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Metallica - Orion


Intro
    Chord diagramE5E5                                 Bm/D             Chord diagramB/D#B/D#              8x
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-4--------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-4----------------o||
||--7--------------|(7)--------------|-5--------------|-6-----------------||
||--0--------------|(0)--------------|----------------|-------------------||


Rhythm Figure 1:
    Chord diagramE minorEm                                 Chord diagramB minorBm                                 6x
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-5-----5----5---|-4-----5-----5---|-4-----4-----4-4-|-4-----4-----4-4-o||
||--7-----7----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-5-----5-----5-5-|-6-----6-----6-6--||
||----0-0---0-0--0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---7-7---7-7-----|---7-7---7-7------||
      x x   x x  x     x x   x x   x     x x   x x         x x   x x
    Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA5A5          Chord diagramE5E5            Chord diagramC5C5
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------4-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3---3-3-2---|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramC5C5          Chord diagramE5E5            Chord diagramA5A5                               4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------5-----------4-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3---3-3-2---o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||


Rhythm Figure 2:
            Chord diagramA5A5          Chord diagramB5B5            Chord diagramC5C5
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------4-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------2-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||----------0-----------2-----------|-3-------------------------------|
||--0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1---1-1-0---|
                x x x x     x x x x       x x x x x   x x x   x x x

          Chord diagramC5C5          E5/B          Chord diagramA5A5                               3x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------5-----------4-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|---------5-----------2-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|---------3-----------2-----------|-0--------------------------------||
|-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1---1-1-0----||
  x   x x     x x x x     x x x x      x x x x x   x x x   x x x
Repeat Rhythm Figure 1 (2x)


  Chord diagramE minorEm
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------h-p-------h-p--------|-------h-p-------h-p----------|
||o-------4-5-4---4-4-5-4-------|------4-5-4---4-4-5-4---------|
||--------------7---------7-----|(7)---------7---------7-------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|

  Chord diagramB minorBm                            Chord diagramBB
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------5---5---4---------|----------5---5---4---4-------o||
|-(7)-------------------5-----|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||


  Chord diagramE minorEm                                                   Chord diagramB minorBm
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|-----------------h---|
|----sl----sl----sl----sl---|---sl-------------12-14/|---14-14-12-12-11-12-|
|-4-2--5--5--7--7--9--9--12-|-12-14-14-14---14-------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|


|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------12|
|------------------15-|-15/-----------------12-|-15/15-15-15/15-15-15/--15--|
|(12)-11--------12----|-14----14/-14-----14----|----------------------------|
|--------12-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|


  Chord diagramB minorBm                  p  p              p  p     p     Chord diagramBB
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-12-|-17/--17/--17/17-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------17/|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

  Chord diagramB5B5                             Chord diagramB5B5                          E/B
|----------------p-------------|-------------p-----------------------------|
|-(17)---17/---17-15----15-17/-|-(17)--17--17-15-----15--------------------|
|--------------------14--------|-----------------16-------16---------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


  B5/A
|--------------------------------------|-17/--------17/--17--------14--15--|
|----15-19----15-19----15-19----15-19--|-----------------------------------|
|-16-------16-------16-------16--------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  Chord diagramB5B5                h     h     h    h      h   h   h   h p         p
|-17--15--14--15--14-15-12-14-10-12-8-10-|-7-8-5-7-3-5-2-3-2-------3-2-----|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5                Chord diagramE5E5
|---------------------p-----|--h------------|------------------------------|
|-3-----3--5/-----5--5-3----|-3-5---3--2--3-|--h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p---------|
|----4-------------------4--|---------------|-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4--------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|


  Chord diagramB5B5               B5/A             Chord diagramF#5F#5              Chord diagramE5E5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|-4--------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|-4------4-4-4-2-|-4------3-3-2-2-|-4------3-3-3-3-|-2--------|(2)---------|
|-2------2-2-2-2-|-0------0-0-0-0-|-4------4-4-4-4-|-2--------|(2)---------|
|----------------|----------------|-2------2-2-2-2-|-0--------|(0)---------|
         x x x x          x x x x          x x x x


Rhythm Change (4/4 -> 6/8)

Bass Solo (8 measures)

The next part is played by 3 guitars. The upper notes are guitar 1,
those in the middle are guitar 2 and the lower ones are for guitar 3.
I usually play the first and second guitar simultaneously. This sounds
pretty good.

    Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
||o-9/-------------|-(9)------9/\---6-9--|-6----------|-(6)--------------o||
||o-9/-------------|-(9)------9/\---7-9--|-7----------|-(7)--------------o||
||--11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9----------|-(9)---------------||
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
                                                                slide down

    Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/\---6-9--|-6----------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/\---7-9--|-7-7-7-7----|-(7)----------------|
|---11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9-9-9-9----|-(9)----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|---9-9-9----|-(9)----------------|
                                                                slide down


    Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/\---6-9--|-6-----------|--------h-sl--------|
|---9/ ------------|-(9)------9/\---7-9--|-7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7--6--6-7-9--------|
|---11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-9--7--7-9-11-------|
|------------------|---------------------|---9-9-9-7-7-|-9--7--7-9-12-------|


   Chord diagramF# minorF#m     Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramE MajorE             Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramE MajorE
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------sl----------|-6--------------|------------9/\/|
|----------------|--------7-9-11--9--7-9-|----4--7--7-----|(7)-------------|
|--9-------------|(9)-7-9----------------|----------9-----|(9)-------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|


I'll leave away the 2nd and 3rd guitar now. It would be a little bit
complicated to put them into the following parts.

  Chord diagramF# minorF#m     Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------h---|-------------|----------------------|
|-(9)------------|(9)-----9/\/\--6-9--|-6-----------|----------sl-----9-9-9|
|----------------|--------------------|---7-7-7-6-6-|-7--6--6-7-9----------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|

   Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE MajorE
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--9--9-9-9--9--6--6-|-7--7--7-----------6-|-6------|(6)----------9-9-9-9-9|
|--------------------|----------9-7-6--7---|-7------|(7)-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|


  Chord diagramF# minorF#m       Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|--------------------p-|
|-9--9-9-9--9--6--6--|-7--7--7-----------6-|-6------|(6)---------4/--\(4)-2|
|--------------------|----------9-7-6--7---|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|


  Chord diagramF# minorF#m       Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramE MajorE
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--2-----------------|(2)------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--2-----------------|(2)-----------------2|-------------|-----------------|
|--4-----------------|(4)-------------2-2--|-4-----------|(4)-----4--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
                                                                  slide down

    Chord diagramF# minorF#m        Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramE MajorE         3x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o--------6---6----6-9-6-|-7--7----------------o||
||o------7---7----7-------|------9-6------6-9-6-o||
||--7--9------------------|----------7--7--------||
||------------------------|----------------------||
    ^first time:9

   Chord diagramF# minorF#m        Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramB minorBm            Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------6---6----6-9-6-|-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------7---7----7-------|---------4-6-9------6-9-6-|
|--7--9------------------|---------------7--7-------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|


    Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramE MajorE        4x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------6-9-6---6-9-|-7----7-9-------6-o||
||o-7-----------------|----------6---7---o||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||--------------------|-------------------||


  Chord diagramF#5F#5              Chord diagramA5A5                   Chord diagramE5E5                Chord diagramC#5C#5
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------14-15-17-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------12-14-15-17----------|
|-------------------------------------|-------11-13-14----------------------|
|-------------11----------11-12-14-11-|-12-14-------------------------------|
|-12-11-12-14----11-12-14-------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5        Chord diagramA5A5      p                  Chord diagramE5E5              Chord diagramC#5C#5
|-17----17--17--14-17-14--14-17-14-12-|---p---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-14-12---p------------17-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------14-11-14-16-16/--16/----|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5      Chord diagramA5A5 h            Chord diagramE5E5       h h sl  Chord diagramC#5C#5
|-2---2-4-5--5-7---5--4--|-sl-h-h--4-5-7-9--7--7-5-4-5-|
|------------------------|-2-3-5-7---------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5         Chord diagramA5A5               Chord diagramE5E5              Chord diagramC#5C#5
|-4--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---5--------------p---------|---------------p---------|
|-----4--2-4-4/\(4)-2------2-|-4-2-4-2-4/\(4)-2--------|
|---------------------4--4---|------------------4--4---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|


  Chord diagramE5E5      Chord diagramG5G5     Chord diagramD5D5           Chord diagramB5B5               Chord diagramE5E5                       Chord diagramG5G5
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------p------|--p-------p-------p-----------|
|-9/'---\--9---|(9)-----9---9-------4-5-4---4-|-5-4---4-5-4---4-5-4---4------|
|--------------|----7-7---5---4-5-7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7----5---|
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|


  Chord diagramD5D5              Chord diagramB5B5              Chord diagramE5E5         Chord diagramG5G5
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------p------------|-3-----3----------------|
|----4-5-7--5-4-5-5-4---4-5-4-5-|---4----4---4-----4-----|
|-(5)-----------------7---------|-----5----5---5-2---5-2-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|


  Chord diagramD5D5         Chord diagramB5B5             Chord diagramE5E5            Chord diagramG5G5
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------p-sl-----|
|-5-2---5-2---2-------2---|-11'-11-9-11'`-9-11-11-9-7-9-7-|
|-----4-----4---4---4---4-|-------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Chord diagramD5D5              Chord diagramB5B5                             Chord diagramE5E5
|------------------------------|               |------|
|-----h-p-sl-------------------|               |------|
|-9--7-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-5-4-| Rhythm Change |-5-5--|
|------------------------------| (6/8 -> 2/8)  |------|
|------------------------------|               |------|
|------------------------------|               |------|

Rhythm Change (2/8 -> 4/4)

   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE5E5      Chord diagramC5C5                                     Chord diagramC5C5      Chord diagramE5E5
|---------------------|----------------|               |-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|               |-----------------|
|--2--------------5---|(5)-------------| Rhythm Change |-5---------------|
|--2------2-------5---|(5)-------------| (4/4 -> 3/4)  |-5-------2-------|
|--0------2-------3---|(3)-------------|               |-3-------2-------|
|---------0-----------|------------0-0-|               |---------0-------|
                                   x x

Rhythm Change (3/4 -> 4/4)

  Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramB5B5                 Chord diagramA5A5    Chord diagramB5B5
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------p--|
|---------|-10/--10/--10/--10/-10/-|(10)-10/-10/-10/-10/-10/--10-7-|
|-2-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------|-------------------------------|


  B5/A                                      Chord diagramF#5F#5                        Chord diagramA5A5
                                              p     p     p     p     p     p
|--------p-----------p---------p--------p--|10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7-|
|----7-10-7-10/-10-10-7----7-10-7-10/-10-7-|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
|-9/--------------------9/-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  Chord diagramB5B5              Chord diagramA5A5      B5/A                p
|-10/--10/-10--7-10-10/-|(10)---10/-10------10-7-|
|--------------7--------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5                       Chord diagramA5A5         Chord diagramE5E5
    p
|-10-7---p----p----------------------|-------------------------|
|------10-7-10-7------p--------------|-------------------------|
|----------------9-7-9-7------p------|-------------------------|
|------------------------9-7-9-7-----|--p---p-----p---p--------|
|--------------------------------9-8-|-7-5-7-5---7-5-7-5---5---|
|------------------------------------|---------7---------7-----|


  Chord diagramB5B5                    Chord diagramA5A5        Chord diagramB5B5
                                                             p            p
|-------------------------------|------------------p---22/-22-19-----19-22-19-|
|----------------------------19-|-----19-22-22/--22-19-----------22/----------|
|-------------h--7--------sl----|-21/-----------------------------------------|
|--------sl--7-9----9--(9)-21---|---------------------------------------------|
|--h--5-7-9---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-5-7---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


  B5/A
|----19----19----19----19----19----19----19-------|
|-22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22-22-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5                                          Chord diagramA5A5
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-22/----|
|-21/---------21----------21----------21--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  Chord diagramB5B5                    Chord diagramA5A5        B5/A
|---22--22------22--22------22/-|-----22--22------22--22----------|
|------------h-----------h------|--h-----------h-----------h---p--|
|-----------2-4---------2-4-----|-2-4---------2-4---------2-4-7-6-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Chord diagramF#5F#5                     Chord diagramA5A5          Chord diagramE5E5
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--p-----p-----p-----p-----p-----p--|--p-p---p-p---p--------------|
|-7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6-|-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-2-----------|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----|--------------------2--2-----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|


Repeat Rhythm Figure 2 while fading out


h  : hammer-on               p : pull-off
/  : bend up a full step     \ : release (bend down) a full step
'  : bend up a half step     ` : release (bend down) a half step
sl : slide                   x below the tablature : palm-mute
( ): let this note ring; you stroke it just before

Other versions of Orion

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Orion (Ver. 4) by Metallica

VersionType
Orion1Tabs
Orion (Ver. 2)Tabs
Orion (Ver. 3)Tabs
Orion (Ver. 4)Tabs

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