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Dirty Window Guitar Tablature
Song: Dirty Window
Artist: Metallica
Album: St. Anger

Transcribed by: Jon ([email protected])

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Here are the tabs to the new Metallica song Dirty Window.

These are the correct tabs! Meaning how Metallica plays it.

It's a bit hard to convey timing in tablature, but I did
my best. The song is in 4/4. the main riff is 2 dotted
8th notes followed by an 8th note (in case this helps
anyone out there). Just listen to the song for the timing.
This is my first tab, feel free to email me with comments.
Rock on!

Guitars are in Drop D tuning (only everything is tuned
down 1/2 a step):

1st = Eb (high)
2nd = Bb
3rd = Gb
4th = Db
5th = Ab
6th = Db (low)

x = muted string
/ = slide up
^ = bend
~ = vibrato
PM = Palm mute
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Played along with rhythm of snare drum
(Play 2 times)
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--------------------------|
Ab|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--------------------------|
Db|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--------------------------|

(Play 2 times)
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|

Main riff (Play 5 times)
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------/5-----------|
|--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5------6--5-----|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3---------------(3)--3--|-/5---------5----5----5---|
|--3---------------(3)--3--|-/5---------5----5----5---|
|--3---------------(3)--3--|-/5---------5----5----5---|

Repeat main riff 4 times
(vocals enter 2nd time)

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3------------------(3)--|-/5----------------(5)----|
|--3------------------(3)--|-/5----------------(5)----|
|--3------------------(3)--|-/5----------------(5)----|
"this house is clean baby..."

Heavy Palm Mute --------------------------------->
(Play 2 times)
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5------6--5-----|
|--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5---5--6--5-----|
|--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5---0--6--5-----|

(Play 3 times)
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5--0---x--x-x-x-|--0---3---5---6^6~~~~~~~--|
"am i who i think i am?..."

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3---6---8--3-------x-x--|--3---6---8---------------|
|--3---6---8--3-------x-x--|--3---6---8--9~~~~~~~ ----|
|--3---6---8--3-------x-x--|--3---6---8--9~~~~~~~ ----|
 "look out my window..."

                                         PM ------>
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3---6---8--3------------|--3---6---8--3---6---8----|
|--3---6---8--3------------|--3---6---8--3---6---8----|
|--3---6---8--3------------|--3---6---8--3---6---8----|
																										"...and i slam my gavel down"

Main Riff 2X

Here's the clean guitar part (still missing a few
notes, but it'll pass) Play 2X
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--7 ~~~ ---------------7--|--5 ~~~ ----/8-----7------|
  |------------------8-------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|

  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--------------------------|-------------/5-----------|
  |--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5------6--5-----|
 "i'm judge and i'm jury and i'm executioner too..."

Heavy Distortion
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|
               "projector!!"              "protector!!"

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5-------6---5---|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---5---6---5---|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---0---6---5---|--0---3---5---0-----------|
               "rejector!!"

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|
|--0---3---5---0-----------|--0---3---5---0-----------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0---3---5-------6---5---|--0---3---5-------6---5---|
|--0---3---5---5---6---5---|--0---3---5---5---6---5---|
|--0---3---5---0---6---5---|--0---3---5---0---6---5---|


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|--x-x-x-x-x--x---x-x--x---|


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------/5-----------|
|--0---3---5--0---3---5----|--0---3---5------6--5-----|


And that's all the parts. Things just repeat from here
on out. Listen to the song for the exact structure.
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