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Phantom Lord

Metallica
Bass Tab
4.2(3)

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

Intro

108 bpm 2 times 3/4 4/4 2 times

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

l h. e e h. e e h. h. e e h. e e l

152 bpm

G|  4  ||----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-----||-o------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|-----||-o--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|     ||---0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|---------------------------||
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------o-||
A|--------------------------|-------------------------o-||
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\---||

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

Verse 1

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

Chorus

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

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

G||---------||-----|-----|---|---|
D||---------||-----|-----|---|---|
A||---R-----||-----|-----|-R-|-R-|
E||-0-----0-||-(0)-|-(0)-|---|---|

q h+e e (w) (w) w w

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

Verse 2

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

Chorus 2

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

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

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

q h.

Guitar solo

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

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 e e s e s e s e. e

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

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 e e s e s e s e. e

66 bpm

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

q q q e s s

Interlude

G|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------5-3-5-3-|-----------5-3-2-0-2-0-----|----------------------|---------------------|
E|-0--0-3--3-2--2---------|-0--0-3--3-------------2-3-|-0--0-3--3-2--2-1-1-1-|-0--0-3--3-2--2-1--1-|

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

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

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 e s s

4 times 96 bpm accel.

G||-------------------------------------||---------|-----------|
D||-o---------------------------------o-||---------|-----------|
A||-o---------------------------------o-||---------|-----------|
E||---0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1---||-0-0-0-0-|-12-12\0-0-|

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q q q q q q

Guitar Solo

152 bpm

G||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-------------------12-13-14\-|
A||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-----|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E||-------------------|-----------3-3-|-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 e e e e e e e e e e q q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s q

3

G||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-------------------12-13-14\-|
D||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-----|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E||-------------------|-----------3-3-|-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 e e e e e e e e e e q q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s q

3

G||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------14-|
A||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-----|---------------------------------|-------------------12h14----|
E||-------------------|-----------3-3-|-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 e e e e e e e e e e q q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s q

3

G||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E||-------------------|-----------3-3-|-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 e e e e e e e e e e e q q q 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

3

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

q h. w

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

Verse 3

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

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

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

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------R-|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-10---|

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

G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------14----14------------|------14----14-----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-12----12----12-0-0-3-5-|-0-12----12----12-12-15\-|

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

Chorus

3 times

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

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

7/8 4/4 Free time 138 bpm

G|---|---|------------|---|----|-----|-----|-----|---|-----||
D|---|---|------------|---|----|-----|-----|-----|---|-----||
A|---|-2-|------2-3-4-|-5-|-7--|-(7)-|-(7)-|-(7)-|-R-|---R-||
E|-0-|---|-3--3-------|---|-0--|-(0)-|-(0)-|-(0)-|---|-0---||

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

/ / /

/ / /

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

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. Sound is ripping through your ears

The deaf'ning sound of metal nears

Your body's waiting for his whips

The taste of leather on your lips

Chorus

Hear the cry of war

Louder than before

With his sword in hand

To control the land

Crushing metal strikes

On this fright'ning night

Fall on to your knees

For the Phantom Lord

2. Victim falling under chains

You hear them crying dying pains

Fists of terror breaking through

Now there's noting you can do

Chorus

3. The leathered armies have prevailed

The Phantom Lord has never failed

Smoke it lifting from the ground

The rising volume metal sound

Chorus

Fall to your knees

And bow to the Phantom Lord

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