Band: Metallica
Song: The End of the Line
Album: Death Magnetic (2008)
Bassist: Robert Trujillo
Tuning: Standard

Note:
I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be
completely sure that this tab is 100% correct. 

You can hear the bass master track here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-x-dfAETfM

The time marked in the tab is based on the song included on Death
Magnetic, not on the master track.

Intro
  0:00
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------| x4
E|-1--0--3-3-0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|

  0:19
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------| x4
E|-1-1-1-0--0-0h3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------|

  0:28
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-6-5-8-8-5/--8-7-10-10-7----|
B|--------------------------5-|

  0:42
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|-7\-|
B|----|

  0:42
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x3
E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|---------------------------|

  0:49
G|----------------------|
D|----------------5p0---|
A|--------------------7-|
E|-0--0-5h6-000-0-------|
B|----------------------|

  0:51
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x3
E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|---------------------------|

  0:58
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-|
B|--------------|

  1:00
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0--5h6--5h6--5h6--5h6---15\-|
B|-----------------------------|

  1:05
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-------------------------6-------|
B|---------------------5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

Verse 1
  1:13
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  1:20
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6-------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

  1:22
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  1:29
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6---------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|

  1:32
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|----------------------------------------|

  1:36
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x2
E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|---------------------------|

  1:40
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-------|
B|---------------5-1/-|

  1:43
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-5h6-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-5h6-0-0-5h6-------------------------6-------|
B|-------------5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

Verse 2
  1:51
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  1:58
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6-------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

  2:00
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  2:07
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6---------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|

  2:10
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-|
B|--------------|

  2:11
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------| x2
E|-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5-6-|
B|-------------------------------|

Chorus
  2:16
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x2
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  2:20
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------|
B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-|

  2:25
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x3
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  2:31
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------1-1-1-1-1---|
E|-0-0-15-0-15\-------------|
B|------------------------6-|

  2:35
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x3
E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|---------------------------|

  2:41
G|----------------------|
D|----------------5p0---|
A|--------------------7-|
E|-0--0-5h6-000-0-------|
B|----------------------|

  2:43
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x3
E|-0--0-5h6-00000-5h6-00-5h6-|
B|---------------------------|

  2:50
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-0--0-5h6-0-0-|
B|--------------|

  2:52
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0--5h6--5h6--5h6--5h6---15\-|
B|-----------------------------|

  2:57
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------5h6-----5h6---------5h6---------5h6-----5h6---------5h6-|
B|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-----|
 |
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------5h6-----5h6-------------------------6-------|
B|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

Verse 3
  3:05
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  3:12
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6-------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-|

  3:14
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x3
E|----------------------------------|
B|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-6-|

  3:21
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------6---------|
B|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|

  3:24
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-5h6--5h6-5h6-|
B|--------------|

  3:26
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------| x2
E|-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5h6-0-5-6-|
B|-------------------------------|

Chorus
  3:30
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x2
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  3:34
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------|
B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-|

  3:39
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x3
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  3:45
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------1-1-1-1-1---|
E|-0-0-15-0-15\-------------|
B|------------------------6-|

Interlude 1
  3:48
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------| x12
E|------------3h5-3h5-|
B|-5--5--5--5---------|

  4:17
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-5h7-7-7-----------------------| x4
E|---------5-7-7-7-3-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
B|-------------------------------|

  4:27
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-3--3-6-6-6-5--5-3/5-|

  4:32
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-8-8-8-7--7-10-10-10-7--7-5-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
 |
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-8-8-8-7--7-10-10-10-7--7-5-7-|
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|

  4:37
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|

Guitar solo
  4:39
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------| x8
E|-1-1-1-0--0-0h3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------|

  4:58
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------15-15-15-14--14-17-17-17-14--14-12-15\-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------| x3
E|-1--0--3-3-0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|

  5:12
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-1--0--3-3-0-|
B|-------------|

  5:15
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x2
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  5:19
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------|
B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-|

  5:24
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x4
E|---------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|

  5:33
G|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|
D|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|
B|-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-5---5-|

Interlude 2

  6:02
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
E|------|
B|-10\5-|

  6:10
G|-----------------|
D|-----------5-----|
A|--------7--------| x2
E|-0--5-7----------|
B|---------------5-|

  6:20
G|---------------------------|
D|-----------5---------------|
A|--------7------------------|
E|-0--5-7--------------------|
B|---------------5---5-5-5-5-|

  6:38
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-----------------------------------|
A|--------7----------------------77777775h777777-|
E|----5-7----------------------------------------|
B|-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|

  6:47
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x2
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|

  6:51
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------|
B|-5-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-5-8-8-5-8-8-8-8-|

  6:56
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| x3
E|-0-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-0-15-15-0-15-15-15-15-|
B|-------------------------------------------|
 |
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-0-0-15-0-15/-|
B|--------------|

  7:04
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-17h1919191919-| x6 (17 and 19, not 1 and 7 or 1 and 9)
E|---------------|
B|---------------|

  7:10
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-17h19191919\-1-1-1-1-1---|
E|--------------------------|
B|------------------------6-|

Outro
  7:13
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------| x2
E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-|
B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----|

  7:17
G|---------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------1-1---| x3
E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-|------5h6---------|
B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----|-5--5-----5-----6-|

  7:30
G|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------1-1-1-1-1-----|
E|------5h6-------5h6----5h6-|------5h6-----------------|
B|-5--5-----55555-----55-----|-5--5-----5-----------6-5-|

Legend
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| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
| h = hammer-on
| p = pull-off
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