Creeping Death By: Metallica Tabbed By: Kane Bochatyn (JenoUnion) Creeping Death from the Ride the Lightning album, as played by Cliff Burton. The link to the master bass track is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyaKtAyVVac This bassline is EXTREMELY different from what everyone else has tabbed, even more different than Orion. This took quite a while to do, but the good news is that it's a keeper. =D Enjoy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creeping Death Metallica Intro A (Play x2) G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|------------7~-----------------7-5~---| E|-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0---------| Intro B (Play x2) G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|------------7/----------------7-5~-5---| E|-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-----------| End Intro |Triplet| G|---------|--------------|--16-16-16-17-16/--| D|---------|--Guitar Break|-------------------| A|---------|--------------|-------------------| E|-5-3-2-0-|--------------|-------------------| Verse Riff 1A G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|--------------------2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7----7--------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0----0----0-0-0---0-0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7----7--------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0----0----0-0-0---0-0---------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----7-------7---7---7-----2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0---------------| Pre-Chorus Riff 2 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3/--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2/---| Verse Riff 1B (Play x2) G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7------2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-----0-0---------------| Bass Break 1 G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7~-7~--7-0-7~-7~--7-7h0-5h0-4h0-3h0-2h0-2-4-----| E|-0-0---0-0---------------------------------------------2/--| Verse 1 G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---7----------2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0---0----0-0-0-0--------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7---2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-------------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7---2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| Pre-Chorus 1 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------/7\--| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-------| Chorus 1 G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------7~--7-7-7/-0h3-5-5-5-555-5-5--| E|-0--0--0~--0-0-----------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-5h8--5-8-7-7-7-----7---7-7-7--7--| E|----------------0-0------0-0------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-3-5-555-5-5---------------------| E|--------------1-1-0-1-3-3-0-3-0--| G|----------------------------------------| D|------------|Tr|------------------------| A|---7-7-0-7--707-0-3-5-555-5-5-5-50/8-8--| E|-0--------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-5-8-7--7-----7--7-------7---7-7----| E|----------0-0------0-0-0------0-----| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-7\---3-5-555--5-5-5--2-4----| E|--------------------------2--| Verse Riff 2 G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7---2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7---2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0---------------| Bass Break 2 G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----7--0-7~-0-7h5---5~--0-7h0-7h0-5h0-4h0-3h0-2h0--2-4----| E|-0~---------------7------------------------------------2--| Verse 2 G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7--7----7------2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-------0----0-0---------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7-----------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7~----7---------7---2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0---0---------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7\--2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----7~----7~--7-----7------2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0-----0-------0-0---0-0---------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7-----------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7-----------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| Pre-Chorus 2 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| Chorus 2 G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------7~--7-7-7/-0h3-5-5-5-555-5-5--| E|-0--0--0~--0-0-----------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-5h8--5-8-7-7-7-----7---7-7-7--7--| E|----------------0-0------0-0------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-3-5-555-5-5---------------------| E|--------------1-1-0-1-3-3-0-3-0--| G|----------------------------------------| D|------------|Tr|------------------------| A|---7-7-0-7--707-0-3-5-555-5-5-5-50/8-8--| E|-0--------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-5-8-7--7-----7--7-------7---7-7----| E|----------0-0------0-0-0------0-----| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-7\---3-5-555--5-5-5--555-2-4----| E|------------------------------2--| Solo Intro G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7-----------7-----2-3-2h3h2-0--| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| Bass Break 3 G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----7--0-7~-0-7h5---5~--0-7h0-7h0-5h0-4h0-3h0-2h0--2-4----| E|-0~---------------7------------------------------------2--| Solo Backing 1 (Play x2) G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7-----2-3-2h3h2----| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3---| E|--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-----7-----7---------7-----2-3-2h3h2----| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0--------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------7-----------------------| A|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3---| E|--------------------------------| Solo Backing 2 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| Post-Solo Chorus G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------7~--7-7-7/-0h3-5-5-5-555-5-5--| E|-0--0--0~--0-0-----------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-5h8--5-8-7-7-7-----7---7-7-7--7--| E|----------------0-0------0-0------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-3-5-555-5-5---------------------| E|--------------1-1-0-1-3-3-0-3-0--| G|----------------------------------------| D|------------|Tr|------------------------| A|---7-7-0-7--707-0-3-5-555-5-5-5-50/8-8--| E|-0--------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-5-8-7--7-----7--7-------7---7-7----| E|----------0-0------0-0-0------0-----| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-7\---3-5-555--5-5-5--555-2-4-------| E|------------------------------2--0--| Bridge Intro G|---|--------------------| D|---|--------------------| A|---|---------8~-5~-7~---| E|-0-|-0-0-0-0------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-3-331-1-0-----| Bridge (Play x7) G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|-7-7---7-8~-5~-7~----| E|-----0---------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-3-331-1-0-----| Verse Riff 3 G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|-----2-5/--| E|-2-5-------| Verse 3 (Play x8) G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-----7-----------------7/2-3-2h3h2-0---| E|-0-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----------------| Pre-Chorus 3 G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|-0-0-3--0-0-3---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---| Chorus 3 G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------7~--7-7-7/-0h3-5-5-5-555-5-5--| E|-0--0--0~--0-0-----------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-5h8--5-8-7-7-7-----7---7-7-7--7--| E|----------------0-0------0-0------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-3-5-555-5-5---------------------| E|--------------1-1-0-1-3-3-0-3-0--| G|----------------------------------------| D|------------|Tr|------------------------| A|---7-7-0-7--707-0-3-5-555-5-5-5-50/8-8--| E|-0--------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|-5-8-7--7-----7--7-------7---7-7----| E|----------0-0------0-0-0------0-----| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-7\---3-5-555--5-5-5--555-2-4----| E|------------------------------2--| Interlude A (Play x6) G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-----7-----5-----3-2~-2~--2----------| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0------------5-3-2-0--| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-----3-----2-----0-3~-3-3-5-5-7-7----| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---------------------| Interlude B (Play x3) G|-----------------------x-| D|-----------------------x-| A|-----7-----5-----3-2~--x-| E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------x-| G|------------x-| D|------------x-| A|-3-2-0-3~---x-| E|------------x-| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|-7-5-3-2~--| E|-----------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|-3-2-0-3~--| E|-----------| Outro A G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|------------7~-----------------7-5~---| E|-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0---------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|------------7~--------------------7-5---| E|-0-0-0-0-0----------000-0-0-0-0---------| Outro B (Play x2) G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|------------7/----------------7-5~-5---| E|-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-----------| Ending G|---------------| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|-5--3--2--0----| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777~-| E|-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000~-| ^^^ FAST!!! Hit the two strings with the inside of your fingers (same side as palm) as fast as you can, end chords on guitars' last note! Phew! That was a tricky one, especially for the choruses. The verses and choruses took me almost two hours all together to get down on their own! Well, here we are. Hope you like it. Key ==== |Triplet| OR |Tr| - play indicated notes as triplets Note tablature followed by x's on each line (NEW) - Play through the x'd sections as normal, but when repeating, ignore x'd sections (i.e. some sections say (Play x#), so don't play the x'd sections when playing the riffs that many times) #h#h# - Hammer-on/Pull-off to/from the indicated fret (i.e. 2h3h2) #\ OR /# OR /#\ - Slide from/to one fret down/up the fretboard