Lux Æterna tab by Metallica

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Am

Intro/Outro riff: (0:00 - 0:15)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7s6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4s3-3-3-----------7--6--5--4--2~----s7~-----------|
A|-5s4-4-4-4s3-3-3-3s2-2-2-2s1-1-1-----------5--4--3--2--0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                            (2x) -




Main riff: (0:16 - 0:32)

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8--|
D|\----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8--|
A|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E|\-----------------------------------------------------|
                                         (2x)
Main riff tail:

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


Verse riff: (0:32 - 0:52)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5--7--5-----------------5--4--4-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-5--7--5----------------5--4--4-|
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-3--5--3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3--2--2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5--3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5 3--2--2-|
E|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
                                                                      (2x)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--------------------------------2------------------------------5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7--|
E|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|



Chorus: - Main riff (0:47 - 1:07)

[Chorus mini-solo)
e|----------5------------------|
B|-5b---------8-5--------------|
G|-5b-------------7-5---5~~----|
D|-5b-----------------7-----7\-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


Chorus #2 Tail: (1:35 - 1:42)

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7-8---------7-8---------7-8---------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--5-4-3--|
E|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5--3-2-1--|


Solo:
Sorry, kinda boring as Kirk goes lately, so no transcription here

Rhytm riff: (1:42 - 1:49)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7-8--------------------------7-8--|
A|-2-------------------------7-8-2------------------------7-8--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
                                    (2x)

(1:49 - 2:03)

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5--7-|
E|-6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3--5-|
                                     (4x)


Bridge riff: (2:03 - 2:15)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G|------------------------------------------------9~-------12-12-12-12~--|
D|---------5~------------7~------------9~---------7~-------10-10-10-10~--|
A|-7-7-7-7-5~----7-7-7-7-7~----7-7-7-7-10~--7-7-7------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5------5-5-5------------------------|

(2:15 - 2:22)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8-----12-12-12-12~--|
D|-----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8-----10-10-10-10~--|
A|------------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         (3x)

Main riff 4x (2:22 - 2:30)
Verse riff (2:30 - 2:52) (w\ longer tail)
Chorus #3 - Main riff 4x + tail (2:52 - 3:01)
Intro/Outro riff (3:01 - 3:14)
End riff variation (3:14 - end)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7p5-------------------7-8-7p5------------------------|
D|\-----5-7~--------------7-8-----5-7~--------------7-8--|
A|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6--|
E|\-------------------------------------------------5-6--|



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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
|   Palm mute


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