W TORN
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1996 Album LOAD)
Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
D5
x 5 7 7 x x E5
x 7 9 9 x x B5
x 2 4 4 x x E5(type 2)
0 7 9 9 x x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x E5open
0 2 x x x x F5
1 3 3 x x x F5/F#
2 3 3 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x F#5
2 4 4 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'kirk solo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'james'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'kirk'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=60
4/4
Gtr II
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T 7x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------0-0---||-----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------0-0--o||-----------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
||--3-2---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-------||-3-2---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---------|
||o-3-1---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3------o||-3-1---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---------|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-------||-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-3-0---|
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| Gtr III
| S S E Q H 7x S S E Q Q Q
||--------------------------------------||-------------------------6---------|
||o------------------------------------o||-------------------------6---------|
||--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
||o-6----------------------------------o||---6---------------6---------------|
||--6-0---------------------------------||---6-0-------------6---------------|
Gtrs II, III
PM PM PM PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o-5-7---7---5-7---5-7---5-7---7---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S +S S S +S S S +S E S S S +S E 4x
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-4b5r(4)-----------4b5r(4)-----4-4b5r(4)----||
|-5---(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5-5-5---(5)-5-o||
|--------------------------------------------||
1st Verse
D5E5
Gtr III
S E. +H. +H.. +E W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr II
S E. +H. +W +W W 4x
|--------------|------------|-----------||----------||
|--------------|------------|-----------||o--------o||
|-7-9---(9)----|-(9)--------|-(9)-------||----------||
|-7-9---(9)----|-(9)--------|-(9)-------||----------||
|-5-7---(7)----|-(7)--------|-(7)-------||o--------o||
|---0---(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)-------||----------||
<
H S +S +S +S +S +S +S +S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----4b5==(4)r(4)b5==(4)r(4)b5==(4)r(4)b5-(4)--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S E. +Q +Q. +E Q Q H
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-7-9---(9)---(9)----(9)\-|-x\-----------|
|-7-9---(9)---(9)----(9)\-|-x\-----------|
|-5-7---(7)---(7)----(7)\-|-x\-----------|
|---0---(0)---(0)----(0)--|--------------|
<
W 3x H S +S +S +S +S +S +S +S
||------------||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------o||-----------------------------------------------|
||------------||-----------------------------------------------|
||------------||------7b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8==(7)r(7)b8-(7)-|
||o----------o||-----------------------------------------------|
||------------||-----------------------------------------------|
S E. +Q +Q. +E Q Q H
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-7-----------------|-----------|
|-7-9--(9)-(9)-(9)\-|-x\--------|
|-5-9--(9)-(9)-(9)\-|-x\--------|
|---7--(7)-(7)-(7)\-|-x\--------|
1st Chorus
Gtrs II, III
PM PM PM PM PM PM
H Q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------||----------------------------------|
|----------------||o---------------------------------|
|----------------||----------------------------------|
|---------x-x-x\-||----------------------------------|
|---------x-x-x\-||o-5-7---7---5-7---5-7---5-7---7---|
|---------x-x-x\-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S +S S S +S S S +S E S S S +S E
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-4b5r(4)-----------4b5r(4)-----4-4b5r(4)----||
|-5---(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5-5-5---(5)-5-o||
|--------------------------------------------||
Gtr II
PM PM PM PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o-5-7---7---5-7---5-7---5-7---7---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr III
| PM PM PM PM PM PM
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o-5-7---7---5-7---5-7---5-7---7---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S +S S S +S S S +S E S S S +S E
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-4b5r(4)-----------4b5r(4)-----4-4b5r(4)--------||
|-5---(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5-5-5---(5)--5----o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|
| S +S S S +S S S +S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------7s9-9s==12--12s11--||
|-4b5r(4)-----------4b5r(4)----------------------||
|-5---(5)-5-5-(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5s7-7s==10--10s=9-o||
|------------------------------------------------||
2nd Verse
E5(type 2)
Gtr III
W +W W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
S E. +H. +H.. +E S S E Q H W 4x
|--------------|-------------|-3-3---------||-------------||
|--------------|-------------|-3-3---------||o-----------o||
|-7-9----(9)---|-(9)----(9)\-|-------------||-------------||
|-7-9----(9)---|-(9)----(9)\-|-------------||-------------||
|-5-7----(7)---|-(7)----(7)\-|-------------||o-----------o||
|--------------|-------------|-------------||-------------||
<
H S +S +S +S +S +S +S +S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------4b5==(4)r(4)b5==(4)r(4)b5==(4)r(4)b5-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S E. +Q +Q. +E Q Q H W 3x
|----------------------|-----------||----------||
|----------------------|-----------||o--------o||
|-7-9--(9)--(9)---(9)\-|-x\--------||----------||
|-7-9--(9)--(9)---(9)\-|-x\--------||----------||
|-5-7--(7)--(7)---(7)\-|-x\--------||o--------o||
|---0--(0)--(0)---(0)--|-----------||----------||
Gtrs II, III
<
H S +S +S +S +S
|