The Shortest Straw Solo Tab

by Metallica
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
Author Alex Zamora [a] 16. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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This is my first tab of the freking awsome solo Shortest straw, it might just be kirks
but defenetly his most creative solo. Well ALL the shortest straw tabs are wrong
most of the riffs but my tab is 100% right or very damn close. Ohh one more thing this
is freking hard and it took me about a week to get it down.
 
AH           *
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------14h15-|
G|-9p5v------9^-^^--^--9^--7^--14^-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|-14-17p15p14----------15p14p12----------14p12p10----------12p10p8-------|
B|-------------17p15p14----------15p14p12----------14p12p10---------12p10-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
NH................
e|-7--------------|-----12-------------------14p12h14---12--------------|
B|---7------------|--------15p12----12h15p12----------15-------12h15p12-|
G|-----7----5-^^^-|-14b---------14b------------------------14b----------|
D|-------7--5-^^^-|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
                                      AH *   *   *   *   *
e|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
B|-14p12----12-------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------15----15p14p12----14p12----12-|-14b-11b-------------|
D|----------------------14-------14----|---------13b-12b-11b-|
A|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
 
AH *   *   *   *  *
e|-------------------|---19-------------------------------------------| for this next
just tremolo pick
B|-------------------|-20--- the e string in this formation-22-20-19--|
G|-------------------|------------------------------------------------| and listen to 
song to know when to
D|-------------------|------------------------------------------------| higher. if you 
know wath im talking
A|-13b-12b-11b-9b-12-|------------------------------------------------| about just 
to the song
E|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-17p12-15p12-14p12-----------|----------------------------------|
G|-------------------14p12-14b-|------11--10---9---8--7--6--5--4--|
D|-----------------------------|---12---12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5-|
A|-----------------------------|-14-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------|-----------------------7----10--12--15/-|
B|-----------------------|--------------------8----11-------------|
G|-3--3--2--1---2p0------|------------7-10-9----------------------|
D|--4--4--3--2-----2p0-2-|-------9-8------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-7-10-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
                        PM..................
 
e|-9p6---9p6---9p6-9p6---9p6---9p6-10p7---10p7---10p7-10p7---10p7---10p7-|
B|-----7-----7---------7-----7----------8------8-----------8------8------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-12p7---12p7---12p7-12p7---12p7---12p7-12p9----12p9---12p9-12p9----|
B|------9------9-----------9------9-----------10------10----------10-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-12p9----12p9-|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------10------|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------|---4---5--4h5p4--------4---5--4h5p4--------4--6--7-|
D|--------------|-4---4----------4----5---5----------4----6---------|
A|--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
               PM     .                   .
 
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-9-9-9--9-------|
D|-----------7--6-|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 
Key:
p -pull off's
h -hammer on's
v -trem. bar down
^ -trem. bar up
AH -artificial/pinch harmonics (I mark them with *)
NH -natural harmonics (I mark them with ....)
PM -Palm mutes (i mark them with ....)
/ -slide
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3 comments
reflexez
This actually isn't that bad. You could have been more thorough on the trem picking part but I actually tabbed out the solo similiar to you in guitar pro.
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