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The Prince

Metallica
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4.8(5)

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

Song

*- The Prince -*

*- By Metallica -*

*- Originally performed by Diamond Head -*

I recently received the Diamond Head version of this song.

It's actually quite good, but not as good as the Metallica version.

As usual in my tabs, I leave the timing to you.

Please let me know what you think of this.

Send e-mail (gy94frst@timra.se) to get in touch with me.

Rhy. Fig. 1 Play 17 times (solo starts fifth time)

     P.M. -----------------|       P.M.   -----------------|
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*---------------------------------------------------------------*||
  ||*-------------------------5-------------------------------5---7-*||
  ||--5-----------------------3-------5-----------------------3---5--||
  ||--3---5-5---5-5---5-3-0-----------3---5-5---5-5-5-5-3-0----------||

Guitar solo

  ||--------------|--22^--22^22^--22^22--|---------------------------------||
  ||--------------|----------------------|---------------------------------||
  ||--5--7--8--9--|----------------------|--7p5---5-7p5-9p5-8p5-7p5--------||
  ||--5--7--8--9--|----------------------|--------------------------7p5-7-/||
  ||--------------|----------------------|---------------------------------||
  ||--------------|----------------------|---------------------------------||

||-12-12-15p12-12-12-15p12----12-15p12-17p12-15p12----12-15p12-12-12-15p12-||

  ||-------------------------15----------------------15----------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-15p12----12-----|-------5h7h9-------5h7h9p5-----5h7h9-------5h9p5-9p7p5-||
  ||-------15----15^\|-5h7h9-------5h7h9---------7h9-------5h7h9-------------||
  ||-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-9p7p5-------|--------------------|3p1p0--------------------------------||
  ||-------9p7p5-|-9p5-10p5---5-----5-|------3p1p0--------------------------||
  ||-------------|----------7---7-----|------------2p0-----------------0p2p0||
  ||-------------|--------------------|----------------3p2p0----------------||
  ||-------------|--------------------|----------------------3p2p0----------||
  ||-------------|--------------------|----------------------------4p3------||

Hold bend

P.M. -----| ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ P.M. -|

  ||-------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------|-8-8^--8-8^--8-8^--8-8^--8-8^-8-12---9h12p9-9-||
  ||-2-1-0-------------5-----|----------------------------------------------||
  ||-------3-3p0-3---3-----7-|----------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------|-12-15p12----17p12----15p12----17p12----15p12----||
  ||-----------------17--14|----------12-------12-------12-------12-------15\||
  ||9h12p9----9-12p9-17--14|-------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------10--------------|-------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--13-p10--------10h13-p10--------10h13-p10--------10h13p10----10h11h12--||
  ||----------12-p9------------12-p9------------12p9-----------12-----------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--15p12----17p12----15p12----17p12----15p12-----||
  ||--------12-------12-------12-------12-------12--||
  ||------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------||

||--17h22p20-17h22p20-17h22p20-17h22p20-17h22p20p17----17-----||

  ||--------------------------------------------------20----20^-||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------||

Rhy. Fig. 2

Only 1 guitar first time

P.M. ---| -| P.M. -------| P.M. ---| -| Play 3 times

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5^*||
  ||*-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5------------*||
  ||--0-0-0--5-7----7---------5-7-5-7---0-0-0--5-7----7-----------7p5h7----||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

Rhy. Fig. 3

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

  ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5--/8-7-5--||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5--/8-7-5--||
  ||--0-0-0--5-7----7---------5-7-5-7---0-0-0--5-7----7-----------------||
  ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 3 once

Rhy. Fig. 4 (next 2 bars)

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

  ||-------------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||-------------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||------5------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||--2---3---7--|--------5-----------5---7-7-7-7--|--2-------7--||
  ||--0-------5--|--0-3---3---0-3-3---3---5-5-5-5--|--0---3---5--||
  ||-------------|---------------------------------|------1------||

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

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

Rhy. Fig. 5

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

  ||---------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||---------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7--6-5--||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7--6-5--||
  ||--0-0-0--5-7----7---------5-7-5-7---0-0-0--5-7----7------------||
  ||---------------------------------------------------------------||

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 3 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 3 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 4 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 twice

Note in parantheses is only played fourth time

P.M. -------| P.M. -------| P.M. -------| Play 4 times

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*---------------------------------------------------------*||
  ||*-------------7---------------5---------------7---7-----5-*||
  ||--5/7---------7---5/7---------5---5/7---------7---5-----3--||
  ||--3/5-5-5---5-----3/5-5-5---5-----3/5-5-5(5)5--------------||

Gtr. 2 only plays notes in parantheses first time

        P.M. ---|   -|   P.M. ------|     P.M. ---|   -|     -----------|
  ||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------3-3------------------------------------------------||
  ||*-2-2-2----------------5------------2-2-2------------2-0-------------*||
  ||*--------0-2-5--0---------0--0-2-5---------0-2-5--0------2-1-0-------*||
  ||-(7\)----------------------------------------------------------4-3-2--||
  ||-(5\)-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Gtr. 1

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

  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------3-3---------------------------------------------------||
  ||-2-2-2----------------5------------2-2-2------------2---0h2-------------||
  ||-------0-2-5--0---------0--0-2-5---------0-2-5--0-----------2-1-0-------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-1-||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||

| Gtr. 2 |

  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-5-5-------------------------------5-5----------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Gtr. 1 Gtr. 3 enters second time

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*-2-------4---5-----------4---5--------------------------/5---4-*||
  ||*-----------------3-----------------------0---1---2-------------*||
  ||----------------------------------3------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||

| Gtr. 2 |

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*---------------------------------------------------------------*||
  ||*-2-------------------------------5-----------------------------*||
  ||--0---------------3---------------3---------------2--------------||
  ||------------------1-------------------------------0--------------||

| Gtr. 3 |

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||---------------------------------------------------------/5---3--||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Gtr. 1

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*-2-------4---5-----------4---5--------------------------/5---4-*||
  ||*-----------------3-----------------------0---1---2-------------*||
  ||----------------------------------3------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||

| Gtr. 2 |

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||*---------------------------------------------------------------*||
  ||*-2-------------------------------5-----------------------------*||
  ||--0---------------3---------------3---------------2--------------||
  ||------------------1-------------------------------0--------------||

| Gtr. 3 |

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||----------3---5-----------3---5--------------------------/5---3--||
  ||*-5---------------2---------------0-----------0---2-------------*||
  ||*-----------------------------------------4---------------------*||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
 P.M. -----------------------------|
  ||---------------------------------||
  ||---------------------------------||
  ||---------------------------------||
  ||--7-7---------5-5---------2-2-2--||
  ||--------5-5---------3-3----------||
  ||---------------------------------||

Gtr. 1

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

  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5^-||
  ||--2-2-2------5-----7-7-5----------5-2-2-2------5-----7-7-5-------------||
  ||--0-0-0--5-7----7---------5-7-5-7---0-0-0--5-7----7-----------7p5h7----||
  ||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

| Gtr. 2 |

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

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 5 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 3 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 3 once

Repeat Rhy. Fig. 4 once

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

  ||-------------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||-------------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||------5------|---------------------------------|-------------||
  ||--2---3---7--|--------5-----------5---7-7-7-7--|--2-------7--||
  ||--0-------5--|--0-3---3---0-3-3---3---5-5-5-5--|--0---3---5--||
  ||-------------|---------------------------------|------1------||

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

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

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