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RONNIE
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1996 Album LOAD)




 Words and Music by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich

 

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'James Hetfield (Rhythm)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett (Rhythm)'


   Intro
    Moderately Slow Rock Q=92
    N.C.(A)
   4/4
    Gtr I
        PM~     PM~
    E a e E E a e E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------5b5.5-|
||----5h8-7---5h8-7---------|
||o-0-------0-------0-------|
||--------------------------|


      PM~     PM~                    PM~     PM~
  E a e E E a e E E S    +S    +E  a e E E a e E E E
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------6----(6)-|-(6)-----------------5--|
|---5h8-7---5h8-7---7b8==(7)r|=(7)-5h8-7---5h8-7------|
|-0-------0-------0----------|-----------0-------0----|
|----------------------------|------------------------|


                       ~   ~
               |--3--|
  E E     e  e S +S  S E E E
|-----------------------------||-|
|---8----(8)-8-8-------------o||-|
|---7b9===7--7-7r(7)p5---5-7--||-|
|----------------------7------||-|
|-0--------------------------o||-|
|-----------------------------||-|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-----------------------------||-|
|----------------------------o||-|
|-----------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------||-|
|----------------------------o||-|
|-----------------------------||-|


        PM~     PM~               PM~     PM~
    E a e E E a e E E E       E a e E E a e E E S    +S
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------5b5.5-|-------------------6----(6)--|
||----5h8-7---5h8-7---------|---5h8-7---5h8-7---7b8==(7)r=|
||o-0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-----------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|       PM~     PM~               PM~     PM~
|   E   e E E   e E E E       E   e E E   e E E S    +S
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------5b5.5-|-------------------6----(6)--|
||------5-7-----5-7---------|-----5-7-----5-7---7b8==(7)r=|
||o-0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-----------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|


                                                             N.C.(A5)
        PM~     PM~                                ~   ~       ~   ~   ~
                                           |--3--|
  +E  a e E E a e E E E       E E     e  e S +S  S E E E     E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------|---8----(8)-8-8-------------o||-------------------|
|-(6)-----------------5-----|---7b9===7--7-7r(7)p5---5-7--||---2---2---2-------|
|-(7)-5h8-7---5h8-7---------|----------------------7------||---------------0-2-|
|-----------0-------0-------|-0--------------------------o||-0---0---0---3-----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------|
|
|       PM~     PM~                                ~   ~       ~   ~   ~
|                                          |--3--|
| +E    e E E   e E E E       E E     e  e S +S  S E E E     E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------|---8----(8)-8-8-------------o||-------------------|
|-(6)-----------------5b5.5-|---7b9===7--7-7r(7)p5---5-7--||---2---2---2-------|
|-(7)---5-7-----5-7---------|----------------------7------||---------------0-2-|
|-----------0-------0-------|-0--------------------------o||-0---0---0---3-----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
      ~   ~   ~             ~   ~   ~
  S S E E E E E E S S   S S E E E E E E S S   Q  E. S E E S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|-----2---2---2-------|-----2---2---2-------|-5--4------------7-||
|-----------------0-2-|-----------------0-2-|-5--4----3-5-x-x-7-||
|-3p0---0---0---3-----|-3p0---0---0---3-----|-3--2----3-5-x-x-5-||
|---------------------|---------------------|-------0-1-3-x-x---||




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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

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
 ~   - vibrato
  PM  - palm muting


Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths