Am I Evil Tab by Metallica

Am I Evil tab by Metallica

Guitar Tab

From Jon Kendrew (am2el@herts.ac.uk) ['93/'94]


			Metallica - Am I Evil?
			----------------------
                      From the Creeping Death EP
		 Originally recorded by Diamond Head
         	     Transcription by Jon Kendrew


          KEY TO TAB :

			H - Hammer on
			P  - Pick off
			/  - Slide up to...
			\  - Slide down to...
			T  - Tap (With pick or finger)
			h  - Harmonic (Natural)
			A  - Harmonic (Artificial)
			~  - Vibrato
			X_ - Pick slide
			PM - Palm mute
			Tr - Trill
			Wh - Use whammy bar
			^  - Bend string up (x steps)
			`  - Release bend (x steps)

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			@  - Rhythm slash (Power chord noted)

			|  - Time slash (4\4 Time, etc...)
			=  - Let ring



Gtr 1 : Distorted



        |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |    |   |     |   |

||---||-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-4-||-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---||-9-----------7-9-|-10----------12-|-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-|
||-4-||-9-----------7-9-|-10----------12-|-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-|
||---||-7-----------5-7-|-8-----------10-|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|
||---||-----------------|----------------|---------------------|

   |   |     |     |       |   |     |   |       |   |     |	 |

 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-|-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 |-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-|-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 |-7---7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 |-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
					       |
					       |
   					       | Gtr 2 : Distorted
					       | (Trem Strum)
					       |-----------------------|
					       |-----------------------|
 					       |-----------------------|
					       |-14-\------------------|
					       |-14-\------------------|
					       |-12-\------------------|


Gtr 1 doubles Gtr 2

  |   |     |   |       |   |     |     |       |   |     |   |

|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|*--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-2-------------------|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-------------------|
|*2-------------------|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-------------------|
|-0-------------------|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-------------------|



  |   |     |     |       |   |     |   |       |   |     |     |

|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------*|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-------------------|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3*|-2-------------------|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-------------------|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|



  |   |     |   |       |   |     |        |          |   |     |   |

|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-------------------|
|-8-------------------|-----------10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-------------------|
|-8-------------------|-----------8--8--8--8--8--8--|-7-------------------|
|-6-------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------



  |   |     |     |       |   |     |   |       |   |     |     |

|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-------------------|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-------------------|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-------------------|-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-|



  |   |     |   |       |   |     |     |       |    |     |   |

|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|*---------------------|
|-2-------------------|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-/9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-|
|-2-------------------|-----------5-5-5-5-5-5-|*/7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|
|-0-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|


                        Gtr 1 : Grad rit.

  |   |     |     |       |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
	(Repeat 3 times)
                                  ~~             ~~      ~~
|-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------*|------------------|-------------10----|
|-9---9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|-----9---8---------|
|-7---7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5*|-------------8----|-7-----------------|
|-----------------------|-0---7---6--------|-------------------|


  ~~
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9---10---/12---/14-----/16---------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|



Gtr 2 : Intro solo. (See comments at end)

   HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-058-058-058-058-058-058-058-058-|-047-047-047-047-047-047-047-047-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


							(Hold last note..)
   HH  HH  HH  HH  HH   HH   HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH  HH
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-058-058-058-058-0710-0710-058-058-|-047-047-047-047-047-047-047-----|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  A   A   A   A   A   A Wh~~~~~~
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----5-------------------------|
|-5-----------5-------7---------|
|---------5-------7-------------|



"One, Two"		(Repeat Main Riff 8 times before verse)

                      PM---|  PM-|  PM---|

           	    |   |   |  |    |   |   |  |
Main Riff :       |------------------------------|
		  |------------------------------|
		  |*----------------------------*|
		  |---------------2---------3--2-|
		  |*2-2-2-2-5-2-2-0-2-2-2---1--0*|
		  |-0-0-0-0-3-0-0---0-0-0--------|

(Main Riff with verse 1)

Verse 1 : (Lyrics)

		My mother was a witch.....
		Thankless little bitch......
		Take her down now........
		All blistered and burned......


		      PM---|  PM-|  PM---|

		    |   |   |  |    |   |   |  |
Pre-Chorus riff : |------------------------------|
		  |------------------------------|
		  |*----------------------------*|
		  |---------7-----9---------10-9-|
		  |*7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7---8--7*|
		  |-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5--------|

(Pre-Chorus riff x 4 with Pre-Chorus)

Pre-Chorus : (Lyrics)

		Twenty-seven......
		Gotta see 'em.......
		See the bodies......
		Take my time.......


(Main Riff x 4 with Chorus)

Chorus : (Lyrics)

		Am I ....
		Yes I .....
		Am I ....
		I am that, yes I am....


			*******Main Riff x 2*******

(Main Riff x 8 with verse 2)

Verse 2 : (Lyrics)

		As i watched my mother ....
		Revenge now I sought, to break ......
		Taking no chances, you come ......
		I split you to the bone, help set......


(Pre-chorus riff x 4 with pre-chorus)

(Main Riff x 4 with chorus)



Bridge :

		|------------------|------------------------------|
		|------------------|------------------------------|
		|*9-----7-----5---*|------------------------------|
		|-9-----7-----5----|---------------2---------3--2-|
		|*7-----5-----3---*|-2-2-2-2-5-2-2-0-2-2-2---1--0*|
		|------------------|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0---0-0-0--------|


               (Repeat 3 times)

	. |   |   |   |      |   |     |  |       |   |   |   |
						    ~~~~~~~~~~~
	|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
	|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
	|*9-----7-----5---*|-9-----11-----12----|------------------|
	|-9-----7-----5----|-9-----11-----12----|------------------|
	|*7-----5-----3---*|-7-----9------10----|--/7--------------|
	|------------------|--------------------|------------------|



Double Time feel :



				      _______________________________________
Fast Riff 1:			      |1.

  |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |

     PM-|    PM-|       PM-|               PM-|    PM--|      PM-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|*-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-------------7----|------------------|---------5--------|
|*7--7777-7--7777--|-7--7777-5---5----|-7--7777-7--7777--|-7--7777-3---5---*|
|-5--5555-5--5555--|-5--5555-3--------|-5--5555-5--5555--|-5--5555-----3----|


_____________________________________
|2.					Fast Riff 2 : (Note : Lyrics)

  |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

     PM-|    PM--|			PM------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||*----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------7----|
|-7--7777-7--7777--|-----------------||*2--2222-2-2222--|-2--2222-2--5----|
|-5--5555-5--5555--|-555-555-555-532-||-0--0000-0-0000--|-0--0000-0-------|
   		   |   Triplets      |


  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

  PM-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------*|    Repeat whole sequence again.
|-----------------|------------7-7--|
|-2--2222-2-2222--|-2--2222-2--5-5-*|
|-0--0000-0-0000--|-0--0000-0-------|



(With Fast Riff 2 [First repeat])

Lyrics :


(With Fast Riff 2 [Second repeat])

Lyrics :







		*******Then Fast Riff 1 x 1*******



  |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2----------------|------------------|-5-------7--------|
|-2----------------|------------------|-5-------7--------|
|-0----------------|------------------|-3-------5--------|


GUITAR SOLO:


For the solo, the rhythm follows the following 'feel':

          X       X         X       X
	|-X--XXXX-X-XXXX--|-X--XXXX-X-XXXX--|

	Chord changes are noted above tab lines, and are 2 or 3 fingered power
chords, depending on what you feel like. For the 'XX' notes, strike the
full chord, on the others just play the lowest note (Usually the E string)

  B5

  |  |||| |  | |||    |    | ||| |   | || |
  @  @@@@ @  @ @@@    @    @ @@@ @   @ @@ @
      (Full)    P
|-----------7-------|----------------11-12--|
|------------10-7-7/|/12-----------12-------|
|-9^^^^^^^^^--------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|



  |       |  |  |  |     |     |  |  |  |    |    |||| |   ||||
  @       @  @  @  @     @     @  @  @  @    @    @@@@ @   @@@@
    H  P       H  H        P  P     P  P
|-11-12-11---11-12-14-14-14-12-11-12-11----|-----------------7---|
|---------12----------------------------12-|-10---------/7-------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|



  |  ||||  |     |   | |  |     |    | || | |     ||||
  @  @@@@  @     @   @ @  @     @    @ @@ @ @     @@@@
            H P                   P       P   P
|-10-9--7--7-9-7-----7--------|--------------------------|
|----------------10----10-7---|-10-7---7-----------------|
|-----------------------------|------9---9-7-9-7---7---7-|
|-----------------------------|------------------9-------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|



  |    ||  | | |    | | | |     |    ||  | | |    | | | |
  @    @@  @ @ @    @ @ @ @     @    @@  @ @ @    @ @ @ @
 (Full)                        (Full)
|-----7-----------------------|-----7-----------------------|
|-----7-10-7---7--------------|-----7-10-7---7--------------|
|-9^^--------9---9-7-7------7-|-9^^--------9---9-7-7------7-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|




  |    ||  | | |    | | | |      |      | | | |   |   | | | |
  @    @@  @ @ @    @ @ @ @      @      @ @ @ @   @   @ @ @ @
 (Full)
|-----7-----------------------|-/19--/20---/22---/24----------|
|-----7-10-7---7--------------|-------------------------------|
|-9^^--------9---9-7-7------7-|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|



  E5
  |      | |  |  |  |      | |  |  |    |      | |  |  |  |      | |  |  |
  @      @ @  @  @  @      @ @  @  @    @      @ @  @  @  @      @ @  @  @
    P  P              P  P                P  P              P  P
|-15-14-12----12-14-15-14-12----12-14-|-15-14-12----12-14-15-14-12----12-14-|
|----------15----------------15-------|----------15----------------15-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|




  |     | | | |  |     | | | |     |     | | | |  |     | | | |
  @     @ @ @ @  @     @ @ @ @     @     @ @ @ @  @     @ @ @ @

|-15---14---12--------12---------|--------------------------------|
|----------------15--------15----|-14---12---14-------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------12======--------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



  B5
  |  | | | | |   | | | |    |    | | | |  |   | | | |
  @  @ @ @ @ @   @ @ @ @    @    @ @ @ @  @   @ @ @ @
 (Full) P     P      P        P      P     P     P
|------7-0-0-9-0-0-10-0-0-|-12-0-0-10-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-0-|
|----7--------------------|---------------------------|
|-9^----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|

  |    | | | | |   | | | |      |   | | | | |   | | | |
  @    @ @ @ @ @   @ @ @ @      @   @ @ @ @ @   @ @ @ @

|-10---9---7--------7---------|----------------------------|
|--------------10-------10----|-9---7---9------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------7======\-------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


  |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||
  @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@
   HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-047-047-047-047-|
|-047-047-047-047-|-058-058-058-058-|-047-047-047-047-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



                                      A5
  |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||   |   ||||  |   ||||
  @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @   @@@@  @   @@@@
   HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH   T PP T PP T PP T PP
|-058-058-058-058-|-047-047-047-047-|-1285-1285-1285-1285-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|*-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|*-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|



  F5                    A#5                   F#5
  |   ||||  |   ||||    |   ||||  |   ||||    |   ||||  |   ||||
  @   @@@@  @   @@@@    @   @@@@  @   @@@@    @   @@@@  @   @@@@
  T PP T PP T PP T PP   T PP T PP T PP T PP   T PP T PP T PP T PP
|-1385-1385-1385-1385-|-1396-1396-1396-1396-|-1496-1496-1496-1496-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|*-------------------*|*-------------------*|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|*-------------------*|*-------------------*|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|




  B5
  |    || | | |    || | |   |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||
  @    @@ @ @ @    @@ @ @   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@
  T P P T P P T P P T P P    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH
|-14107-14107-14107-14107-|-047-----047-----|-047-----047-----|
|-------------------------|-----047-----047-|-----047-----047-|
|*-----------------------*|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------------*|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|




  |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||
  @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@
   HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH    HH  HH  HH  HH
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-047-----047-----|-047-----047-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----047-----047-|-----047-----047-|-047-----047-----|-047-----047-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----047-----047-|-----047-----047-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



                                        E5
  |  |||| |  ||||   |  |||| |  ||||     |      | | |  |   |      | | |  |
  @  @@@@ @  @@@@   @  @@@@ @  @@@@     @      @ @ @  @   @      @ @ @  @
   HH  HH  HH  HH                         P  P     P  P     P  P     P  P
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------12-|-1514-0-0-1715-0-0-1514-0-0-1715-0-0-|
|-----------------|-------------/14---|-------------------------------------|
|-047-----047-----|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----047-----047-|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-7\----------------|-------------------------------------|



  |      | | |  |   |      | | |  |     |        |  | | |    |    ||| |
  @      @ @ @  @   @      @ @ @  @     @        @  @ @ @    @    @@@ @
    P  P    P  P    P  P    P  P
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1514-0-0-1715-0-0-1514-0-0-1715-0-0-|-1514-0-1412-0-1210-0-109-0-97-0-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                      B5
  |  ||||  |  ||||    |   |||| |    || ||    |    |||| |  ||||
  @  @@@@  @  @@@@    @   @@@@ @    @@ @@    @    @@@@ @  @@@@
                     (Full)      P                     (Full)
|-------------------|----------------------|------------10^====|
|-7-----------------|-10^------107---7-----|-------------------|
|-7-9-7---7---------|--------------9---9-7-|-9-7---7-----------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-----9-------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|


  |   || || |       || | |    |    || | |  |  | | | |       (END SOLO)
  @   @@ @@ @       @@ @ @    @    @@ @ @  @  @ @ @ @
              H  P    H  P     H P   H P    ~~~~~~~~
|-9----12-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------10-12-10-8-10-8-|-7-8-7-5-6-5--3========---|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|


*******Fast Riff 1 x 2 (Note : Only repeat the first section)*******

On fourth repeat, Gtr 2 plays:

               P
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-/777-777-777-75--|
|----------------7-|
|------------------|


*******Fast Riff 2 x 4*******

*******Fast Riff 1 x 4*******


(Triplet feel - not strict time)

                             _________________________
                             |1,2,3.      |4.
                              H   H P
|------------------|----------------------|----------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------|
|------------------|---------------------*|----------|
|-----9---7-7------|-7-7------------------|-7--------|
|-----7---5-5------|-5-5---------5-7-5---*|-5---7----|
|-0-0--------------|---------5-7-------7--|-----5----|




    PM---|  PM-|  PM---|       h   h
              (Repeat 6 times)
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|*--------------------------*|-----------------|
|---------------2--------3-2-|-------------2---|
|*2-2-2-2-5-2-2-0-2-2-2--1-0*|---------5---2---|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0---0-0-0------|-5---5---3---0---|       (END)








NOTES :
-------

	-   For the intro solo, use the left hand for all taps - The open
string is picked with the pick, then hammer on with your index finger,
then little finger for the highest note. This technique is also used in
the main solo as well.

	-   For the tapping part on the main solo, i find it easier to
use my middle finger rather than the pick edge (Since it is not too
fast)






There are probably a lot of mistakes in this transcription, any
corrections and/or additions would be gratefully received. Also the rest
of the lyrics would be a Bonus! Listen to the song to get the feel of
the rhythm (and lead parts!!) - It's difficult to convey the timing
accurately using this format.

		Happy Pickin's!
				Jon


Other stuff which may be coming soon (If i can be arsed to type it
out!!!):

	Metallica - Eye of the Beholder
		  - To Live is to Die
		  - Breadfan


	Megadeth  - Sweating Bullets
		  - This was my Life
		  - Countdown to Extinction
		  - High speed dirt (Does anyone know the 2nd half of
		    the 2nd solo??)


	Sepultura - The Abyss

	Anthrax   - Got the time

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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