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Eye of the Beholder

Metallica
Tab
★4.7(56)

5 versions

Tab2

Bass3

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1,3

          PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E

e|      ||----------------------------|
B|      ||o---------------------------|
G|      ||--------------------------4-|
D|      ||--------------------------5-|
A|      ||o-------------------------5-|
E|      ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|

|-Rhy Fig 1

        PM--------------------|     PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |-------------------------3-|-------------------------4---|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------5---|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------5---|
      |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3---|
        PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|
      |-------------------------3-|
      |-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------4-|
      |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
        PM--------------------|     PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
        PM--------------------|     PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

end Rhy Fig 1-|

        PM--------------------|     PM----------------------|

|-3-|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S S E

      |---------------------------|------------------------------||
      |---------------------------|------------------------------||
      |---------------------------|------------------------------||
      |---------------------------|------------------------------||
      |-------------------------7-|---------------------------7--||
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||

Verse 2,4,5

$

        PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|
      |-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------5-|
      |-------------------------5-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
        PM--------------------|     PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |-------------------------3-|-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------5-|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------5-|
      |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
        PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|
      |-------------------------3-|
      |-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------4-|
      |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|

      | PM--------------|   PM

| S S S S S S S S E E E E

      |---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|
      |-------------------3-----3-|
      |-------------------4-----4-|
      |-------------------4-----4-|
      |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|

|-play 2nd + 3rd times -----|

        PM--------------------|     PM--------------------|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E

      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |---------------------------|---------------------------|
      |-------------------------4-|-------------------------3-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-------------------------5-|-------------------------4-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Q=Q.

12/8

        PM--------------------|                    PM-----|   PM  PM   PM  PM

|-3--| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S E E S S E H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E

      |---------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|
      |---------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|
      |-------------------------4-|-3----(3)-----------||---9---9---10---7---7--8-|
      |-------------------------5-|-4----(4)-----------||---9---9---10---7---7--8-|
      |-------------------------5-|-4----(4)-----------||---7---7----8---5---5--6-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2----(2)-------3-2-||-0---0---0----0---0------|

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E

e|      |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|      |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|      |---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8--|
D|      |---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8--|
A|      |---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6--|
E|      |-0---0---0----0---0------|-0-7-0-7-0--8-0-5-0-5--6-|-0-7-0-7-0--8-0-5-0-5--6--|

PM PM PM PM PM PM--|

E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E H.

e|      |--------------------------|--------------------|
B|      |--------------------------|--------------------|
G|      |---9---9---10----7---7--8-|--------------------|
D|      |---9---9---10----7---7--8-|---9--------9-------|
A|      |---7---7----8----5---5--6-|---7--------7-------|
E|      |-0-7-0-7-0--8-0--5-0-5--6-|---0--0-0-0---------|

|

| PM--| PM--|

| Q E E E E H. a Q E E E E H.

      |--------------------------|--------------------|
      |--------------------------|--------------------|
      |-4----------4-------------|------------4-------|
      |-4----------4-------------|-4s5--------4-------|
      |-2----------2-------------|-4s5--------2-------|
      |-----0-0-0--0-------------|-2s3--0-0-0-0-------|

|-play 3rd time only ---|

Q.=Q

2/4

PM--| PM--| PM--------|

a Q E E E E H. a Q E E E E H. S S e S S E

      |----------------------|----------------------|--------------|
      |----------------------|----------------------|--------------|
      |------------4---------|----------------------|--------------|
      |-4s5--------4---------|-4s5------------------|--------------|
      |-4s5--------2---------|-4s5--5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-5-5-5/-|
      |-2s3--0-0-0-0---------|-2s3--3-3-3-3---------|-6-6-6-3-3-3/-|

|---play this bar -----||---play this bar-----|

1st + 2nd time only 1st time only

F# G F# G F# G F# G

4/4

Gtrs I, II

W W Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

         PM--------------------|

S S e S S e S S e S S e Q E E Q Q W W

      |--------------------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
      |--------------------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
      |--------------------------|-3----4s3--------||--------------|--------------|
      |--------------------------|-4----5s4--------||--------------|--------------|
      |-/7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-4----5s4--------||--------------|--------------|
      |-/5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2--3-3s2--/12---||--------------|--------------|

F# G F# G F# G F# G F# G F# G

Q Q Q. E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q. E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

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

To Coda-|

F# G F# G F# G F# G F# A E

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q H Q. E Q. E Q E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

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

Gtrs I, II

PM------| ~ PM------| ~ PM------| ~

S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S E Q S S E E E S S E Q

e|      |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|      |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G|      |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|      |-----------9-9-9-8--|-----------9-9-9-8--|-----------9-9-9-8---|
A|      |---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7-------7-7-7-7--|---7-------7-7-7-7---|
E|      |-0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0-----------|

PM------| PM PM PM PM--|

S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E E E E S S E E E

      |---------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
      |---------------------------|----------------------o||----------------------|
      |---------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
      |-----------8h9p8-----------|-----------------2-----||-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
      |---7---------------7h8p7---|-----------------2----o||-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0-------0-------0-|-6h7p6-0-2h3p2-0-0-----||-0-0-0-0--0--0----0---|

PM----| ~ PM--|

E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E E

      |------------------|----------------------|
      |------------------|----------------------|
      |------------------|----------------------|
      |---------9-9-9-8--|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
      |---------7-7-7-7--|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|

PM----| ~ PM--|

E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E E

      |------------------|----------------------|
      |------------------|----------------------|
      |------------------|----------------------|
      |---------9-9-9-8--|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
      |---------7-7-7-7--|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
      |-0-0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|
          PM----|   PM        PM------------------

E E E E E e E E E E E E S S E E E

e|      |-----------------|----------------------|
B|      |-----------------|----------------------|
G|      |-----------------|----------------------|
D|      |-------------5---|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|
A|      |-----------5---5-|-7--------7--7--7-7-7-|
E|      |-0-0-0-0-7-------|---0-0-0--0-------0---|
       -------|   PM        PM---------------|

E E E E E e E E E E E E S S E E E

      |-----------------|------------------------|
      |-----------------|------------------------|
      |-----------------|------------------------|
      |-------------5---|------------------------|
      |-----------5---5-|-9-------10-10-10-8-9---|
      |-0-0-0-0-7-------|-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7---|

5/4 4/4

          PM--------|   PM        PM-------------------------|   PM

E E E E E e E e E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E E

e|      |---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
B|      |---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
G|      |---------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
D|      |-------------5---5---|----------------------|-------------5---||
A|      |-----------6---6---5-|-9-------10-10-10-8-9-|-----------6---5-||
E|      |-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||

Gtrs III, IV

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

E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E

      |-----------------8---------------|---------------------8-------|
      |---10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8-------------|
      |---10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
      |-------------12------------------|-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
      |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|

| E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E

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

|

| Gtrs I, II

| PM-------| PM------|

| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E E

      |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |-7-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |-7---------------8-8-8--6-7------|------------------------3----|
      |-5--5-5-------5--5-5-5--5-5------|--5--5--5-5----------3-----3-|
      |---------------------------------|------------------5----------|

|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|

w/Rhy Fig 2

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

E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E

      |------------------8---------------|---------------------8-------|
      |----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8-------------|
      |-10-10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
      |-12-----------12------------------|-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
      |----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E E E

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

5/4

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

E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E

      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |-------------5-------------|---------------5-------------|
      |---5-4h5p4---------5-4h5p4-|-----5-4h5p4-----5p4---5p4---|
      |-7---------7---------------|-7-5---------7-------7-----7-|
      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

| PM------| PM----| PM PM

| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E e E E

e|      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|      |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|      |-7-------------------------|-----------------3-----3-----|
A|      |-7-----------8-8-8-6-7-----|---------------3-----3-----3-|
E|      |-5-5-5-----5-5-----5-------|-5-5-5-5-----5---------------|

4/4

|-3-| |-3-|

E E S S S E Q E S S S

      |-----------------------------|
      |-------------5---------------|
      |---5-4h5p4---------5-4h5p4---|
      |-7---------7-----------------|
      |-----------------------------|
      |-----------------------------|

|

| E E E E S S E E E

e|      |-----------------------------|
B|      |-----------------------------|
G|      |-----------------------------|
D|      |-----------------------------|
A|      |-7-----------8-8-8-6-7-------|
E|      |-5-5-5-----5-5-----5---------|

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

E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S E Q E S S S

      |---------------------|------------------8---------------|
      |---------------5-----|----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|
      |-----5p4-5p4-----5---|----10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|
      |-7-5---------7-------|-12-----------12------------------|
      |---------------------|----------------------------------|
      |---------------------|----------------------------------|

| E E S S S E Q E S S S

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

|

| PM------| PM

| E E E E E e E E

      |---------------------|
      |---------------------|
      |---------------------| w/Rhy Fig 2
      |-----------------3---|
      |---------------3---3-|
      |-5-5-5---5---5-------|

|-3--|

E E E S S S E E E E

      |---------------------8-------|
      |-------10-8h10p8-------------|
      |-10--9-10-9-10-9-10-12-10--9-|
      |-12-10-----------12----12-10-|
      |-----------------------------|
      |-----------------------------|

E E E S S S E E E E

|-3--|

5/4

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

E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E

      |------------------8---------------|---------------------------------|
      |----10-8h10p8-----------10-8h10p8-|-------10-8h10p8s6-5-6p5---6p5---|
      |-10-10-9-10-9-10-12-----10-9-10-9-|-10--9-10-9-10-9-7-5-5-4-7-5-4-5-|
      |-12-----------12------------------|-12-10-------------------7-----5-|
      |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| E E S S S E Q E S S S E E E S S S E E S S E S S E

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

|

| PM-------| PM------| PM PM PM

| E E E E S S E E E E E E E E e E e E e

e|      |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|      |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|      |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|      |--7---------------8-8-8--6-7------|---------------------3-----3-----|
A|      |--5--5-5-------5--5------5--------|--5--5--5-5--------3-----3-----3-|
E|      |----------------------------------|-----------------5---------------|

4/4

Q Q H W W

e|      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|      |-7------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|      |-7------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| Q Q H

|

|

      PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e S S e

      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
      |--------------------------|-------------------------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|
      |-7--7-7-8-8-8-6-6-6-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-6-6-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-|
      |-5--5-5-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-|-------------------------|

Guitar Solo

Gtrs I, II

F# G F# G

W Q E E Q Q

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtrs I, II Gtr III

4___/ 2.5____/ 2.5____/

            PM--------|

E E e e e e e e Q a +Q a +Q a +Q

      |-----------------||------------------------------------|
      |-----------------||------------------------------------|
      |-7-7-5-5-4-4-----||-2----4-(4)s=====9-(9)s====11-(11)--|
      |-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-||------------------------------------|
      |-5-5-3-3-2-2-5-5-||------------------------------------|
      |-------------3-3-||------------------------------------|

F# G F# G

Q E E Q Q

| | | |

/ / / /

2.5____/

~~~~

Q. a +E +Q +S S E

e|      |-----------------------------------------22b25==|
B|      |------------------------------------------------|
G|      |-/22b23----22-----(22)b23==(22)--(22)r-x--------|
D|      |------------------------------------------------|
A|      |------------------------------------------------|
E|      |------------------------------------------------|

F# G F# G E G F#

G

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q

Q

| | | | | | |

|

/ / / / / / /

/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

+Q Q +E S S S E. S S S S E +E S S S S H

|-(22)r--22b25====(22)r-19h22p19-18--18-|-18h19p18s15-(15)-15-15h18p15s14-----|

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

F# G F# G

Q E E Q Q

| | | |

/ / / /

~~

|--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S

      |-14h15p14----14----------------------------------|
      |----------17----17-15-14----15p14----------15p14-|
      |-------------------------16-------16-15-16-------|
      |-------------------------------------------------|
      |-------------------------------------------------|
      |-------------------------------------------------|

F# G F# G F# G F#

G

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q

Q

| | | | | | |

|

/ / / / / / /

/

~~ ~~

      |--3--|

S S E S S S S S S S S S S E a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S

      |-----------------------------------------|---------------------14-15-14h15p14----14-15-18-18-|
      |----------15p14-----------15p14----------|---15p14----14-15-17----------------17-------------|
      |-16-15-16-------16-15-16--------16-15-16-|-x-------16----------------------------------------|
      |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
      |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
      |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

F#

E E E E H

| | | |

/ / / /

2.5____/

T T T T

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S a +H D.S. al Coda

      |-19p18p15-19p18p15-19p18p15-19p18p15----------------||
      |-------------------------------------19-----(19)----||
      |-------------------------------------19-----(19)----||
      |----------------------------------------------------||
      |----------------------------------------------------||
      |----------------------------------------------------||

&

F# A E

Gtrs I, II

H Q. E Q. E Q E E

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

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

Q=Q.

12/8

PM PM PM PM PM--|

E E E E E E E E E Q E 4x Q E E E E H.

e|      ||---------------------------||------------------||
B|      ||o-------------------------o||------------------||
G|      ||----9---9s7-10---7---7--8--||------------------||
D|      ||----9---9s7-10---7---7--8--||-2--------2-------||
A|      ||o---7---7s5--8---5---5--6-o||-2--------2-------||
E|      ||--0-7-0-7s5--8-0-5-0-5--6--||-0--0-0-0-0-------||

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM--|

E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E H.

e|      |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
B|      |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
G|      |---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|------------------|
D|      |---9---9---10---7---7--8-|---9---9---10---7---7--8-|-2--------2-------|
A|      |---7---7----8---5---5--6-|---7---7----8---5---5--6-|-2--------2-------|
E|      |-0---0---0----0---0------|-0---0---0----0---0------|-0--0-0-0-0-------|
                                 PM----------------|

E Q Q. H. a Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. H.

      |-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------*|
      |-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------*|
      |-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------*|
      |-2-----------------|-4s5----------------------|-2---------------*|
      |-2-----------------|-4s5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------------*|
      |-0-----------------|-2s3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------*|

************************************

| x Dead note

| (n) Ghost note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| s slide

| r release

| ~ vibrato

************************************

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