Metallica - The Memory Remains guitar tab
The Memory Remains by Metallica
Tune all guitars 1/2 step down
It's a kind of hard song to play with all the solo's, but this is how it's played on the album
It's hard to tab, just listen to the song and then you'll find out.
Intro (james)
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PM ... ... ... .
Riff A
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End Riff A Rhy.fill 1A Harm
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Verse
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Chorus rhy.fig1 end fig 1 fill2 end
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PM ... ... ... ... ...
1.Time end chorus W/riff A
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PM ...
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W/rhy.fill 1A
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2.Time after chorus -Rhy.fig 2 end rhy.fig2
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PM . . .
Riff B
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Played with rhy.fig 2 3 times and together with riff B 4 times during "na na na na"
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end The part where it goes "drift away fade away little...."with rhy.fig1
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end on "memory remains" part "ash to ash, dust to dust...."
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PM ..................... ..............harmed
Last solo W/wah wah
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harmed PM ........
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H = Hammer on
P = Pull off
FB = Full bend
HB = Half bend
FBR = Full bend and then release
HBR = Half bend and then release
HBP = Half bend and then pull off
FBP = Full bend and then pull off
PM = Palm mute
