the Lightning
By: Metallica
Tabbed By: Kane Bochatyn (JenoUnion)
Cliff's original bassline on Ride the Lightning from the Ride the Lightning
album, released in 1984. The link to his bass track is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKr7LbISgmU.
A bit different, and a few spots with wah, this bassline composed by
Cliff Burton is nothing short of awesome. Any questions, comments, or
concerns should go to [email protected] OR [email protected].
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"Ride the Lightning"
Metallica
Intro A (Play x2)
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|-0-12/--|
Intro B
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7------5---7-7-----|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5-7---7-----/6--|
Verse Intro
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-----1*--|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---000-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-----------|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---00000000--|
Post-Chorus Riff (Play x4)
G|----------------|----|
D|----------------|----|
A|-------------3--|----|
E|-2--0--2-5-22---|-2--|
Verse 1(Play x2)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-2-1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-------|
E|-------0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0--|
Pre-Chorus 1
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------/7\--|
E|-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
Chorus 1 |Apply Wah|
G|-------------------------9---9----|
D|---------------------777-7-7-7-7--|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0--------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-000-000-000-3h2--|
E|------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-------------------------9---9--|
D|---------------------777-7-7-7--|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0------------|
E|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0-0-000-000-2/--|
E|-----------------------------------|
Post-Chorus 1 (Play x4)
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-------------3--|
E|-2--0--2-5-22---|
Verse 2
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-------|
E|---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-2-1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-------|
E|-------0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0--|
Pre-Chorus 2
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-2-------------------------------------------------------------/7\--|
E|-----2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
Chorus 2 |Apply Wah|
G|-------------------------9---9----|
D|---------------------777-7-7-7-7--|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0--------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-000-000-000-3h2--|
E|------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2--22-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-------------------------9---9--|
D|---------------------777-7-7-7--|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0------------|
E|--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-0-0-0-000-000-2/----|
E|----------------------------------0--|
Bridge 1A (Play x3)
G|------|-----------------|
D|------|-----------------|
A|------|-----------------|
E|-12/--|-0-003-00003-00--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-7-6-5-003-0-2-----|
E|---------------3/--|
Bridge 1B
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--0-0-2--0-0-2--0-0-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-5-5-5-5-5--5-5------------|
Bridge 1C (Play x3)
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-7-6-5-003-0-2-----|
E|---------------3/--|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-0-003-00003-00--|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-7-6-5-003~----|
E|---------------|
Pre-Solo Bridge A
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|
E|---------------------|
G|-----------------4-------------------------|
D|---------------4---------------------------|
A|-3-0-3-2--2-2-------2-2-003-2---2----------|
E|------------------------------5---5-3-2-3--|
Pre-Solo Bridge B
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------3--333-3-2--|
E|-0--0-0-3-5-------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-3--5--5-5--5-5-3-2-5-555-5-5-5--|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|------------2-3--3-2-----|
E|-0--0-0-3-5----------5---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------5-7h5---5-7h5---5-7/----|
A|-------------------7-------7---------|
E|-0-0-3--5-5--------------------------|
Solo Backing A
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|------------2-3--3-2-----|
E|-0--0-0-3-5----------5---|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-0-3--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-8-5-5-5--|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|------------2-3--3-2-----|
E|-0--0-0-3-5----------5---|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0-3--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-3--|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|------------2-3--3-2-----|
E|-0--0-0-3-5----------5---|
G|-----------------------------------
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