Wherever I May Roam bass tab by Metallica

Bass tabs

Song: Wherever I May Roam
Artist: Metallica
Album: Metallica (1991)
Tuning: Standard

PERFORMANCE NOTE: Watch for frequent changes between half-time and double-time feels.

🏷Legend:
r = rest
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
s = 16th note (appears above bar)


INTRO (Note that while it sounds like Newsted is striking the 7th fret E twice
per bar in the first staff, that second strike you hear is actually guitar, not bass):

    (x5)    5/4 (off tempo; refer to song)   s
G |-----------------||-----------------------------------------|
D |-----------------||-----------------------------------------|
A |-7---------------||-7-----------------------------------12\-|
E |-----------------||----------------------------------/12----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  5  &

  4/4                          5/4          4/4 (Double-time)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|
E |-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------------------||-5---6---7---8-\-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                                      2/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A |-5-6-7-8---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-r-----|
E |---------0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|---------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 &


PRE-VERSE (Half-time feel):

  4/4   ss        sss  ss     ss        sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7-\-----7-\-|-----------------|-------------7-\-|-----------------|
E |-0------00r0-----|-1------0101---31|-0---0--00r0-----|-1------0101--/7\|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

VERSE 1:
         ss                 ss        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-53|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         ss                 ss    ss   ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-35|-6-6-6-666-6-6-60|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

  (Double time)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-6-7-7-7/8-7-\-|
E |-6-6-6-6-7-7-8-8-|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-0-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                    (Half-time)
                     ss ss ssssss   s  s  sssss
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||--------------3--|-----------------|
E |-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-||-5-535-535-535-50|-3--33--03--03321|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-VERSE (Double-time):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                                      2/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-r-----|
E |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|---------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 &


VERSE 2 (Half-time):

  4/4   ss        sss           ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7-\-----7-\-|---------------7\|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0------00r0-----|-1------0101-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         ss        ss        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-53|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         ss        ss (Double time)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-5-6-7-7-7/8-8-\-|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-35|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-66||/6-6-6-6-7-7-8-8-|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-0-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                    (Half-time)
                      ss ss ssssss   s  s  sssss
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||--------------3--|-----------------|
E |-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-||-5-535-535-535-50|-3--03--03--33321|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


INTERLUDE (Double-time):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-------------7---|-----7-------3---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------6---|
E |-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-1---1-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-1-3-----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7-------7---|-----7-----------|-----7-------7---|-------------6---|
E |-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-1-3-1-|-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-1-3-----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-5-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                    (Half-time)
                      ss ss ssssss  ss ss ssssss
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||--------------3--|-----------------|
E |-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-||-5-535-535-535-50|-3-303-303-333321|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


GUITAR SOLO (Double-time):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
                                      2/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-r-----|
E |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|---------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 &

  (Half-time)
  4/4   ss   ss     sss  ss     ss   ss     sss  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7-\-----7\--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0------00r0---35|-6---6--5656---65|-3---3--03r3---35|-6---6--5656---65|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

  (Double-time)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-6-7-7-7/8-7-\-|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-6-6-6-6-7-7-8-8-|-----------------|-0---0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-------------------|
A |-----------------|-5---r----/12------|
E |-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|--------------12-\-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 4:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-5-|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

  (Half-time)
   ss ss ssssss   s  s  sssss   s  ss   ss   s ss   sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |--------------3--|---------------54|-3--03--03r3---53|-2--22-221-------|
E |-5-535-535-535-50|-3--03--03--033--|-----------------|--------------031|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO (Double-time):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x3):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-6-7-8---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |---------0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-6-7-8---------|-7-\-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |---------0-1-0-0-|-----0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff to fade-out):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-6-7-8---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |---------0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &