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The Four Horsemen

Metallica
Bass Tab
4.9(38)

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

3

Intro 2 times

|---------||-------|---|---|---------|---|---|-----------||
|---------||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|---------|---|---|---------o-||
|-3---5-3-||-o-7---|---|---|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-o-||
|---3-----||-------|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-------||

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

fig.1

|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------7-------7-|-------7-5-5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-3-5-|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|

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

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

end fig.1

|-----------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------------|---------5---|---------||
|-------7-------7-|-------7---7-|-3---5-3-||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|---3-----||

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

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

Verses 1,2 Chorus

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

||-o play fig.1 2 times |---------------|-----------------|

||-o |-7-7-7-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------|------7-7-8-9-|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-3-5-7-|-9-10---------|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

3

2nd & 3rd time fill 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-2-3-2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-|

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

fill 1

                  |-----------------|
                  |-7-------7---7---|
                  |---5-5-5---5---5-|
                  |-----------------|

e e e e e e e e

fig.2

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

3

end fig.2 3rd time to coda

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

|-----------------|-----------------|---------| play fig.2 o-||

|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|              o-||
|-----------------|-------------7-5-|---3-----|              --||

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

fig.3

|---||-----|  6  |-----------||-----------------------|
|---||-----|-----|-R-R-------||-o---------------------|
|-7-||---R-|-----|-----8p7-7-||-o-7---------7---------|
|-0-||-0---|     |-----------||-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

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

[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

end fig.3 4 times

|------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------------|---------------o-||
|-7---------8\7--7-|-7---------7---------|-7---------8-8-o-||
|---0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-------||

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

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

half time (102 bpm) 164 bpm straight eights

fill A-------------------| 2/4 4/4

|-9-7---7-----------------|-/9-7---7-----|---R-----------||
|-----9---9-8-7-5-7---5-7-|------9---9-8-|-7-----R---R---||
|-------------------7-----|--------------|-----3---4---5-||
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||

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

[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

8 times

||-------------------|-------------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0-----||

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

Bridge 8 times

||-------------------|-------------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o-----------------|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---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 e e e e

102 bpm

fill A 2 times

90 bpm

|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-9\-|-------------------------|
|-0-0---------------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-0-2-|

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

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------R-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9/10-|
|-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------|

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

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-10-10-10-10-10/14-14-14-14----14-|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

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

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

|-17-17-17-17-17/21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21\-||

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

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

Guitar solo I

|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------4-5---------4-5-|---------4-5---------|--------------------|
|-----7-----5-5-5-7-----|-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-|-7----7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|-0-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--0---------------|

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

|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------5-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-4-4-4-0-4-|
|-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|

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

|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-2-0--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------2-2-0-2-0-2/-|-/7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|--------------------------|--0-0-0---------------------|

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

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----5-4-2-------------------|-2---2-0-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-0-|
|-3-3-------5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|---0-----------------------|

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

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-2-----|-------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|
|---------------------3-2-|-0-0-0-----------------------|

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

|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------5---|-----------------5-7-----|-----------5-7-----------|
|-3-3---3-0-3-2-2-2---7-|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-----7-5-|-3-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------|

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

2/4 4/4

|-------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----||
|---------------------7---|-----------|-----------------|---R-||
|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-|-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|-2---||
|---0---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----||

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

triplet feel

204 bpm 102 bpm

play fig.3 4 times | play fill A 2 times ||

204 bpm

|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|
|-0----|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-----|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|

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

|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|-3---5-3-||
|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|---3-----||

q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q

D.S. Verse 3 al Coda

Coda Guitar solo II

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

|-R-|| play fig.3 4 times || play fig.3 8 times ||-----------------|

|---|| || ||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|

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

w e e e e e e e e

|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

3

|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----||
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|---R-||
|-------------7---|-------------7-5-|---3-----|-0---||

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

Lyrics :

1. By the last breath the four winds blow

Better raise your ears

The sound of hooves knock at your door

Lock up your wife and children now

It's time to wield the blade

For now you've got some company

Chorus

Horsemen are drawing nearer

On leather steeds they ride

They've come to take your life

On through the dead of night

with the Four Horsemen ride

or choose your fate and die !

2. You've been dying since the day you've been born

You know it's all been planned

The quartet of deliverance rides

A sinner once, a sinner twice

No need for confession now

'Cause now you've got the fight of your life

Bridge

Time has taken it's toll on you

The lines that crack your face

Famine, your body it has torn through

Withered in ev'ry place

Pestilence, for what you had to endure

For what you have put others through

Death, deliv'rance for you for sure

Now there's nothing you can do

3. So gather round young warriors now

And saddle up your steeds

Killing scores with demon swords

Now is the death of doers of wrong

Swing the judgment hammer down

Safely inside armor, blood, guts and sweat

Chorus

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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')

||--  --||

||-o o-|| - a repeat

||-o o-||

||--  --||

| X |

|-----| - X bar rest

|-----|

| |

|-----|

| % | - repeat previous bar

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

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