Holier Than Thou Tab

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Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott
 
This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab.  It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...
 
 
  Intro Rhythm 1
      ____  ___3___  ___3___  ____  repeat umpteen times....
e|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------|
B|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------|
G|-/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------|
D|2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------|
A|2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------|
E|0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------|
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
 
 
     Lead in to rhythm 2
e|--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------|
B|--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------|
G|--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------|
D|--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------|
A|--|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|------|
E|--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|------|
                         /\ P.M.-------| P.M.---|              (~ = vibrato---|
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise...
 
  Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
e|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------|
A|--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------|
E|-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------|
           PM-|
 
  End of verse riff
e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------2-|----------------------------------|
A|-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------|
E|----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------|
 
 
  Riff before solo    (Repeat once)   (Repeat twice with this added to end)
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------.|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------|
A|--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 
 
  Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------|
A|--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 
I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..
 
With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
song...Have fun with it...
 
--tim
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