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Metal Militia

Metallica
Bass Tab
4.8(7)

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

Intro

G|---||  3  |---------|------|---|---|---------||
D|---||-----|---------|------|---|---|---------||
A|-R-||-----|-R-------|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R-------||
E|---||     |---6-5-3-|-0----|---|---|---6-5-3-||

l h q q q q h. w w h q q q

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

G||------------------------------|----------------------------|
D||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
A||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
E||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

|1,2,3. |4. 2/4

G|----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-----------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3---||-----------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s

3

4/4

G|-------------|---||  4  |------|------|------|---------------||
D|-------------|---||-----|---R--|---R--|---R--|---------------||
A|-------------|-0-||-----|-0----|-0----|-0----|-6---3---------||
E|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|---||     |------|------|------|---6-----3-5-6-||

q q q q q q w q h. q q q+e e e e

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

G||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
D||-o---7---5------------|---7---5------------|---7---5------------|---------------o-||
A||-o-0---0---0-7-0-6--5-|-0---0---0-7-0-6--5-|-0---0---0-7-0-6--5-|-6---3---------o-||
E||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---6-----3-5-6---||

e e s e s e s e. e e e s e s e s e. e e e s e s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

Verse 1

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G|---------------------------------|---------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6---3---------|
E|---------------------------------|---6-----3-5-6-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

3

3 times

G||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
D||-o--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------o-||
A||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-6---3---------o-||
E||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---6-----3-5-6---||

s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

Pre-Chorus

G|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
D|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|

e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e e e s s s q h

Chorus

G|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-o----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|
E|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4

G|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|
D|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-|
E|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|

s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G|---------------------------------|---------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6---3---------|
E|---------------------------------|---6-----3-5-6-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

3

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G|-------------------------------|---------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|---------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-6---3---------|
E|-------------------------------|---6-----3-5-6-|

e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

Verse 2

4 times

G||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
D||-o--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------o-||
A||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-6---3---------o-||
E||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---6-----3-5-6---||

s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

Pre-Chorus

G|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
D|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|

e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e e e s s s q h

Chorus

G||------------------------------|----------------------------|
D||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
A||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|
E||------------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

|1,2,3.

G|----------------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||
E|----------------------------|-------------------------||

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q

3

|4. 2/4 4/4 3/4

G|-----------------|-------------|---||----|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||-R--|
A|-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-||----|
E|-----------------|-------------|---||----|

s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w h.

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

G|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-o----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-o-----------------------5--7-|-----------------------8--7-|-----------------------5--7-|
E|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4

G|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---||
D|-----------------------o-||-----------------|-------------|---||
A|-----------------8-7-5-o-||-----------------|-8-7-5-8-7-5-|-7-||
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||

s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

160 bpm

G|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7------|-7-----7-----7-----7------|-7-----7-----7-----7-|
A|---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---0-0---0-0---|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|

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 s s e s s e s s e s s q

4 times 4 times 2 times

G||----------------------|||----------------------|||----------------------||
D||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-||
A||-o-6-----3----------o-|||-o-8-----5----------o-|||-o-9-----6----------o-||
E||------6-----3-3-5-1---|||------8-----5-5-7-3---|||------9-----6-6-8-4---||

e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e

2 times

G||----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
D||-o------------------o-||-----------------------|-----------------------|
A||-o-10----7----------o-||-7-7-5-5---------------|-----------------------|
E||------10----7-7-9-5---||---------8-8-7-7-5-7-8-|-8-8-7-7-5-5-3-3-2-3-5-|

e. e. e. s e e e s e s e s e s e s s e s e s e s e s e s s e

Tempo 1

G|---||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-0-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

w s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G|---------------------------------|---------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6---3---------|
E|---------------------------------|---6-----3-5-6-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e

Verse 3

4 times

G||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------||
D||-o--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------o-||
A||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-6---3---------o-||
E||----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---6-----3-5-6---||

s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e s s s s s s s s e s e. e q q q+e e e e

Pre Chorus

let ring

G||---------------------|-----------------|-----------7-|----------------||
D||---------------------|-----------------|-----7-------|----------------||
A||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||
E|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------||

e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q e e e e s s e h e e s s e q h

Chorus

G||------------------------------|----------------------------|
D||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
A||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|
E||------------------------------|----------------------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e

repeat & fade

G|----------------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||
E|----------------------------|-------------------------||

s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q

3

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

w - whole note

h - half note

q - quarter note

e - eigth note

s - sixteenth note

t - thirty-second note

l - long note ('fermate' sign)

x+y - play note with length x+y

/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with

1. eight notes (1 slash) or

2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or

3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)

R - in the tab denotes a rest.

x - an undefined or muted note.

[ 3 ] - a triplet

/ - slide up

/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X

\ - slide down

\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X

T - tap note

Harm - harmonic

A.H. - Artificial harmonic

inside bar :

p - pull off

h - hammer on

bx - bend string x notes up

bx r - bend string x notes up and release string

a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes

that occur in sheet music sometimes).

cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')

G||--  --||
D||-o  o-||  - a repeat

A||-o o-||

E||--  --||

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

Have fun, Wilbert Pol

Lyrics :

1. Thunder and lightning. The gods take revenge

Senseless destruction

Victims of fury are cowardly now

Running for safety

Stabbing the harlot to pay for her sins

Leaving the virgin

Suicide running as if it were free

Ripping and tearing

Pre-Chorus

Oh! Through the mist and the madness

We're trying to get the message to you

Chorus

Metal militia !

Metal militia !

Metal militia !

2. Chained and shadowed to be left behind

Nine and one thousand

Metal militia for your sacrifice

Iron-clad soldiers

Join or be conquered, the low of the land

What will befall you ?

The metallization of your inner soul

Twisting and turning

Chorus

Metal militia !

3. We are one as we all are the same

Fighting for one cause

Leather and metal are our uniforms

Protecting what we are

Joining together to take on the world

With our heavy metal

Spreading the message to everyone here

Come let yourself go

Chorus

Metal militia ! (repeat & fade)

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