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MASTER OF PUPPETS
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)
Music by Metallica
Transcribed by Zac Broaddus & Jon Symons
E Em Emopen D5
x x x x 17 x x x x x 17 15 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 5 7 7 x x
C5 A5 B5 Eb5
x 3 5 5 x x x 0 2 2 x x x 2 4 4 x x x 6 8 8 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'James(clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'James'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=220
E5 D5 C#5C5 E5
4/4
Gtr III
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/
Gtrs II, III Gtr II
PM------------|
|----------|------------|------------||------------------|
|----------|------------|------------||o-----------------|
|-9--------|-7--6--5----|-(5)--------||------------------|
|-9--------|-7--6--5----|-(5)--------||------------------|
|-7--------|-5--4--3----|-(3)--------||o-----7-----6-----|
|-0--------|------------|------------||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|
D5 C#5C5 E5
| | | |
/ / / /
PM----------------------------|
4x
|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-7--6--5----|-----------------|------------------||
|-7--6--5----|-----------------|------------------||
|-5--4--3----|-----------------|-----------------o||
|------------|-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-|-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0--||
N.C. G5F#5 G5F#5 G5F#5
Gtr II Gtrs II, III
PM------------------------------------------------| PM PM
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----2-----3-----|-4-----3-----2-2-|-----2-----3-----|-5s4---5s4---5s4--o||
||--0-1---0-1---0-1-|---0-1---0-1-----|-0-1---0-1---1-0-|-3s2-0-3s2-0-3s2---||
N.C. B5
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---
||o-----2-----3-----|-4-----3-----2-2-|-----2-----3-----|-4-----3-----2---
||--0-1---0-1---0-1-|---0-1---0-1-----|-0-1---0-1---0-1-|---0-1---1-0-----
N.C. G5F#5 G5F#5 G5F#5
PM------------------------------------------------| PM PM
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----2-----3-----|-4-----3-----2-2-|-----2-----3-----|-5s4---5s4---5s4-o||
|-0-1---0-1---0-1-|---0-1---0-1-----|-0-1---0-1---1-0-|-3s2-0-3s2-0-3s2--||
G5F#5 G5F#5 G5F#5 N.C.
Gtr II
PM PM
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-5s4---5s4---5s4-|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-3s2-0-3s2-0-3s2-|-0---------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM PM PM--------------------------| ~~~~~~
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----8-----8-----|-8-----8-----8-(8)-|
|-5s4---5s4---5s4-|---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-------|
|-3s2-0-3s2-0-3s2-|-0-----0-----0---|---0-----0---------|
N.C. G5A5 BbA5G5A5 N.C. G5A5G5A5
5/8
Gtrs II, III
PM----------------| PM----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
||o-----------------|---5s7---8s7-5s7-|-----------------|---5s7-5s7--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3s5-0-6s5-3s5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3s5-3s5---||
Verse
$
N.C. G5A5 BbA5G5A5 N.C. G5A5G5A5
4/4 5/8
Gtrs II, III
PM----------------| PM----------------|
4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
||o-----------------|---5s7---8s7-5s7-|-----------------|---5s7-5s7-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3s5-0-6s5-3s5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3s5-3s5--||
$$
N.C. F#B5AC5B5F#B5A N.C. F#m/A
4/4 5/8
PM----------------| PM----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---4-4--5s4-4-4-|-----------------|---4---4---|
|-----------------|---0-2--3s2-0-2-|-----------------|---0h2-0h2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------|
N.C. F#B5AC5B5F#B5A
4/4
PM----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---4-4--5s4-4-4-|
|-----------------|---0-2--3s2-0-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--------------|
N.C. F#m/A B5
5/8 4/4
PM----------------| PM------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-----------------|---4---4---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-----------------|---0h2-0h2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E5 D5 E5 N.C. C5 B5 C#5 Eb5B5
PM----| ~~
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