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Fight Fire With Fire tab by Metallica

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                     Fight Fire With Fire, by Metallica

h  - hammer on
p  - pull off
sl - slide
b  - bend
.  - palm mute
f  - full note
q  - 1/4 note
e  - 1/8 note
s  - 1/16 note
t  - 1/32 note

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CHORDS (EADgbe):
Em=(023000), G5(2)=(3x00xx), C=(x32010), G5=(366xxx),
F#5=(133xxx), E5=(011xxx), A5=(577xxx), E=(0xxxxx)
A=(5xxxxx), G=(3xxxxx), F#=(2xxxxx)


INTRO: (Moderately,82 bpm.)

Gtr.I (Two gtrs. arr. for one)
    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am     E              D
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|----------------|---------------2|
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|--5-------------|3-----3-----3--3|
G|-------2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|-----4-----__3__|---2-----2--2---|
D|----------------|-------------7---|--------6--6sl7-|4--------4------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am    Bm7             A
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|----------------|---0-----------5|
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|-0-----2----2---|2--2-----2--5---|
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|----2-------2---|2-----2---------|
D|----------------|-------------7---|----------------|2---------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|-2--------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am    A               G
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|-5--------------|3------3-------3|
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|-----5----------|---3--------3--3|
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|---------6--6sl7|4--------4--4---|
D|----------------|-------------7---|----------------|5--------5------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

    G    Am   G/B           G/B Am    Em      G5(2)    C
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|-------3-3---3--|-----7-10-8-----|
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|---0-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8-5-5-8--------|
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|-0-0-4-----4---4|-5-5------9-----|
D|----------------|-------------7---|-2--------------|-5-5-5----------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------8--7-----|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|


Vol.Swell with increasing distortion (C)

Fast Rock (184 bpm.)


Rhy. Fig.1
                G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F#5
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| Play
G||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| Four
D||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| Times
A||-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------4--|
E||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-2--|
    ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ...


                                                       (end Rhy. Fig.1)
               G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| Three
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| Times
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--||
   ...........     .............      ...........      ...     ...

(Gtr. II:1st time tacet, 2nd time play slashes,
 3rd and 4th times double Gtr. I)


  Rhy. Fig.2A                                          (end Rhy. Fig.2A)
      NC                     F#5 G5   NC              F#5    F#5
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
D||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
A||--------------------------4---5--|-----------------4------4--------||
E||---0--3---5p0-0-0-3---0-0-2---3--|-0---3---5p0-0-0-2------2--------||
      e  e   s s s s e   s s e   e    e   e   s s s s q      q


  Rhy. Fig.2B                                          (end Rhy. Fig.2B)
     NC                     F#5 G5    NC              F#5
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------|------------------------r--------||
G|----------------------------------|------------------------e--------||
D|----------------------------------|------------------------s--------||
A|--------------------------4---5---|-----------------4------t--------||
E|---0--3---5p0-0-0-3---0-0-2---3---|-0---3---5p0-0-0-2---------------||
     e  e   s s s s e   s s e   e     e   e   s s s s e

%
w/Rhy. Fig.1 (2 times)
VERSE 1:
G5     F#5    G5    F#5    F#5     G5     F#5        G5    F#5   F5
Do__   un  -  to__  oth -  ers__   as__   they've_   done_ to    you.___

G5     F#5    G5    F#5    F#5     G5     F#5        G5    F#5   F5
But__  what_  the__ hell   is__    this__ world_     com - ing   to?____

w/Rhy. Fig. 2A                    w/Rhy. Fig.2B
NC        F#5  G5  NC     F#5     NC          F#5  G5  NC     F#5
_____________________


VERSE 2:
Blow the universe .....
Nuclear warfare .........


VERSE 3:
Time is like a fuse...........
Armageddon is here, ...........


VERSE 4:
Soon to fill our lungs.............
The gods are laughing............


Chorus
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------|
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------|
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------|
               .
   Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re.


   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------|
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------|
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------|
               .
   End - ing   is    near.


   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------|
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------|
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------|
               .
   Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re.


                                  $ (2nd time to Coda I, 3rd time to Coda II)
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------r---------------|
G|-------------------______3______--|------------------e---------------|
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|-3----------------s---------------|
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1----------------t---------------|
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------|
               .
   Burst ing   with  fear..........


w/Rhy. Fig. 1                              D.S.(no repeat) al Coda I (%)
||:  NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 NC F5 :||


$ Coda I
Half time feel                                      (end half time feel)
    Bb5  C5D5B5  A5                  G5A5B5  C5                 B5G5A5
E|-------------|------------|--------------|------------|-------------||
B|-------------|------------|--------------|------------|-------------||
G|-------__3__-|-2----------|-(2)----__3__-|-5----------|-(5)---__3__-||
D|--3----7-5-4-|-2----------|-(2)--------4-|-5----------|-(5)---4---2-||
A|--1----5-3-2-|-0----------|-(0)----5-7-2-|-3----------|-(3)---2-5-0-||
E|-------------|------------|--------3-5---|------------|---------3---||
           ...                       .....                        .

Rhy. Fig. 3
E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E | E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e | e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e |

E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E | E  E E  E E  E   E E  E E  E  E E  E E |
e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | e  s e  s e  e   s e  s e  e  s e  s e |

A5  A5 A  A A  A  A A  A A  A  A A  A A | G5  G5 G  G G  G  G G  G G |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e |

F#5  F#5 F# F# F#  F#  F# F#  F# F# |
e    s   e  s  e   e   s  e   s  e  |

E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e |

E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E E E E  E  E E  E E |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s s s s e  e  s e  s e |

A5  A5 A  A A  A  A A  A A  A  A A  A A |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e |

                                                  (End Rhy. Fig. 3)
G5  G5 G  G G  G  G G  G G | F#5  F#5 F#  F# F#  F#  F# F#  F# F# |
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e | e    s   e   s  e   e   s  e   s  e  |


Rhy. Fig. 4
E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5    G5 | E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5  G5 |
e   q      e   e   q      e  | e   q      e   e   e    q

                                          (End Rhy. Fig. 4)
E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5    G5 | E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5  G5 |
e   q      e   e   q      e  | e   q      e   e   e    q


w/Rhy. Fig.3                              full                  full
    /-----------------------------------------------------)      /(
   /                                                            /  (
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-_______9:8_______-____5____-____5____-|--------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-9-----9-7-|
D|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s e.  s s ss  t t

E|-----------------------|10-7--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----10-7---------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------9-7---7-9-7---7-9-7-------------------|
D|9----7-9p7---7-9p7-9p7-|--------------9-------9-------9-7-9-7-----------|
A|-----------9-----------|--------------------------------------9-7-9-7---|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------8-|
  q..  s s s s s s s s s  s  s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e

                                                        __3__
E|------------------------------------|-----------------7h9p7-------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------10p7--------|
G|--------------------------------7-9-|-9p7-9p7---7-9-7------------9p7-7h9|
D|------------------5-7--5h7-7-9------|---------9-------------------------|
A|-------------5-7--------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|5s7------5h7------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  e q      s s s e  s e  s s s e  s e   s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s

E|----------------------------------|------------------|---------12-----14|
B|----------------------------------|------------------|---12s14---su15---|
G|7h9p7-------7-9--9p7---9-7-----9s-|----------7-------|14----------------|
D|------9-7-9----------9-----7-9----|7s9--7s9-----14s16|------------------|
A|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
  s s s s s s s e  s s s s s s s e   e q. e e. q. e  e. q. e  e  q   e  e

                                 full
                                  /(
                                 /  (
E|15p14-14-14-15p14-17p14-19p14-17----17p14----14-|
B|------------------------------------------15----|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s   s s  s  s  s

                           full   full   full   full
                            /(    /(    /(    /(
                           /  (  /  (  /  (  /  (
E|17p14-19p14-17p14----14-17-----17-----17-----17----|
B|------------------17-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  q      q      q      q

           half
            /(
           /  (
E|17-----(17)---14--17p14-15p14-15p14----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------17-14-17p15p14-14-16----14-------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------16----16-14-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  q       s   s e   s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|14-16-12-11-14-12-11----11----------------------|
D|---------------------14----14-12-11-12-11-------|
A|------------------------------------------14-12-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s

                                               w/Rhy. Fig. 4
E|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|10-12-10----10-------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------12----12-10-12-10-12-10-------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------12-10-12-10s|12---------------------|
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  e   f

                                                         Two Guitars *
E|----------------------|-----------------------|----------19/15-19/15-|
B|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
                                                           s     s

* Downstemmed guitar is notated to the right of slashes

   w/Rhy. Fig.3
E||-19/15--15/12--17/14--14--15/12--12--14-------|
B||----------------------15---------14--15--15/12|
G||o---------------------------------------------|
D||o---------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
    e      e      e      e   e      e   e   e

E|15/12--12--14---------12----------------|----------------------------|
B|-------14--15--15/12--14--14--15/12--13-|-13--12----13--13--12----13-|
G|--------------------------14---------14-|-14--12----14--14--12----14-|
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
  e      e   e   e      e   e   e      e    e   q     e   e   q     e

E|10--12p10-12p10-------------------10--12p10-12p10----|
B|12--13p12-13p12-13--13--12----13--12--13p12-13p12-13-|
G|----------------14--14--12----14------------------14-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
  e   s  s  s  s  e   e   q     e   e   s  s  s  s  e

E|-----------------12--10--------------------------|10--------------------|
B|-13--10----12-13-13--12--13--12--12--10----12-13-|12--13--12--10--10--12|
G|-14--11----12-14---------14--12--12--11----12-14-|----14--12--11--11--12|
D|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
   e   q     s  s  e   e   e   e   e   q     s  s   e   e   e   e   e   q.

  ______________________________________________
  |1.                                          |
E|--------------------------10------19/15-19/15-||
B|(12)--10-13-13--12h13-10--12--12--------------||
G|(12)--11-14-14--12h14-11------12-------------o||
D|---------------------------------------------o||
A|----------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||
  e     s  s  e   s  s  e   e   e   s     s

  ___________________________________
  |2.
E|------------------------10-------||
B|(12)--10--13--12h13-10--12--12sd-||
G|(12)--11--14--12h14-11------12sd-||
D|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||
  e     e   e   s  s  e   e   q

Play Rhy.Fig.4 once.

                           Decrease Volume and Distortion
| E           | E           | E           | E           |


                G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F#5
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------4--|
E||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-2--|
    ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ...

  ___________________________________________________________________
  |1.          G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--||
   ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ...

                                          D.S.(no repeat) al Coda II (%)
  _____________________________________________________________________
  |2.          G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--||
   ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ...

$
Coda II
                                      E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E|---------------------------------||----------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||----------------------------------||Play
G|---------------------------------||o------------------______3______-o||Eight
D|---------------------------------||o______3______-----3-----4-----3-o||Times
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--||
E|---------------------------------||-0-----3-----0--------------------||
                                                  .
                                      Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re.

Play eight Times
     E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5
E||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||o-------------------______3______--o||
D||o-______3______-----3-----4-----3--o||
A||--2-----5-----------1-----2-----1---||
E||--0-----3-----0---------------------||
                 .
     Fight! (Sing first time only)

w/Fill 2
   Bb5          E5
E|------------|------------|--------------------------|---------------||
B|------------|------------|--------------------------|---------------||
G|------------|------------|-___3___-------___3___----|-9sd-----------||
D|-3----------|-2----------|-9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-|-9sd-----------||
A|-1----------|-2----------|-7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7-|-7sd-----------||
E|------------|-0----------|--------------------------|---------------||


Fill 1
w/Feedback
E|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------||
B|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------||
G|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------||
D|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------||
A|---8---------|(8)-------|(8)-------|---(8)---------------------------||
E|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------||

Fill 2
  Harm. w/Trem. Bar
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--3----------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

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