ER
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1997 Album RE-LOAD)
Words and Music by James hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk HammettTranscribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
A5
x 0 2 2 x x G5
3 5 5 x x x C5
x 3 5 5 x x E5
0 2 x x x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x Bb5
x 1 3 3 x x F5
1 3 x x x x G5(type 2)
3 5 x 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'
Intro
Freely approx. Q=100
A5 G5
4/4 5/4
Gtr II
Q E E +W +W +E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I
TP TP ~
E E E E +H +E E Q +H +Q. E E E
|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---4-3-2-|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|-(2)----(2)----------|
|---4-3-2-|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|-(2)----(2)----------|
|---2-1-0-|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|-(0)----(0)---0----5-|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------4-3-|
C5
4/4 2/4
+W +H.. E +H
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~ TP
+E E Q +Q E E H +E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
|---------------4---|--4------(4)-7-6-5-|-(5)--------|
|-------5--(5)--5---|--5------(5)-7-6-5-|-(5)--------|
|-(5)---5--(5)--5---|--5------(5)-5-4-3-|-(3)--0tr3--|
|-(3)---3--(3)--3-3-|--3------(3)-------|------------|
In Time Faster Q=112
A5
4/4
+W +H.. E +H H
| | | | |
/ / / / /
~~~
+Q. a E H +H +E E E E +H H
|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------5----|-(5)-----(5)-4-3-2-|-(2)----2----|
|-------------5----|-(5)-----(5)-4-3-2-|-(2)----2----|
|-(0)---0h3b4-3----|-(3)-----(3)-2-1-0-|-(0)----0----|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
A5 E5
2/4 4/4
Q. E +Q Q H H Q E E +W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
PM PM PM
Q. E +Q a E E E E E E +Q a E E E E E E +Q a E E E E E E
|--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2------|----------5-7-------|----------5-7-------|----------5-7-------|
|-0------|------5h7-7-7-----7-|-(7)--5h7-7-7-----7-|-(7)--5h7-7-7-----7-|
|------0-|-(0)------------0-0-|-(0)------------0-0-|-(0)------------0-0-|
B5BbA5E
+H E E E E W W
| | | | |
/ / / / o
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM
+Q a E E E E E E +Q a E E E E E E +Q a E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------||o--------------------|--------------------|
|------------4-3-2---||---------------------|--------------------|
|----------5-4-3-2---||-----------5-7-------|----------5-7-------|
|-(7)--5h7---2-1-0---||o------5h7-7-7-----7-|-(7)--5h7-7-7-----7-|
|-(0)--------------0-||--(0)------------0-0-|-(0)------------0-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 1
1. 2.
PM PM PM
+Q a E E E E E E +Q a E E E E E E Q a E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||---------------------||
|--------------------|------------4-3-2----||-------------4-3-2---||
|----------5-7-------|----------5-4-3-2----||-----------5-4-3-2---||
|-(7)--5h7-7-7-----7-|-(7)--5h7---2-1-0---o||--(7)--5h7---2-1-0-2-||
|-(0)------------0-0-|-(0)--------------0--||--(0)--------------0-||
end Rhy Fig 1-||-Rhy Fill 1 --|
Verse 1 + 2
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||-------------3-------|---------------3-------|----------3----------|
||o-(2)------0-1-----1-|--2----------0-1-----1-|-2------0-1-----1----|
||--(0)--3-0-----3b4---|--0----3---0-----3b4---|-0--3-0-----3b4------|
|
| Gtr III on repeat only
| W Q +Q H H Q E S S
||---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|-12--(12)\-------------|----------------x-x--|
||---------------------|-12--(12)\-------------|----------------x-x--|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-Fill 1
|-w/Fill 1 on repeat
PM--| PM| PM--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------3-------|----------3-------|---------------3-------|
|--2----------1-5---3-|-2------0-1-----1-|--2----------0-1-----1-|
|--0----3---0---3---1-|-0--3-0-----3b4---|--0----3---0-----3b4---|
| |-Rhy Fig 2
|
| Q +Q H
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-12--(12)\-----------|
|-12--(12)\-----------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
end Fill 1-|
|-Rhy Fig 3
Gtr I
E5F5 E5F5
W W E E S E S E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / x x x / / x x
Gtr II
PM| PM--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------3---------|-------------3-------|--------------------|
|-2------0-1-----1---|--2----------1-5---3-|-2-3-------2-3------|
|-0--3-0-----3b4-----|--0----3---0---3---1-|-0-1-------0-1------|
end Rhy Fig 2-|
end Rhy Fig 3-|
E5F5 E5F5E G5(type 2)
E E S E S E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / x x x / / o / |-w/Rhy Fig 3
E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-9-9-9-9-9
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