Low Mans Lyrics tab by Metallica
Guitar Tab
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.............................................. |------------|------------0-----------------0----------0----------0--------0--| |------------|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0------0-| |------------|*-------(2)---------------(0)-----------------------------------| |------------|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0-----| |------------|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2--------------| |------------|--------------------3----------------------------0--------------|
Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
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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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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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Riff C
«I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away»
H P
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Riff C
«So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins»
H P
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Riff D
«The thrash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm»
Am Em Am Em
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Riff E
«And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn»
Am G C B
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Riff D
«So as i write to you
Of what is done and to do»
Am Em Am Em
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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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Riff F
«My eyes seek reality
my fingers feel for faith »
Riff F
A G D/A E G
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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
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Riff G
«So low the sky is all I see»
Am G F F+4
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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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