Seek And Destroy Tab by Metallica

Seek And Destroy tab by Metallica (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

Moderate Rock d=140

     Gtrs.
     I&II N.C.                         Play 8 times
Intro:  Riff A                          (end Riff A)

P.M.---|  h     P.M.  h           P.M.----|   P.M.
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||o
|--------7^8--7-------------|---------------------5----||
|--------------------7^8--7-|-(7)-----------5--------7-||
|-0---0-----------0---------|------0--8--7-----7-------||o
|---------------------------|--------------------------||

Riff B
                     sl.
|-------------------------||
|-9--7-----7--------------||
|-------9-----9--8--7--5-||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||

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(Gtr. II out)
Gtr. I  Rhy. Fig. 1

P.M.--------|            P.M.--------|
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||o
|------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------5--7--5--7-|------------------------||
|-------------5--7--5--7-|-------------7--5-------||o
|-0--0--0--0-------------|-0--0--0--0--------7--6-||

Double w/Gtr. II         Gtrs. I&II

P.M.--------|            P.M.--------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------5--7--5--7-|------------------------|
|-------------5--7--5--7-|-------------7--5-------|
|-0--0--0--0-------------|-0--0--0--0--------7--6-|

Riff C
Play 4 times

P.M.---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||o
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------5----||
|------------------------|----------------------7-||o
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--7--6-------||

1st, 2nd, 3rd Verses
w/Riff C (4 times)

Pre-Chorus
Rhy. Fig. 2

    P.M.----|             P.M.----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-----------5--7--5-|-5-----------5--7--5-|
|-5-----------5--7--5-|-5-----------5--7--5-|
|-3--0--0--0--3--5--3-|-3--0--0--0--3--5--3-|
|---------------------|---------------------|

    P.M.----|
|---------------------||
|---------------------||o
|-5-----------5--7--5-||
|-5-----------5--7--5-||
|----0--0--0----------||o
|---------------------||

Fill 1

|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|-7--5-------------------||
|-------7--6--5----------|| Play Riff B (2 times)
|----------------7--6--5-||
|------------------------||

Chorus
Rhy. Fig. 3

|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-12----------|-11-----10-----|
|-12----------|-11-----10-----|
|-10----------|--9------8-----|
|-------------|---------------|

P.M.---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||o
|------------------------|------------------------||  play
|------------------------|------------------------||   3x
|------------------------|------------------------||o
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||

|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-12----------|-11----10-----| back to Rhy. Fig. 1
|-12----------|-11----10-----|   (w/Gtrs. I&II)
|-10----------|--9-----8-----|
|-------------|--------------|

Faster d=208

Rhy. Fill 1

    P.M.-|   P.M.-|   P.M.
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-5--------7--------7----|
|----0--0-----0--0-----0-|
|------------------------|

Substitute Rhy. Fill 1 (2nd, 3rd, & 4th times)

       P.M.   P.M.-|   P.M.    P.M.-|   P.M.-|   P.M.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-5--7------7--------7----|-5---------7--------7----|
|-0--0---0-----0--0-----0-|-----0--0-----0--0-----0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

     P.M.-|   P.M.-|      P.M.-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||o
|-4-----------------------|------------------------||
|-4---------7--------7---|----------3--2--0-------||
|-----0--0-----0--0-------|-3--2--0-----------3--0-||o
|-------------------------|------------------------||

|---------------|
|---------------|
|-12----11--10--|
|-12----11--10--|
|-10-----9---8--|
|---------------|

Guitar Solo
w/Rhy. Fig. 3 (3 times)
Gtr. III

    sl.         p         p     p     p         p     p
|---------12--15^12--12-15^12-17^12-15^12--12-15^12-17^12-|
|-12-/-15----------12--------------------15---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

                     Full
    p                 )             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sl.
|-15^12----12----12---/---------|--------------------------|
|-------15----15----15----------|-(15)----------(15)------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

          p             p    p
|-7---7-10^7----7-7---------------|
|------------10-------10^7-10^7---|
|-------------------------------9-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

           Full
            )   p       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------/--------------------|------------------------|
|----------/---------------------|------------------------|
|-7---7---9----(9)^7--------------|------------------------|
|---9-----------------9---(9)-----|---(9)------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|

                  Full
~~~~~~             )~~~~~~~
|--------------|-17/------------16-15-14---|
|--------------|--------------15--------15-|
|--------------|------------16-------------|
|-(9)----------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|

             Full 1/2
              ) )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sl.
|-------------/--/-------------|--------------------------|
|-14--------15----(15)----------|-(15)---(15)-------------|
|----16-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------17----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

 sl.
|-----20-20-23-20-28-22-19-19-21-21-17-15-19-16-14-14-17-|
|-/-23---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

                      sl.    sl.    p         p
|-14-12-16-12-11-14-12--11-9--7-10^7----7-10^7------|
|--------------------------------------10--------10-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

                       Full
    p          P.M.     )   p            ~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------/-------|-------------------------|
|-10^7----------7------/--------|-------------------------|
|------9--7--9-----9--9----(9)^7-|-9--7---7--(7)-----------|
|--------------------------------|------9------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------5--5-|

                                       Full
       sl.       p       h              )   p
|-----------------------------|---------/----------|
|-----------------------------|--------/-----------|
|-----------------------------|-7--9--9----(9)^7--9-|
|------------7--9^7-----7^9-9-|---------------------|
|---5---/-9---------9---------|---------------------|
|-7---------------------------|---------------------|

        Full            Full
         )             )      p
|--------/--------------/------------------|
|-------/--------------/---7--10^7---------|
|-7---(7)--------7--9--9------------9--7----|
|--------------9--------------------------9-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

        Full
         ____          Full
        )      p      )sl.
|-------/--------------/----------------|
|------/--------------/--------------12-|
|-7---9-------(9)^7---9---------/-14----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

   Full                    Full
    )         p            )     p
|---/---12------------------/-12-------------|
|-15---------15^12----12--15-----15^12-12-15-|
|------------------14------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

   Full              Full
    )      p         )           p              p
|---/-12--------------/-12--12-|-15^12---------------------|
|-15------15^12-15--15----15---|------15-12--12-15^12------|
|------------------------------|-----------14--------14-12-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|

         p              ~~~~~~~~~ P.M.--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---12-14^12-----------------------------|
|-14--------14-12------------------------|
|----------------14-12----------------12-|
|---------------------15----------15-----|

P.M.---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12----12-|
|----------12----12-14-12-14----14----|
|-14-12-14----14----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|----------------------------12----12-|
|----------12----12-15-12-15----15----|
|-14-12-14----14----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

                               Gtrs. I&II
    p       sl.     p       sl. P.M.----|         P.M.-|
|-15^12------------------------|------------------------|
|------15-12--12-15^12--------|------------------------|
|----------------------14-12--|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------3--2--0-------|
|------------------------------|-3--2--0-----------3--2-|

P.M.-----|         P.M.-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|-2--------------------|
|------------------------|-2--------------------|
|----------3--2--0-------|-0--------------------|
|-3--2--0-----------3--2-|----------------------|

Back to
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus

Ending
         P.M.-|       P.M.-|       P.M.-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--11-------11--10-------10---9-----------------------|
|-12--11-------11--10-------10---9-----------------------|
|-10---9--------9---8--------8---7-----------------------|
|---------0--0---------0--0---------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

         P.M.-|      P.M.-|       P.M.----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--11-------11--7--------7-/-9----------------------|
|-12--11-------11--7--------7-/-9----------------------|
|-10---9--------9--5--------5-/-7----------------------|
|---------0--0--------0--0---------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
repeat

         P.M.--|   P.M.-|   P.M.-|   P.M.-|   P.M.-|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------|-------5--------2--------5--------4--------7--5-|
|--7----|-------5--------2--------5--------4--------7--5-|
|--------|-0--0--3--0--0--0--0--0--3--0--0--2--0--0--5--3-|

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