"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-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
  e e s s s s e e s s e   e e s s s s e e s s s s

|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-2-0--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------2-2-0-2-0-2/-|-/7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|--------------------------|--0-0-0---------------------|
  e e s s s s e s s s s e     e s s s s s s e e s s s s

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----5-4-2-------------------|-2---2-0-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-0-|
|-3-3-------5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|---0-----------------------|
  e e s s s s s s s s s s s s   e e e s s s s s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-2-----|-------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|
|---------------------3-2-|-0-0-0-----------------------|
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   e s s s s s s e s s s s s s

|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----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
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|
|-0----|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-----|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|
  e h..  w   w   q q q q   w   w   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q

|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|-3---5-3-||
|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|---3-----||
  q q q q   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q

D.S. 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.
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