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Battery Guitar Tablature
Song: Battery
Artist: Metallica
Album: Master Of Puppets
Tuning: Normal
Tabbed by: Addi

If you´ve heard this song and your OK on guitar, there should be no problem playing it.
It´s also good for for practicing.

Riff 1: (Intro)

James:
e--------------------------------------------I
B--------------------------------------------I
G----------------------------------------0---I
D-3--2--2--------------2----------0------5---I
A-2-----0--------------0-----------------5---I
E-0-----1--------------2-----------------3---I

            
Kirk´s part of the Intro,
by some spanish guitar:
This part was hard to transcribe,
but I´m 99% sure its correct.

Riff 1b

e----------------------------------------------I
B-3--5-------3--5--3--------3--5----------5--3-I
G-4--5--5----4--5--4--------4--5--5--4----5--4-I
D-------7-------------------------7--5---------I
A----------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------I

e-----------------------------------------------I
B-3--5-------3--3h5p3--------3--5----------5--3-I
G-4--5--5----4--4h5p4--------4--5--5--4----5--4-I
D-------7--------------------------7--5---------I
A-----------------------------------------------I
E-----------------------------------------------I

NOW TO THE DISTORTED PART!!

Riff 2 

James:
e---------------------------------------I
B---------------------------------------I
G---------------------------------------I
D-2-------3-------------------5-------5-I 
A-2-------3-------------------5-------5-I
E-0-------1-------------------2-------3-I
      Let the chords ring

Kirk plays Riff 1b distorted.

Riff 3:

e---------------I
B---------------I
G-----4---------I
D-2---4---5---4-I
A-2---2---5---6-I
E-0-------3-----I

Riff 4: (verse)
                                  !
e--------------------------------------------------------------------I
B--------------------------------------------------------------------I
G--------------------------------------------------------------------I
D------------8-8-7------------5-5-4/5------------8-8-7--4---5--5---6-I
A------------8-8-7------------7-7-6/7------------8-8-7--4---5--5---6-I
E-000-000-0--6-6-5-000-000-0----------000-000-0--6-6-5--2---3--3---4-I
  pm pm pm.        pm pm pm.          pm pm pm.

Fill 1: (Leads to Riff 5)

e--------------I
B--------------I
G--------------I
D-8-7--7--7--7-I
A-8-7--7--7--7-I
E-6-5--5--5--5-I


Riff 5:

e------------------------------I
B------------------------------I
G------------------------------I
D-2-------5-------7----------4-I
A-2-------5-------7-----3-3--6-I
E-0-------3-------5-----1-1----I
                        pm.

Now the little complicated chorus:

The chorus is:

Riff 5 x1
Riff 4 x1
Riff 5 x1
Riff 4 x1  Riff 4 is marked with a !, on the chorus only play the riff to that point
           and then go straigth to the "Cannot kill the family part" wich is:
Riff 3 x1
         Then play:
Riff 4 x2
         Then the chorus ends on fill 2 wich is:
Fill 2:
e------------I
B------------I
G-3----------I
D-3---3---2--I
A-1---3---2--I
E-----1---0--I
  Batter--y!

Riff 6: (Bridge)

James: (Let the chords ring)

e---I----------------------I
B---I----------------------I
G---I--------------------4-I
D-2-I-2-------5-----5-5--4-I
A-2-I-2-------5-----5-5--2-I
E-0-I-0-------3-----3-3----I
                    pm.


Kirk: (Palm muted, I think) 
Somehow it sounds like he´s using a wah pedal but I´m not sure???
e------------------------------------------I
B------------------------------------------I
G------------------------------------------I
D-2-2--4--5--2-2---2-2-2--4--2--5--2--0--2-I
A------------------------------------------I
E------------------------------------------I
                                                 ENDS ON                                    e------------------------------------------I------------------I
B------------------------------------------I------------------I
G------------------------------------------I------------------I
D-2-2--4--5--2-2---2-2-2--4--2--4--5---7---I-9-------9---/12~-I
A------------------------------------------I-----7------------I
E------------------------------------------I------------------I
                                              NOT PALM MUTED

Riff 7 (2nd part of bridge & outro)

e--------------------------I
B--------------------------I
G-----3--4--3--4--3--4-----I
D-3---3--4--3--4--3--4---4-I
A-3---1--2--1--2--1--2---4-I
E-1----------------------2-I

And then finally the song ends on:

e----------------------------------I
B----------------------------------I
G-4--------------------------------I
D-4---------------4--3--3--3--3--2-I
A-2---------------4--3--3--3--3--2-I
E-----------------2--1--1--1--1--0-I

Man thats a pretty cool and long song. Its all there, except for the solo, wich I think only Kirk could possibly transcribe.

Well then, enjoy da Battery, and would u guys please rate it, I wanna know if I done a good job :)
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