DIEM BABY
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1997 Album RE-LOAD)
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett
A5 x 0 2 2 x x
Cadd9 x 3 2 0 3 0
B5 x 2 4 4 x x
C5 x 3 5 5 x x
D5 x 5 7 7 x x
A5V 5 7 7 x x x
E5 0 2 x x x x
F5 1 3 3 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Intro
Q=76
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x E E E +S S E S S +S S S S
||-----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
||-----------------------------------||-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
||--5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5------||--------------------------------------|
||o-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----o||------------------------5-------5---5-|
||------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0--||-0-0---------------0-/7---5-(5)---3---|
E E E +S S E S S +S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
|-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------5-------5-----|
|-0-0---------------0-/7---5-(5)---3-0-|
S +E s E +S S E S S +S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
|-----------12b13==(12)r\--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5-------5---5-|
|-3b5r(3)-0---------------0-/7---5-(5)---3---|
E E E +S S E S S +S S S S S +S e E. S E S S +S S S S
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----12b13==(12)r\--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------5-------5---5-|---------2-2-------5-------5---5-|
|-0-0---------------0-/7---5-(5)---3-0-|-3b5r(3)-0-0--0-/7---5-(5)---3---|
Gtr I
E S S E +S S E S S +S S S S S +S e E. S +S +S e E. S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------5-----|-------------------------------------|
|-0----------------0-/7---5-(5)---3-0-|-3b5r(3)-0-0--3b5==(3)r(3)-0-0--3b5==|
|
| Gtr II
| E S S E +S S E S S +S S S S S +S e H.
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---12s13-12-(12)\--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------5-----|---------2-2-------------------------|
|-0----------------0-/7---5-(5)---3-0-|-3b5r(3)-0-0-------------------------|
|-Rhy Fill 1
Verses 1 + 2
2/4 4/4
PM| PM----|
+S +S e Q S S E E S S S S E E S S
|--------------||------------------------------------------|
|--------------||o-----------------------------------------|
|--------------||--7s===9-------7s9-10s==9-----------7s=9--|
|--------------||--7s===9-------7-9-10s==9-----------7s=9--|
|--------------||o-5s===7-------5s7--8s==7-----------5s=7--|
|-(3)r(3)-0-0--||---------0--0-------------0------0--------|
|
| PM| PM----|
| +H S S E E S S S S E E E
|--------------||------------------------------------------|
|--------------||o-----------------------------------------|
|--------------||--7s===9-------7s9-10s==9-----------------|
|--------------||--7s===9-------7-9-10s==9-----------------|
|-(2)----------||o-5s===7-------5s7--8s==7-----------------|
|-(0)----------||---------0--0-------------0------0--------|
| endRhy Fill -||-Rhy Fig 1
|
| Gtr III
| W Q +Q +E E +E. +S
|--------------||------------------------------------------|
|--------------||o-5--------(5)-----(5)----7-----(7)---(7)-|
|--------------||--7b9======(7)-----(7)r---9b12==(9)r==(9)-|
|--------------||------------------------------------------|
|--------------||o-----------------------------------------|
|--------------||------------------------------------------|
|-Fill 2 play on repeat only
Q E. S E E E E
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--7----7--9-10-5-5-5-|
|--7----7--9-10-5-5-5-|
|--5----5--7--8-3-3-3-|
|--5----5--7--8-3-3-3-|
|
| Q.. S e E Q
|-!0-------0--0-------|
|-!3-------3--3-3-3---|
|-!2-------2--2-0-0---|
|-!0-------0--0-------|
|-!0------------3-3---|
|---------------------|
| end Rhy Fig 1-|
|
| Q.. S H
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--7-------9--5-------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
end Fill 2-|
w/Rhy Fig 1 x2 + Fill 2 x2 on repeat
PM| PM----|
S S E E S S S S E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-7s===9-------7s9-10s==9-----------------|--7----7-7-9-10-5-5-5-|
|-7s===9-------7-9-10s==9-----------------|--7----7-7-9-10-5-5-5-|
|-5s===7-------5s7--8s==7-----------------|--5----5-5-7--8-3-3-3-|
|--------0--0-------------0------0--0-----|--5----5-5-7--8-3-3-3-|
|-Rhy Fig 1A end Rhy Fig 1A-|
PM| PM----|
S S E E S S S S E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||
|-7s===9-------7s9-10s==9-----------------|--7----7-7-9-10-5-5-5-||
|-7s===9-------7-9-10s==9-----------------|--7----7-7-9-10-5-5-5-||
|-5s===7-------5s7--8s==7-----------------|--5----5-5-7--8-3-3-3-||
|--------0--0-------------0------0--0-----|--5----5-5-7--8-3-3-3-||
Pre-Chorus
$
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----------------|
|---2-----2-----2-----2---|-----------2-2-2-|
|-2-----1-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------3-----2-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 2A end Rhy Fig 2A-|
|
| PM PM PM PM
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-4-----3-----------------|-9---9---9---9---|
|-4-----3-----5-----4-----|-----------------|
|-2-----1-----5-----4-----|-7---7---7---7---|
|-------------3-----2-----|---0---0---0---0-|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
Rhy Fig 2 + 2A
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E S S e E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------------||
|-7--7-7-9-10-5-5------|-------------------------
|