One Bass Tab by Metallica

One bass tab by Metallica

Bass Tab

From: Pfeifer@world.std.com (dan)
  To: dwm3@po.cwru.edu
  Subject: New Basstab "One" by Metallica
  Date: Mon, 06 Jan

  					One
  			      By Metallica
  Remember: newsted plays with a pick. the book sez to play high E
  when the chords show up. do what ya like.

  NOTATION:

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   /-\
  2 H 3 HAMMER ON          . LONGER NOTE
  (2/4) TIME SIGNATURES       \,/ SLIDES
  1------- FIRST TIME ONLY     (1)----- STILL FIRST TIME
  2------- SECOND TIME ONLY     1.2.3---- first second and third times
  4------- fourth time

  W whole note 		H half note		Q quarter note
  E eigth note		S sixteenth note	TTT triplit (eighth notes)
  ttt triplit sixteenth notes
  108 bpm
  intro: (4/4)    (3/4)
    E E E E E E E E | Q E E E E | Q. E E E | Q E E S  S E | Q. E S S E|
  g:         |  4    |      |  4      |   2 0  |
  d:         |      |X     |    /-\  X|     2 |
  a: r 2 r 2 r 2 r 2 | 2  2 3 2 |X     | 2  2 2 H 3 2 X| 0 0    |
  e:         |      | 3 3 0 2 |        |      |

    Q. E S S E | Q. E E E | Q E E E E | E E E E E E | Q E E E E |
  g:      |      |      |    7    |      |
  d:      |      |      | 0 7 0     |  5    |
  a:      |     4 |  5  0 7 |     /7   |    0  |
  e: 3 3 0 2 3 | 0  0 2  | 3  3   |       8\ | 3  3  3 |

    Q E E E E | E E E E E E | E E E E E E | Q E E E E | Q E E E E | Q. E. E  E|

  g:      |       |    7   |      |      |      |
  d:  3  3  |   2  2  | 0 7 0    |  5    |  3  3  |    /-\ |
  a:      |  2  2  2 |     7  |    0  |      |    2 H 3|
  e: 1  1  1 | 0      |      8\ | 3  3  3 | 1  1  1 | 0  0   |

  1st and second verses
  (3/4)
    Q. E E E | Q. E E E | Q. E E E | Q E E E E | Q. E S  S E  Q. E S S E|
  g:   4   |     |  4   |       |       |   2 0 |
  d:      |     |     |    /-\ |    /-\  |     2|
  a: 2   3 2 |     | 2  3 2 |   0 2 h 5 | 2 2 2 H 3 2 | 0 O   |
  e:      | 3 3 0 2 |     | 3 3     |       |      |

          (2/4)   (3/4)
    Q. E S S E | E E E E | q E E S  S E | Q. E E E | Q. E S  S E |
  g:      |     |  4      |     |       |
  d:      |     |    /-\  |     |    /-\  |
  a:      |  2  2 | 2  2 2 h 3 2 |     | 2 2 2 h 3 2 |
  e: 3 3 0 2 3 | 0  2  |        | 3 3 0 2 |       |

                              (2/4)
    Q E E S  E | Q. E S  S E | Q. E S S E | Q. E S S E | Q E E |
  g:       |       |   2 0  |      |    |
  d:     /-\ |    /-\  |     2 |      |    |
  a:   0 2 h 5 | 2 2 2 h 3 2 | 0 0    |      |    |
  e: 3 3     |       |      | 3 3 0 2 3 | 0 2 0 |

  Hold my breath ...
  (6/4)                  (3/4)
    Q. E E E Q Q Q | Q. E E E Q E E E E | Q E E E E | Q E E E E |
  g:        |          |    7  |      |
  d:        |       5  6 |  7     |  5    |
  a:  0 2 0   2 | 0 2 4 2 0 3  4  | 5  5    |      |
  e: 3    3 2  |          |     8\ | 3  3 5 3 |

               1-------------------------------------|
   Q E E E E | E E E E E E | E E E E E E | Q E E E E | Q E E E E |
  g:     |       |    7   |      |      |
  d:  3 3  |   2  2  | 0 7 0    |  5    |  3  3  |
  a:     |  2  2  2 |     7  |    0  |      |
  e: 1  1 1 | 0      |      8\ | 3  3  3 | 1  1  1 |

  (1)--------- 2-------------             repeat 3 times (6/4)
    Q. E E E| E E E E E E | Q E E E E | Q E E E E| E E E E E E |Q. E E E Q Q Q |
  g:     |    7   |      |     |       |        |
  d:     |X 0 7 0    |  5    |  3  3 |   2  2  X|        |
  a:   2 3|X     7  |    0  |     |  2  2  2 X|  0 2 0   2|
  e: 0 0  |      8\| 3  3  3 | 1  1  1| 0      | 3    3 2 |

                   (3/4)
    Q. E E E Q Q Q | Q. E E E Q Q Q | Q E E E E | E E E E E E| Q E E E E|
  g:        |        |      |      |     |
  d:        |        |  0   0 |      |     |
  a: 0 2 4 2 0 2 4 |  0 2 0   2 | 0  0 0  |    5  | 2 2  2 |
  e:        | 3    3 2  |      | 3 3 3  3 0|   0  0|

    Q E E E E| E E E E E E| E E E E E E| Q E E E E| E S S E E E E|
  g:     |      |      |     |       |
  d:     |   0  0 |      |     |       |
  a: 3 3  3 | 0 0  0  0|    0  | 2 2  2 0| 3 3 3 3  3 |
  e:   1  0|      | 3 3 3  3 0|   0  |     1  0|

    E E E E E E| E E E E E E| Q E E E E| E E E E E E| E E E E E E|
  g:   2   |      |     |      |   2   |
  d:  0  0  |      |     |      |  0  0  |
  a: 0    0 |    5  | 2 2  2 | 3 3 3  3 | 0    0 |
  e:      0| 3 3 3  3 0|   0  0|    1  0|      0|

    E E E E E E| Q E E E E| E S S E E Q | E E E E E E| E E E E Q | Q. E E E|
  g:      |     |       |      |      |     |
  d:      |     |       |    7  | 0 0 0 7  |     |
  a:      | 2 2  2 0| 3 3 3 3  3/| 7 7 7  7 0|     5\| 2  2 0|
  e: 3 3 3 5 3 0|   0  |     1  |      |      |  0  |

                                   (4/4)
    E E E E Q | E E E E Q| E E E E Q | Q E E E E| E S S E E E E| W  W
  g:      |     |      |     |       | |  |
  d:      |    7 | 0 0 0 7  |     |       | |  |
  a: 3 3 3  3/| 7 7 7  0|     5\| 2 2 0 2 0| 3 3 3 3  3 | 7| (7)|
  e:    1  |     |      |     |     1  0| 0| (0)|

   (2/4)repeat 6 times  (4/4)       repeat 5 times
     t-t-t t-t-t E E || t-t-t t-t-t Q  t-t-t t-t-t E E
  g:|          ||                  |
  d:|X         X||X                 X|
  a:|X       7  X||X       7          X|
  e:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |

     Darkness...
     t-t-t t-t-t E E t-t-t t-t-t E E| t-t-t t-t-t E E t-t-t t-t-t E E|
  g:|                 |                |
  d:|X                 |                |
  a:|X       7        7 |       7         |
  e:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1|

    t-t-t t-t-t E E t-t-t t-t-t E E| t-t-t t-t-t E E t-t-t t-t-t E E|
  g:                 |                |
  d:                 |                |
  a:       7        7 |       7         |
  e: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1|

    cell! 1----------------------------------------------------------------
    t-t-t t-t-t Q  t-t-t t-t-t E E| t-t-t t-t-t Q   t-t-t t-t-t E E|
  g:                 |                 |
  d:                 |                 |
  a:       7/\/\       7/8|       5/\/\       5/8|
  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  |

  (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------

  g:                 |                 |
  d:                 |                 |
  a:       7/\/\       7/8|       5/\/\       2 |
  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  1|

  double time (216 bpm)
  2-----------------------    repeat 4 times
     T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T| T-T-T Q T-T-T Q || T-T-T T-T-T E E  T-T-T|
  g:|           |          ||             |
  d:|X           |         X||X            |
  a:|X       2    |    2    3 X||X 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 r 7 7 7|
  e:| 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0| 0 0 0  0 0 0  || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0|

                             repeat 4 times
    T-T-T E E T-T-T E E || T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T| T-T-T Q T-T-T Q |
  g:           ||           |          |
  d:           X||X           |         X|
  a: 7 7 7 7 r 7 7 7 7 r X||X       2    |    2    3 X|
  e: 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 r || 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0| 0 0 0  0 0 0  |

    T-T-T T-T-T E E T-T-T| T-T-T E E T-T-T T-T-T| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q|
  g:            |           |         |
  d:            |           |X         |
  a: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 r 7 7 7| 7 7 7 7 r 7 7 7 7 7 7|X       7 7|
  e: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0| 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|

    T-T-T T-T-T Q Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q || T-T-T T-T-T Q Q|
  g:        |        |         ||         |
  d:        |        |         X||X        |
  a:       7 7|        |         X||X       5 5|
  e: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 || 3 3 3 3 3 3  |

    T-T-T T-T-T Q Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q || E E Q E E Q| E E Q E E Q|
  g:        |         ||       |       |
  d:        |         X||X       |       |
  a:       5 5|         X||X       |       |
  e: 3 3 3 3 3 3  | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 || 0 0 3 0 0 3| 0 0 3 0 0 3|

    T-T-T T-T-T Q Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q| T-T-T T-T-T E E T-T-T|
  g:        |        |           |
  d:        |        |           |
  a:        |        |        r 5 5 5|
  e: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 r   |

                             repeat 4 times
    T-T-T T-T-T T-T-T T-T-T| T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T| T-T-T Q T-T-T Q |
  g:            |           |         |
  d:            |X          |         X|
  a: 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2|X       2   |    2    3 X|
  e:            | 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0| 0 0 0  0 0 0  |

    T-T-T T-T-T E E T-T-T| T-T-T T-T-T T-T-T T-T-T|| T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T|
  g:           |            ||           |
  d: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 r   |            ||X          |
  a:        r 5 5 5| 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2||X       2   |
  e:           |            || 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0|

     repeat 13 times
    T-T-T Q T-T-T Q | E E Q E E Q| E E Q E E Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T|
  g:         |       |       |          |
  d:         X|       |       |          |
  a:    2    3 X|       |       |       2   |
  e: 0 0 0  0 0 0  | 0 0 3 0 0 3| 0 0 3 0 0 3| 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0|

    T-T-T Q T-T-T Q| E E Q E E Q| E E Q E E Q|| T-T-T T-T-T Q Q|
  g:        |       |       ||         |
  d:        |       |       ||X         |
  a:    2    3|       |       ||X       7 7|
  e: 0 0 0  0 0 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 3| 0 0 3 0 0 3|| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|

   1.2.3---------  4--------
    E E Q E E Q | E E Q E E Q| E E Q E E Q| T-T-T T-T-T Q T-T-T
  g:        |       |       |          |
  d:       X|       |       |          |
  a:       X|       |       |       2   |
  e: 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3| 3 3 3 3 3 3| 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0|

    T-T-T Q T-T-T Q T-T-T T-T-T E E T--T--T | T--T--T E
  g:        |             |      |
  d:        |         *    |      | END
  a:    2    3| 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 r 19 19 19| 19 19 19 19|
  e: 0 0 0  0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 00 00 00| 00 00 00 00|

  * not 1 then 9 play 19 on the A string and open e
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