Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls bass tab
Song: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Band: MetallicA
Album: Ride the Lightning
Transcribed By Eros Fratini (e-r-o-s@libero.it)
Normal Tune
------------------------------ Bass Tab -------------------------------
beat 120
Intro:
4/4
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:--------------------------------|-----------------2-2-----2-2----|
There are two basses, the first plays the higher note and starting E.
The second plays ending F#.
With distortion and wah wah
|--------19-18-17-16-------19p16-|--------19----------------------|
|*-------------------------------|17--16-------------------------*|x 8
|*-------------------------------|------------17--16--------(16)\*|
|-0------------------------------|(0)--------------2--2----2--2---|
Normal Bass
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|
|-0---3---2---1---0---3---2---1--|-0---3---2---1---0---2---3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|x 4
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2-*|
|-0---3---2---1---0---3---2---1--|-0---3---2---1---0---2---3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|(0)-----------------------------|
|Fig.1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|
|*>------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------tripl-----------tripl|--------------------------------|
|->------------------------------|->------------------------------|
|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|-3-------------------------12\--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|
|->------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|
1. (1)
|--------------------------------|-tripl-----------tripl----------|
|-----------tripl-----------tripl|------->--------------->-------*|
|->------------------------------|-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-0-------*|
|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|--------------------------------|
2. (2) end Fig.1
|---tripl-----------tripl--------|
|->------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-12-\-----|
|--------------------------------|
|Fig.2
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*tripl-----------tripl----------|-tripl--------------------------|
|*------>--------------->--------|------->--------->------->------|
|-0-0-0-3---------0-0-0-5--------|-0-0-0-3-------0-6-------2------|
end Fig.2|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-tripl-----------tripl----------|-tripl--tripl------------------*|
|------->--------------->--------|-------->-------->------>----->*|
|-0-0-0-3---------0-0-0-5--------|-0-0-0--3-0-0----6------2-----1-|
Verse 1, 2:
Repeat Fig.1
End Verse
Chorus:
Repeat Fig.2 x 2 (To Coda at the end of second chorus)
End Chorus
Interlude (between first chorus and second verse):
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:*----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|
:*>------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------tripl----------------|-----------tripl-----------tripl|
|->------------------------------|->------------------------------|
|-0---------0-0-0-0---------/12\-|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|
1. (1)
|--------------------------------|-----------tripl----------------|
|-----------tripl-----------tripl|->-----------------------------*|
|->------------------------------|-2---------2-2-2-2---------/14\*|
|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|--------------------------------|
2. (2)
|-----------tripl----------------:
|->------------------------------:
|-2---------2-2-2-2-----------2\-:
|--------------------------------:
Coda:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0---------------2---2----------|-0---------------2---2----------|
2/4
|--------------------------------:
|-------------------------------*:
|-------------------------------*:
|-3---3--------------------------: End (fade out)
