The Four Horsemen Bass
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| Tuning: | E A D G |
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| Capo: | no capo |
Author Unregistered. 2 contributors total, last edit on Mar 10, 2019
THE FOUR HORSEMEN
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204 bpm with triplet feel (e e = q e)
[ 3 ]
Intro 2 times
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|---------||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|---------|---|---|---------o-||
|-3---5-3-||-o-7---|---|---|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-o-||
|---3-----||-------|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-------||
q q q q q h. w w q q q q w w q q q q
fig.1
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|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------7-------7-|-------7-5-5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-3-5-|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|
e e e q e e e q e e e q q q e e e q e e e q e e e q q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]
end fig.1
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|-----------------|---------5---|---------||
|-------7-------7-|-------7---7-|-3---5-3-||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|---3-----||
e e e q e e e q e e e q q q q q q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]
Verses 1,2 Chorus
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||-o play fig.1 2 times |---------------|-----------------|
||-o |-7-7-7-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
||-- |---------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
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e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------|------7-7-8-9-|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-3-5-7-|-9-10---------|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
q q q q q q q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]
2nd & 3rd time fill 1
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-2-3-2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q
fill 1
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|-7-------7---7---|
|---5-5-5---5---5-|
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e e e e e e e e
fig.2
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]
end fig.2 3rd time to coda
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|-----------------|-----------------|---------| play fig.2 o-||
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-| o-||
|-----------------|-------------7-5-|---3-----| --||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q
fig.3
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|-7-||---R-|-----|-----8p7-7-||-o-7---------7---------|
|-0-||-0---| |-----------||-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
w e h.. q e e q q e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ] [ 3 ]
end fig.3 4 times
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|------------------|---------------------|---------------o-||
|-7---------8\7--7-|-7---------7---------|-7---------8-8-o-||
|---0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-------||
e e e e e s e. q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]
half time (102 bpm) 164 bpm straight eights
fill A-------------------| 2/4 4/4
|-9-7---7-----------------|-/9-7---7-----|---R-----------||
|-----9---9-8-7-5-7---5-7-|------9---9-8-|-7-----R---R---||
|-------------------7-----|--------------|-----3---4---5-||
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e e e
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]
8 times
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||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0-----||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
Bridge 8 times
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||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o-----------------|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0-----||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
102 bpm
fill A 2 times
90 bpm
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|-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-9\-|-------------------------|
|-0-0---------------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-0-2-|
e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s
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|-----------R-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9/10-|
|-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------|
e e s s s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s e e s s s s
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|----------------------------12----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-10-10-10-10-10/14-14-14-14----14-|-------------------------------------|
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e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s
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|-17-17-17-17-17/21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21\-||
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e e s s s s s s s s s s e
Guitar solo I
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|-------4-5---------4-5-|---------4-5---------|--------------------|
|-----7-----5-5-5-7-----|-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-|-7----7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|-0-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--0---------------|
e e e s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e. s q e e s s s s
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------5-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-4-4-4-0-4-|
|-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
e e s s s s e e s s e e e s s s s e e s s s s
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|-5-5-5-4-2-0--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------2-2-0-2-0-2/-|-/7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|--------------------------|--0-0-0---------------------|
e e s s s s e s s s s e e s s s s s s e e s s s s
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|-----5-4-2-------------------|-2---2-0-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-0-|
|-3-3-------5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|---0-----------------------|
e e s s s s s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s s s s s s s
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|-3-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-2-----|-------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|
|---------------------3-2-|-0-0-0-----------------------|
e s s s s s s e s s e e e s s s s s s e s s s s s s
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------5---|-----------------5-7-----|-----------5-7-----------|
|-3-3---3-0-3-2-2-2---7-|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-----7-5-|-3-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------|
e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e e e
2/4 4/4
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|---------------------7---|-----------|-----------------|---R-||
|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-|-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|-2---||
|---0---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----||
e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s e e e e e e e e e q h.
triplet feel
204 bpm 102 bpm
play fig.3 4 times | play fill A 2 times ||
204 bpm
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|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|
|-0----|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-----|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|
e h.. w w q q q q w w q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|-3---5-3-||
|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|---3-----||
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
D.S. Verse 3 al Coda
Coda Guitar solo II
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|-R-|| play fig.3 4 times || play fig.3 8 times ||-----------------|
|---|| || ||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|
|---|| || ||-----------------|
w e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]
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|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----||
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|---R-||
|-------------7---|-------------7-5-|---3-----|-0---||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q q h.
Lyrics :
1. By the last breath the four winds blow
Better raise your ears
The sound of hooves knock at your door
Lock up your wife and children now
It's time to wield the blade
For now you've got some company
[Chorus]
Horsemen are drawing nearer
On leather steeds they ride
They've come to take your life
On through the dead of night
with the Four Horsemen ride
or choose your fate and die !
2. You've been dying since the day you've been born
You know it's all been planned
The quartet of deliverance rides
A sinner once, a sinner twice
No need for confession now
'Cause now you've got the fight of your life
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Time has taken it's toll on you
The lines that crack your face
Famine, your body it has torn through
Withered in ev'ry place
Pestilence, for what you had to endure
For what you have put others through
Death, deliv'rance for you for sure
Now there's nothing you can do
3. So gather round young warriors now
And saddle up your steeds
Killing scores with demon swords
Now is the death of doers of wrong
Swing the judgment hammer down
Safely inside armor, blood, guts and sweat
[Chorus]
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w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eigth note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
l - long note ('fermate' sign)
x+y - play note with length x+y
/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with
1. eight notes (1 slash) or
2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or
3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)
R - in the tab denotes a rest.
x - an undefined or muted note.
[ 3 ] - a triplet
/ - slide up
/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X
\ - slide down
\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X
T - tap note
Harm - harmonic
A.H. - Artificial harmonic
inside bar :
p - pull off
h - hammer on
bx - bend string x notes up
bx r - bend string x notes up and release string
a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes
that occur in sheet music sometimes).
cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')
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||-o o-|| - a repeat
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| X |
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| % | - repeat previous bar
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The Four Horsemen – Metallica
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4 comments
it's standard
+6
there are some minor flaws in the tab from what I can hear.
+4
You know, it's always better to have a functioning pair of ears, so you can actually tell what tuning to play in.
+1