Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Ver2) by Metallica

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Song: Crash Course in Brain Surgery
Artist: Metallica
Album: The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
Bassist: Jason Newsted

Tuning: Standard , Drop D (DADG)

LEGEND:
h = hammer on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
X = muted strike
r = rest
m = palm mute (appears above bar)
s = 16th note (appears above bar)


INTRO:
                (  x3  )                                  6/4
G |-------------5-6-|-7---------------||-------------5-6-|-7-----------------------|
D |-------5-6-7-----|---5-6-7-5-6-7---||-------5-6-7-----|---5-6-7-5-6-7---r-------|
A |-5-6-7-----------|-----------------||-5-6-7-----------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

(  x2  )
   4/4  m m   m   m       m m   m   m
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-2-0-------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||---------2-0-----|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-----------------|-5-2-----0-1-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ( x3 )
        m m   m   m        m m   m m m   6/4                      4/4
G |-----------------||-----------------||------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------||-----------------||-2-0--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------||-----------------||---------2-0------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-0h2-2-2---2-2-2-||-----------------5-2----|-0---------------|-1-------/---12\-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 1 & 2 (x2):

                (  x6  )
        m m   m   m       m m   m   m        m m   m   m       m m   m   m
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5---5-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                                               ( x4 )
        m m   m m m   m                         ssss           m m   m   m                    
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-3h5-5-5---5-5-5-|-3-0-------------|-X---X---XXXX12\-||-0h2-2-2---2---2-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


LEAD-IN TO BREAKDOWN:
                                              ( x3 )
                                             m m   m   m        m m   m m m
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
D |-2-0-------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
A |---------2-0-----|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-5-2-----0-1-----||-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-0h2-2-2---2-2-2-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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


BREAKDOWN:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-2---r-----------|-r---------------|-2---r-----------|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                       9/8                 4/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D |-2-r-2-r---------|-r---------------|-2-2-r-------------|-2-/-/-/-/-/-12\-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


GUITAR SOLO:

        m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m m m m m
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-3-5-3-5-X-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m m m
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-3-------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-3-----|-----------------|
D |-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5---5-|-3h5-5-5---5-5-5-|-----------------|-8-5-----2-3-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m m m m m
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m   m       m m   m m m
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2-2-2-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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


BASS SOLO:
   4/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0-2-0-----|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
D |-5-7-5-7-5-7-r-5-|(5)0-2-0-2-0-5-0-|-5-7-5-7-5-7---5-|(5)0-2---------0-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                                                                 ( x2 )
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-2-1-0-----------|-----------------||-----5-------0---|
A |-----------------|---------------0-|-------2-1-0---0-|(0)--------------||-5-7-----0-2-----|
D |-5-7-5-7-5-7---5-|(5)0-2-0-2-0-5---|-----------------|---0-2-0-2-0-5---||-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUT-VERSE:
                (  x2  )
   4/4  m m   m   m       m m   m   m
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-2-0-------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||---------2-0-----|-----------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-----------------|-5-2-----0-1-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                (  x2  )
        m m   m   m       m m   m   m   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-2-0---------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||---------2-0-------------|
D |-0h2-2-2---2---2-|-0h2-2-2---2---2-||-----------------5-2-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

   4/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-0---------------|-1---------------|-2-2-------------|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025