TREAD ON ME
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1991 Album METALLICA)
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Words & Music by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich
E5 0 2 x x x x
B5 x 2 4 x x x
D5 x 5 7 x x x
F5 1 3 x x x x
Bb5 6 8 x x x x
F#5 2 4 x x x x
G5 3 5 x x x x
G#5 4 6 x x x x
A5 5 7 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
Q.=104
12/8
Gtr I
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
E5
E E E +Q. Q E Q. E E E +Q. Q E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
w/last bar of Rhy Fig 1
Gtrs II, III
PM----------|
E E E E E E a Q E +E Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--------9--9-9-------------------|
|-9-9-9--2--2-2-9s11--------------|
|-2-2-2---------2s=4--12-(12)-7---|
|----------------------5--(5)-0---|
E E E E E E a Q E +E Q
B5
E E E +Q. Q E Q.
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
PM----------|
E E E E E E a Q E +E Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------9--9-9-9s11-------------|
|-9-9-9--2--2-2-2s=4--13-(13)-9--|
|-2-2-2----------------6--(6)----|
|-----------------------------7--|
E E E E E E a Q E +E Q
D5 F5
6/8
E E E +Q. Q E Q. E E E +Q.
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
PM-------------| PM-------------|
E E E E E E Q E +E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------12--12-12-11--------------|---------------------|
|-12-12-12--5---5--5--4--12-(12)-----|----------10--10-10--|
|--5--5--5----------------5--(5)-12--|-10-10-10--3---3--3--|
|---------------------------------5--|--3--3--3------------|
E E E E E E Q E +E Q E E E E E E
12/8
E5
Q E +Q. +H. +H. +H.
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Q E +E Q +H. +H. +H.
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----9-(9)-------------|-------------------|
|-9--2-(2)-9--(9)------|-(9)------(9)------|
|-2--------2--(2)------|-(2)------(2)------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
Q E +E Q +H. +H. +H.
Rhy Fig 1
w/Rhy Fig 1 x2
Gtr II
PM--| PM---| PM------| PM PM--| PM---| PM
E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-/8---3-2--2-8---3-|-2-2-2-/8---3-2--3S5---3-|-2-2-2-/8---3-2--2-8---3--|
|-0-0-0-/6---1-0--0-6---1-|-0-0-0-/6---1-0--1S3---1-|-0-0-0-/6---1-0--0-6---1--|
|-Rhy Fig 2
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM Rhy Fig 2 x2
E E E Q E Q E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-/8---3-2--3S5---3-|
|-0-0-0-/6---1-0--1S3---1-|
end Rhy Fig 2-|
Gtr III
W W H. Q. Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------/12\----11--9--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------------|
|-Riff A
+H. +Q E E E E H. Q. Q E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(9)-----------(9)S=12\-11-9-9-|--------------/12\----11--9-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-0--------------------------|
+H. +Q E E E E
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-(9)-----------(9)S=12\-11-9-9--||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
end Riff A-|
Verse 1, 2
Gtrs I, II
|-Rhy Fig 3
E5 F5 F#5 G5
E E E +Q. Q E Q. E E E +Q. Q E Q. E E E +Q. Q E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
end Rhy Fig 3-|
G#5 A5 BbB5D5B
E E E +Q. Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / o |-w/Rhy Fig 2
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-w/Rhy Fig 2 1st bar
Gtr III
W W H. +H.
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-0-----------(0)----------|
E5 Bb5F5E5 F5G5 F5 E5 B5E5 G5E5
E E E Q E Q E Q E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
>
+H. +H. W
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)----------(0)---------|-----------------------------|
W
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM|
E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------2-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-------------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-6p0-5p0-3p0-||
Chorus
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Gtrs I, II
|-Rhy Fig 4
E5 F#G A5 D5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q S S Q. E E E E E E Q. Q E
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