Low Man's Lyric - Metallica
                                Words and Music by Hetfield and Ulrich



Notes in () play very quietly

Intro (x2)
Enter synth (Riff B) on second time
 1, 2, 3, 1            Humming..............................................
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Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
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|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
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Riff B
«My eyes seek reality
 My fingers seek my veins»
    A                G                D/A         E        G
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|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0--------0---|
|*-------(2)---------------(0)--------------------------------------*|
|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0--------*|
|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2------------------|
|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|


Riff B
«Theres a dog at your back step
 He must come in from the rain»
    A                G                D/A         E        G
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|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0--------0---|
|*-------(2)---------------(0)--------------------------------------*|
|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0--------*|
|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2------------------|
|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|


Riff C
«I fall cause I let go
 The net below has rot away»
                H            P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
|*-----2---------------------------------------------0---------*|
|---0-----------0------------2--0-----------2-------(0)---------|
|------------------3------------------------0-------------------|



Riff C
«So my eyes seek reality
 And my fingers seek my veins»

                H            P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
|*-----2---------------------------------------------0---------*|
|---0-----------0------------2--0-----------2-------(0)---------|
|------------------3------------------------0-------------------|
Riff D
«The thrash fire is warm
 But nowhere safe from the storm»

    Am          Em                Am          Em
|---0----------------0------------0----------------0------------|
|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|--*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---|
|---------------0--0-0------------------------0--0-0------------|

Riff E
«And I can't bare to see
 What I've let me be
 So wicked and worn»

                  Am          G              C              B
|-----------------0-----------3--3------------------------------|
|-----------------1--|-|-|-|--3--3--|-|-|-|--1--|-|-|-|---------|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---|
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------|

Riff D
«So as i write to you
 Of what is done and to do»


    Am          Em                Am          Em
|---0----------------0------------0----------------0------------|
|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|--*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---|
|---------------0--0-0------------------------0--0-0------------|
Riff E
«Mabye you'll understand
 And won't cry for this man
 'Cause low mans is due ......... Please forgive me»

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|-----------------1--|-|-|-|--3--3--|-|-|-|--1--|-|-|-|---------|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---|
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------|
Riff F
«My eyes seek reality
 my fingers feel for faith »

Riff F
    A           G           D/A           E      G
|---0-----------3-----------2-------------0--0---3--3---|
|---2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--3--|-|-|-|----0--0---3--3---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|----1--1---0--0--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|----2--2---0-----*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--/-/-/-/--0--/-/-/-/----2------2------|
|---------------3-----------------------0-0----3-3------|

Riff F
«Touch clean with a dirty hand
 I touched the clean to the waste»

Riff D
     The trash fire is warm
     But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
     And I can't bare to see
     What I've let me be
     So wicked and worn

Riff D
     So as I write to you
     Of what is done and to do
Riff E
     Maybe you'll understand
     And won't cry for this man
     'Cause low man is due

     Please forgive me
     Please forgive me
     Please forgive me
Riff G
    Am           G       F        F+4
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------1----------0-----------------0-------|
|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
|*--------------------------3---3-3-------3--*|
|-------------0-------------------------------|
|---0------------3-------1--------------------|





Riff G
«So low the sky is all I see»

    Am           G       F        F+4
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------1----------0-----------------0-------|
|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
|*--------------------------3---3-3-------3--*|
|-------------0-------------------------------|
|---0------------3-------1--------------------|
Riff G
     All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
     So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
     Though he just wants right back out again

Riff F
     And I cry, to the alley way
     Confess all to the rain
Riff F
     But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
     The one I've broken, to match my face

Riff D
     The trash fire is warm
     But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
     And I can't bare to see
     What I've let me be
     So wicked and worn

Riff D
     So as I write to you (yeah)
     Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Riff E
     Maybe you'll understand
     And won't cry for this man
     'Cause low man is due

     Please forgive me
     Please forgive me

Riff G

Riff G
     So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
     All I want from you is forgive me

Riff G
     So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
     Though he just wants right back out again

Riff B
     My eyes seek reality
     My fingers seek my veins

Outro
Humming.........................................fade out
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Play this with the strings completely muted and pluck the stings
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