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Frantic Tab by Metallica

Frantic tab by Metallica

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Song: Frantic
Artist: MetallicA
Album: St. Anger

Tabbed by Kristof Smits

Drop C Tuning

Intro (shredding throughout):
|Guitar1
|                      x8                                     x8
|d-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|C-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------|------------------0-------------------|
|C--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-------------------|
|PM . . . . . . . .      | . . . . . . . .                      |
|                        |                                      |
|Guitar 2                |                                      |
|d-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|F-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|C-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|G------------------0----|--------------------------------------|
|C------------------0----|--18-15-0-17-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|PM                          .  . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Riff 1 (Two Guitar, 8 times):
d--------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------
F--------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------
C--18-15-0-17-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff 2 (1 time clean, then 4 times dist. Guitar 1&2):
                      x3
d-----------------------|----------------------
A-----------------------|----------------------
F-----------------------|----------------------
C-----------------------|----------------------
G-----------------------|----------------------
C--18-15-0-17~~-17~~-17-|--18-15-0-0-0-0-0-0---
PM                               . . . . . .

Verse:
d-----------------------
A-----------------------
F----------------------- repeat
C-----------------------
G--6\3-0-0-0-0-0-0------
C--6\3-0-0-0-0-0-0------
PM . . . . . .
                  (x4)
d---------------------
A---------------------
F---------------------
C---------------------
G--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2---
C--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2---
PM . . . .  . . . .
"Do I have the strength?"

d-----------------------
A-----------------------
F----------------------- repeat
C-----------------------
G--6\3-0-0-0-0-0-0------
C--6\3-0-0-0-0-0-0------
PM . . . . . .

Pre-Chorus:
d-------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------
C--18-15-0-17~~-17~~-17-18-15-0-17~~-17~~---
"You live it or lie it! You live it or lie it!"

d-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
C--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"My lifestyle determines my deathstyle..."

Chorus:
|Guitar 1
|d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|F-----7------6-----------7-----6-----------7-----6-----------7-----6-------
|C-------6------5---6-------6-----5---6-------6-----5-----------6-----5-----
|G---0-----0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-8---0-----0-----0-8-
|C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Guitar 2
|d---------------------------------------------------------------------
|A---------------------------------------------------------------------
|F--/13--10h12~---/13-10-10h12~---/7----5---4-------/7----5---4--------
|C---------------------------------------------5~------------------5~--
|G---------------------------------------------------------------------
|C---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Keep searching..."

Riff 1:
"Frantic tick tick..."

Riff 2

Verse

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Riff 1

Bridge (shredding throughout):
d----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
C--18p15-0-0-0-0-0-0-17p15-0-0-0-0-0-0---
PM       . . . . . .       . . . . . .
"Do I have the strength?"

|Guitar 1
|                                     x4
|d--------------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------|
|F--------------------------------------|
|C--------------------------------------|
|G------------------0-------------------|
|C--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|PM . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .   |
|                                       |
|Guitar 2                               |
|d--------------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------|
|F--------------------------------------|
|C--------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------|
|C--18-15-0-17-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|PM  .  . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
C--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"My lifestyle determines my deathstyle..."

Chorus

Riff 1

Final Riff:
Guitar 1
d---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
F---------------------------------
C---------------------------------
G--0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0---
C--0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0---
PM . . . . . . . .

Guitar 2 (comes in 5th time)
                     x3
d----------------------|------------------------|
A----------------------|------------------------|
F----------------------|------------------------|
C----------------------|------------------------|
G-------------6p3-5-5--|-------------6p3---6-3--|
C--0--0-0--0-----------|--0--0-0--0------0------|

The the two guitars play this riff 3 times, end on an open C.

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