For Whom the Bell Tolls Metallica
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1984 Album RIDE THE LIGHTNING)
Words by James Hetfield, Lar Ulrich & Cliff Burton
Music by James Hetfield, Lars Urich & Cliff Burton
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
2 4 [F#5]4 x x x 0 2 [E5]2 x x x 3 5 [G5]5 x x x x 3 [C5]5 5 x x
A5 B5 E5VII F#5IX
x 0 2 2 x x x 2 4 4 x x 0 7 9 x x x x 9 11 x x x
G5X
x 10 12 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jamez - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jamez - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk- Lead w/dist'
Intro
Q=120
[F#5] [E5] [F#5]
[4/4] Gtr I
|| || | | | | ||
[//] [//] [/] [/] [/] [/] [//]
Gtr II
~
8x
|---------|-----------||----10-9-8-7---|-----10------------|| |---------|-----------||o--------------|-8-7--------------o|| |---------|-----------||---------------|--------7-6--------|| |---------|-----------||---------------|-------------------|| |---------|-----------||o--------------|------------------o|| |---------|-----------||---------------|-------------------||
[E5]Gtrs I, II[F#5]
| | || ||
[/] [/] [//] [//]
Gtrs I, II
--------------------------------PM----------------------------|
4x
||----------|------------||-||------------------|-----------------| ||o---------|-----------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------| ||----------|------------||-||--4-7-6-5-4-7-6-5-|-4-7-6-5-4-6-7---| ||----------|------------||-||--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-2-| ||o---------|-----------o||-||o-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-0-| ||----------|------------||-||--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|-0-3-2-1-0-2-3---| --PM----------------------------| |-----------------|------------------||----------|--------| |-----------------|-----------------o||----------|--------| |-4-7-6-5-4-7-6-5-|-4-7-6-5-4-6-7----||----------|--------| |-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-4--||-2--------|-(2)----| |-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-2-o||-2--------|-(2)----| |-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|-0-3-2-1-0-2-3----||-0--------|-(0)----|
[E5]Gtr I
| |
[/] [/]
Gtr III
PM------------------------------------------------- ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-| ||----9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
[G5]| |
[/] [/]
-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7---| |---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9-----| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------|
[E5]| |
[/] [/]
PM------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-| |---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
[G5]| [C5]| [A5]|
[/] [/] [/]
-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7----o|| |---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9-------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------||
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--| ||--------------------|----------------| ||o-------------------|----------------| ||--------------------|----------3-----| ||--------5--------7--|-------5--3--4--| ||o-------5--------7--|-------5--1--4--| ||--0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--|-0-0-0-3-----2--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|-------------3--------|| |-------5--------7--|-------5-----3-4-3----|| |-------5--------7--|-------5-----1-4-3---o|| |-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--|-0-0-0-3-0-0---2-1----||
Verse 1 & 2
$
[E5]Gtrs I, II[G5]
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
||----------|---------|---------|---------| ||o---------|---------|---------|---------| ||----------|---------|---------|---------| ||----------|---------|---------|---------| ||o---------|---------|---------|---------| ||----------|---------|---------|---------|
[E5]| | [G5]| [C5]| [A5]|
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|---------|---------|---------|----------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------o|| |---------|---------|---------|----------|| |---------|---------|---------|----------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------o|| |---------|---------|---------|----------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--| ||--------------------|----------------| ||o-------------------|----------------| ||--------------------|----------3-----| ||--------5--------7--|-------5--3--4--| ||o-------5--------7--|-------5--1--4--| ||--0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--|-0-0-0-3-----2--|
To Coda
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|-------------3--------|| |-------5--------7--|-------5-----3-4-3----|| |-------5--------7--|-------5-----1-4-3---o|| |-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--|-0-0-0-3-0-0---2-1----||
Interlude
[E5]Gtr I
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
PM------------------| PM------------------| |---------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------| |-12-9-11----9--------------------|---------|-12-9-11----9---------------------| |---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|---------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9-----| |-------------------------12---10-|---------|-------------------------12---10--| |---------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------|
[G5]| |||| ||| [E5] | [B5]|
[/] [////] [///] [/] [/]
PM------------------| |-----------|---------------------------------|-----| |-----------|---------------------------------|-----| |-----------|-12-9-11----9--------------------|-----| |-----------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|-----| |-----------|-------------------------12---10-|-----| |-----------|---------------------------------|-----|
Gtr I
|
[/]
Gtr III
PM---------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |--9----11----9----12-9-11----9----| |----12----12---10---------12---10-| |----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-12--9-11----9--------------------| |----------12---11-12-9-11----9----| |--------------------------12---10-| |----------------------------------|
| |
[/] [/]
~
|-7--------|-----------------------------------| |----------|-----------------------------------| |----------|-----------------------------------| |----------|--9----11----9----12-9-11----9-----| |----------|----12----12---10---------12---10--| |----------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------| |----------|-----------------------------------| |----------|-----------------------------------| |----------|-12--9-11----9---------------------| |----------|----------12---11-12-9-11----9-----| |----------|--------------------------12---10--| |----------|-----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
[G5]| |||| ||| [E5] | [B5]|
[/] [////] [///] [/] [/]
~ PM---------------------------| ~ |------------|----------------------------------|-7---------|| |-8----------|----------------------------------|-----------|| |------------|----------------------------------|-----------|| |------------|--9----11----9----12-9-11----9----|-----------|| |------------|----12----12---10---------12---10-|-----------|| |------------|----------------------------------|-----------||
|
| PM------------------| |------------|----------------------------------|-----------|| |------------|----------------------------------|-----------|| |------------|-12--9-11----9--------------------|-----------|| |------------|----------12---11-12-9-11----9----|-----------|| |------------|--------------------------12---10-|-----------|| |------------|----------------------------------|-----------||
Outro
&
E5VIF#5IX E5VIF#5IX G5X
Gtrs I, II[2/4]
| || | || ||
[/] [//] [/] [//] [//]
11x
||----------|---------|------|| ||o---------|---------|-----o|| ||----------|---------|------|| ||----------|---------|------|| ||o---------|---------|-----o|| ||----------|---------|------||
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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