ER
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1997 Album RE-LOAD)
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Words 7amp; Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett
E5 0 2 x x x x
G5 3 5 5 x x x
D5 x 5 7 7 x x
C5 x 3 5 5 x x
B5 x 2 4 4 x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'James Hetfield Rhythm'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett Rhythm'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett Lead'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'fills'
Intro Fade In
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
w/Fill 1 1st & 3rd time (see below for fills)
w/Fill 2 2nd & 4th time (fills have panning delay effect)
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E E
||--12-----10-12-0-0-13----------|-12-----10-12-0-0-13----------|
||o---------------------11-10----|---------------------11-10----|
||---------------9-9-------------|--------------9-9-------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~ ~~
| S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------6--------------------|---------6--------------------|
||o--------------4-3s10-10--8h10-|--------------4-3s10-10--8h10-|
||---3-3-3-----------------------|--3-3-3-----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~ ~~
| S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------8--------------------|---------8--------------------|
||---0-0-0-------6-5s12-12-10h12-|--0-0-0-------6-5s12-12-10h12-|
|-Riff 1 (all 3 Gtrs)
3/8
~~ ~~ ~~
Q S S E E E E E 4x Q S S
|-12-----10-12-0-0-13-----------||-12-----10-12-|
|---------------------11-10----o||--------------|
|--------------9-9--------------||--------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|------------------------------o||--------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|
| ~~
| S S E E E E E E S S 4x S S E E
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|------------------------------o||--------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|---------6---------------------||---------6----|
|--------------4-3s10-10--8h10-o||--------------|
|--3-3-3------------------------||--3-3-3-------|
|
| ~~
| S S E E E E E E S S 4x S S E E
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|------------------------------o||--------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------|
|---------8--------------------o||---------8----|
|--0-0-0-------6-5s12-12-10h12--||--0-0-0-------|
end Riff 1-|
Q=132
4/4
Riff 1 x2
~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~
E E +Q +H E E S E. H E E +Q +H
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---x-5h7--5----|-----------------|
|----------5h=7-(7)---(7)----|---------------|-5h7-(7)--(7)----|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| a +Q. E H W W
|--11b12-(12)----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--11b12-(12)----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-Fill 1 end Fill 1-|
~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~
E E S E. H E E +Q +H E E S E. H E E +Q +H
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---x-5h7--5----|---------------------------|---x-5h7--5----|-----------------|
|---------------|---------5h=7-(7)---(7)----|---------------|-5h7-(7)--(7)----|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| W a +Q. E H W W
|---------------|-14b15-(15)----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-16b17-(17)----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-Fill 2 end Fill 2-|
|-w/Fill 1
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E S E. Q +Q E E E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|---x-5h7--5b7r=(5)--|------------------5--------|
|--------------------|---------5h=7-x-x---7-(7)--|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
~~~~~~
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-x--x--x-x---x-|---------5--------|
|-x--x--x-x---x-|-5h7-x-x---7-(7)--|
|-x--x--x-x---x-|------------------|
|-w/Fill 2
~~~~~~
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|-------x-x-x-x-|----------------------------|
|-------x-x-x-x-|----------------------------|
|-------x-x-x-x-|----------------------------|
|-x--x----------|------------------5---------|
|-x--x----------|---------5h=7-x-x---7-(7)---|
|-x--x----------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~
E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------5---------|---------------------|
|---------5---------|---------5b5.5-------|
|-5h7-x-x---7-(7)-5-|-5h7-7-7-------7-7-7-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Gtrs I, II |-w/Fill 1
~
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-5-7---5---------|-----------------7p5-7---|
|-----8---7-8-5-7-|---------0---0-----------|
Gtrs I, II |-w/Fill 2
~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~
Q E E Q Q Q Q E E Q +Q E E H Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------
|