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Holier Than Thou Tab

by Metallica
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Author GuiTaR-LoVer85 [pro] 80.
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Title   Holier Than Thou
Artist  Metallica
Album   Metallica
Tempo=166
 
 
 [Intro]
                                      4 times
             Rhy Fig 1          end Rhy Fig 1
e|----------||-------------------------------||
B|----------||-------------------------------||
G|----------||o-----------------------------o||
D|-------2--||o--(2)---------------------2--o||
A|-------2--||---(2)---------------------2---||
E|-------0--||---(0)-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0---||
                    PM................|
 
 
  w/ Rhy Fig 1 (10 times)
e|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|------------5--|--(5)------7--8--8--|--(8)\-----------5--|
A|------------5--|--(5)------7--8--8--|--(8)\-----------5--|
E|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 with talkbox
 
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--(5)------7--8--8--|--(8)\-----------5--|--(5)------7--8--8--|
A|--(5)------7--8--8--|--(8)\-----------5--|--(5)------7--8--8--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------|
D|--(8)\-----------5--|--(5)------7--8-----|----------------|--------------|
A|--(8)\-----------5--|--(5)------7--8--7--|--(7)-----------|--------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------7--|--(7)-----------|--------------|
 
 
   w/ Rhy Fig 1 (9 times)
e||-----------------------|---------------------------|
B||-----------------------|---------------------------|
G||o----------------------|---------------------------|
D||o----------------------|---------------------------|
A||--0-h1-----0--1--------|------0--1-----0--1--------|
E||--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------2--3~-|
          PM........|                 PM........|
 
                    ______________  ______________
                   |1.            ||2.
e|------------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
B|------------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
G|------------------|-------------o||--------------|--------------|
D|------------------|-------------o||--------------|--------------|
A|------------------|--------------||--------------|--------------|
E|--(3)-~-~-----3\--|--------------||--------------|--------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-(2)--------------------2--|-(2)-----------------------2--|
A|-(2)--0--1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|-(0)--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3--0--|
       PM..............|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)---------------------|--------------------------2--|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|--0--------3-----------3--0--|
             PM.....|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)---------------------|--------------------------2--|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|--0--------3-----------3--0--|
             PM.....|                 PM...........|
 
 
 
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)---------------------|--------------------------2--|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|--0--------3-----------3--0--|
             PM.....|                 PM...........|
 
  Rhy Fill 1                                          end Rhy Fill 1
e|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
D|-(2)-----------------2--|-(2)------------|-(2)-----------------5---|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--2--|-(2)------------|-(2)--0--1-----0--1--5---|
E|-(0)--------3--------0--|-(0)------------|-(0)--------3--------3---|
             PM.....|                            PM...........|
 
 
[Verse]
 
 Rhy Fig 2
e|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
B|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
G|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
D|-(5)------------|-(5)-----------------2---|-(2)------------|
A|-(5)------------|-(5)--0--1-----0--1--2---|-(2)------------|
E|-(3)------------|-(3)--------3--------0---|-(0)------------|
                        PM...........|
 
e|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
D|-(2)-----------------5---|-(5)------------|-(5)-----------------2---|
A|-(2)--0--1-----0--1--5---|-(5)------------|-(5)--0--1-----0--1--2---|
E|-(0)--------3--------3---|-(3)------------|-(3)--------3--------0---|
       PM...........|                             PM...........|
 
 
                                                          end Rhy Fig 2
e|----------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-(2)------------|-(2)--------------------|-------------------------2--|
A|-(2)------------|-(2)--0--1-----0--1-0h1-|-(1)--1--1--1-0h1--0-----2--|
E|-(0)------------|-(0)--------3-----------|----------------------3--0--|
                        PM...........|
 
  Rhy Fill 2                                                    end Rhy Fill 2
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
D|-(2)---------------------2--|-(2)---------------------2--|-(2)-----------5--|
A|-(2)---------------------2--|-(2)---------------------2--|-(2)-0-1---0-1-5--|
E|-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--|-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--|-(0)-----3-----3--|
      PM................|          PM................|          PM.......|
 
 
w/ Rhy Fig 2
 
Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from?
Gossip burning on the tip of your tongue.
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
S/S
 
e|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)--------------------2--|-(2)-------------------------|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-------|
E|-(0)--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3-~--|
             PM........|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|--------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|------------------------------|
D|--2--------------------2--|-(2)-----------------------2--|
A|--2--0-h1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|--0--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3--0--|
            PM........|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)--------------------2--|-(2)-------------------------|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-------|
E|-(0)--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3-~--|
             PM........|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|--------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|------------------------------|
D|--2--------------------2--|-(2)-----------------------2--|
A|--2--0-h1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|
E|--0--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3--0--|
            PM........|                 PM...........|
 
 
Rhy Fig 1 (3 times)
 
             To Coda
You know not!
 
 
Then play Rhy Fill 1
 
 
[Verse]
 
w/ Rhy Fig 2
 
Over the last two bars of Rhy Fig 2 (played by Gtrs 1 & 2)
a third guitar enters and plays the following:
 
                                   w/ Rhy Fill 2
e|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
G|----------7--b--|--b9------------|--------r7--7--|-(7)------------|
D|----------------|--//------------|---------------|------------5-~-|
A|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
 w/ wah   grad. bend and trem. pick
 
 
e|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|------/12--------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------------|------/12----12--------------|
D|-(5)-~--5-~-~-~-----|-------------------|-----------------14--12--14--|
A|-----------------7--|-(7)-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|-(7)-------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------12--|-(12)--------------|
D|-(14)-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|-(14)-~-~-~-~-~-~-----|-------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
G|-(12)--------14b16r14--14b16r14p12-----|--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------14~-|-(14)-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
 
                                                  D.S. al Coda
                                                     Gtr 3 out
e|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-(14)-~-~-~-~-p12--14--|-(14)--12----------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------14-12h14--13--12--10--12\-|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------------12\-|
 
Coda
 
e|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
D|-(2)-----------------2--|-(2)----------5--|-(5)-------------------|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--2--|-(2)----------5--|-(5)----------4--3--2--|
E|-(0)--------3--------0--|-(0)----------3--|-(3)----------2--1--0--|
             PM.....|                                     PM..|
 
 
[Interlude]
 
e|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------5-----5--7--------|---------5-----8--7--5-----|
A|--5h7----7--------8--7--|-(7)-5h7----7-----------7--|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------5-----5--7--------|---------5-----8--7--5-----|
A|-(7)-5h7----7--------8--7--|-(7)-5h7----7-----------7--|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
e||----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------||
B||----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------||
G||o---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------o||
D||o---------5-----5--7--------|---------5-----8--7--5-----|------5--7-----o||
A||--(7)-5h7----7--------8--7--|-(7)-5h7----7-----------8--|-(8)--------7---||
E||----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------||
 
 
  Gtr 4
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------4-----4--5--------|---------4-----7--5--4-----|
D|-----4h5----5--------7--5--|-(5)-4h5----5-----------7--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 |
 |Gtr 3
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------5-----5--7--------|---------5-----8--7--5-----|
A|-(7)-5h7----7--------8--7--|-(7)-5h7----7-----------8--|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------5----|
G|------4--5-------4--5--4--|-(4)--5--7--4----5-------|
D|-(7)--------7-------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 |
 |
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|---------4----------4----|
D|---------7--4----5--7--5--|-(5)--7-----6----7-------|
A|-(8)--5-------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
e|--------------|-------------------------|
B|-(5)----------|-(5)-----------------12--|
G|--------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------|-------------------------|
 |
 |
e|--------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------------|
G|-(4)----------|-(4)-----------------12--|
D|--------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------|-------------------------|
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|--------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--12b13-------------|---------10-----------10--11---|
G|--12b14-----------9-|-(9)-~-------12p9-12---9--10---|
D|--------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------|
        grad. bend
 
 
e|----------------------------------------|--10b12------~-~-~------12--|
B|-10b12r10p8---10b12r10p8---10b12r10p8---|-------------------/12------|
G|------------9------------9------------9-|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
e|--15p12-------15p12-15p12-------15p12-15p12-------|
B|--------15p12-------------15p12-------------15p12-|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17--15-|--12----12~--15-12~---12--12-12-|
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
e|-15p12-12-12-15p12----12----------------|------------------------10--|
B|-------------------15----15bb17--15b17--|-------8--10--11--8---------|
G|----------------------------------------|---/9-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
e|-(10)--8----------------------|----14b15r14p12-14----12-14p12-----|
B|----------11--8--10--11--8~---|-------------------------------15--|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
e|--12-----------12--------12-------12--|
B|------15b17-------15b17-----15b17-----|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
e|--------12-------12-------12-------12-------12------12-12-|
B|--15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--12h15p12-------12h15p12-------12h15p12-------12h15p12-------|
B|-----------15p12----------15p12----------15p12----------15p12-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--15p12-14-14-17p15-14-15-19p17p15-19b21-20b22-22b24-|---------------5--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------5--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
 
e|-(5)\----------7--|-(7)\------------8--|-(8)------------12--|-(12)\---------|
B|-(5)\----------7--|-(7)\------------8--|-(8)------------12--|-(12)\---------|
G|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
 
 Gtr 1
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|-(2)---------------------|
A|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|
E|--0--------3-----------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|
            PM...........|                 PM.....|
 
 
 Gtrs 1 & 2
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|-(2)---------------------|
A|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|
E|--0--------3-----------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|
            PM...........|                 PM.....|
 
 
Gtrs 1, 2 & 3
 
e|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|-(2)---------------------|
A|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1------|
E|--0--------3-----------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------3-~-|
            PM...........|                 PM.....|
 
 
e|-----------------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|-(2)-----------------2--|
A|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--2--|
E|--0--------3-----------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------0--|
            PM...........|                 PM.....|
 
 
e|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-(2)--------------------2--|-(2)-------------------------|
A|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--0-------|
E|-(0)--------3--------3--0--|-(0)--------3-----------3-~--|
             PM........|                 PM...........|
 
 
e|-----------------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|-(2)-----------------2--|
A|-----0-h1-----0--1--0-----2--|-(2)--0-h1-----0--1--2--|
E|--0--------3-----------3--0--|-(0)--------3--------0--|
            PM...........|                 PM.....|
 
 
e|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------------|-------.-/-------|-------.-/-------|
D|-(2)---------------------2--|--------/.-------|--------/.-------|
A|-(2)---------------------2--|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--|-----------------|-----------------|
      PM................|
 
 
e|-------------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|-(2)-----------------2---|-(2)------------------|
A|-(2)--0--1-----0--1--2---|-(2)------------------|
E|-(0)--------3--------0---|-(0)------------------|
       PM...........|
 
 
e|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|-(2)-----------------5---|-(5)------------------|-(5)--------2--2------|
A|-(2)--0--1-----0--1--5---|-(5)------------------|-(5)--0--1--2--2------|
E|-(0)--------3--------3---|-(3)------------------|-(3)-----0--0--0------|
       PM..............|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| r    Release
| b    Bend
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
| ~    Vibrato
 
************************************

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Metal_Militian
Loads of Metallica songs are in different tunings, ever since Master Of Puppets ( The Thing That Should Not Be is in drop D) They have 3 entire albums where they don't use E Standard tuning in one song! (Load and Reload are mainly in Eb, and St.Anger is mainly in Drop C. On this albm they even have Sad But True, in D Standard. Little Metallica lesson for you guys :) Good Tab though 5 Stars. Very well layed out and easy to read.
+4
mrgoldylocks
A coulple of their songs are in Eb like I know The God That Failed is but nice tab.
+1
forwhomthebells
sound good to me
+1