Chords with lyrics
Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott
This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab. It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...
Intro Rhythm 1
____ ___3___ ___3___ ____ repeat umpteen times....
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
-/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
Lead in to rhythm 2
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--|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|-----
--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----
/\ P.M.-------| P.M.---| (~ = vibrato)
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise...
Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
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-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------
--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------
-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------
PM-|
End of verse riff
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-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------
Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)
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-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------
--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------
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Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- ----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|--------------------------------------- --9-------10-------11--------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that.. With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the song...Have fun with it... --tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uunet!plains!tscott OR tscott@plains OR [email protected] "Call collect!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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