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Author/Artist: Metallica
Title: King Nothing
Album: Load
Transcribed by: Matthew Knott
Email: [email protected]
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-17v---------17v----------17v----------17v----------17v----------17v----------
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W/dist & octaver
Kirk plays this riff for the intro.
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--15b-----b-------------------------------------------------------------------
--14b-----b-------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------7b-------b--------------------
--------------------------x-x-7/----------------------------------------------
--------------------------x-x-7/----------------------------------------------
Then James plays this…
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-------------5b--------5b-------8---7-----------------------------------------
--5-6-7---/7----7---/7----7--------------------------------------------------
--0-0-0-0---------0----------/6---5-------------------------------------------
…which leads into this. This is the main riff, so it gets played a lot.
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--12-12b--------12-12---------------------------------------------------------
--12-12b--------12-12----12-14p12----12-14p12----12-14p12---------------------
---------14v----------14----------14----------14----------14------------------
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Kirk plays this lead.
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--x-2-5-2----8-7---|-x-2-5-2----8-7---|-x-2-5-2----8-7---|-x-2-5-2----8-7-5---
--x-0-3-0-/6-6-5-0-|-x-0-3-0-/6-6-5-0-|-x-0-3-0-/6-6-5-0-|-x-0-3-0-/6-6-5-3---
p.m. on all slides
Verse riff.
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-9---------------9-|-9---------------9-|-9---------------9-|---------------
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-7--------/8-8-7-7-|-7--------/8-8-7-7-|-7--------/8-8-7-7-|---------------
----0-3b-0-/6-6-5---|----0-3b-0-/6-6-5---|----0-3b-0-/6-6-5---|---------------
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------
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-9---------------9-|---------------------------------------------------------
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-7--------/8-8-7-7-|---------------------------------------------------------
----0-3b-0-/6-6-5---|---------------------------------------------------------
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--------5v-----------------|--------5v----------------------------------------
---/7-7-------7-7-5--7-----|---/7-7-------7-5-7b-5-7-7bv----------------------
-0--------------0-0--0---6-|-0------------------------------------------------
-----------------------0-6-|--------------------------------------------------
Pre-chorus
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-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-|---------------------------------------------------------
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-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------
-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------
Chorus (Kirk) pm... "...Crumbled and you're..."
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------------|-5---------|-4----------|-2-2-2-2--|-----------|-5----------|----
------------|-5---------|-4----------|-2-2-2-2--|-----------|-5----------|----
-2----------|-3---------|-2----------|----------|-2---------|-3----------|----
-0----------|-3---------|-2----------|----------|-0---------|-3----------|----
Chorus (James) p.m.....
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------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-4----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-4----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------
-2----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------
-2----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------------------
p.m.......... "...crumbled and you're..."
-13b--13b--13b----------------------------------------------------------------
-16b--16b--16b--16-----------------------------------------------------------
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Kirk’s fill
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-12-12b-----12-12-------------------------------------------------------------
-12-12b-----12-12----12-14p12----12-14p12----12-14p12-------------------------
--------14v-------14----------14----------14----------14----------------------
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"Where’s your crown?"
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-------12-12----12-12----12-14--12-14-14-14b--|------------------------------
-------12-12----12-12----12-14--12-14-14-14b--|------------------------------
-12h14-------14-------14-----------------------|------------------------------
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-12b--------------12b------14b---15b------------------------------------------
-15b------11b-----15b------17b---18b-----------------------------------------
----------13b-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Solo
-----12-0-14-0-15-0-14-0----12-12b-v-12-0-14-0-15-0-14-0----12-12b------------
-/14---------------------15----15b-v---------------------15----15b------------
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-/17-17-17-20-------17-------------------17-17-17-20-------17-----------------
--------------20-20----17-17-20----------------------20-20----17-17b-17b------
--------------------------------19-19-19-------------------------19b-19b------
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---------12-----------12-----------12-----------------------------------------
-15b-15b----15p12-15b----15p12-15b----15p12-----12-15p12----12h15p12----12----
--------------------------------------------14b----------14----------14-------
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---------------------------------------------12b-12-15p12----12-15p12---------
--------------------------12--14-14--15--14--15b----------15----------15p12---
-14-14p12----12h14-12v---12--14-14--15--14-----------------------------------
----------14------------------------------------------------------------------
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-----12h15p12-----------------------------------------------------------------
-14b----------14p12----12h14p12-14-12-14b-14-14b-14-14b-14-14b-12-------------
--------------------14--------------------------------------------14v---------
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-------------------------------------------12---12--x-----------------------
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Carry on the vibrato
----0-----0-|------0-----|----0-------|------0-----|---------3-----3-|--------
------3/5---|-3------3/5-|-2----2b---|-1---------|-----3/5---3/5---|--------
------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------|--------
-h2---------|-h5---------|-h4---------|-h3---------|-h2--------------|--------
------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------|--------
-0----------|------------|------------|--------3-1-|-0---------------|--------
Bridge Kirk plays all the hammers while James plays the rest
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-53------------|------2b-2-|-------1--1-|------------------------------------
-------0--------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------
-h5-------------|-h4--------|-h7---------|------------------------------------
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----------------|-2---------|-----2------|------------------------------------
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---0-0----0-0----|-0-2p0---0-2-0---0-2-0---|---0-0----0-0----0-|--------------
---0-0----0-0----|-0-2p0---0-2-0---0-2-0h1-|---0-0----0-0----0-|--------------
-------2v-----2v-|-------2-------2---------|-------2v-----2v---|--------------
-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------
-0---------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------|--------------
Outro
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-2p0---0-2-0---0-2-0---|---0-0----0-0----0-|-----------------------|----------
-2p0---0-2-0---0-2-0h1-|---0-0----0-0----0-|-0h2p0---0h2p0---4b----|----------
-----2-------2---------|-------2v-----2v---|-------2-------2----5v-|----------
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-----------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------------|----------
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---0-0----0-0----0-|-2p0---2p0----------|---0-0----0-0----0-|-----------------
---0-0----0-0----0-|-2p0---2p0---2b-2-0-|---0-0----0-0----0-|-----------------
-------2v-----2v---|-----2-----2--------|-------2v-----2v---|-----------------
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-0-----------------|--------------------|-0-----------------|-----------------
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-0h2p0---0hp20---4b----|------------------------|-----------------------------
-------2-------2----5v-|------5-7-7b--5-7--7/9v-|-----------------------------
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These 2 measures are played together
That’s it.
Any comments or corrections please feel free to email me.
Peace.
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