Enter Sandman Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	E
Capo:	no capo

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Author/Artist: Metallica
Title: Enter Sandman
Album: Metallica (Black)
Transcribed by: Chris Dawson
Email: wigs4thewife@half-the-price.co.uk
 
 
e|-------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
B|-------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
G|-------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-------5-----------|----5-----------|----5-----------|----5---------| x3
A|-----7---------7---|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|--7---------7-|
E|-0-------6-5-----0-|------6-5-----0-|------6-5-----0-|------6-5-----|
 
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-------------/7|--------------/7-|--------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|--------------------------------|
     pm---------|   pm-----------|
 
e|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----/7----------3-|-----/7----------3-|----------------------------|
E|-0-0----6--0-0-0-1-|-0-0----6--0-0-0-1-|----------------------------|
   pm-|      pm---|    pm-|      pm---|
 
e|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----/7----------3-|-----/7----------3-|----------------------------|
E|-0-0----6--5-0-0-1-|-0-0----6--5-0-0-1-|----------------------------|
   pm-|        pm-|    pm-|        pm-|
 
e|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------2-|-----------------2-|-2------------------2-|-2-------------|
A|-----/7----------2-|-/7--------------2-|-2--/7--------------2-|-2--/7---------|
E|-0-0----6--5-0-0-0-|-----6--5--------0-|-0------6--5--------0-|-0------6--5---|
 
 
e|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------3-|-2---------------3-|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-|----------------------------------------|
 
 
e|---------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------|
G|-------2-------------|----2-------------|----2----------|---------------------|
D|----4-----------4----|-4-----------4----|-4-----------4-|---------------------|
A|----------3--2-------|-------3--2-------|-------3--2----|---------------------|
E|-2-----------------2-|----------------2-|---------------|---------------------|
 Sleep with one eye open...
 
e|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5--4-----5--4-|---5--4---------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--3--2--4--3--2-|4--3--2--2------------------------------------------------|
E|-\2--------2-------|2--------0------------------------------------------------|
 Exit Light...
 
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
B|--15--15--15----------------15--|----15--15--------15b---15b---|--------------|
G|--14b-14b-14b-14--14b-14----14b-|----14--14--14p12-------------|--------------|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-12/14-14-14-14\12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14\12-12-12-|----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-10/12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12\10-10-10-|----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|--14-12-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|--------14--14p12---------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------14--14p12-----------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------15--12v---|---------------------------------------|
 
 
e|-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12-|---------------------------|
B|--15b---15b---15b---15b---15b---15b---15b---15b---|---------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
e|----12----12h15p12----12h15p12----12h15p12----12-15-12-12-14-14-|-------------|
B|-15b---15b---------15----------15----------15-------------------|-------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
 
 
e|-17p14----17p14----17p14-19p15----19p15----19p15-|----------------------------|
B|-------15-------15-------------17-------17-------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
e|-21p17----21p17p0-21p17-22b---------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------17------------------------9b-|------9b-----9b-----|--------------------|
G|---------------------------------9b-|------9b-----9b-----|--------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
B|--9b---9b---------------10v|------10-8-7---8p7---7---------|------------------|
G|--9b---9b---7---------7----|-------------9-----9---9-7---7-|------------------|
D|--------------9v--7h9------|---------------------------9---|------------------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------|
G|--9p7---------------------------|--16b-14---------14-16b-14v--------14-|------|
D|------9p7---7-9p7---------------|----------16--16------------16--16----|------|
A|----------9-------9-8-7-5-------|--------------------------------------|------|
E|--------------------------7--5\-|--------------------------------------|------|
 
 
e|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----|
B|--------------------------------------|------17-------17-17------17--17--|----|
G|--16b-14v--------14-16b-14---------14-|--16b----16-16b---16b---------16b-|----|
D|----------16--16------------16v-16----|----------------------------------|----|
A|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----|
E|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----|
 
 
e|----------------------------|-21p17p0-21p17p0-21p17p0-21p17p0-21p17p0-21p17p0-|
B|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------16--16----16--16------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------20--|-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|-22b-22b22b22b-22b22b22b--------------|----5p3p0---------------------|--------|
B|--------------------------------------|----------5--5p3-0------------|--------|
G|--------------------------------------|--------------------4p2-0--2b-|--------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------|
 
 
e|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--0--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----2v-----------0h2p0-|--------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--4v-------------0--|--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
e|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0--|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
******************************
 
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| b   Bend
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| pm  Palm muting
| v   Vibrato
 
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70 comments

you guys, I agree, if you know how the song goes why are you looking it up.And this guys intro is perfect.

+30

Come on, guys, at least this dude attempted to write a full tab. Some people are writing the "----------- ----------- ----------- -----5----- ---7------- -0-----6--5" part that everyone knows and calling it a tab. This guy even wrote a solo in there. My point is, the tab is decent, if not good, and there are many, many, many worse tabs. We are lucky people contribute at all!

+16

people people the intro is correct, the people who think otherwise are wrong! the other intros stated above are basically the exact same!!!, remember fret 5 is equal to the open string below (eg. E-fret5 = A open) this applies for all the string appart from the none bass strings (B,E) shucks i thought every 1 knew that. GOOD TAB :)