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Ride The Lightning Intro by Metallica

Ride The Lightning tab by Metallica (Ver. 3)

Intro

Key: Em

🤘 Intro:

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----12-13~---------12~---|-------------------------|
G|----------------14-------|-------11~------12-------|
D|-------------------------|----14-------------14~---| x4
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |                         |                         |
 | Harmony                 |                         |
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----7--8~----------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------7--9~----|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----7--9~----------------| x4
A|-------------------------|----------------5--7~----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Last time, add a quarter note slide up and down the low E string, leading into the next riff.


   g          g
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| x12
A|-7/8--------7/8--------------|
E|-5/6--0--0--5/6--0--0--0--0--|
        P.M.-|     P.M.-------|


e|-------------------------|     |-----------------|
B|-------------------------|     |-----------------|
G|-------------------------|     |-----------------|
D|----------------2-----5--| x4, |-----------------|
A|-4-----2-----4--0--4--3--|     |-4--------10--9--|
E|-2-----0-----2-----2-----|     |-2--------8---7--|
               PM



🤘 Verse :
   g          g                        g          g
e|-----------------------------|     |------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|     |------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|     |------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| x3, |------------------------------|
A|-7/8--------7/8--------------|     |-7/8--------7/8--------10--9--|
E|-5/6--0--0--5/6--0--0--0--0--|     |-5/6--0--0--5/6--0--0--8---7--|
        P.M.-|     P.M.-------|             P.M.-|     P.M.-|

(Repeat above verse part, then modulate to F#m)


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|  ~   Vibrato
|  g   Grace note
|  /   Slide up
| P.M. Palm muting
|     Staccato

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Published: February 1, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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