HERO OF THE DAY (Bassline) As recorded by Metallica (From the 2000 Album S & M) Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett Tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step' Intro Moderately Q=112 4/4 Gtr I W W W W W |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|------| W W W W |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| |----------|----------|----------|------|| 1st Verse W W W H E E E E |----------|----------|----------|--------------| |----------|----------|----------|----------7---| |----------|----------|----------|--------9---9-| |----------|----------|----------|--------------| E E 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 |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------| 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|-----------------|--------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2---2-| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------| |-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-4--4-4-5--5-5-|-7--------------|-------------0---| |---------------|---------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2---2-| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------| |-0--0-0-2--2-2-|-4--4-4-5--5-5-|-7--------------| |---------------|---------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-| Chorus E E E E E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------||-------------------------| |-----------------------||-------------------------| |-----------------------||-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 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|------------|------------|--------------*| |------------|------------|--------------*| |-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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