Metallica - The call of the ktulu

CALL OF THE KTULU (Bassline) As recorded by Metallica (From the 2000 Album S&M) Words by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Clifford Burton and David Mustaine Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newstead Tuning (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Down Half A Step' Moderately Q=128 4/4 Gtr I W W W W 4x ||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|------o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-------|| W W 4x W W 4x ||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------o||-||o----------|------o|| ||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------|| ||o----------|----------o||-||o----------|------o|| ||-----------|-----------||-||-----------|-------|| H +Q. E W H +Q. 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|---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E Q |-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-9--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-10-12-10-9-2-0-2/--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|| ||o----7-5-7-5-7p5---|----------------|----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------o|| ||--0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0--------------7-|-6--6-6-6-7-7s9---|| ||o------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------o|| 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S +E E ||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||--0-------0-----2-3-|-0-------0--2-(2)-3-| ||o---0-0-0---0-0-----|---1-1-1------------| ||--------------------|--------------------| 1.,2.,3. E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E. S +E E |-------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------o|| |-0-------0-----2-3-|-5---------3--2-(2)----|| |---2-2-2---2-2-----|---3-3-3-3----------3-o|| |-------------------|-----------------------|| 4. E E E S S E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |-5---------3--2-(2)-0-|---------3-----5-6-| |---3-3-3-3------------|-3-3-3-3---3-3-----| |----------------------|-------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-3-------3--5-(5)-6-|-3-------3-----5-6--| |---4-4-4------------|---5-5-5---5-5------| |--------------------|--------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |-8-------6--5-(5)---|-3-------3-----5-6-| |---6-6-6----------6-|---3-3-3---3-3-----| |--------------------|-------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E |--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |-3-------3--5-(5)-6-|-3-------3-----5-6-| |---4-4-4------------|---5-5-5---5-5-----| |--------------------|-------------------| Guitar Solo E S S S S S S E. S +E E Q E E E E E E |--------------------------||----------------| |--------------------------||----7-7-7-7-7---| |-8-------------6--5-(5)---||-0--0-0-0-0-0-7-| |---6-6-6-6-6-0----------6-||----------------| |--------------------------||----------------| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----7-7-7-7-7----| |-6--6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-7--| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E. S S S S S E E S S S S Q Q Q S S E |----------------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------| |--------------5-|-7--7-5-7-5-7---|------------------5-5-6-6-|-7--7--7--7p5----| |-6--6-6-6-7-7---|-0--0-0-0-0-0-7-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-7---------|-0--0--0--0---7--| |----------------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Q E E Q a S S E |-----------------||--7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||-------------------| |-------------5-7-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-7--7-5-7--5h7p5---| |-6-6-6-6-6-7-----||------------------|------------------||-0--0-0-0----0---7-| |-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------| |-----------------||------------------|------------------||-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---| |-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--| |-----------------|-----7-5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-12-10-9-7-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-| |--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|-----------------| |----------------------|-----------------| |--3--| |---3----| E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E |-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-|-14-15-14-15-17-14h15--| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| Q Q Q E E S E. Q Q Q Q Q Q |-17-19-17-19-19-19p17--|-19-17----19-17----| |--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|-------19-------19-| |-----------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------| |--3--| a Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E S S E |-17h19-17----17-------||-------------------| |----------19-----19--||-------5-7-5-7p5---| |----------------------||-0-0-0-----------7-| |----------------------||-------------------| |----------------------||-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------5-7-5-7p5---|-----------------|-------5-7--7p5---| |-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0-----------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|-0-0-0----------7-| |-------------6-0-|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E S S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3--| |-------------------|-----------------|---------2-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-6-6-6-6---6-6-----|-----------------|-----2-4-----2---|------------------| |---------7-----7--|-0-0-0---0---0-0-|-4-4-------------|------------------| |-------------------|-------3---3-----|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E S S E S S E S S E E |-4-4-4-4-5-5-/9--|-7-7-7-2-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-5--5--||------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--||------------------------| |------------------|-----------------|---------------||-------------2-----2-3--| |------------------|-----------------|---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0------| |------------------|-----------------|---------------||------------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |---------0--2-(2)-3-|-------------0-----2-3-| |-1-1-1-1------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----| |--------------------|-----------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |---------0--2-(2)-3-|-------------0-----2-3-| |-1-1-1-1------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----| |--------------------|-----------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E S S E S S E S S E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-0-------0--2-(2)-3-|-0-----------0-----2-3-| |---1-1-1------------|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----| |--------------------|-----------------------| E E E E E. S +E E E E E E E S S E E |--------------------||--------------------| |--------------------||o-------------------| |-0-------0--2-(2)-3-||--2-------2-----4-5-| |---1-1-1------------||o---2-2-2---2-2-----| |--------------------||--------------------| E E E E E. S +E E 4x E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E. S +E E 3x |---------------------||-||------------------------|-------------------------|| |--------------------o||-||o-----------------------|------------------------o|| |-2-------2--4-(4)-5--||-||--3-----------3-----5-6-|-3-----------3--5-(5)-6--|| |---3-3-3------------o||-||o---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----|---4-4-4-4-4------------o|| |---------------------||-||------------------------|-------------------------|| E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E. S +E E 3x H +Q. E W ||------------------------|-------------------------||--------------|------| ||o-----------------------|------------------------o||-7----(7)-----|------| ||--5-----------5-----7-8-|-5-----------5--7-(7)-8--||-0----(0)---7-|-6----| ||o---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-----|---6-6-6-6-6------------o||--------------|------| ||------------------------|-------------------------||--------------|------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| H. E E H E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E S E S E E E. S +E E |-------------|--------------|----------5-----------|----------------------| |-7-------5---|--------------|----7-5-7---7-6-7-6-5-|-6-7-6-5--------------| |-0---------7-|-6----4-2-1-1-|-0--------------------|---------7-6--5-(5)-7-| |-------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------| Q E E Q E E W H +Q. E W 4x |---------------|----------||---------------|-------|| |----7-5-7--5---|----------||o-7----(7)-----|------o|| |-0-----------7-|-6--------||--0----(0)---7-|-6-----|| |---------------|----------||o--------------|------o|| |---------------|----------||---------------|-------|| 2/4 H H W 3x H H H ||------------|-----------||-----------|------| ||o-0----0----|-0--------o||-0----0----|-0----| ||------------|-----------||-----------|------| ||o-----------|----------o||-----------|------| ||------------|-----------||-----------|------| 4/4 W +W E E E E +Q a Q Q Q H |----------|------------||--------------------|------------| |----------|------------||o-------------------|------------| |-2--------|-(2)--------||--------------------|-------7----| |-0--------|-(0)--------||o-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0--0--0----| |----------|------------||--------------------|------------| 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8. 3/4 E E E E +Q a Q Q H. E E E E +Q a Q H. |-------------------|-------------||-------------------|-------| |-------------------|------------o||-------------------|-------| |-------------------|----7--------||-------------------|-7-----| |-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0--0-------o||-3-2-2-2-(2)--2h3--|-0-----| |-------------------|-------------||-------------------|-------| 4/4 E. S +H Q W +W +W +W |----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------|| |----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------|| |-5--5-(5)----2--|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|| |----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------|| |----------------|----------|------------|------------|--------|| Wx8 W |------------|------|| |------------|------|| |------------|------|| |------------|------|| |------------|------|| Slower Q=92 1. 2/4 4/4 TP Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q ||--------------|--------|----------|---------------|| ||o-7--5--7--3--|-7--10--|-7--------|-(7)----------o|| ||--5--3--5--1--|-5---8--|-5--------|-(5)-----------|| ||o-------------|--------|----------|--------------o|| ||--------------|--------|----------|---------------|| 2. TP TP TP W +W W +W |----------:------------:-----------:---------*| |-7--------:-(7)S=======:=19--------:-(19)----*| |-5--------:-(5)S=======:=17--------:-(17)----*| |----------:------------:-----------:---------*| |----------:------------:-----------:---------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide