------------| |----------|-----------0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1--| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|---0---------------| |---1---------------|-------------------| |-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---3-3---3-3-0-1-| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E e E S S |-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|---0---------------|| |---1---------------|-------------------|| |-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---3-3---3-3-0-1-|| Verses E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||--2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-3---3---3-3-0-1--| E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |---------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-| E E E E E E E S S W +H +Q. S S |-------------------|----------|------------------|| |-------------------|----------|------------------|| |-------------------|----------|------------------|| |-2-3---3---3-3-0-2-|-0--------|-(0)----(0)---0-1-|| Pre-Chorus E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S W +W |---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------| |---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------| |---------------------|-------------------|----------|--------| |-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-2-|-0--------|-(0)----| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2-1-------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-----0-3-2-|| Chorus E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------2p1-------|-------------------2p1-------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2-| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------2p1-------|-----------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-5-5-5-5-3-| 1. W +H. e S S E E E E E E E S S |----------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------|---1---------------| |-0--------|-(0)------1-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |---1---------------|---1-----------------| |-2---0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2---0-0---0-0-0-1---| 2. E E E E E e E S S W W W +H. e S S |--------------------||----------|----------|----------|-----------------|| |---0---------------o||----------|----------|----------|-----------------|| |-------------------o||----------|----------|----------|-----------------|| |-2---3-3---3-3-0-1--||-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-(0)------1-0-1--|| Guitar Solo E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |---------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1--| E E E E E e E S S E E E S S E E E S S |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-2-3---3---3-3-0-1-|-2-0---0-1-2-0---0-1-| E E E E E E E S S W +W +W |-------------------|----------|------------|--------|| |-------------------|----------|------------|--------|| |-------------------|----------|------------|--------|| |-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|| Interlude H Q E S S E E E E E E S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |---------------|-------------------|------------------------------| |---------------|-------------------|------------------------------| |---------------|-------------7-7-7-|-------------------2p1--------| |-----------0-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2--| H H E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H E S S E S S |-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------| |-----------|-------------------2p1-------|-------------------| |-0---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--| H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H S E S S E. |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |-0----1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-1---| H E S S E S S H S E S S E. W |------------------|-----------------|------| |------------------|-----------------|------| |------------------|-----------------|------| |-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-0-0-0-1--|-0----| 5/4 4/4 +H. S E S S S E H S E S S S E |----------------------|------------------|| |----------------------|------------------|| |----------------------|------------------|| |-(0)------0-1-0-0-1---|------0-1-0-0-1---|| 3rd Verse Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----0-0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-0---0---0-0-0-1-|-2-3---3---3-3-0-1-| W +W E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------|-------------------2p1-------| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-| Outro-Chorus E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------||------------------------------| |-----------------------------||o-----------------------------| |-------------------2-1-------||o-------------------2p1-------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-0-----0-3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------|| |-----------------------------o|| |-------------------2p1-------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-3p2-0-----0-3p2--|| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------| ||o-------------------2p1-------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2-| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 5x E S S E S S H |------------------------------||------------------*| |-----------------------------o||------------------*| |-------------------2p1-------o||------------------*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p2-0-----0-3p2--||-0-0-0-0-0-0------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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