Fade To Black Bass

Fade to Black
 
from Ride the Lightning
 
by Metallica
 
transcribed by Travis Higgins
 
travis@primenet.com
 
http://www.primenet.com/~travis/bass.html
 
 
 
 
 
In this song bass line #1 is repeated a number of times
 
Since Cliff Burton was such a badass he played something
 
different each time.  I didn't bother transcribing out each
 
variation of bass line #1, because you really can't tell the
 
difference and it sounds fine.
 
 
 
 
 
The beginning of this song is just the guitar solo that
 
I have marked as intro.  Basically you just play along with the
 
bass drum.
 
 
 
 
 
   Intro (keep repeating)
 
|---------|--------|--------|
 
|---------|--------|--------|
 
|---------|--------|--------|
 
|---5--7--|--------|--------|
 
 
 
 
 
After playing that a couple of times you play this fill
 
--------------------|-----------------|-----|------
 
--------------------|-----------2-----|-----|------
 
--------------------|--2-----2--------|-----|------
 
--1-----1--4-----4--|-----------------|--5--|------
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
|--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
 
|--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
 
|--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
 
|--|-----3/7--|--5-----5-----|-----|-----|-----|
 
 
 
 
 
Drums enter (Bass Line #1)
 
---------------|------------|----------------
 
---------------|------------|----------------
 
------------2--|3-----5--2--|----------------
 
---5-----5-----|------------|----------------
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|------
 
--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|------
 
--------3--2--|--------7/7\|-----------2--|--3-----3--3--5--|------
 
--3-----------|--0---------|--5-----5-----|-----------------|------
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------|---------|-
 
------------|---------|-
 
------------|------/7\|-
 
3-----5--3--|--0------|-
 
 
 
(end Bass Line #1)
 
 
 
For the 1st verse play the Bass Line #1 two and a half times
 
which then leads into the bridge part
 
 
 
--------------|-
 
--------------|-
 
-----------2--|-
 
--5-----5-----|-
 
 
 
 
 
-------------------------|----------------------------|-
 
-------------------------|----------------------------|-
 
3--------10--12--10------|--10-------------10h12--10--|-
 
----/12--------------12--|---------10--12-------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
                           (Bridge)
 
------------------------||---------------------------|-
 
------------------------||*--------------------5-----|-
 
7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||*--------------7--7-----5--|-
 
------------------------||---5-----5--5--------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|-
 
------------------5-----|-----------------|--------------------------|-
 
------------7--7-----5--|--------------5--|--7-----7--7--------------|-
 
8-----8--8--------------|--5-----5--5-----|--------------0--0--8--7--|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------------|------------------------||-
 
------------------5-----|-----------------------*||-
 
------------7--7-----5--|-----------------------*||-
 
5-----5--5--------------|--5-----5--5--3--2--0---||-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
----------------|----------------------------------------------
 
----------9--9--|-9-----7--7--7-----5--5--5-----4--4--4-----5--
 
----------------|----------------------------------------------
 
-0--------------|----------------------------------------------
 
 
 
Then go back to bass line #1 for the interlude and 2nd verse
 
 
 
 
 
3rd and 4th verse
 
||---------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-
 
||*--------------|----------5--4--|-----------------------9--9--|-
 
||*--5--7-----7--|-5--7-----------|--5--5--5-----5--5-----------|-
 
||---------0-----|-------0--------|-----------------------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------------------4--|-----------------|-----------------|-
 
9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4-----|-----------------|-----------5--4--|-
 
---------------------------------|--5--7-----7-----|--5--7--7--------|-
 
---------------------------------|--------0-----0--|-----------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
                                                       (repeat 3 times)
 
------------------------|---------------------------------------||-
 
------------------9--9--|--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--*||-
 
0--5-----5--5-----------|--------------------------------------*||-
 
------------------------|---------------------------------------||-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
||---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-
 
||*--------------2-----|-----------------------|--------------------9--9--|-
 
||*--------------------|-----------------------|--------------5-----------|-
 
||---0--0--0--0--------|--0--0--0--0--3--2-----|--0--0--0--0--------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-------------------------------------||------------------|-
 
9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--*||*-----------------|-
 
------------------------------------*||*--2-----2-----2--|-
 
-------------------------------------||------------------|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
 
------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
 
2-----4--2--------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
 
------------5--2--|--5-----5-----5--|--5--5-----5--5--5--5--|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
 
------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
 
------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
 
3-----3-----3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5-----5-----5--|-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
----------------------||
 
---------------2--2--*||
 
---------------------*||
 
5--5-----5--5---------||
 
 
 
Just keep repeating until the song fades out
 
 
 
 
 
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