Killing Time

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Bass1

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Song

Bb5

x 1 3 3 x x C5

x 3 5 5 x x D5

x 5 7 7 x x Bb5VI

6 8 8 x x x F5

x 8 10 10 x x E5

x 7 9 9 x x G5

x 10 12 12 x x G5III

3 5 5 x x x A5

x 0 2 2 x x A5XII

x 12 14 14 x x E5(type 2)

0 2 2 x x x F#5

2 4 4 x x x F5I

1 3 3 x x x A5V

5 7 7 x x x

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'

Intro

Q=231

4/4

Gtr I

TP TP TP TP

Wx5 W W W W

|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|------------|-12--------|-12S=======|=10S=======|=7\----||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||

Gtr III

W W W

||----------------------|-----------------|--------|
||o-(&lt;7>)---------------|-----------------|--------|
||----------------------|-----------------|--------|
||----------------------|-----------------|--------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|--------|
||----------------------|-----------------|--------|

|-play 2nd time only

| Gtr I

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

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W

||----------------------|-----------------|--------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|--------|
||----------------------|---------------5-|-(5)----|
||----------------------|---------------5-|-(5)----|
||o---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)----|
||----------------------|-----------------|--------|
   |---3---|

Q Q Q H +W W

|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------&lt;7>------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----&lt;7>-----&lt;5>--------|-(&lt;5>)---------------|-----------------|
|-&lt;7>--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

|-play 2nd time only

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

| +H. +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-(5)--------------(5)\--|---------------------|---------------7-|
|-(5)--------------(5)\--|---------------------|---------------7-|
|-(3)--------------(3)\--|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

1. 2.

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

W Q Q Q Q H a a Q +Q Q +Q

|------------|-------------&lt;7>----------||-----20b24r=(20)--------------||
|------------|---------&lt;7>--------&lt;7>--o||---x--------------------------||
|------------|-----&lt;7>------------------||-x----------------17--(17)\---||
|------------|-&lt;7>----------------------||------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------o||------------------------------||
|------------|--------------------------||------------------------------||

| +W +H +E Q. H. Q

|------------|--------------------------||------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------o||------------------------------||
|-(7)--------|-(7)---------(7)----------||-----(7)----------------------||
|-(7)--------|-(7)---------(7)-7\-------||-----(7)----------------7\----||
|-(5)--------|-(5)---------(5)-7\------o||-----(5)----------------7\----||
|------------|--------------------------||------------------------------||

1.,2.,3. 4.

~~~~~~~

W W Q. E +E +E Q

||------------------|------------------||--17------17-----(17)-(17)-17-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--20b22---20b22==(20)r(20)-20pb22===||
||------------------|------------------||------------------------------------||
||------------------|------------------||------------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||------------------------------------||
||------------------|------------------||------------------------------------||

| PM| PM| PM| PM

| E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q

||------------------|------------------||------------------------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--10------10-----(10)------10\------||
||------7-----5-----|-------7-(7)--9---||---9-------9------(9)-------9\------||
||------------------|-7p5---5-(5)--7---||---7-------7------(7)-------7\------||
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0-----------o||------------------------------------||
||------------------|------------------||------------------------------------||

+Q Q H W

||--(17)\---------------|-----------------|
||o-(20)r\--------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|

| Gtrs I, II

| PM---| PM

| E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q Q

||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||-----------7p5---5----|-7p5---7-(7)--9--|
||-----------7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--7--|
||o---0----0-----0----0-|-----0-----------|
||----------------------|-----------------|

|-Rhy Fig 1

PM| PM

E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q Q

|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------o||
|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--5----||
|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--5----||
|-0-0-----0----0-|-----0-3-(3)--3---o||
|----------------|-------------------||

end Rhy Fig 1-|

Gtrs I, II

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

|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-7p5---5-(5)--5S=|=10----------|-12----12-(12)--12--||
|-7p5---5-(5)--5S=|=10----------|-12----12-(12)--12--||
|-----0-3-(3)--3S=|==8----------|-10----10-(10)--10--||
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||

Verse 1, 3

||--

||o-

||-- Rhy Fig 1

||--

||o-

||--

|-Rhy Fig 2

PM| PM PM| PM

E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q Q E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q Q

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---7-(7)--9--|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--4--|
|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--7--|-----7p5---5----|-7p5---5-(5)--4--|
|-0-0-----0----0-|-----0-----------|-0-0-----0----0-|-----0-3-(3)--2--|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-Rhy Fill 1 --|

Bb5 C5

Gtrs I, II

W W

| |

/ /

Gtr III

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

S E. S S S S +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5p1------------------------|-6p3p0-------------------|
|------3p1p0-----------------|-------5p3p0-------------|
|------------3-(3)p1p0-------|-------------5p3p0-------|
|----------------------3p1p0-|-------------------5p3p0-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-play 2nd time only

D D5 D D5 D D5 D D5

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

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

o / / o / / o / / o / /

~~~

Q E E E Q E E E E E +Q +Q

|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------6-----5---------|---------------------|
|-------7p5---5-----5h==|=7p5-----------------|
|-----------7-----------|-----7-5-(5)---(5)\--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

|-play 1st time only

| ~~~~~~

| S S E E E E E S S S S E E E E +H

|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5-6-5h6p5---|-5-6-8-8-(8)---------|
|-------5-7-----------7-|---------------------|
|-5h6h7-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

|-play 2nd time only

Bb5 C5 end Rhy Fig 2-|

H. Q Q. E +Q Q

| | | | |

/ / / / /

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

|-^5----7---8---7-5---|-5--------5-----(5)---5-----||
|-^5----------------8-|----8b10--8b10==(8)r--8b10--||
|---------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------------||

|-play 2nd time only

Verse 2, 4, 6

w/Rhy Fig 1

Q a +Q H W

|-5------(5)-----(5)-----------|-----------------|
|-8b10r==(8)b10==(8)r----------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|

Rhy Fig 1

Rhy Fill 1

Bb5 C5

Gtrs I, II

W W

| |

/ /

Gtr III

~~~~~~~~~~~

E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q +Q

|-17-----17-17-17-17-17--17-----17--|-20b23---20b23==(20)--(20)r\--||
|-20b22==20-20-20-20-20r-20b22==20r-|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------||

Chorus

D5 Bb5VIF5 E5 D5

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

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

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

To Coda

Bb5VIF5 G5 D5 Bb5VIF5 E5 D5

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

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

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

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

Bb5VIG5III

Q. E +Q Q W

| | |

/ / /

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

H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------10s17-17-|-20p17-17-20p17----20p17----20p17----|
|---------------------|----------------18-------18-------18-|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------|

~~~~~

   |--3--|  |3-|

E E E E Q H

|----------------20b23-----||
|-20p17----20p17----------o||
|-------18-----------------||
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||

Bb5VIG5III

Q. E +Q Q W W

| | |

/ / /

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

Interlude

Gtrs I, II

Q Q H W Q Q H

| |

/ /

Gtr III

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

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

|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-7--(7)b8======(7)r--|
|-----14-----17-----|-16-----15-----14\--|-7--(7)b9======(7)r--|
|-----14-----17-x-x-|-16-x---15-----14\--|---------------------|
|-0-0-12-0-0-15-x-x-|-14-x-0-13-0-0-12\--|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

W Q Q H W

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

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

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7p5--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7p5---5-9p5------|-----------------|---------5-------|
|-----7-------7----|-(7)-------------|---5-6-7---7-----|
|------------------|------0--3-4-5-6-|-7---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Q Q H

|-3-| |-3--|

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

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5-7p5---7h9p7---9-11p9h11-|
|-------7-------9-----------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Guitar Solo

A5XII E5(type 2)

Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / /

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

E E E E E E E E E E E H. E E

|----------------------------------||---------------17-19-|
|-------------------------------19-||-20b22---------------|
|-10h12p10----14-12----16-14s16----||---------------------|
|----------12-------12-------------||---------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------|

Q E E +Q Q Q Q E E Q

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / /

E E E E S S S S +S E S +E E E E E E E E

|-20-19-17-19-17h19p17---------17--------|------17-17-17--17-----17-17-17--|
|----------------------20-(20)----20b22==|=(20)-20-20-20r-20b22==20-20-20r-|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Q E E +Q Q

| | | | |

/ / / / /

E E E E E E E E

|-17-----17-17-17---------17-17-17--|

|-20b22==20-20-20r-20b22==20-20-20r-|

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

E5(type 2) G5III

Q Q E E Q Q E E +Q Q

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / /

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

|-17-----17-17-17---------17-17-17--|-17-----17-17-17--17-----17---17--|

|-20b22==20-20-20r-20b22==20-20-20r-|-20b22==20-20-20r-20b22==20---20r-|

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

E5(type 2)

Q Q E E Q

| | | | |

/ / / / /

Q. E +E +E +E +E

|-20b23----20b23==(20)r(20)b23==(20)r(20)b24==|

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

G5III F5I

Q E E +Q Q Q H Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~~~

+H +Q +E E H. E E

|-(20)------(20)r=(20)-17-|-------------17-19-|
|-------------------------|-20b22-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|

G5III A5V

Q H Q E E Q E E Q

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / /

|--3--|

E E E S S E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

|-20-19-17-19p17----17----17--------|-------17-17-----17--17-----17--x-17-|
|----------------20----20----20b22==|=(20)r----20b22==20r-20b22==20r-x----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E E Q E E Q

| | | | | |

/ / / / / /

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

E E E E E E E E E E

|-17-----17--20p17---------12-------|
|-20b22==20r-------20---15----15p13-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

F5I G5III

H. Q Q. E +Q Q

| | | | |

/ / / / /

~~~~~~~

Q. E +Q. E E Q E +Q +E E

|---------------------15-|-15----------------------||
|-15b17====15-(15)-------|-----15--15-(15)r=(15)---||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||

Verse 5

w/Rhy Fig 2

Gtr III

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

E Q. +Q +Q Q Q H

|--------------------------|-----------------|
|-13-----------------------|-----------------|
|----14------(14)---(14)s==|=x---------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|

W W W H Q Q

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------20b23--|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|

~~~~~~

|--3--|

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

|-20b22=====(20)r(20)-17-20p17-|-17h20p17-17-20p17-20p17-20p17-------17h20p17-|

|------------------------------|-------------------------------17-20----------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~

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

|-17-17h20p17-17-17h20p17-------17h20p17-17-|-(17)-20p17-----------------------|
|-------------------------17h20-------------|------------20p17--20b22r====(20)-|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D.S. al Coda

|---3---|

H +E +E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-20b25=====(20)r(20)-20-19-|-17-----17h19p==17----17-------||
|---------------------------|-----20------------20----20-19-||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------||

Bb5VIG5III A5V

Gtrs I, II

Q. E +H Q Q H

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr III

W H E E E E

|--------------||--------17-------------|
|--------------||-20--------20-17----17-|
|--------------||--------------19b21----|
|--------------||-----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------------|

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

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

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

|-------20b22-----15------|-(15)--17------17------17-----|-(17)----(17)\-----*|
|-20-17-----------18b20===|=(18)r-20b22---20b22---20b22==|=(20)----(20)r\----*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------*|

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