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Devils Dance

Metallica
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Song

Devil's Dance

Metallica

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D-Tuning (1 Step Down- DGCFAD)

******(note)******

I did not tab the solo,

I just copied it from some dude,

Sorry...

******(note)******

-Bass Intro-

Jason

F|--------------------------------||-------------------------------||
C|--------------------------------||o-----------------------------o||
G|--------------------------------||o-----------------------------o||
D|-6~~-0--0--0-3-0--0-5-3-0-3-5-0-||--0--0--0--0-3-0--0-5-3-0-3-5--||x8

JH- w/ Delay

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2------------------------2----------------|
G|-2-2--------2-2-2-7pbr~~~~--2--------2-------|
D|-0-0--------0-0-0-5pbr~~~~--0--------0-0-0-0-|

- - - - - - - - -

JH

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------5~~---------------------------------------|
C|------------5~~----5--7b==7=7==7=7==7=7==7r--5--------|
G|-5h7-7-7-7------7-------------------------------7--7\-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|

- - - -

JH

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

JH

D||--------------------------------------------------------||
A||o------------------------------------------------------o||
F||--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||o------------------------------------------------------o||
D||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--||

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D||-----------------------------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------------------------o||
F||-------------5~~-------------------------------------||
C||-------------5~~----5--7b==7=7==7=7==7=7==7r--5------||
G||o-5h7-7-7-7------7-------------------------------7--o||
D||-----------------------------------------------------||

- - - -

JH

D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|

C|---5-7b==7=7==7=7==7=7=7r--5----|

G|-7---------------------------7\-|
D|--------------------------------|

JH

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|------(bend-the-neck-forward)------|

D|-0~~~~detune~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

KH

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(use-whammy)---|

D|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/\~~/\~~/\~~/\-|

JH

D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|-/7---------/7---------7*--------/7---------|
D|----6~~~~~~----5~~~~~~---6~~~~~~----5~~~~~~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-7*-----/7-----7*-----/7-----------|
D|----6~~----5~~----6~~----5~~-5br-3-|

KH

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|----3~~~~~-2~~~~~-3~~~~~-2~~-------|
G|----1~~~~~-0~~~~~-1~~~~~-0~~-------|
D|-----------------------------5br-3-|

JH

D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|
G|-7*------/7------/7------/7---------------|
D|----6~~~----5~~~----6~~~----5~~~-6-5-3-5--|

KH

D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------|
C|----3~~~~~~-2~~~~~~-3~~~~~~-2~~~----------|
G|----1~~~~~~-0~~~~~~-1~~~~~~-0~~~-1-0------|
D|-------------------------------------/12\-|

-Verse-

JH,KH

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2-|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

"Yeah, I feel you too...

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

...Feel, those things you dooo...

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-------|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...In your eyes, I see a fire that burns to free the you...

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

...That's wanting through...

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...Deep inside you know, seeds I plant will grow"

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|-/9-----/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|--x------x------x------x---------------|
G|-/7-----/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

-Chorus-

JH,KH

D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||o-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7----2-2--5--5------8-o||
D||--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5-3--0-0--3--3--0-3-6--||x3

- - - - - - - - - -

-"One day, you will see...

-And dare to come down to me...

-Yeah, c'mon c'mon, now take the chance"

"Thats right, let's dance"

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|--------/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|---------x------x------x---------------|
G|--------/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|-----------5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|-/9-----/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|--x------x------x------x---------------|
G|-/7-----/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

-Verse-

JH

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2-|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2------------2--2--2--2-2------------2--2--2-|
G|-2-2------------2--2--2--2-2------------2--2--2-|
D|-0-0------------0--0--0--0-0------------0--0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - -

"Snake, I am the snake...

JH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2------------2--2--2--2-2-----------------|
G|-2-2------------2--2--2--2-2-----------------|
D|-0-0------------0--0--0--0-0-----------------|

- - - - - - -

...Tempting, that bite you take...

JH,KH

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-------|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...Let me make your mind, leave yourself behind...

JH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~---------------------------------|
F|-----4~~~~~~~--(4)----(4)----(4)----(4)------|
C|-5~~~~~--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

...Be not afraid...

JH

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~--------------------------------5~-|
F|-----4~~~~~~~--(4)----(4)----(4)----(4)---4~---|
C|-5~~~~~----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|

...I got want you need, hunger I will feed"

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|-/9-----/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|--x------x------x------x---------------|
G|-/7-----/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

-Chorus-

JH,KH

D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||o-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7----2-2--5--5------8-o||
D||--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5-3--0-0--3--3--0-3-6--||x3

- - - - - - - - - -

-"One day, you will see...

-And dare to come down to me...

-Yeah, c'mon c'mon, now take the chance"

"HA HA, come dance"

JH

D||--------------------------------------------------------||
A||o------------------------------------------------------o||
F||--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||o------------------------------------------------------o||
D||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--||

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D||-----------------------------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------------------------o||
F||-------------5~~-------------------------------------||
C||-------------5~~----5--7b==7=7==7=7==7=7==7r--5------||
G||o-5h7-7-7-7------7-------------------------------7--o||
D||-----------------------------------------------------||

- - - -

-Solo-

KH (finger tab these)

D||-------------------------------------------||---/12\-|
A||o-----------------------------------------o||---/12\-|

F||--12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0--||-0-/12\-|

C||-------------------------------------------||--------|
G||o-----------------------------------------o||--------|
D||-------------------------------------------||--------|

just use the whammy bar and slowly bend downwards.

D|-/12--15-15----15--/12\--15-15-17-----/12\--15--/12\--15--/12\--15-15-17-15-|
A|-/12--17-17-17-----/12\--17-17----17--/12\--17--/12\--17--/12\--17-17-17-17-|
F|-/12---------------/12\---------------/12\------/12\------/12\--------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------||
A||o-14br-14br-14br-14br----------------------12-o||
F||--14br-14br-14br-14br-12-------------------12--||
C||-------------------------14-12-14--14~~14~~----||
G||o---------------------------------------------o||
D||-----------------------------------------------||

-"One day you will see...

-And dare to come down to me"

D|----------------------------------------------16/17/18/19/20\19\18\17-|
A|----------------------------------17/18/19/20-------------------------|
F|-14/14/15/15/16/16/17/17/18/19/20-------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--17\16\15/16/17/18/19/20\19\18\17------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------/12b====/\/\/\/\\----/\-/\/\-|
F|-----------------------------------/12b====/\/\/\/\\\--/--\/\/\-|
C|-----------------------------------------------------\/---------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

use whammy barr

D|-----------------------------12----12-------------------|
A|--------------------------12----15----15-12-------------|
F|-----------------------14-------------------14-12-------|
C|-7-7-5---5-----------7----------------------------14-12-|
G|-------7---7-5-7-5-7------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|

F|-12h13p12h13h14p13h14h15p14h15h16p15h16h17 ect.-up-to-22--|

C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|

-JH Under Solo-

D||---------------------------------------------|
A||o--------------------------------------------|
F||---------------------------------------------|
C||---------------------------------------------|
G||o-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|
D||--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

D|--------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------o||
F|--------------------------------------------||
C|--------------------------------------------||
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-o||
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--||

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||o-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7----2-2--5--5------8-o||
D||--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5-3--0-0--3--3--0-3-6--||x3

- - - - - - - - - -

-"One day, you will see...

-And dare to come down to me...

-Yeah, c'mon c'mon, now take the chance"

D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||o-/7---------/7---------7*--------/7---------o||
D||-----6~~~~~~----5~~~~~~---6~~~~~~----5~~~~~~--||
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|-/7---------/7---------7*--------/7---|
D|----6~~~~~~----5~~~~~~---6~~~~~~----5-|

-Verse-

JH

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2-|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~------------------------------------|
F|-----4~~~~~~~----(4)------(4)------(4)------(4)-|
C|-5~~~~~-----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|

"Yeah, I feel you too...

JH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~---------------------------------|
F|-----4~~~~~~~--(4)----(4)----(4)----(4)------|
C|-5~~~~~--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

...Feel, those things you dooo...

JH,KH

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-------|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...In your eyes, I see a fire that burns to free the you...

JH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-5~--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2-5~-------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0-3~--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-3~-5br-3-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~---------------------------------|
F|-----4~~~~~~~--(4)----(4)----(4)----(4)------|
C|-5~~~~~--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

...That's wanting through...

JH

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

KH

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---5~~~~~~~~--------------------------------5~-|
F|-----4~~~~~~~--(4)----(4)----(4)----(4)---4~---|
C|-5~~~~~----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|

...Deep inside you know, seeds I plant will grow"

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|-/9-----/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|--x------x------x------x---------------|
G|-/7-----/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

-Chorus-

JH, KH

D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||o-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7----2-2--5--5------8-o||
D||--6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5-3--0-0--3--3--0-3-6--||x3

- - - - - - - - - -

-"One day, you will see...

-And dare to come down to me...

-Yeah, c'mon c'mon, now take the chance"

"That's right, let's dance"

JH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|-/7-----/7------7*----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

KH

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|-/9-----/9-----/9-----/9---------------|
C|--x------x------x------x---------------|
G|-/7-----/7-----/7-----/7---------------|
D|----6~~~~--5~~~~--6~~~~--5~~~~-6-5-3-5-|

JH, KH

D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-7----2-2--5--5------8-|
D|-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5-3--0-0--3--3--0-3-6-|

- - - - - - - - -

"It’s nice to see you here... ..HA HA!”

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