Low Mans Lyrics tab by Metallica

Words and Music by Hetfield and Ulrich



Notes in () play very quietly

Intro (x2)
Enter synth (Riff B) on second time
 1, 2, 3, 1      Humming..............................................
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Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
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|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
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Riff B
«My eyes seek reality
 My fingers seek my veins»
  A        G        D/A     E    G
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|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|


Riff B
«Theres a dog at your back step
 He must come in from the rain»
  A        G        D/A     E    G
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|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0--------0---|
|*-------(2)---------------(0)--------------------------------------*|
|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0--------*|
|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2------------------|
|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|


Riff C
«I fall cause I let go
 The net below has rot away»
        H      P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
|*-----2---------------------------------------------0---------*|
|---0-----------0------------2--0-----------2-------(0)---------|
|------------------3------------------------0-------------------|



Riff C
«So my eyes seek reality
 And my fingers seek my veins»

        H      P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
|*-----2---------------------------------------------0---------*|
|---0-----------0------------2--0-----------2-------(0)---------|
|------------------3------------------------0-------------------|
Riff D
«The thrash fire is warm
 But nowhere safe from the storm»

  Am     Em        Am     Em
|---0----------------0------------0----------------0------------|
|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|--*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---|
|---------------0--0-0------------------------0--0-0------------|

Riff E
«And I can't bare to see
 What I've let me be
 So wicked and worn»

         Am     G       C       B
|-----------------0-----------3--3------------------------------|
|-----------------1--|-|-|-|--3--3--|-|-|-|--1--|-|-|-|---------|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---|
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------|

Riff D
«So as i write to you
 Of what is done and to do»


  Am     Em        Am     Em
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|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|--*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---|
|---------------0--0-0------------------------0--0-0------------|
Riff E
«Mabye you'll understand
 And won't cry for this man
 'Cause low mans is due ......... Please forgive me»

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|-----------------1--|-|-|-|--3--3--|-|-|-|--1--|-|-|-|---------|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---|
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---|
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------|
Riff F
«My eyes seek reality
 my fingers feel for faith »

Riff F
  A      G      D/A      E   G
|---0-----------3-----------2-------------0--0---3--3---|
|---2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--3--|-|-|-|----0--0---3--3---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|----1--1---0--0--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|----2--2---0-----*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--/-/-/-/--0--/-/-/-/----2------2------|
|---------------3-----------------------0-0----3-3------|

Riff F
«Touch clean with a dirty hand
 I touched the clean to the waste»

Riff D
   The trash fire is warm
   But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
   And I can't bare to see
   What I've let me be
   So wicked and worn

Riff D
   So as I write to you
   Of what is done and to do
Riff E
   Maybe you'll understand
   And won't cry for this man
   'Cause low man is due

   Please forgive me
   Please forgive me
   Please forgive me
Riff G
  Am      G    F    F+4
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------1----------0-----------------0-------|
|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
|*--------------------------3---3-3-------3--*|
|-------------0-------------------------------|
|---0------------3-------1--------------------|





Riff G
«So low the sky is all I see»

  Am      G    F    F+4
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------1----------0-----------------0-------|
|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
|*--------------------------3---3-3-------3--*|
|-------------0-------------------------------|
|---0------------3-------1--------------------|
Riff G
   All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
   So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
   Though he just wants right back out again

Riff F
   And I cry, to the alley way
   Confess all to the rain
Riff F
   But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
   The one I've broken, to match my face

Riff D
   The trash fire is warm
   But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
   And I can't bare to see
   What I've let me be
   So wicked and worn

Riff D
   So as I write to you (yeah)
   Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Riff E
   Maybe you'll understand
   And won't cry for this man
   'Cause low man is due

   Please forgive me
   Please forgive me

Riff G

Riff G
   So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
   All I want from you is forgive me

Riff G
   So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
   Though he just wants right back out again

Riff B
   My eyes seek reality
   My fingers seek my veins

Outro
Humming.........................................fade out
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Play this with the strings completely muted and pluck the stings
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