Orion Bass Tab by Metallica

Orion bass tab by Metallica (Ver. 2)

Bass Tab

Orion

Track 7 of Metallica’s Master of Puppets album.

Intro:

There appears to be two basses or something of the like used, either way it’s these two
that are played (at the same time). Just play the one that sounds best to you. I
play the first one.

1.

G||-------------------|-------------------|--4----------------|
D||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||--7----------------|-------------------|--5----------------|
E||--0----------------|-------------------|-------------------|

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

|-------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------|-------------------|
|--6----------------|--7----------------|
|-------------------|--0----------------|

2.

|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--9----------------|
|--7----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--9----------------|--7----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


Main Rhythm

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7--------7--------7-----|--7--------7--------7-----|
|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--------5--------5--5--|--6--------6--------6--6--|
|-----7--7-----7--7--------|-----7--7-----7--7--------|


Bass Fill (use distortion)

|--------------14--------------16--------------|
|--14-14-14-14-----14-14-14-14-----14-14-14-14-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|--17------------------------------------|
|------14-14-14-14-14--14-14-15--15-15---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|--------------17--------------16--------------|
|--14-14-14-14-----14-14-14-14-----14-14-14-14-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|--14------------------------------------|
|------14-14-14-14-14--14-14-15--15-15---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

(Slide out the last note the last time this riff is played)


Rhythm Riff 2

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------0----------2----------|--3---------------------------|
|--0--0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-1--1-1-0--|


 E S S E S S S S E S S S S  E S S S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------3----------2----------|--0---------------------------|
|--0--0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-1--1-1-0--|

Back to the Main rhythm riff and then


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|--------------------0--0--|
|-----------------------0--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|


|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--|--0------0--0--0--0----|-------------------|

|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|--2------2--2--2--2-----|--0------0--0----0----0----|
|------------------------|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--2------2--2----2----2----|--0----------------|--------------------|


Clean Bass Solo With Guitar Harmonies (There’s a lot of room for improvisation, be
Also, its not as complicated as it looks, just get the main pattern down and then improvise)

|---------11-----9-----|-----9--------9-----|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-----------|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------7-----7--|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|

|-----9------------|---------11-----9-----|-----9--------------|
|--9-----9---------|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-----9-----|
|-----------7------|--9-------------------|-----------7-----7--|
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----9-----9-9--9---9------|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-------------11-9-|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|---------------------------|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|

|-----9--------9-----|---------11-----9-----|-----9------------|
|--9-----9-----------|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9---------|
|-----------7-----7--|--9-------------------|-----------7------|
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----9--------------|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-----9-----|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------7-----7--|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|

|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6---------|---------11-----9-----|-----9--------9-----|
|------------------9-7-----|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-----------|
|----------------------9-7-|--9-------------------|-----------7-----7--|
|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----9-----6-9-6-------|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9--------9-7-6-|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------------------|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|

|-----9---------------|---------11-----9--9--|-----9--9--9-7-6-------|
|--9-----9-----9----7-|------11-----7--------|--9--------------9-7-6-|
|-----------7-----7---|--9-------------------|-----------7-----------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----9--------9-----|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9-----------|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------7-----7--|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|


|-----9-----------------|---------11-----9-----|-----9---------------|
|--9-----9--9-7---------|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9------9-7-6-|
|---------------9-7---7-|--9-------------------|-----------7---------|
|-------------------9---|----------------------|---------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----------------------|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9--9--9--------------|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|

|-----9--------9-----|---------11-----9-----|-----9-----9-9-9-9-6---|
|--9-----9-----------|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9------------9-|
|-----------7-----7--|--9-------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|-----9---------------|---------11-----9-----|
|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9------9-7-6-|------11-----7-----7--|
|--9-------------------|-----------7---------|--9-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

|--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-6---------|---------11-----9-----|-----9---------------|
|---------------------9-7-----|------11-----7-----7--|--9-----9--------6-7-|
|-------------------------9-7-|--9-------------------|-----------7---9-----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|

|---------11-----9-----|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9----------|
|------11-----7-----7--|-------------------------11-9-7---|
|--9-------------------|--------------------------------7-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|

It changes a bit here

|----------11------------------|-----9-----------------|
|-------11---------14----------|--9----9-6------7-6----|
|--9--9--------12-----12-11-12-|-----------9-7------7--|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

|----------11------------------|-----9-----------------|
|-------11---------14----------|--9----9-6------7-6----|
|--9--9--------12-----12-11-12-|-----------9-7------7--|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

|----------11------------------|-----9-----------------|
|-------11---------14----------|--9----9-6------7-6----|
|--9--9--------12-----12-11-12-|-----------9-7------7--|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

|----------11------------------|-----9-----------------|
|-------11---------14----------|--9----9-6------7-6----|
|--9--9--------12-----12-11-12-|-----------9-7------7--|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

|--------------------------9----|-------------------------------|
|----------11----11-----11---11-|--12--12-9---------------------|
|--9--9-12----12-----12---------|-----------11---------11-14-11-|
|-------------------------------|---------------12--12----------|

|--------------------------9----|-------------------------------|
|----------11----11-----11---11-|--12--12-9---------------------|
|--9--9-12----12-----12---------|-----------11---------11-14-11-|
|-------------------------------|---------------12--12----------|

|----------------------------------9-|------------------------------------|
|----------------11-11-11-11----11---|--12-12-12-9----9-------------------|
|--12-12-12-9-12-------------12------|-------------11------------11-14-11-|
|------------------------------------|------------------12-12-12----------|

|----------------------------------9-|------------------------------------|
|----------------11-11-11-11----11---|--12-12-12-9----9-------------------|
|--12-12-12-9-12-------------12------|-------------11------------11-14-11-|
|------------------------------------|------------------12-12-12----------|

Brace yourself to play the next solo here

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------0----0--|----------4----4--|----------0----0--|----------4----4--|
|--2----2----------|--0----0----------|--2----2----------|--0----0----------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------0----0--|----------4----4--|----------0----0--|----------4----4--|
|--2----2----------|--0----0----------|--2----2----------|--0----0----------|


Distorted Bass Solo

|--9br-----------9------|--------9---9-------4-5p-4---4-|
|-----------------------|----7-7---5---4-5-7--------7---|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|

|--5p-4---4h-5p-4---4h-5p-4---4--------|----4-5-7-5-4-5-5-4---4-5-4-5-|
|-------7---------7---------7---5------|--------------------7---------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|

|--4-----4-----------------|--------------------------|
|----5-----5---5-----5-----|--7-4---7-4---4-------4---|
|------7-----7---7-----7---|------5-----5---5---5---5-|
|------------------8-----8-|------------------7-------|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--12b--12-10-12br--10-12-12-10-9-10-9-|--10-9h-10p-9S-7-9-7-5-7-5-3-5-----|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------3-2-|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|--0-0----|

|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--0-------------3----|--------------------|--3-------------|
|---------0-----------|--------------------|---------0------|


|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--0----------------|
|-------------------|


Outro

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-----|--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--2--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0--|--------------------0-----|
|--------------------------|--2--2--2--2--2--2--------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

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