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Motorbreath

Metallica
Bass Tab
4.4(6)

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

Intro

180 bpm

G|  3  |-------|-----|  7  |
D|-----|-R-----|---R-|-----|
A|-----|---0-1-|-2---|-----|
E|     |-------|-----|     |

h q q q h.

2 times

G||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o-||
A||-o-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|---------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----|---------------------o-||
E||-----------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|-------3-3-------3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0---||

e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e

Verse 1

2 times

G||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o-||
A||-o-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|---------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----|---------------------o-||
E||-----------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|-------3-3-------3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0---||

e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2--2--0-2--2--0-|-2--2--0-2--2--0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e

Chorus

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

e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e q q e q e e q

G|-------------|-------------|-------------------||   8  ||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------------||------||
A|-5-5-2-----R-|-----R-----R-|-----------------R-||------||
E|-------2-2---|-3-3---0-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---||      ||

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

Verse 2

2 times

G||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o-||
A||-o-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|---------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----|---------------------o-||
E||-----------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|-------3-3-------3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0---||

e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e

G|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-2--2--0-2--2--0-|-2--2--0-2--2--0-||
E|-----------------|-----------------||

e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e

Chorus

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

e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e q q e q e e q e

5/4

G|-------------|-------------|-------------------||   8  ||-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------------||------||-------------|
A|-5-5-2-----R-|-----R-----R-|-----------------R-||------||-2-2--2--3---|
E|-------2-2---|-3-3---0-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2---||      ||-------------|

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

Guitar solo I

4/4

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
A|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------4-4-4-|-----------------------|---------------4-4-4-|

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

3

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------R-----|
A|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4---4-3-|
E|-------------------------|-----------------4-4-4-|-----------------------|---------------|

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

G||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o-||
A||-o-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|---------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----|---------------------o-||
E||-----------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|-------3-3-------3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0---||

e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e

Verse 3

2 times

G||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o-||
A||-o-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-|---------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----|---------------------o-||
E||-----------------------|-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-|-------3-3-------3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-0-0---||

e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e

G|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-2--2--0-2--2--0-|-2--2--0-2--2--0-||
E|-----------------|-----------------||

e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e

Chorus

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

e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e e q e q q e q e e q e

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

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

Guitar solo II

6 times

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
D|-o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o-||
A|-o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------o-||
E|-------------------------|-----------------4-4-4-|-----------------------|---------------4-4-4---||

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

3

G|--------------|-----||
D|--------------|---R-||
A|-2-2-2--------|-4---||
E|--------2-2-2-|-----||

q q q q q q q h.

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

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

I've put all note lengths below the measures, they are :

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||--  --||

| X |

|-----| - X bar rest

|-----|

| |

Have fun, Wilbert Pol

Lyrics :

1. Living and dying, laughing and crying

Once you have seen it you'll never be the same

Life in the fast lane is just how it seems

Hard and it's heavy, it's dirty and mean.

Chorus

Motorbreath

It's how I live my life

I can't take it any other way

Motorbreath

The sign of living fast

It is going to take your breath away

2. Don't stop for nothing, it's full speed or nothin'

I'm takin' down you know whatever's in my way

Getting your kicks as you're shooting the line

Sending the shivers up and down my spine

Chorus

3. Those people who tell you not to take chances

They are all missing on what life's about

You only live once to take hold of the chance

Don't end up like others, same song and dance

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