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The Frayed Ends of Sanity

Metallica
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Tab2

Bass1

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

Intro

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------5---------------4-------|
D|-2--------5-------2-------4-------|
A|-2--------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-0----------------0---------------|

Riff 1 Repeat 6 times

P.M..|

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3----------3---------------3-----------3-------------|
D|-2---3---2------3---2-------2---3---2-------3---2---------|
A|-2---1---2------1---2-------2---1---2-------1---2---------|
E|-0-------0--X-X-----0---X-X-0-------0---X-X-----0---0-0-0-|

Main riff

P.M.| |.| | |.|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|---------3--------3---------------|
D|-2-------3--------3-----4-------3\|
A|-2-------1--------1-----4-------3\|
E|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----0-2---0-0-1\|

Add 1

P.M.| |.|

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

Add 2

P.M.| |.|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|---------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-|
D|-2-------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-|
A|-2-------1--------1----X-1-1------1-1-1-|
E|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----------------------|

Verse 1

P.M |.| |.| |.| |.|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2-------2---------------------------------|
A|-2-------2-------7-------7-------7-------7-|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-6---0-0-6---0-0-5---0-0-5-|

|.| |.|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-----7--------------|
E|-0-0-4---0-0-2br2br-|

Verse 2

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-4---3---2-----|
D|-4---3---2---6-|
A|-2---1---0---6-|
E|-------------4-|

[Pre-Chorus] (very drunken rhythm):

P.M |.| |.| |.|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
A|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
E|-0-0--3/3-5----0-0-3/3-5---0-0-3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6-|

|.| |.| |.| |.|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------5/5-7-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
A|------5/5-5-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
E|--0-0-3/3-5---0-0/3-3-0---0-0/3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6-|

Chorus

P.M P.M

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------4-----------------------|
D|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5-|
A|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5-|
E|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3-|

P.M P.M..| |...........|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------9------7----------5-6-7-8---------|
D|-----4------5-6-7-8-9------7--5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-|
A|-----4------5-6-7-8-7------5--5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-|
E|-----2------3-4-5-6-0---------3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-|

[Riff 2a](rhythm guitar plays B5):

P.M.| |.....|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-2h4p2---------------------------|
A|---------5-4-2-2h4p2---------2-5-|
E|---------------------5-3-2-5-----|

[Riff 3a](rhythm guitar plays C#5):

P.M.| |.....|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----4h6p-------------------------|
A|-4--------7-6-4-4h6p4---------4-7-|
E|----------------------7-5-4-7-----|

Add 3

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

[Riff 2b](rhythm guitar plays B5):

P.M.| |.....|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----2h4p2-------------------------|
D|-0---2h4p2-4-2-0-0h2p0---------0h4-|
A|-2---------5-4-2-2h4p2-4-2-0-4-2h5-|
E|-----------------------5-3-2-5-----|

[Riff 3b](rhythm guitar plays C#5):

P.M.| |.....|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----4h6p4-------------------------|
D|-2---4h6p4-6-4-3-2h4p2---------2h6-|
A|-4---------7-6-4-4h6p4-6-4-2-6-4h7-|
E|-----------------------7-5-4-7-----|

Riff 4

D5 D#5

P.M.| |...| |...|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5h7p5-----------5h7p5-----------6h8p6-------|
D|-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-8---6h8p6-8-6-4-|
A|-5---------8-7-5-5---------8-7-5-6---------9-8-6-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

|....|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------6h8p6-------|
D|--8---6h8p6-------|
A|--6---------9-8-6-|
E|------------------|

Riff 5

E5

P.M.......|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-8---7h8p7---8---7h8p7---8p7---7h8p7----------|
G|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---9------|
D|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---10-7-5-|
A|---------------------------------------10-7-5-|
E|------------------------------------------9-7-|

|...........|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--4h5p4-----------------4-7-9--|
D|--5h7p5-7--5-4---4-7----5-7-9--|
A|--7h9p7-9--7-5---5-9----7-9-10-|
E|--------10-8-7---7-10----------|

Riff 6

P.M.....| |.....| |.....|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7p5h7---------7p5h7---------7p5h7-|
E|-0---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---------|

|..| |..| |...| |...| |...|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------7p5h7---------7p5h7-------|
E|--0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0-|

|..| |.|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--7p5h7-----6-------5p0---|
E|--------7-7-----6-6-----3-|

Add 4

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-5p4h5------5p4h5------5p4h5-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Add 5

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-9p7h9------9p7h9------9p7h9-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Add 6

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-14p12h14------14p12h14------14p12h14-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

[Solo] I got this somewhere, it's anything but complete. I can't play the damn thing anyway.

e|------|-t14p10p7---t14p10p7---t14---(14)p10p7---t14p10p7-|
B|---//-|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5//--|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/---|--------------------------------------------------|
A|------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|------|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7h(10)--t17p10p7--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-t14/15p10p7---t14t14p10p7---t14/15p10p7-t14-t14p10p7--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-t14p10p7---t15p10p7---5-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------5---h2---(2)/---17b/\/\/\full/\/\/\-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------/\/\full/\/\----------------14---17p14-------14--|
B|-17b---17b/---------------(17)------17--------------17------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17p14---17p14---17b---14-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------16---14---16p14-----14-16b--|
D|----------------------------------------------16--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------17p14-------------------------------------------|
B|-14-17p14-------17p14-------14h17p14----------------------|
G|----------------------17b------------16---14------14-16b--|
D|---------------------------------------------16-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14-14h17p14---------14-17p14---14-17p14----14h17p14-----|
G|---------------17b------------17---------16----------16--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|-14h17p-14----14h17p14-|
G|-----------16----------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

I haven't got more than this, maybe it's totally wrong, I

haven't played more than the beginning, that part sounds

quite good.

The rhythm guitar plays very weird and unfinished

lines, the rhythm varies between 4/4, 3/4 and 5/4:

P.M......|

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-------------3--|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1--|
E|----------------|

P.M...................| P.M. P.M.

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|*----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|*----------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-|

P.M............| |.| |..................|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|

| | | | | P.M...........|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------8-------------------------|
A|---------7-0-6-------8-------------------------|
E|-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7\-|

P.M....................| |.| |.............

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------4-------3-----------------|
E|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-|

Play twice

..| |.| |.................| |

e|----------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------*||
G|----------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------||
A|-----4-------3-----------------------4-------*||
E|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2--||

P.M...................| |.| |.............|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0-|

P.M |.| |.................| |.|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-|

P.M...................| |.| |............|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------4-------3-----------------|
E|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-|

P.M |.| |.................| |.|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----4-------3-----------------------4-------|
E|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-|

P.M...................| |.| |...........|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

P.M |.| |..................|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----7-------6-----------------------|
A|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
E|-------------------------------------|

| | | | | |.............| |.|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8--------------------------------|
D|---------7-0-6-------8--------------------------------|
A|-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6-|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

P.M...............| |.| |.................|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

| | | | | |........|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------9---------------|
D|---------7-0-6-------9---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|

That was the solo stuff

Riff 7

P.M | |.| | |......|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-----7---9-----5---7-9---------|
A|-7-----5---7-----7---5-7---------|
E|---0-0---0---0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-|

Riff 9

P.M..| |......|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-8---7h8p7---------------------------|
G|-9---7h9p7-7--6-4-4-6-4----------4h6-|
D|-9---7h9p7-9--7-5-5h7p5-7--5-4-7-5h7-|
A|-----------10-9-7-7h9p7-9--7-5-9-7h9-|
E|------------------------10-8-7-10----|

Add 7

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-3---3------3---3---3-|
D|-3---3------3---3---3-|
A|-1---1------1---1---1-|
E|----------------------|

Chorus 2

P.M P.M

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------4-----------------------|
D|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5-|
A|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5-|
E|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3-|

P.M |.....|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------9------7--------------9------7--|
D|-----4------5-6-7-8-9------7------5-6-7-8-9------7--|
A|-----4------5-6-7-8-7------5------5-6-7-8-7------5--|
E|-----2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0---------|

P.M...| |............|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|---------5-6-7-8---------|
D|-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-|
A|-5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-|
E|-3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-|

Riff 8

P.M.| |.| | | |.| |

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3-------|
D|-2-------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3----4--|
A|-2-------1-------1---1-1-1---1---1-----1------1----4--|
E|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-------------------0-0----0-0----0-2--|

|..|

e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|-----3\-|
A|-----3\-|
E|-0-0-1\-|

Riff 9

P.M...................|

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

End

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-9---------------|
D|-9------------\2-|
A|-7------------\2-|
E|-0------------\0-|

That's the riffs, fellas. I'm sure I've forgotten some part

somewhere but...anyway, the following is a list of when to

play them:

Intro x1

Riff 1 x6

Main riff x3

Add 1 x1 (drums enter)

Main riff x3

Add 1 x1

Main riff x1

Add 2 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 1 x1

Main riff x2

Verse 1 x2

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x2

Prechorus x1

Chorus 1 x1

Main riff x3

Add 2 x1

Verse 1 x1

Main riff x2

Verse 1 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x2

Prechorus x1

Chorus 1 x1

Main riff x4

Riff 2a x4

Riff 3a x2

Riff 2a x2

Add 3 x1

Riff 2b x2

Riff 3b x2

Riff 4 x1

Riff 5 x1

Drumsolo

Riff 6 x2

Riff 6 x1 with add 4

Riff 6 x0,5 with add 5

Riff 6 x0,5 with add 6

Guitarsolo

Riff 7 x4

Add 3 x1

Riff 2a x2

Riff 11 x1

Riff 7 x4

Add 3 x1

Riff 11 x2

Riff 2a x1

Add 3 x1

Riff 2a x1

Add 3 x1

Add 7 x1

Main riff x3

Add 2 x1

Verse 1 x1

Main riff x2

Verse 1 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x1

Verse 2 x1

Main riff x2

Prechorus x1

Chorus 2 x1

Main riff x3

Add 2 x1

Main riff x3

Riff 8 x1

Main riff x2

Riff 9 x1

Riff 7 x5

End

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

| \ Slide down

| br Bend release

| / Slide up

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| t Tapping

| (n) Ghost note

| b Bend

| * Natural harmonic

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

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