fficial tuning for this song is Standard Eb, but I translated it to Drop D
for those of you who only do Standard and Drop D. Listen to the CD for timing.
Fixxxer
As performed on "ReLoad"
Music by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich
Lyrics by James Hetfield
Drop D tuning
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend
r release
x muffled strings
~ vibrating
/ slide up
\ slide down
James Guitar 1
Kirk Guitar 2
James' Intro
Distorted guitar w/ wah pedal, repeat a bunch of times
e[-10b12---------------------------------13b15-----
B[-------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Intro 1 (x4)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[------4h6-4~~~-----------------------------------------
A[-6~~~--------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Intro 2 (x5, last 3 times w/o muffled strings)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[--------4----------------------------------------------
A[-4h6~~~---6~~~----x---x--xxxx--------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars End intro
Distortion, wah pedal off
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2-------------------------------------------
D[-------------4h6---------------------------------------
Both guitars Main riff (x4)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------3h4--------------
A[-1-1--6p4-6~~-------7~~--1-1--6p4-6~~-----4~~~---------
D[-1-1----------7p6-7------1-1---------------------------
On the third time, Kirk goes off into this
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------1h3-------------
D[------4p3-4~~~------6~~~------4p3-4~~~-----3~~~--------
A[-1-1----------4p3-4------1-1---------------------------
D[-1-1---------------------1-1---------------------------
Both guitars Verse Part 1 (x2)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-3h4-x-8-8-x-4p3-x-8-8-x-3h4-x-8-8-x--3h4p3------------
A[-----x-6-6-x-----x-6-6-x-----x-6-6-x--------4~~~-------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars Verse Part 2 (x2)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-1h2-x-6-6-x-2p1-x-6-6-x-1h2-x-6-6-x--1h2p1------------
A[-----x-4-4-x-----x-4-4-x-----x-4-4-x--------2~~~-------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk End verse
Clean guitar
e[-----------------------------------------------------
B[-----------2-----------------------------------------
G[-----------------------------------------------------
D[----1--4---------------------------------------------
A[-----------------------------------------------------
D[-1---------------------------------------------------
James' Chorus (x2)
Distortion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[---------4h6-6b8r6-4----------4h6-6b8r6-4--------------
A[-1----4h6-------------4----4h6-------------------------
D[-1--------------------4--------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-6-------4h6-6b8r6-4----4----------3-------------------
A[-4----4h6---------------2----------1-------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Chorus (x2)
Clean guitar
e[------------------------------------------------------
B[---------2-------------2------------------------------
G[----------------------------------6-------------------
D[---1--4----------1--4-----------6---6-----------------
A[------------------------------4-----------------------
D[-1-------------4--------------------------------------
e[------------------------------------------------------
B[------------------------------------------------------
G[-----4--------3---------------------------------------
D[---4---4----3---3-------------------------------------
A[-2--------1-------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars end chorus on this
Distortion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2-------------------------------------------
D[------------4h6----------------------------------------
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Both guitars Interlude
Distortion
Play this twice
e[---------------------------
B[---------------------------
G[--------11-----------------
D[-11-13--11-13---xx---------
A[-11-13-----13---xx---------
D[---------------------------
Then continue with this
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[--------11------------11-----------11------------------
D[-11-13--11-13--11-13--11-13--11-13-11-13---------------
A[-11-13-----13--11-13-----13--11-13----13---------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
SLIDE SOLO
James
Distortion
Open on this Then this twice
e[----------------]----------------------------------------------
B[----------------]----------------------------------------------
G[----------------]----------------------------------------------
D[----------------]---------------------------------------5h6----
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2----]-3-3--8p6-8~~~-----9~~~--3-3--8p6-8~~~-----6--
D[------------4h6-]-3-3-----------9p8-------3-3------------------
Then he plays the main riff three times
Kirk
e[-------------------------------21\---------------------
B[-8/10----8/10----8/10----8/10--------------------------
G[-8/10----8/10----8/10----8/10--------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-8/11----8/11--14\13--8/11------------8/11-------------
B[-8/11----8/11---------8/11------------8/11-------------
G[----------------------------11\10/11--------11\--------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-----------------------------
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