The Small Hours

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Song

Band- Metallica

Song- The Small Hours

tr I (D G C F A D) - 'James Hetfield - Clean electric'

Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'

Intro

Q=90

4/4

Gtr I

W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------||----------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o----7----8----7----8-|----7----8----7----8--|
|----------||--10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10---10----|
|----------||----------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o---------------------|----------------------|
|----------||----------------------|----------------------|

|-Riff A

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|------------------||
|---6---7---6---7-|---6---7---6---7-o||
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9----||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||

end Riff A-|

W +W

|-^0--------|-(0)--------|
|-^6--------|-(6)--------|
|-^9--------|-(9)--------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|

|-Fill 1 end Fill 1-|

| Gtrs II, III

| <

| W +W

|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|
|--0--------|-(0)--------|

Riff A x1.5

w/Riff A (last 2 bars only)

Gtr II

~~~~

Q Q +H +Q +Q +E +S +S S E.

|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-----12---(12)-------|-(12)---(12)---(12)-(12)b13r(12)-x-12\---||

Pre-Verse

w/Riff A (last 2 bars only)

Gtr II

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E E Q

|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|

2/4

Gtrs II, III

PM| PM|

E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E.

|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|-5-4---4-3--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|-3-2---2-1--||

| E E E E E E E E H

|---------------------|------------||
|---6-----7-----6---7-|------------||
|-9---9-------9---9---|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||

4/4

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E E Q

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|

|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|

2/4

PM| PM|

E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E.

|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-5-4---4-3--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-3-2---2-1--||

Verses

4/4

||--

||o-

||-- Rhy Fig 1 x2

||--

||o-

||--

Gtrs II, III

A5 G5 F#5

W H Q Q

| | | |

/ / / x

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

|-Rhy Fig 2 ---|

Rhy Fig 1 x3

Rhy Fig 2

Rhy Fig 1

E E Q +E E E E +E E E E +E E E +E

|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------4S7-|-(7)-4---4-(4)-----------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-2-(2)-0---------||
|-x-x-0--(0)-------|-----------------2b3r(2)-||

|-Rhy Fig 3 (play 1st time only)

E E Q +E E E E +E E E E E S S Q

|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|--------------4S7-|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|------------------|----------------------||
|-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-x-x-0--(0)-------|----------------------||

end Rhy Fig 3-|

Chorus

Rhy Fig 3 x1.5

To Coda

E S S Q +E E E E +E E E E E S S Q

|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|----------------4S7-|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-x-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-x-x-x-0--(0)-------|----------------------||

Rhy Fig 1

2/4 4/4

PM| PM|

E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E. E E E E E S S Q

|--------------------|-------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------|------------o||-----------------------||
|--------------------|-------------||--(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-5-4---4-3--o||--(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-3-2---2-1---||-----------------------||

Gtrs II, III

E5 F5 G5 F5 E5

W H +E E +S E. W

| | | | | | |

/ / / / / / /

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W

||------------------|-----------------------||------||
||o---6---7---6---7-|---6---7----6-------7-o||------||
||--9---9---9---9---|-9---9----9----9-------||-0----||
||------------------|-----------------------||------||
||o-----------------|----------------------o||------||
||------------------|-----------------------||------||

Faster Q=184

Gtrs II, Gtr III enters on 3 + 4

    PM----------------------------|    PM--|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q

||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------3--------5--|
||o-------------------------|-------1--------3--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|

|-Rhy Fig 4

  PM----------------------------|    PM------|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E E 4x

|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------3-------------||
|-------------------------|-------1------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-3-2--||

end Rhy Fig 4-|

Guitar Solo

w/Rhy Fig 4 x6

Gtr IV

  PM------------|   ~       PM----------|

E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q Q Q Q

|---------------------------------|
|-[5]-----[5]-----[5]-----[5]-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q Q Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-[5]-----[5]--5-----5-0-|-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------|
|-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

~~~~~

|--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E Q E E E

|--------------------------------------|---------12b14==(12)r-------15b17------------14-|
|-10-7-0-0-11-8-0-0-12-9-0-0-13-10-0-0-|-14-11-0--------------15-12---------------15----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------/16-------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
   |---3---|    |---3---|    |---3---|

E E E E E E E E E S S E

|-17-15---14---15p14--------14----------------------|
|----------------------17------17---15---14h15p14---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
   |---3---|    |--3--|  |---3---|    |---3---|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-17-15---14---15p14----14----------------------|
|--------------------17----17---17---15p14---12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

~~ PM|

   |---3---|    |---3---|    |---3---|    |---3---|      |---3---|    |-3--|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E

|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14-12--------12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------14------14---13---14-13---11---14-13---11---|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-14-13---11--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------14-12------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------12-----12-14---|

E E E E E E S S E

|------------------------------------|
|--------------------14--------------|
|-----------------12-14---14p12------|
|---------12-14-----------------14---|
|-12-14------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12-14------------12-14------------|-14p12------14p==12------14p12---|
|-12-14---14p12----12-14---14p12----|-14p12------14p==12------14p12---|
|---------------14---------------14-|---------14---------14-----------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

~~~~~

E E E E Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------12-|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|----14---12----15b17-----15----|----------15-------15-13----15-13-12-15-13-12-13-|
|----14---12--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14---------14-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|----------15-------15-13----15-13-12-15-13-12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
               |---3---|    |---3---|    |---3---|

S S S S E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-11-12-14-12-14-12---11---12p11--------11-----------|
|----------------------------------14------14---12---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

PM------------------|

   |---3---|    |--3--|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-14-12---11---14-12----12-11--------|---4---5-----4-5-----4----|
|--------------------14---------12s7-|-5-------5---------5------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|

|---3---|

E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S

|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-14p12----12-15-14---15---17-15-17-17-19-17-19-19-|
|---------------------|-------14-----------------------------------------|
|-5-----4-5---4---5s7-|--------------------------------------------------|
|---5-------5---------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S Q

|-------------------------19----19-22-22b26---||
|-20-20-20-20-22-22-20-22----22---------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||

Gtrs II, III

  PM----------------------------|    PM--|      PM--------------------|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q E S S E S S E S S E S S

|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------3--------5--|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------1--------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-|
  PM--|    PM--|      PM----------------------------|    PM--|

E S S Q E S S Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q

|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------4--------6--|-------------------------|-------5--------7---|
|-------2--------4--|-------------------------|-------3--------5---|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----|

H.=H

Gtr III

E Em7 E Em7

W E S S Q E E Q

| | | | | | |

o / / / o / /

Gtr II

  PM-----------------------------|     PM-|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E E Q D.S. al Coda

|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------9--------9--||
|-------------------------|--------9--------9--||
|-------------------------|--------7--------7--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-----0--0----||

A Tempo Q=90

Gtrs II, III

G5 F#5

|---3---|

W H +Q Q Q

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtrs II, III Gtr I

E E E E E S S Q

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

|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--|| w/Riff A last 2 bars x3

|----------------------||
|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|----------------------||

E5 F#5 G5 F#5

|---3---| |---3---|

H +Q Q Q H +Q Q Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

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

Bb5 E5

H. Q W +W +W +W

| | | | | |

/ / / / / /

|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------|--------*|

|-w/Fill 1

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