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Hell And Back Tab

by Metallica
ver3
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Hell and Back - Metallica       
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Tabbed by: AddictedtoKaos
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Tuning: Standard


[Intro -Dirty Clean]                                       Play 4x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--2----2--2--2---2--2--2----2--2--2--2----3---2--------|
A|-------3--2----3--3--2---3--3--2----3--2--3--2-----------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------------------------|
        PM--------------------------------------|

(0:16) Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|--8--8--8--8--8--8---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
E|--6--6--6--6--6--6---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------------------|
D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8-----8----|
D|--8--8--8--8-----8----|
A|--6--6--6--6-----6----|
E|--6--6--6--6-----6----|


(0:29)[Chorus Riff -Distortion]          Play 4x
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------2----2---2--2-------2----|
E|--/7--7--7\---3--5--0----0---0--0--3h5--0--0-|


(0:45)[Pre-Chorus -Distortion]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5--5--4--5--5--4----5--4---------------5--5--4--5--5--4--/10-9\----|
D|--------2--------5--3--4--5--5--4----5--4-----2---------5--5--4--5--5--4--/10-9\---2|
A|--------2--------3--3--2--3--3--2----3--2-----2---------3--3--2--3--3--2--/8--7\---2|
E|-12\----0---0-0-------------------------------0---0--0-----------------------------0|



(0:43)[Verse Part 1 -Dirty Clean]                          Play 6x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--2----2--2--2---2--2--2----2--2--2--2----3---2--------|
A|-------3--2----3--3--2---3--3--2----3--2--3--2-----------------|
E|--0------------------------------------------------------------|
        PM--------------------------------------|         
 There's nowhere else I can run to...   


(1:15)[Verse Part 2]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--4---5--4--5--4---4--4---------5--4--5--4--5--4--4--4--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--2---3--2--3--2---2--2---------3--2--3--2--3--2--2--2--|
E|-0--------------------------------0----------------------------|
        When the sun goes hellbound    and the moon goes resurrect the night


e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--4---5--4----------------------5--4---5--4----/10--9--8--7-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--2---3--2----------------------3--2---3--2----/8---7--6--5-|
E|-0------------------3~---0--------0--------------------------------|
        I’ll hide within her             not much good has come out of the 

(1:31)[Pre-Chorus Distortion]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
    light              After everyone goes


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------------------|
D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
    home             And I’m left here on my own

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
D|--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
E|--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
    Run straight to hell and back


(1:42)[Chorus Riff -Distortion]          Play 2x
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------2----2---2--2-------2----|
E|--/7--7--7\---3--5--0----0---0--0--3h5--0--0-|
                                  Straight to hell and back


e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
                   When they turn out all their lights

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------------------|
D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
                    And I’m left to brood at night

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
D|--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
E|--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
    Always RE-TURN to Hell and back

[Chorus Riff -Distortion]                Play 4x
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------2----2---2--2-------2----|
E|--/7--7--7\---3--5--0----0---0--0--3h5--0--0-|

Repeat Verse Part 1 and 2


(3:57)[Bridge]                                             Play 8x   
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-x---------------x---------------x---------------x--------------|
D|-x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
A|-x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
E|-x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0-|
    I become two, we become one...

 (4:13)  Play 4x
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|----2---1~---|
E|-0-----------|

(4:17)                                                    Play 2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------4--3~----0---2-------------4--3h4p3~--------0---2--------|
E|--2-------------------3~-----2----------------------------3~---|


                                                           Play 2x   
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-x---------------x---------------x---------------x--------------|
D|-x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
A|-x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
E|-x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0-|
    The path is cut deep...


(4:33)                                                     Play 2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------4--3~----0---2-------------4--3h4p3~--------0---2--------|
E|--2-------------------3~-----2----------------------------3~---|

                                                          Play 2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------6--5~----2---4-------------6--5h6p5~--------2---4--------|
E|--4-------------------5~-----4----------------------------5~---|

(4:48)          Play 4x
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--------------|
A|--8--8--8-------6------|
E|--6--6--6--/9------7~--|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-\|
A|-----9--8~---------9--8~----------10--9~-----11--10~--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\|
E|--7-------------7--------------8----------9-----------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\|

(5:02)
You should be good from here.  I don't do solos :)




| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Addictedtokaos wrote on January 6 2012, 09:29 am

Correction since Ive submitted this.
second part of verse 2 (~1:23)


e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--4---5--4----------------------5--4---5--4----/10--9--5--4-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--2---3--2----------------------3--2---3--2----/8---7--3--2-|
E|-0------------------3~---0--------0--------------------------------|

I’ll hide within her not much good has come out of the

And here, notes were correct just not natural to play the 2nd on A and then 4th and 5th on E, Both sound right, I just find this way easier to play.


e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------6--5~--------4-------------6--5h6p5~------------4--------|
E|--4------------7------5~-----4--------------------7-------5~---|

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da_man49 wrote on January 8 2012, 09:05 pm

Thanks for the full version!! this is a lot better than mine!!

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Addictedtokaos wrote on January 8 2012, 10:45 pm

Thanks! Im guessing we all work as a team here. I've learned so much from other tabs here. I just want to share with others what I hear!

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