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Tab2
Bass1
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Song
BAnd- Metallica
Song- Helpless
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Intro
Double Time Feel Q=154
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM PM| PM
Wx3 H E. S +E S S E S S +E E E S S +E E
|------------|-------------------||---------------------------| |------------|-------------------||o--------------------------| |------------|-------------------||---------------------------| |------------|------2--4-(4)-----||---------------------------| |------------|------0--2-(2)-2p0-||o-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2--| |------------|-------------------||--2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0--|
|-Rhy Fig 1
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM PM PM PM
E S S +E E E. S +E S S E S S +E E E. S +E S S
|---------------------------||---------------------------|| |--------------------------o||---------------------------|| |---------------------------||---------------------------|| |-------------2--4-(4)------||--------------2--4-(4)-----|| |-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||--4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-|| |-2---2-(2)-0---------------||--2---2-(2)-0--------------||
end Rhy Fig 1-|
Verse 1, 2
||--
||o-
||-- Rhy Fig 1 x8
||--
||o-
||--
Pre-chorus
Gtrs I, II
F#5 D5 E5 F#5
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
|----------|----------|----------|------|
F#5 D5 E5(type 2) F#5 F#
W W W H S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / o / / / / / / /
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------5-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-| |---------------------7-5-5-7---|---------------------7-5-5-7---| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2
PM----|
|3| |3|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E E Q E Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------5-|-----------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7p5---------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------| |---------------------7-5-5-7---|-------------0-5-5-7-7-| |-------------------------------|---------------3-3-5-5-|
end Rhy Fig 2-|
Rhy Fig 2
Rhy Fig 1
1.
PM PM| PM--| PM
E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E. S +E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------o|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------2--4-(4)------|| |-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2-|-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o|| |-2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0-|-2---2-(2)-0---------------||
2.
Rhy Fig 1 (last bar only)
Rhy Fig 1 x2
7/8
PM
Q Q Q E Wx3 E. S +E S S E E S S 4x
|------------|-----------||------------------------|| |------------|-----------||o----------------------o|| |------------|-----------||------------------------|| |------------|-----------||------------------------|| |-4----------|-----------||o----0-(0)-2p0---0-2p0-o|| |-2----------|-----------||--2------------2--------||
PM
E. S +E S S E E S S 4x
||------------------------||-| ||o----------------------o||-| ||------------------------||-| ||------------------------||-| ||o----2-(2)-4p2---2-4p2-o||-| ||--4------------4--------||-|
PM PM
E. S +E S S E E S S 4x E. S +E S S E E S S 4x
||------------------------||-||------------------------|| ||o----------------------o||-||o----------------------o|| ||------------------------||-||------------------------|| ||------------------------||-||------------------------|| ||o----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-o||-||o----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-o|| ||--5------------5--------||-||--7------------7--------||
Gtr II
PM PM PM
E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E E S S
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----7-(7)-9p7---7-9p7-| |-7------------7-------|-7------------7-------|-9------------9-------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM PM PM
| E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E E S S
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-|----3-(3)-5p3---3-5p3-|----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-| |-5------------5-------|-5------------5-------|-7------------7-------|
4/4
PM PM
E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E. S +E S S
|----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----7-(7)-9p7---7-9p7-|----5-(5)-7p5----7-(7)-9p7-| |-9------------9-------|-7------------9------------| |----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM PM
| E. S +E S S E E S S E. S +E S S E. S +E S S
|----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----5-(5)-7p5---5-7p5-|----3-(3)-5p3----5-(5)-5p3-| |-7------------7-------|-5------------7------------|
PM
E. S +E S S E. S +E S S
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----9-(9)-11p9----7-(7)-9p7-| |-11-------------9------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|
|
| E. S +E S S E. S +E S S
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----7-(7)--9p7----5-(5)-7p5-| |--9-------------7------------| |-----------------------------|
|-3-|
E. S +E S S q q q E E Q E E +S E. W
|--------------------|-------------------|------|| |--------------------|-------------------|------|| |----5-(5)-7p5-------|-------------------|------|| |-7------------5-----|-------------------|------|| |--------------3-5-7-|-9--------5-(5)-7--|-9----|| |----------------3-5-|-7--------3-(3)-5--|-7----||
|
| |-3-|
| E. S +E S S q q q E E Q E E +S E. W
|--------------------|-------------------|------|| |--------------------|-------------------|------|| |--------------------|-------------------|------|| |----3-(3)-5p3-5-----|-------------------|------|| |-5------------3-5-7-|-9--------5-(5)-7--|-9----|| |----------------3-5-|-7--------3-(3)-5--|-7----||
F#5 D5 A5 E5
Gtr II
E E Q H H E. S +E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I
S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E. S +E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------7-(7)---------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9-|| |-9p7---7-(7)-9-9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-|| |-----9-------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)---||
F#5IX D5 A5 E5
|---3---|
E E E Q +H H E. S +E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E. S +E E 3x
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o----------------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|| ||------------7-(7)----------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9--|| ||o-9p7-------7-(7)-9--9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-o|| ||--------9----------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)----||
Gtrs I, II
S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E E. S +E E 4x
||------------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|---------------------------|| ||--------7-(7)---------7-(7)---|-------7-(7)---7--------9--|| ||o-9p7---7-(7)-9-9p7---7-(7)-9-|-9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7-o|| ||------9-------------9---------|-----9------------5-(5)----||
|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
|-Rhy Fig 4
F#5 A5 B5 D5 E5 D5
H H H E. S +E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
W W
||------------|----------------| ||o-----------|----------------| ||------------|----------------| ||------------|----------------| ||o-----------|----------------| ||------------|----------------|
F#5 A5 B5 E5(type 2)
H H H E. S +E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|-----------|----------------|
F#5 A5 B5 D5 E5 D5
H H H E. S +E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|-----------|----------------|
F#5 A5 B5 D5 E5 D5
H H H E. S +E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|-----------|----------------|
end Rhy Fig 4-|
Gtrs I, II
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------| |-6-------------7--9-(9)-7-|-6-------------7--9-(9)-7-|-6------7------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--7-(7)-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--7-(7)-5-|-4------5------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|----1/-----1/--|
|-Rhy Fig 5
H.=H
3/4
PM----------------|
Q Q Q Q S E S +S E S +S E.
|----------------|----------------------| |----------------|----------------------| |----------------|----------------------| |-9------10------|----------------------| |-7-------8------|-9-7------------------| |----1/------1/--|-----9-(9)-8-7-(7)-5--|
end Rhy Fig 5-|
A Tempo Q=154
4/4
Rhy Fig 3 x3.5
1. 2.
S S S S +E E E. S +E E S S S S +E E E. S +E E
|-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |----------------------------o||----------------------------|| |-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |-------7-(7)---7----------9--||--------7-(7)---7--------9--|| |-9p7---7-(7)-9-5---7-(7)--7-o||--9p7---7-(7)-9-5--7-(7)-7--|| |-----9-------------5-(5)-----||------9------------5-(5)----||
|
| S S S S +E E E. S +Q S S S S +E E Q Q
|-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |----------------------------o||----------------------------|| |-----------------------------||----------------------------|| |-------7-(7)---7-------------||--------7-(7)---------------|| |-9p7---7-(7)-9-5------------o||--9p7---7-(7)-9-x\----x\----|| |-----9------------/9-(9)\----||------9---------x\----x\----||
Gtrs I, II
PM PM| PM-
E S S +E E E S S +E E
||--------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||--------------------------| ||--------------------------| ||o-4---4-(4)-2-4---4-(4)-2-| ||--2---2-(2)-0-2---2-(2)-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
-| PM PM----|
E S S +E E E. S +E S S S S S S Q E E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------|| |--------------------------o||----------------------|| |---------------------------||----------------------|| |-------------2--4-(4)------||----------7\----------|| |-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||--9-9-9-9-9\--4-2-2-2-|| |-2---2-(2)-0---------------||--------------2-0-0-0-||
Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1 x8
Gtr III
E E E E E E S +S E
|--------------------------------------------| |-17b19-----17b19---17b19-----17pb19r(17)-14-| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----3----|
E +S S E +S S E +E +E +S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17pb19r(17)-14-17pb19r(17)-14-17b19==(17)---(17)-(17)r-17---14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Q +Q Q +Q
|-17b19======(17)r---17b19======(17)r---|
|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|
Q +E. S S E. +E S S
|-17pb19r====(17)---14-17--14----(14)-14-14-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-17p14----14-------------14-17-14----14-------------14-| |-------17----17b19-17b19----------17----17b19-17b19----| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|-17p14----14-------------14-17--14----14-------------14-| |-------17----17b19-17b19-----------17----17b19-17b19----| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--3--| |--3---| |--3--| |--3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p16p14----14-17p=16p14----14-17p16p14----14-17p=16p14----14-| |----------17--------------17-------------17--------------17----| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------14-14-14-------14-------14-------14-14-14-------14-14-14--| |-17b19----------17b19----17b19----17b19----------17b19-----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
T S. S S T S. S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p14-----14-17p=14------------------------------------|
|--------17------------17-14-------14-17-14--------------|
|----------------------------16b18----------16--14----16-|
|--------------------------------------------------16----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---3---|S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14h16p==14-----------------------------------------| |------------------16--14----14-16--14---------------------| |-------------------------16-----------16-15-14S=12-14-12--| |----------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S +S E S +E E
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-------------14-----14-(14)-14---14-(14)-14-| |-------------14-----14-(14)-14---14-(14)-14-| |----12-14S16-----16-------------------------| |-14-----------------------------------------|
Q Q S S +E Q
|----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-16b17-----16b17---16--14b15==(14)r-----------| |-16b17-----16b17----------------------16\-----| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-4b6==4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4-4-| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-----6-----| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4r4-4p2------2------| |-------------------------------4-4---------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S S S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------12-12---12-12h=14-0---| |-xs=====xs===xs=====xs===|=xs=====xs===x/-----------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
w/Rhy Fig 4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-| |-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------| |-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--| |--------------------------------------------14-----| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-| |-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------| |-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--| |--------------------------------------------14-----| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-| |-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--14-12-----------------| |-------15-------15-----------------15-14-12----12--| |--------------------------------------------14-----| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p14----19p14----19p14-17p14----17p14----17p14-| |-------17-------17-------------15-------15-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p12----17p12----17p12-15--12-------12-15-12--------| |-------15-------15--------------15b17----------15-12--| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------|
w/Rhy Fig 5
H S S S S S S S S
|-------------------17--14----14-17--14-------14-| |-17b19--------------------17-----------17b19----| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
|-3--|
Q +E E S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------14---14-19p14-17p14-16--14-------14-| |-17b19======(17)r------------------------------17b19----| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------14-14-14-------14-14-------------15-15-15-------15-------15-| |-17b19----------17b19-------17b19-18b20----------18b20----18b20----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------17-17-17-------17-------17-------18-18-18-------18-------18--| |-20b22----------20b22----20b22----21b23----------21b23----21b23-----| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
H.=H A Tempo Q=154
3/4 4/4
>
~~~~ |-w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st bar)
Q +H +Q +H.
|-22b24======(22)------------||--(22)r====(22)---------------| |----------------------------||o-----------------------------| |----------------------------||------------------------------| |----------------------------||------------------------------| |----------------------------||o-----------------------------| |----------------------------||------------------------------|
F#5
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM PM PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S +E E E. S +E S S 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------||-||--------------| |--------------------------o||-||o-------------| |---------------------------||-||--------------| |-------------2--4-(4)------||-||--------------| |-4---4-(4)-2-0--2-(2)-2p0-o||-||o-4-4---4-4---| |-2---2-(2)-0---------------||-||--2-2---2-2---|
E5(type 2) F#5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
PM| PM----------------| PM|
|-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q E E 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-||---------------|| |---------------o||-||o-------------o|| |----------------||-||---------------|| |-------2-4------||-||---------------|| |-4-4---0-2-2p0-o||-||o-4-4---4-4---o|| |-2-2------------||-||--2-2---2-2----||
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