Lux Æterna tab by Metallica

Tabs

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A minorAm

Intro/Outro riff: (0:00 - 0:15)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7s6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4s3-3-3-----------7--6--5--4--2~----s7~-----------|
A augmentedA|-5s4-4-4-4s3-3-3-3s2-2-2-2s1-1-1-----------5--4--3--2--0-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
              (2x) -



Main riff: (0:16 - 0:32)

e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8--|
D MajorD|\----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8--|
A augmentedA|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E MajorE|\-----------------------------------------------------|
                     (2x)
Main riff tail:

e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|----------7-8-|
D MajorD|----------7-8-|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7------|
E MajorE|-5-5-5-5------|

Verse riff: (0:32 - 0:52)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------5--7--5-----------------5--4--4-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-5--7--5----------------5--4--4-|
A augmentedA|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-3--5--3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3--2--2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5--3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5 3--2--2-|
E MajorE|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
                                   (2x)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3--------------------------------2------------------------------5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7--|
E MajorE|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|

Chorus: - Main riff (0:47 - 1:07)

[Chorus mini-solo)
e|----------5------------------|
BB|-5b---------8-5--------------|
G+G|-5b-------------7-5---5~~----|
D MajorD|-5b-----------------7-----7\-|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|


Chorus #2 Tail: (1:35 - 1:42)

e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------7-8---------7-8---------7-8---------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7--5-4-3--|
E MajorE|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5--3-2-1--|


Solo:
Sorry, kinda boring as Kirk goes lately, so no transcription here

Rhytm riff: (1:42 - 1:49)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------7-8--------------------------7-8--|
A augmentedA|-2-------------------------7-8-2------------------------7-8--|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
                  (2x)

(1:49 - 2:03)

e|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-10-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5--7-|
E MajorE|-6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3--5-|
                   (4x)


Bridge riff: (2:03 - 2:15)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G+G|------------------------------------------------9~-------12-12-12-12~--|
D MajorD|---------5~------------7~------------9~---------7~-------10-10-10-10~--|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-5~----7-7-7-7-7~----7-7-7-7-10~--7-7-7------------------------|
E MajorE|-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5------5-5-5------------------------|

(2:15 - 2:22)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------13-13-13-13~--|
G+G|-7p5--------------------7-8-7p5------------------7-8-----12-12-12-12~--|
D MajorD|-----5-7~---------------7-8-----5-7~-------------7-8-----10-10-10-10~--|
A augmentedA|------------0-0-0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     (3x)

Main riff 4x (2:22 - 2:30)
Verse riff (2:30 - 2:52) (w\ longer tail)
Chorus #3 - Main riff 4x + tail (2:52 - 3:01)
Intro/Outro riff (3:01 - 3:14)
End riff variation (3:14 - end)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--7p5-------------------7-8-7p5------------------------|
D MajorD|\-----5-7~--------------7-8-----5-7~--------------7-8--|
A augmentedA|\-----------0-0-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6--|
E MajorE|\-------------------------------------------------5-6--|


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
|  Palm mute


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Lux Æterna tab

"Lux Æterna" is the lead single off of American metal rocker legends Metallica's "72 Seasons" album. This is their eleventh studio album.

"Lux Æterna" is written by singer/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich.

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