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Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls bass tab

Song: For Whom The Bell Tolls

Band: MetallicA

Album: Ride the Lightning

Transcribed By Eros Fratini (e-r-o-s@libero.it)

Normal Tune

------------------------------ Bass Tab -------------------------------

beat 120

Intro:

4/4

:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

:--------------------------------|-----------------2-2-----2-2----|

There are two basses, the first plays the higher note and starting E.

The second plays ending F#.

With distortion and wah wah

|--------19-18-17-16-------19p16-|--------19----------------------|

|*-------------------------------|17--16-------------------------*|x 8

|*-------------------------------|------------17--16--------(16)\*|

|-0------------------------------|(0)--------------2--2----2--2---|

Normal Bass

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*-------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|

|-0---3---2---1---0---3---2---1--|-0---3---2---1---0---2---3------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|x 4

|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2-*|

|-0---3---2---1---0---3---2---1--|-0---3---2---1---0---2---3------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-0------------------------------|(0)-----------------------------|

|Fig.1

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|

|*>------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-----------tripl-----------tripl|--------------------------------|

|->------------------------------|->------------------------------|

|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|-3-------------------------12\--|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|

|->------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|

1. (1)

|--------------------------------|-tripl-----------tripl----------|

|-----------tripl-----------tripl|------->--------------->-------*|

|->------------------------------|-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-0-------*|

|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|--------------------------------|

2. (2) end Fig.1

|---tripl-----------tripl--------|

|->------------------------------|

|-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-12-\-----|

|--------------------------------|

|Fig.2

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*tripl-----------tripl----------|-tripl--------------------------|

|*------>--------------->--------|------->--------->------->------|

|-0-0-0-3---------0-0-0-5--------|-0-0-0-3-------0-6-------2------|

end Fig.2|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-tripl-----------tripl----------|-tripl--tripl------------------*|

|------->--------------->--------|-------->-------->------>----->*|

|-0-0-0-3---------0-0-0-5--------|-0-0-0--3-0-0----6------2-----1-|

Verse 1, 2:

Repeat Fig.1

End Verse

Chorus:

Repeat Fig.2 x 2 (To Coda at the end of second chorus)

End Chorus

Interlude (between first chorus and second verse):

:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

:*----------tripl-----------tripl|-----------tripl-----------tripl|

:*>------------------------------|--------------------------------|

:-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-----------tripl----------------|-----------tripl-----------tripl|

|->------------------------------|->------------------------------|

|-0---------0-0-0-0---------/12\-|-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3|

1. (1)

|--------------------------------|-----------tripl----------------|

|-----------tripl-----------tripl|->-----------------------------*|

|->------------------------------|-2---------2-2-2-2---------/14\*|

|-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0|--------------------------------|

2. (2)

|-----------tripl----------------:

|->------------------------------:

|-2---------2-2-2-2-----------2\-:

|--------------------------------:

Coda:

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-0---------------2---2----------|-0---------------2---2----------|

2/4

|--------------------------------:

|-------------------------------*:

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|-3---3--------------------------: End (fade out)

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