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During the song there's a lot of palm mute that I haven't tabbed. You can hear it easily. Song: For Whom The Bell Tolls Band: MetallicA Album: Ride the Lightning Transcribed by Keegan Witwer 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)