Metallica

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Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott

This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab.  It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...


Intro Rhythm 1
    ____  ___3___  ___3___  ____  repeat umpteen times....
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
-/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)


   Lead in to rhythm 2
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|-----
--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----
                         /\ P.M.-------| P.M.---|              (~ = vibrato)
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise...

Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------
--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------
-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------
           PM-|

End of verse riff
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
--------------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------


Riff before solo    (Repeat once)   (Repeat twice with this added to end)
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
--------------------------------.|-----------------------------------------
-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------
--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------


Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------
--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------

I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..

With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
song...Have fun with it...

--tim
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