Lux Æterna Tab

30,115 views, added to favorites 777 times

Only rhytm guitars, no solo transcription.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Am
Capo:	no capo

Author Macejko [pro] 379. Last edit on Nov 29, 2022

We have an official Lux Æterna tab made by UG professional guitarists.

Check out the tab

Timestamps from Spotify.
 
[Intro/Outro riff] (0:00 - 0:15)
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7s6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4s3-3-3-----------7--6--5--4--2~----s7~-----------|
A|-5s4-4-4-4s3-3-3-3s2-2-2-2s1-1-1-----------5--4--3--2--0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       . .     . .     . .     . .  (2x) -
 
[Main riff] (0:16 - 0:32)
 
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8--|
D|\----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8--|
A|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E|\-----------------------------------------------------|
              . . . . . .              . . . . . .   (2x)
[Main riff tail]
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|----------7-8-|
D|----------7-8-|
A|-7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5-5-5------|
 
 
[Verse riff] (0:32 - 0:52)
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5--7--5-----------------5--4--4-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-5--7--5----------------5--4--4-|
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-3--5--3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3--2--2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5--3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5 3--2--2-|
E|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
      . . . . . .             . . . . . .            . . . . . .            . . . . . .       (2x)
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--------------------------------2------------------------------5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7--|
E|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|
   .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     . .     . .     . .     . .
 
 
[Chorus] - Main riff (0:47 - 1:07)
 
[Chorus mini-solo)
e|----------5------------------|
B|-5b---------8-5--------------|
G|-5b-------------7-5---5~~----|
D|-5b-----------------7-----7\-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus #2 Tail] (1:35 - 1:42)
 
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7-8---------7-8---------7-8---------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--5-4-3--|
E|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5--3-2-1--|
 
 
[Solo]
Sorry, kinda boring as Kirk goes lately, so no transcription here
 
[Rhytm riff] (1:42 - 1:49)
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7-8--------------------------7-8--|
A|-2-------------------------7-8-2------------------------7-8--|
E|-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-----|
     . . . . . . . . . . . .       . . . . . . . . . . . .  (2x)
 
(1:49 - 2:03)
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5--7-|
E|-6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3--5-|
      . . . .       . . . .       . . . . . .      (4x)
 
 
[Bridge riff] (2:03 - 2:15)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G|------------------------------------------------9~-------12-12-12-12~--|
D|---------5~------------7~------------9~---------7~-------10-10-10-10~--|
A|-7-7-7-7-5~----7-7-7-7-7~----7-7-7-7-10~--7-7-7------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5------5-5-5------------------------|
 
(2:15 - 2:22)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8-----12-12-12-12~--|
D|-----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8-----10-10-10-10~--|
A|------------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
              . . . . . .              . . . . . .   (3x)
 
Main riff 4x (2:22 - 2:30)
Verse riff (2:30 - 2:52) (w\ longer tail)
Chorus #3 - Main riff 4x + tail (2:52 - 3:01)
Intro/Outro riff (3:01 - 3:14)
End riff variation (3:14 - end)
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7p5-------------------7-8-7p5------------------------|
D|\-----5-7~--------------7-8-----5-7~--------------7-8--|
A|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6--|
E|\-------------------------------------------------5-6--|
              . . . . . .               . . . . . . 
 
 
************************************
 
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| .  Palm mute
 
 
************************************
X

By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ

Create correction

Please rate this tab

Lux Æterna – Metallica

How to play

"Lux Æterna"

Font

6 comments

Damn. Already? Lol nice job

im trying to learn this as a beginner right after it came out and my hand is getting aids

That's how James plays it live. It is also easier IMO. [Main riff] e|---------... B|---------... G|-7p5p0---... D|------7--... A|---------... E|---------...