Bass tabs
Words and Music by Kerry King
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Tom'
Intro
Q=90
4/4 1/4
Gtr I
S S E Q +H +W 4x S S E Q +H 4x S S E
||------------------|-------------||-||-------------------||--------|
||o-----------------|------------o||-||o-----------------o||--------|
||o-----------------|------------o||-||o-----------------o||--------|
||--1-0-1-0--(0)----|-(0)---------||-||--1-0-1-0--(0)-----||-1-0-1--|
4/4
S S E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E E E 4x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||--0-0-0-4-0-0-0-3-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-3-1-1--||
1/4
S S E Q +H 4x S S E
|-||-------------------||--------|
|-||o-----------------o||--------|
|-||o-----------------o||--------|
|-||--1-0-1-0--(0)-----||-1-0-1--|
Verse
Q=130
4/4
W H Q Q S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S Q Q 4x
|----------|------------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|----------|------------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------|------------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------|------4--1--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-0-0-0-0-1--4-----||
Chorus
1. 2.
2/4
|-3-|
S S E S S E +H S S E S S E E E Q S S E S S E E E Q Q Q Q
||---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|--------|
||o--------------------|--------------------o||--------------------|--------|
||o--------------------|---------------0----o||-------------0------|--------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---4---||-3-3-3-3-3-3---4----|-4-1-3--|
Q=90
4/4
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E S S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-0-0-1-|
Verse
Q=130
4/4
W H Q Q S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S Q Q 4x
|----------|------------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|----------|------------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------|------------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------|------4--1--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-0-0-0-0-1--4-----||
Chorus
1. 2.
2/4
|-3-|
S S E S S E +H S S E S S E E E Q S S E S S E E E Q Q Q Q
||---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|--------|
||o--------------------|--------------------o||--------------------|--------|
||o--------------------|---------------0----o||-------------0------|--------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---4---||-3-3-3-3-3-3---4----|-4-1-3--|
Bridge
Q=90
4/4
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E S S E 4x S S E Q +H 4x
||-----------------------|-------------------------||-||-------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||o----------------------|------------------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||--0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-0-0-1--||-||--1-0-1-0--(0)-----||
Guitar Solo (Kerry)
S S E Q +H S S E E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E E E 4x
|-----------------||------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-1-0-1-0--(0)----||--0-0-0-4-0-0-0-3-0-0-1-|-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-3-1-1--||
Interlude Verse
Q=60
H H 4x H H 4x E E S E S +S S S S S S E 4x
||-------------||-||-------------||-||-----------------------------||
||o-----------o||-||o-----------o||-||o---------------------------o||
||o-----------o||-||o-----------o||-||o-----1-0-------------1-0---o||
||--0----0-----||-||--0----0-----||-||--0-0-----0-(0)-0-1-0-----1--||
Guitar Solo (Jeff)
Q=90
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3-|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-4-1-3---||
Outro
1/4
S S E Q +H +W S S E Q +H 4x S S E
||------------------|-------------||-||-------------------||-------*|
||o-----------------|------------o||-||o-----------------o||-------*|
||o-----------------|------------o||-||o-----------------o||-------*|
||--1-0-1-0--(0)----|-(0)---------||-||--1-0-1-0--(0)-----||-1-0-1-*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
