Ride The Lightning Tab by Metallica

Ride The Lightning tab by Metallica

Guitar Tab

Intro/outro:

e-|-7-8-------5-7------------------------|
B-|-7-8-------3-5------5-7------8-5------|
G-|--------------------2-4---------------|
D-|-----------------------------0-2------|
A-|--------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------|




Riff 1:
    P.M.  P.M....
e-|-------------------|
B-|-------------------|
G-|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|
A-|-/8-----/8---------|
E-|-/6-0-0-/6-0-0-0-0-|

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Riff 2:
        P.M
e-|-------------------|
B-|-------------------|
G-|-------------------|
D-|-----------2-----5-|
A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3-|
E-|-2---0---2---2-2---|

Add 1:

e-|--------|
B-|--------|
G-|--------|
D-|-4------|
A-|-4------|
E-|-2------|

Add 2:

e-|-------|
B-|-------|
G-|-------|
D-|-5---4-|
A-|-3---2-|
E-|-------|

Riff 3:

    P.M  P.M....|
e-|-------------------|
B-|-------------------|
G-|-------------------|
D-|-/5-----/5---------|
A-|-/3-----/3---------|
E-|----2-2----2-2-2-2-|

Chorus:
        P.M...........|       P.M.........|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-6---5-4---6-----------------6---5-4---6-------------------|
A-|-4---3-2---4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---3-2---4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2br-|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4:
     P.M |.|    |.....|   |-------|
e-|-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------|
D-|-9\8\7---5-----4---------------------------------|
A-|-7\6\5---3-----2-5-----------5-2-----------5-2---|
E-|-------0---0-0---3---0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0---|

Riff 5:
  P.M...|   |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------
D-|---------5---------------5---------------4---------------4-
A-|-4-4-4-4-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------

 P.M.......|   |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
-------------3---------------3---------------2---------------2-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
---------------------------------------------------------------

 P.M....|  |.........|   |..........|  |..........|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
---------3---------------3---------------5---------------8---|
-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-6-6-6-6-6---|

Riff 6:
     P.M.
e-|----------------|
B-|----------------|
G-|---------5------|
D-|-9\8\7---5------|
A-|-7\6\5---3------|
E-|-------0--------|


Add 3:

e-|--------|
B-|--------|
G-|-4------|
D-|-4------|
A-|-2------|
E-|--------|

Riff 7:
      P.M   |...|
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------|
G-|-------------5--------------------|
D-|-2-----------5--------------------|
A-|-2-----------3---3-----5/---7-7---|
E-|-0-------0-0-----3-3-3-3/---5-5---|

Riff 8:
    P.M....|  |......|       |.|   |.|   |.|
e-|----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------7--------------------------------------------|
A-|-4-----------5-----------7/---7---7-------7-------7-------|
E-|-2---2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5/---5---5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|

Riff 9:

e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------|
A-|-7---7---7------5---5------3------------|
E-|-5---5---5------3---3------1------------|

Riff 10:
  P.M...................................|
e-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------4---5---4---|
A-|---------4-5-----------4-5-----------4-5---2---3---2---|
E-|-0-0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-0-2-3---------------|

Riff 11:
  P.M....|  |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
e-|------------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------------------------------------
D-|---------5---------------5---------------4---------------4--
A-|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E-|------------------------------------------------------------

P.M........|  |..........|  |.........|   |..|
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-------------3---------------3---------------2-------
-2-2-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-
-----------------------------------------------------

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


Riff 12:
  P.M....|  P.M........|  P.M........|  P.M.......|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------10--------------10--------------7---------------8-|
A-|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Add 4:

e-|-------------|
B-|-------------|
G-|-------------|
D-|-5---4---3---|
A-|-3---2---1---|
E-|-------------|

Riff 13:

e-|------------------------|
B-|------------------------|
G-|------------------------|
D-|-----------2-----5------|
A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3------|
E-|-2---0---2---2----------|

Riff 14:

e-|---------------------|
B-|---------------------|
G-|---------------------|
D-|-----------2---------|
A-|-4---2---4-0-4---2---|
E-|-2---0---2---2---0---|

Riff 15:
            P.M.  |.|   |.|   |.|
e-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------2-----5-------5-------5-------5-------5\4---|
A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3\2---|
E-|-2---0---2---2-----------------------------------------|

Add 5:
  P.M.......... .|
e-|-----------------|
B-|-----------------|
G-|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


That was all the riffs, lads!
This will show you when to play them:

Intro x4
Riff 1 x12
Riff 2 x4
Add 1 x1
Add 2 x1
Riff 1 x4
Add 2 x1
Riff 1 x4
Add 2 x1
Riff 3 x4
Chorus x1
Riff 3 x2
Chorus x1
Riff 2 x4
Riff 1 x4
Add 2 x1
Riff 1 x4
Add 2 x1
Riff 3 x4
Chorus x1
Riff 3 x2
Chorus x1
Riff 4 x4
Riff 5 x1
Riff 4 x3
Riff 6 x1
Add 3 x1
Riff 7 x4
Riff 8 x4
Riff 9 x1
Riff 10 x4
Riff 11 x2
Riff 12 x1
Riff 11 x1
Riff 12 x1
Riff 4 x4
Riff 5 x1
Riff 4 x3
Riff 6 x1
Riff 1 x12
Add 4 x1
Add 1 x1
Riff 1 x4
Add 1 x1
Riff 1 x4
Add1 x1
Riff 3 x4
Chorus x1
Riff 3 x2
Chorus x1
Riff 2 x4
Riff 13 x1
Riff 14 x1
Riff 13 x1
Riff 14 x1
Riff 15 x1
Riff 14 x1
Add 5 x1
Riff 15 x1
Riff 14 x1
Add 5 x1
Outro x1

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