Metallica - Ride The Lightning bass tab
Song: Ride the Lightning
Band: MetallicA
Album: Ride the Lightning
Transcribed By Eros Fratini (e-r-o-s@libero.it)
Normal Tune
------------------------------ Bass Tab -------------------------------
beat 152
Intro:
4/4 1.2.3.
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:-0-|-------------0---------------0--|-------------0---------------0--|
4.
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|-------------0--------------12-\|
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|-------------0---------------0--|-------------0---------------0--|
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|-------------------------7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|-------------0------------------|--------------------------------|
x 8 |Fig.1 end fig.1|
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|*>----------->-----------------*|*-------------------->------->-*|x 4
|*1-----------1-----------------*|*>------->-----------0-------3-*|
|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0--|-2-------0-------2-------2------|
3/4
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|--------------->--->-:
|->-------------3---2-:
|-2-------------------:
Verse 1, 2, 3:
4/4
|Fig.2
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:->----------->------------------|->----------->------------------|
:-1-----------1------------------|-1-----------1------------------|
:-----0---0-------0---0---0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0--|
end fig.2|
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|->----------->------------------|->----------->------------------|
|-1-----------1------------------|-1-----------1-----------3---2--|
|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0----------|
Repeat Fig.2 x 1
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|->----------->------------------|->----------->------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------:
|--------------------------------|->----------->------------------:
|->----------->------------------|-2---------2h4------------------:
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-----2---2-------2---2---2---2--:
Chorus:
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:-4-----------3---2-----------4--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|-4-----------3---2-----------4--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2--|
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|->----------->------------------|->----------->------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
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|-4-----------3---2-----------4--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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|3rd Time to Coda
1.
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|-3-----------2---1--------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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+ Fig.1 x 4 (1)
2.
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|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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|--------------------------------|--------->--------------->------|
|-0--------------------------12-\|-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0|
|Fig. 3 end fig.3|
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|*-------------------------------|-------------------------------*|x 3
|*7---6---5---x---3--------------|--------->--------------->-----*|
|---------------------x---2---3--|-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0|
Double time
|Fig.4
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
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end fig.4|
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|--------------------------------|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|
Repeat Fig.3 x 3
2/4
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|---4---4--------|
|-7---6---5---0--|-3----3--3---3--|-3----3--3---0--|-2-------2------|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------7--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|----------------|-3----3-3-3-----|----------------|
|----------------|-0----0--0---0-3|------------0-2-|-3-/-5---5------|
|-9-7------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----9-7-9-7-9-7|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3----3-3-3-----|----------------|
|----------------|-0----0--0---0-3|------------0-2-|-3-/-5---5------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|(5)-------------|
Guitar Solo:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|*---------------|->--------------|----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|x4
|*>--------------|-3----3-3-3-----|->--->--->----7-|---------------*|
|-0----0--0---0-3|------------0-2-|-3-/-5---5------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|*---------------|->------->------|----------------|---------------*|x4
|*>------->------|-5---5-5-5-5----|----------------|---------------*|
|-2---2-2-2---2-5|-------------2-4|-5-/-7-7-7---7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
3/4
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|->->->----------|->->------------|->--------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5----------|-3-3------------|-1--------------|(1)-------------|
Double time
4/4
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|*-------------------------------|-------------------------------*|x 4
|*-------------------------------|-----------------2---3---2-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
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1.
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
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2.
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---8|
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(2)
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|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
3.
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
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(3)
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|--------------------------------|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|
Repeat Fig.3 x 4
Repeat Fig.4
Repeat Fig.3 x 3
2/4 4/4
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|-7---6---5---0--|-3/-----------------------------|
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|-------------0---------------0--|-------------0---------------0--|
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|-------------0--------------12-\|-------------0---------------0--|
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|--------------------------------|-------------------------7---7--|
|-------------0---------------0--|-------------0------------------|
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|--------------------------------|*>----------->-----------------*|x 7
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|*1-----------1-----------------*|
|--------------------------------|-----0---0-------0---0---0---0--|
3/4
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|--------------------------------|->------------>--->--:
|-1-----------1-----------3---2--|-1------------3---2--:
|-----0---0-------0---0----------|---------------------:
Play Verse 3
Play Chorus until To Coda
Coda:
4/4
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Repeat Fig.1 x 4
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|*-------------------->------->--|--------------------------------|
|*>------->-----------0-------3--|(3)-----------------------------|
|-2-------0-------2-------2------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------->----------|-------------------------------*|
|->------->-----------0------->--|-------------------------------*|
|-2-------0-------2-------2---0--|(0)-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------->------->--|--------------------------->----|
|*>------->-----------0-------3--|(3)--3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-2----|
|-2-------0-------2-------2------|--------------------------------|
1.
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|--------------------->----------|-------------------------------*|
|->------->-----------0------->--|-------------------------------*|
|-2-------0-------2-------2---0--|(0)--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
2.
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|(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
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|-0---------------0--------------|-0-------------------0---0---0--: End
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