Crash Course In Brain Surgery Tab by Metallica

Crash Course In Brain Surgery tab by Metallica

Guitar Tab

METALLICA

             CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY

Words and music by: Raymond Phillips, John Burke Shelley and Anthony Bourge

From the Elektra recording: The $9.98 Garage Days ReRevisted, E.P.

Transcribed by Travis Fitch

An excellent song, so I've tried to include as much information as possible
below (the guitar solo is missing, but I am working on that, I won't post it
for a while, but if you e-mail me on the above address, I could get it to
you within a day or 2 of recieving your message, might just motivate me a tad
bit more) The TAB might seem a little difficult to understand at first, but I
sugget that you print it out and read through a couple of times, just to get
a feel for the song and the way the TAB is written out (sorry if there are
any mistakes present, which knowing the way I type, there probably are).
You'll have to listen to the song again anyway, to get a feel for the timing,
anyway I've had enough for now, so any fixes, mistakes, comments et cetera,
don't be afraid to let me know

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Enjoy
GaT..

The song is in 4/4 at around 185 - 190 bpm

"Drop D" tuning (low to high: D A D G B E)


 Bass and drums (4 bars)
      Gtrs 1 & 2 w/heavy distorsion
Intro
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|--------------------3--4--|--5-----------------0--|-------------|
|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6-----|-------------|



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|--------5--2-----------0-----------|--1-----------------------x--x--17--|


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       Start of verses 1 & 2 (see below)
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|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2--|



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|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2----|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2----|



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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2----------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2----------2--|



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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|



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|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
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|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
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|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------*||
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2---||
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2---||


 Interlude
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|-----------------------|-----5--2--------0--1--|


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|--------------------------|--5-----2-----|--0--------------|--1-----------|


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 Guitar Solo
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|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

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|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

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|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
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|-----------5--3-----|------~~~------~~~--|
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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|

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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|-----2--0--------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~~~~--------0--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--5-----2--------------0--------|-------------------|


 Bass Solo
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||---0----------------------------|



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|--------------5-------------------0--|--------------5-------------------0--|
|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


 Verse 3
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|-----------------|--------------------|
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|-----------------|--------------------|
|--2--0-----------|--------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~----0---1--|
|-----------------|--5--2-------0---1--|


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|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----h--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|


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|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|--2--0----------|------~~~--|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------2--0--|--5--2-----|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2--------------||
|----------------|-----------|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2-------(2)\---||


Verse 1
Look inside and you will ....
Thunder burning.......
Knife of words .......
Insane!
Yeah!

Verse 2
Raven black ......
He showed me how to .......
Show to me, in surgery......
Conquer life!
Yeah!

Verse 3
Now the wicked lance of fear ........
Crash course in brain surgery .........
Yeah!	Yeah!	Yeah!


Also when ever you come ........
replaced with Figure 1A (below)

Figure A
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|----h--------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|

Figure 1A
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|---h------------------------------|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|

================================================================================
==              TABLATURE EXPLANATION              ==
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----------              ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron          ----(8)--- Ghost Note
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----5p8--- Pulloff          ----------

----------              ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up          -----x---- Dead Note
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----5\8--- Slide Down         ----------

----------              ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato          ||*----*||
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