"The Four Horsemen" The Four Horsemen written by Hetfield, Mustaine and Ulrich as performed on Kill 'Em All tab by Steve Gorenberg I've put all note lengths below the measures, they are : w - whole note h - half note q - quarter note e - eigth note s - sixteenth note t - thirty-second note l - long note ('fermate' sign) x+y - play note with length x+y / - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with 1. eight notes (1 slash) or 2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or 3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes) R - in the tab denotes a rest. x - an undefined or muted note. [ 3 ] - a triplet / - slide up /(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X - slide down (X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X T - tap note Harm - harmonic A.H. - Artificial harmonic inside bar : p - pull off h - hammer on bx - bend string x notes up bx r - bend string x notes up and release string a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes that occur in sheet music sometimes). cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in') ||-- --|| ||-o o-|| - a repeat ||-o o-|| ||-- --|| | X | |-----| - X bar rest |-----| | | |-----| | % | - repeat previous bar |-----| |-----| THE FOUR HORSEMEN ----------------- 204 bpm with triplet feel ( e e = q e ) [3] Intro 2 times |---------||-------|---|---|---------|---|---|-----------|| |---------||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|---------|---|---|---------o-|| |-3---5-3-||-o-7---|---|---|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-o-|| |---3-----||-------|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-------|| q q q q q h. w w q q q q w w q q q q fig.1 |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| |-------7-------7-|-------7-5-5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-3-5-| |-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------| e e e q e e e q e e e q q q e e e q e e e q e e e q q q [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] end fig.1 |-----------------|-------------|---------|| |-----------------|---------5---|---------|| |-------7-------7-|-------7---7-|-3---5-3-|| |-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|---3-----|| e e e q e e e q e e e q q q q q q q [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] Verses 1,2 Chorus ||-- |---------------|-----------------| ||-o play fig.1 2 times |---------------|-----------------| ||-o |-7-7-7-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-| ||-- |---------------|-----------------| q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e |---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------| |---------|------7-7-8-9-|---------------|-----------------| |-2-3-5-7-|-9-10---------|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-| |---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------| q q q q q q q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e [ 3 ] 2nd & 3rd time fill 1 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| |-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-2-3-2---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q fill 1 |-----------------| |-7-------7---7---| |---5-5-5---5---5-| |-----------------| e e e e e e e e fig.2 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----| |-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-| |-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e [ 3 ] end fig.2 3rd time to coda |-----------------|-----------------|---------| --|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------| play fig.2 o-|| |-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-| o-|| |-----------------|-------------7-5-|---3-----| --|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q fig.3 |---||-----| 6 |-----------||-----------------------| |---||-----|-----|-R-R-------||-o---------------------| |-7-||---R-|-----|-----8p7-7-||-o-7---------7---------| |-0-||-0---| |-----------||-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-| w e h.. q e e q q e e e e e e e e e e [ 3 ] [ 3 ] end fig.3 4 times |------------------|---------------------|-----------------|| |------------------|---------------------|---------------o-|| |-7---------87--7-|-7---------7---------|-7---------8-8-o-|| |---0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-------|| e e e e e s e. q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] half time (102 bpm) 164 bpm straight eights fill A-------------------| 2/4 4/4 |-9-7---7-----------------|-/9-7---7-----|---R-----------|| |-----9---9-8-7-5-7---5-7-|------9---9-8-|-7-----R---R---|| |-------------------7-----|--------------|-----3---4---5-|| |-------------------------|--------------|---------------|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e e e [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] 8 times ||-------------------|-------------------|| ||-o-----------------|-----------------o-|| ||-o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o-|| ||---0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0-----|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Bridge 8 times ||-------------------|-------------------|| ||-o-----------------|-----------------o-|| ||-o-----------------|-------3---4---5-o-|| ||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0-----|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e 102 bpm fill A 2 times 90 bpm |-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-9-|-------------------------| |-0-0---------------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-0-2-| e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------R-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9/10-| |-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------| e e s s s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s e e s s s s |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------12----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-| |-10-10-10-10-10/14-14-14-14----14-|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s |-----------------------------------------|| |-17-17-17-17-17/21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| e e s s s s s s s s s s e Guitar solo I |-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------| |-------4-5---------4-5-|---------4-5---------|--------------------| |-----7-----5-5-5-7-----|-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-|-7----7-5-5-7-5-0-5-| |-0-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--0---------------| e e e s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e. s q e e s s s s |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------5-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-4-4-4-0-4-| |-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-------|-------------------------| 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|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----5-------------5---|-----------------5-7-----|-----------5-7-----------| |-3-3---3-0-3-2-2-2---7-|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-----7-5-|-3-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------------|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------| e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e e e 2/4 4/4 |-------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----|| |---------------------7---|-----------|-----------------|---R-|| |-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-|-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|-2---|| |---0---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----|| e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s e e e e e e e e e q h. triplet feel 204 bpm 102 bpm play fig.3 4 times | play fill A 2 times || 204 bpm |------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------| |------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------| 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Verse 3 al Coda Coda Guitar solo II |---|| || ||-----------------| |-R-|| play fig.3 4 times || play fig.3 8 times ||-----------------| |---|| || ||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-| |---|| || ||-----------------| w e e e e e e e e |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----| |-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-| |-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e [ 3 ] |-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----|| |-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|---R-|| |-------------7---|-------------7-5-|---3-----|-0---|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q q h.