Wasting My Hate Tab by Metallica

Wasting My Hate tab by Metallica

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WAISTING MY HATE     -  MetallicA
                       ------------------



                   This is actually  my favorite song from this
                   album, so it's a pleasure to tab it!
                   First you have to tune down your guitar to:

                             Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb



Inrto/Chorus:

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|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|  x 4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-5/7--7---7/5---5--5-------5----------------|
|---0-0--5/7-----------------7--------5/7----5-5--0-3/5-7--|

                 2nd time you do..               -x--5-3b--| ..in the end





|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|---------| x 5    and then..  |------------------------------------------------| x 4
|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|----5-7--|                    |------7-7-6-5-----------------------------------|
|--7------|                    |--0-0---------0-7-7-6-5--0-5-5-4-3-5-5-3-3-5-5--|


Verse:
|-----------------------------|                  |---------|
|-----------------------------|                  |---------|
|--9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10--|  x 3  and then.. |---------|  x 5
|--9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10--|                  |---------|
|--7-7-7-x-7-x--8--8--8-x--8--|                  |----5-7--|
|-----------------------------|                  |--7------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10-x-7-7-7-x-7-x-9-9-9-10-x-9-9-9-x-10-10-10--|
|---9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10-x-7-7-7-x-7-x-9-9-9-10-x-9-9-9-x-10-10-10--|
|---7-7-7-x-7-x--8--8--8-x--8-x-5-5-5-x-5-x-7-7-7--8-x-7-7-7-x--8--8--8--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------| x 5
|---------|
|----5-7--|
|--7------|


And then to the chorus!!


After the 2nd time you play the chorus it comes a kinda silence where you
play the E chord and after that it goes:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------------10--|
|------------------------10--|
|--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5--8--|
|----------------------------|


It also goes this way in the end!


Pyu!

So that's it! I hope you enjoy it!

Comments, Questions, or whatever to:

        bmoe@aft.sn.no


- Martin Aaserud

From bmoe@aft.sn.no Thu Dec 19 09:03:53 1996

------------------
                        WAISTING MY HATE     -  MetallicA
                       ------------------



                   This is actually  my favorite song from this
                   album, so it's a pleasure to tab it!
                   First you have to tune down your guitar to:

                             Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb



Inrto/Chorus:

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|  x 4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-5/7--7---7/5---5--5-------5----------------|
|---0-0--5/7-----------------7--------5/7----5-5--0-3/5-7--|

                 2nd time you do..               -x--5-3b--| ..in the end





|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|---------| x 5    and then..  |------------------------------------------------| x 4
|---------|                    |------------------------------------------------|
|----5-7--|                    |------7-7-6-5-----------------------------------|
|--7------|                    |--0-0---------0-7-7-6-5--0-5-5-4-3-5-5-3-3-5-5--|


Verse:
|-----------------------------|                  |---------|
|-----------------------------|                  |---------|
|--9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10--|  x 3  and then.. |---------|  x 5
|--9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10--|                  |---------|
|--7-7-7-x-7-x--8--8--8-x--8--|                  |----5-7--|
|-----------------------------|                  |--7------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10-x-7-7-7-x-7-x-9-9-9-10-x-9-9-9-x-10-10-10--|
|---9-9-9-x-9-x-10-10-10-x-10-x-7-7-7-x-7-x-9-9-9-10-x-9-9-9-x-10-10-10--|
|---7-7-7-x-7-x--8--8--8-x--8-x-5-5-5-x-5-x-7-7-7--8-x-7-7-7-x--8--8--8--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------| x 5
|---------|
|----5-7--|
|--7------|


And then to the chorus!!


After the 2nd time you play the chorus it comes a kinda silence where you
play the E chord and after that it goes:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------------10--|
|------------------------10--|
|--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5--8--|
|----------------------------|


It also goes this way in the end!




Wasting my Hate by Metallica  Off of their Load album
Written by James Hetfield
Tabbed out by Gendefect@aol.com

I think this is one of the easiest Metallica songs I've heard.  This is the first song I've attempted to tab out, so bear with me, Although I think it's just about right. There is some harmonizing during the chorus, but I'm way too lazy to figure it out. All strings are tuned down a half step.

Intro and Chorus
The part in bold is played only during the second run through, during the intro

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A---------5h7-7-7p5---5-5-----5-----------------------5h7---
E-0-0-5h7-----------7-----5h7---3/5-5-0-3-5-7-0-0-5h7------

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A-7-7-7p5---5-5-----5--------------------------------------
E---------7-----5h7---3/5-5-3-5-3b-------------------------


Riff 1
Comes right after the intro
Play 5 times

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G---7-9----------------------------------------------------
D---7-9----------------------------------------------------
A-0-5-7----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


Riff 2

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A-----7-7-6-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-4-3/5-3/5----------------------
E-0-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-6-5--5-5-5-5/7-5/7----------------------
Verse 1

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10--10-10\9------7-9--------------------
D-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10--10-10\9------7-9--------------------
A-7-7-7-7/ 8- 8- 8- 8-- 8- 8\7----0-5-7--------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Verse 2

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10--10--7-7-7-7/------------/9-9-9-9-9/10
D-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10--10--7-7-7-7/7-7-7-7--7-7/9-9-9-9-9/10
A-7-7-7-7/ 8- 8- 8- 8-- 8--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7--7-7/7-7-7-7-7/8
E----------------------------------5-5-5-5--5-5------------


e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-10-10-10--10----7-9--------------------------------------
D-10-10-10--10----7-9--------------------------------------
A- 8- 8- 8-- 8--0-5-7--------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Riff 3
Play 4 times

e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-7-9-7-9-7-7-7-9--10-10-10-10-----------------------------
D-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9--10-10-10-10-----------------------------
A-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-- 8- 8- 8- 8-----------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------





From aburanj@sezampro.yu Mon Feb 17 15:08:17 1997


Here is my interpretation of the song:
                WASTING MY HATE
                 (from Load)
                   by Metallica

It becomes much easier if you CAPO at 1st fret on drop-d tuning
(or perhaps tune up half a step).
It will also sound ok without capo (if you don't play with recording ;))

Tuning for this  D#(E# droped down 2 half steps), A#, D#, G#, C ,E#

Intro riff (Ididn't tab the slides)  &  chrous riff(with dist.)
-----------------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
-----------------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
-----------------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
-----------------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
--------------0---5--5-|5p3-0--3--3-|-0-h3-5------|--------0------|
--0--0---0-h5----------|------------|---------5-5-|-0-3-h5----0-0-|


Riff A: (2x)     Riff B: (also put some mufled tones)  then play A riff
---------------|------------------------------------------|
---------------|------------------------------------------|
---------------|-7----7----7--6---5---5---5---------------|
-3-sl-5--5--0--|-7----7----7--6---5---5---5--0---6---6--5-|
-3-sl-5--5--0--|-5----5----5--4---3---3---3--0---6---6--5-|
-3-sl-5--5--0--|---0----0-----------0---0--------6-6-6--5-|
            PM     PM   PM                         PM

Riff C:  (main singing part)    Riff D:
------------------------------|---------------...
------------------------------|---------------...
-7--7-7------8--8-8-8-8---8---|---5--7---5--7-...
-7--7-7--7---8--8-8-8-8---8-0-|---5--7---5--7-...
-5--5-5--5---6--6-6-6-6---6-0-|---3--5---3--5-...
-0--0-0--0--------------------|-0------0------...
         PM

Variation of the chorus riff: ("...no more waste my hate on you")
---------------------------|-------------------|
---------------------------|-------------------|
---------------------------|-------------------|
-----------------3-2-0-2-2-|-3-3--3p2-0------0-|
------0-5--5-5-5-----------|-------------3-3---|
0-h-5----------------------|-------------------|


Varioation of D riff at the end: (play it then put
-
-
8
8
6
-   and muffle strings

before chorus riff: ("...for myself...")
-5-5-5-5-----
-6-6-6-6-----
-------------
-------------
-------------
-------------

That is most of the song (tabed from memory).

Yours
 Milan Kosanovic (aburanj@sezampro.yu)

P.S.  Please e-mail me 4 HORSEMEN solo!

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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