Hell And Back Tab by Metallica

Hell And Back tab by Metallica (Ver. 3)

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METALLICA - HELL AND BACK
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Tabbed by: JohnnyB
Email:johnny.b.goode@windowslive.com
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Tuning: E Standard (E sharp tuning at live)

***Intro***
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff A
D|---------2--2---2----2----2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---2----| (Clean)
A|---------3--2---3----3----2--3---3---2---3---2---3---2------------| Play 4X
E|--0---------------------------------------------------------------|

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e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------| (Distortion On)
A|--6--6--6--6--6--6-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------8-8-8--8-8-8-----|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---8-8-8--8-8-8-----|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6--6-6-6-----|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|



e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------| Play 4X
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------| Main Riff
A|--2-2-2h3p2-----2--2-2-2-----2-------|
E|------------3-5-0--0-0 0-3h5-0-------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-5-4--5-4--5-4----------5-5-4--5-4--10-7----------|
G|---------x-x-x--x-x--x-x----------x-x-x--x-x--x--x----------|
D|---------3-3-2--3-2--3-2----------3-3-2--3-2--8--9----------|
A|---2------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|---0-0-0--------------------0-0-0---------------------------|

***Verse***

*Play Riff A (The Clean one at the start) 6 Times, after that:

When the sun goes hell bound..(Optionally, you can slightly give sum drive)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3-2----------------------|
A|------------3-2-3-2-3-2-2------------3-2-3-2---------------3-2-3-2----|
E|---0---0-0---------------------0--0-0---------------0--0-0--------3-0-|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------3-2-------|
A|--------------3-2-3-2-----3-2---|
E|------0--0-0--------------------|

***Chorus***

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------8-8-8--8-8-8-----|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---8-8-8--8-8-8-----|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---6-6-6--6-6-6-----|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|



e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------| Play 2X
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2h3p2-----2--2-2-2-----2-------|
E|------------3-5-0--0-0 0-3h5-0-------|

Play Power Chords Again***

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------| Play 4X
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2h3p2-----2--2-2-2-----2-------|
E|------------3-5-0--0-0 0-3h5-0-------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-5-4--5-4--5-4----------5-5-4--5-4--10-7----------|
G|---------x-x-x--x-x--x-x----------x-x-x--x-x--x--x----------|
D|---------3-3-2--3-2--3-2----------3-3-2--3-2--8--9----------|
A|---2------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|---0-0-0--------------------0-0-0---------------------------|

Sshhhh..

***Play the whole verse&chorus stuff again...***

After that;
Bridge and sum lyrics on it (I become two we become...) (Play 8 Times)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x---------------x---------------x---------------x--------------|
A|--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
E|--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0-|

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------| 4 times
D|--------------|
A|-----2---1----|
E|--0-----------|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------| Play 2 Times
A|----4-3-------------4-3-------|
E|--2------5-7-3----2-----5-7-3-|

***Play the bridge with sum lyrics on it for 2 times***

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------| Play 2 Times
A|----4-3-------------4-3-------|
E|--2------5-7-3----2-----5-7-3-|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------| Play 2 Times
A|----6-5-------------6-5-------|
E|--4------7-9-5----4-----7-9-5-|



e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|------------3------------------|
D|--3-3-3---6-1-4----------------| Play 4 Times
A|--1-1-1---4---2----------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Bridge (Make a pick slide at the end)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4-3---4-3----5-4----6-5--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------|
A|--2-----2------3------4------10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------|
E|-----------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------|

Rhythm Guitar (Solo Part) (play for 8x, after play 2 complete chorus...)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x---------------x---------------x---------------x--------------|
A|--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2--x--2---2---2-2-|
E|--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0--x--0---0---0-0-|

***Outro (6.25)***

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|---2-5--2---| play that rhythm fill for 16 times...
A|---2-5--2---|
E|---0-3--0---|

| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

Good Luck!

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