Wherever I May Roam Bass Tab by Metallica

Wherever I May Roam bass tab by Metallica

Bass Tab

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):

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

        (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 &

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