King Nothing Bass Tab by Metallica

King Nothing bass tab by Metallica

Bass Tab

Song Title: King Nothing
Artist: Metallica
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Tune Down 1/2 Step
  4=Eb  2=Db
  3=Ab  1=Gb

Intro
=====      Bass Fig.1                      (8x)
.|G|----10-----|-----------------------|------------------------|
4|D||=========||*----------------5-----|-------5--------8---5--*|
4|A|--guitar---|*---5-6-7----5/7----7--|---5/7----7\-----------*|
.|E|-----------|--0-------0------------|-0-----------/6---7-----|

 Bass Fig.2                (4x)
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|*----------------------|--------------8---5--*|
A|*---5-6-7----7\--------|---------------------*|
E|--0-------------0-3-0--|--0-0-3-0--/6---7-----|

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 Bass Fig.3
G|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|*-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|*-------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|--X-0-3-0--/6-6-5-X-|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-X-|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-X-|

   (end Bass Fig.3)
G|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-3--|-0-0-3-0-/6-6-5-X-|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-X-|

                    Bass Fig.4
G|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|--------7-----7--------|
A|------------------|------------------|-0--0-0----0----0-0-0--|
E|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-X-|-1-0-3-0-/6-6-5-3-|-----------------------|

    (end Bass Fig.4)
G|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
D|-----7----------------|--------7-----7--------|----7-----------|
A|-(0)---7-6---5^6-5^6\-|-0--0-0----0----0-0-0--|(0)---7-6----6/-|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|

 %
G|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----7--7-7----7---7--|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-0----------0---0----|-8--8-8--8--8----8-8-8-8--|-7--7-7--7--7----7-7-7-7\5-|


G|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------7-7----|------7--7-7----7---7-|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-3-2--1--0------5\|-0--0---------0---0---|-3--3-3--3--3----3-3-5-3-|

                       Bass Fill 1
G|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E|--2--2-2-2--2---2-2-3-2-|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1---------------X-|
 ____________________________________________________ ____________
 w/Bass Fig.2(4x)                  |/2.
G|-----------------|-------------------|------6-------|---------------|
D|-------===-------|--------===--------||===========|*|-w/Bass Fill 1-|
A|-------===-------|--------===--------|-------------*|---------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
 __________________________________________________________
 w/Bass Fig.2(4x)
G|-----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
D|-------===-------|----===----|----===----|-------===------|
A|-------===-------|----===----|----===----|-------===------|
E|-----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
               HALF TIME FEEL
 ____________        w/Bass Fig.4
G|------------|------3------|-------------|------------------|
D|-----===----|-|=========|-|-----===-----|--------===-------|
A|-----===----|-------------|-----===-----|--------===-------|
E|------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|

        w/Bass Fill 2 (end 1/2 time feel) w/Bass Fig.3  w/Bass Fill 3
G|------------|----------------------X---------|--------4-------|--------r------|
D|----===-----|------7---------------X---------||==============||--------e------|
A|----===-----|----------7---6-------X---------|----------------|--------s------|
E|------------|-(0)------------------X---------|----------------|-0------t------|

 w/Bass Fig.1(4x)       w/Bass Fig.1(4x)
G|--------7--------|----------|-------------------|------------------|
D||===============||----==----|--------===--------|--------===-------|
A|-----------------|----==----|--------===--------|--------===-------|
E|-----------------|----------|-------------------|------------------|


G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
D|-------====--------|-------====------|----====----|-------===-------|
A|-------====--------|-------====------|----====----|-------===-------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|


G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
D|-------====--------|-------====------|----====----|-------===-------|
A|-------====--------|-------====------|----====----|-------===-------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|

 w/Bass Fig.2(4x)
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-------===--------|-------===-------|--------===-------|
A|-------===--------|-------===-------|--------===-------|
E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|


G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-------===--------|-------===-------|--------===-------|
A|-------===--------|-------===-------|--------===-------|
E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|

                         D.S. Al Coda %
G|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------=====------------|---------------====---------------|
A|----------=====------------|---------------====---------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
  |
 -0-To Coda
  |
G|---------------------|--------|-------|-------|----------------|
D|---------------------|--------|-------|-------|----------------|
A|---------------------|--------|-------|-------|----------------|
E|1------------------X-|-0------|(0)----|(0)----|(0)-----X-X-----|

 Outro
 w/Bass Fig.2(4x)
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
D|------=====-------|------=====------|----===----|-------===-------|
A|------=====-------|------=====------|----===----|-------===-------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|


G|------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
D|------=====-------|----=====------|----===----|-------====------|
A|------=====-------|----=====------|----===----|-------====------|
E|------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|


G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E|-0-----------|(0)--------------|(0)--------------|(0)---------------||


This might be confusing to read but it's all there. If you need help trying
to read it you can refer to Guitar World/Guitar Magazine because they tab
songs almost identical as this. Enjoy!!!!

Submitted by: Matt Hilferty (hilferty@erols.com)

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