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Tabs & Lesson
 

"The gods that wailed"
 

                 Embellishement by:  

  Jeff Fiorentino

             Performed by: 

  Jeff Fiorentino & Christopher M. Mas

Transcribed by: 

  Jeff Fiorentino & Christopher M. Mas

             Engineered by: 

  Mick the mixer & Kelly Ross


 
Copyright © 2008 JFRocks All rights reserved


 

Intro

This intro is a back and forth thing between guitar 1 and guitar 2.  Watch the tab closely because they change what they do each time around...
 

   


Guitar 1 =
Black TAB

Guitar 2 = Blue TAB




           Em    *chord implied by bass

E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G___12
----16----9_____ 10----12----9______ 10----12----9_______12----16----9____
D________________________________________________________________
A___10
----14----7______8-----10----7_______8-----10----7_______10----14----7____
E_________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

Main theme riffing

This is fun riffing...   Be sure to not get too sloppy with it, the notes need to be clear.  Guitars 1 and 2 are both playing the same parts, and they each have their own speaker. 


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



          Em                                                                                                       Bb5  B5              G5/D              F5  G5  F5
E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____



 


          Em                                                                                                       Bb5  B5              G5/D              F5  G5  F5

E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 

 

 

Transition Riff

This is a riff that's used to break up sections.  Normally if there were a vocalist it would have no vocals on it to rock the crowd and give them a break from the guy screaming his head off...  LOL
 


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play

 

           E5                                                                                               A+  A5                Bb5   A5  A/E    F5   G5

E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A___2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2__8--
7_______8__7__0__3__5_____
E___0_0_0_0__5-
6____
0_0_0_0__5-6____0_0_0_0__5____0_0__6__5__0__1__3__0__

 

 

 

Main theme riffing again

But this time watch the ending as there's a transition to lead us into the acoustic part...



   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 


*Transition into acoustic part is below..

 

          Em                                                                                                                                                               G5  E5

E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9________________________________________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___________5-
6____________5_2__>>into acoustic part__
E___________0___________0__________0_6-
7__0_0____0_0__6-7-6__3_0__________________

 

 

 

Acoustic interlude - 3/4 Time

This had to be thrown in there as it's a mainstay for Metallica..  I've used many Metallica style techniques here including harmonized leads.  Please see the video for help, tips, and an explanation of all of this..
 


   



USE your Fingers 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



         E
m7                                       Am               G          D6 add11/F#           B

E___7_________________8_____7____5_______________________
B_______0__0-
3-0___3______________________0___4__0-3-4_____
G_______________4______________________0_________________
D____________________________________0___________________
A____________________________________________2___________
E___0_________________5_____3____2_______________________

 

 

         Em                                D                                C                                A5        E5       C

E________________________________________________________
B___8____8_8___7__5-
7-5-0_____5__3-5-3-0____________________
G___7____7_7____________7_____________5__________________
D______7____________________________________2___2___2____
A______________5____________ 3_____________0___2___3_____
E___0____________________________________________________

 

 

4 Guitars below!!

Guitars 1 & 2 do the acoustic part

Guitar 3 = Root harmonizing with guitars 1 and 2

Guitar 4 = 3rd harmonizing with guitar 3
 


   


USE your Fingers 

 

         Em.                                D                               C                                  G                              B                

E__________________________________________7______________________
B___8______8___7__5-
7-5-0_____5__3-5-3-0______________0___ 4__0-3-4___
G___7____7______________7_____________5__________0________________
D______7_______________________________________0__________________
A______________5____________ 3__________________________2_________
E___0______________________________________3______________________

 


 

         Em                                 D                                C                                A5          E5         C

E________________________________________________________________________________
B___8______8___7__5-
7-5-0_____5__3-5-3-0____________________________________________
G___7____7______________7_____________5__________________________________________
D______7____________________________________2____2____2__________________________
A______________5____________ 3_____________0____2____3_____>>back to main theme riffing___
E___0____________________________________________________________________________

 



   

 

Electric part

Guitar 3 = Root harmonizing with guitars 1 and 2

Guitar 4 = 3rd harmonizing with guitar 3


       Em               D        C         G           B                  Em              D        C

E_____________________________________________
B_____________________12~_____________________
G__9~___7~__5~__12~___________9~___7~__5~___
D_____________________________________________
A_____________________________________________
E_____________________________________________




         Em                D          C        G           B                Em                 D          C

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__12~___11~__9~__4~___8~_____12~___11~__9~___
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

 

 

 

Main theme riffing - Back to 4/4 Time


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 


 

E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 

 

 

Transition Riff


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play

 

E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A___2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2__8--
7_______8__7__0__3__5_____
E___0_0_0_0__5-
6____0_0_0_0__5-6____0_0_0_0__5____0_0__6__5__0__1__3__0__

 

 

 

Main theme riffing again

But this time watch the ending as there's a transition to lead us into the SOLO this time..



   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play
*Transition into acoustic part is below..

 

E_____________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________________________________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___________5-
6__________ 2_2_2____>>into Solo____
E___________0___________0__________0_6-
7__0_0____0_0__6-7__0_0_0_______________

 

 

 

SOLO

As always the rhythm under the solo is very important..  With this music the solos are usually very wild.  Metallica though was always very good about adding in some good sounding phrasing sections.  Not that other bands didn't but Metallica did a good job of keeping the leads interesting, which isn't easy to do with this rapid music... 

You're soloing over a very busy drum beat and a busy guitar riff..  See tabs below for both the solo and the rhythm under it.


 

Rhythms:  NO WAH on the rhythms please..

The riff below repeats until the ending of the solo

 

        E5                                     Bb5       E5                                     F5

E_______________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________
D___________________3___________________________________________
A__2_2_2__2_2__2_2__1___2_2_2__2_2__2_2__3___etc. til solo ending below___
E__0_0_0__0_0__0_0______0_0_0__0_0__0_0__1______________________



 

*Solo ending..  This is where the double bass drum beat kicks it into high gear..

 

           E5                                         F5                                            F#5 G5 A5 Bb5 B5 C5    D5    E5

E_________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________
D___2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3____________________________
A___2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3____4_5_7_8_9_10_ 12_14---____
E___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__1_1_1_1__1_1_1_1____2_3_5_6_7_ 8__10_12---____

 

 

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Leads


   
   

 

// = Trem picking



         E5   *solo chords relate the rhythms given above

E_______________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________15^1.5__15^1.5__
15~~___
G__12//~__11//~____12//~__11//~_____12//~__11//~_______________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________

 

 

E___________________________________________________________________________________________
B__12__14__12~_____14_12~_____14_12~_____14_12~___14_12_______14_12~__14~--slide downward & away--__
G__12__14__12~_____14_12~_____14_12~_____14_12~___14_12_______14_12~__14~--slide downward & away--__
D_______________14__________14_________14________________14_12______________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__9~_
-12-9-12-9____________9-12-9-12-9________________
D______________10
-9-10-9______________9-10-9-10-9______
A__________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________

 

 

E_________________________________________________________________________________
B__12_15
-12-15____12-15-12-15-12
_____________________________________________________
G____________
14______________14_12_14-12__14^1>release_14-12____12~~--slide up quickly & away--___
D_______________________________________________________
14________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________


 

**Solo ending rhythms begin here


 

        E5                                                                              F5

E__12-17-12-17-12-17________________________________________________________________
B_________________
12-17-12-17-12-17-12______________________________________________
G__________________________________12-
17-12-17-12-17-12_____________________________
D___________________________________________________12-
17-12-17-12-17-12-17-12-17-12__
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________


 

 

          F#5           G5           A5          Bb5        B5      C5       D5    E5

E___________________________________________________
B__14_16_14____17_15_17____19_17_19____20^1~~~_____
G__14_16_14____17_15_17____19_17_19____20^1~~~_____
D___________x___________x___________x_______________
A___________x___________x___________x_______________
E___________________________________________________

 

 

 

Main theme riffing


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 


 

E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 

 

 

Transition Riff


   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play

 

E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A___2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2________ 2_2_2_2__8--
7_______8__7__0__3__5_____
E___0_0_0_0__5-
6____0_0_0_0__5-6____0_0_0_0__5____0_0__6__5__0__1__3__0__

 

 

 

Main theme riffing again

But this time watch the ending as there's a transition to lead us into the OUTRO this time..



   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play



E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________6-
5_________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___8--
9______5________3--5--3_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6--
7__0_0_____0_0__1--3--1_____

 



E_____________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________
D___9________________________9_9______________________________________________
A_____10_7_______5_5_7___________7___________5-
6__________ 2_2___>>into OUTRO_____
E___________0___________0__________0_6-
7__0_0____0_0__6-7__0_0_________________

 

 

 

Outro

This is just a big Metal ending with a little double bass 101 in there..  Watch the timing though, this is great timing practice because if everything doesn't hit just right the whole thing gets thrown off..



   

 

**Guitars 1 and 2 play:  Notice there are 6 hits of the power chord this time, not just the 4 that we normally do in our transition riff.  The bass drum is doing 8 fast 16th notes on this ending part.  The guitar fills in the remaining 2 left over after with muted hits of the open 6th string, which is indicated in the tab below with x's.

 

           E5

E___________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________
A___2_2_2_2_2_2__________ 2_2_2_2_2_2__________ 2_2_2_2_2_2__________
E___0_0_0_0_0_0_x_x_5-
6___0_0_0_0_0_0_x_x_5-6___0_0_0_0_0_0_x_x_5-6__

 

 

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A________________5-
6______________________ 2_____
E___0_0__6-
7_0_0______0_0_6-7__0_0_5-6^1/2__0_____

 

End

 

 

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