Tabbed by: SethMegadefan
email: rdlilly@mchsi.com
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)

This is the NES Metroid theme. It's the original, and it's awesome.
Hope you enjoy it. I checked and it's about 100% accurate.



             t   r   i               t   r   i                t   r   i               t   r   i
 Q           _________   Q           _________    Q           _________   Q           _________
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|5-----------5-------5---5-----------5-------5---|8-----------8-------8---8-----------8-------8---|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3-----------------------3-------|----------------6-----------------------6-------|


             t   r   i               t   r   i                t   r   i               t   r   i
 Q           _________   Q           _________    Q           _________   Q           _________
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|5-----------5-------5---5-----------5-------5---|8-----------8-------8---8-----------8-------8---|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3-----------------------3-------|----------------6-----------------------6-------|

 W                                                H.                                  S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                H.                                  S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                H.                                  S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                W
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|8-----------------------------------------------|8-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 H.                                  Q            H.                                  S  S  S  S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 H.                                  Q            H.                                  S  S  S  S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 H.                                  Q            H.                                  S  S  S  S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                W
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|8-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|9-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

                                     t   r   i                                        t   r   i
 H.                                  _________    H                       Q           _________
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|10----------------------------------10--8---10--|11----------------------6---------------6---8---|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


                                     t   r   i                                        t   r   i
 H.                                  _________    H                       Q           _________
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------6---8---|
|10----------------------------------10--8---10--|11----------------------6-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                H                       H
|10----------------------------------------------|8-----------------------7-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

                                     t   r   i                                        t   r   i
 H.                                  _________    H                       Q           _________
|8-----------------------------------11--10--8---|10--------------------------------------10--13--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------11----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 W                                                W
|14----------------------------------------------|(14)--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

Whew! For questions or comments, send me an email or a PM.

Tablature Notation:
S           Sixteenth note
t   r   i
_________   Triplet
Q           Quarter note
H           Half note
H.          Dotted half note (equal to 3 quarter notes)
W           Whole note
(note)      Ghost note