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The Wait

Metallica
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Tab2

Bass1

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Song

Band- Metallica

Song- The Wait

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm / Lead w/dist'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'

Intro

Q=162 1.,2.,3.

4/4

Gtr II

PM PM PM PM----|

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

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

|

| Gtr I

| W +H H

||-----------|--------------||
||o----------|-------------o||

||-----------|--------------|| w/Riff A x4

||-----------|--------------||
||o-7--------|-(7)----8----o||
||--0--------|-(0)----------||

|-Riff A end Riff A-|

4. |-w/Riff A x4

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

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

|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------0-|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|---------------3---|-----------------|
|-----2-------3s7\--||o-2-----2-----2---|-----2-------3-----|-2-----2-----2---|
|--0--0---0-1-------||--0---0-0---0-0---|--0--0---0-1-------|-0---0-0---0-0---|

|-Rhy Fig 1

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

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

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

1. 2.

PM PM PM

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

|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----3--------o||----2-----3--3--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0---0-1--/13\---||----0---0-1--1--||

end Rhy Fig 1-|

Verse 1, 2

Gtrs II, III

||--

||o-

||-- Rhy Fig 1

||--

||o-

||--

Chorus

W W W Q. E +E E Q

|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|

|-Rhy Fig 2

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

H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E Q E E +E E E E

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------------------|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-------|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|

end Rhy Fig 2-|

Rhy Fig 2 (1st 4 bars only)

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

H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E H E E Q

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|----------------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--------------||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----1s13-13\--||

1.

Rhy Fig 1 (1st 4 bars only)

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

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 Q Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----3--------o||
|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1--/13\---||

2.

w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st 8 bars only)

Gtr III

PM|

E E Q H W E E Q H W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|

PM| PM|

E E Q H W E E Q H H Q. S S

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-1-0-------------|-----------------|-1-0-------------|---------15S======2p0-||

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

W +H E E E E W +H E E E E

|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------|

|

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

| W +H E E E E E E H. +H E E E E

|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|

|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|

w/Rhy Fig 3

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

E E H. +H E E E E W +H E E E E

|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-||
|-------------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---||
|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----||
|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------||

Half Time Feel

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|

|

| Gtrs II, III

| PM-----|

| W +H E E E E

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|

|-Rhy Fig 4

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

|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-10s9---14s13---17s16-|-(16)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--8s7---12s11---15s14-|-(14)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|

|

| PM----|

| W +H E E E E

|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)----3-3-3-3-|
|--0-------------------|--(0)----1-1-1-1-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|

|

| PM-----|

| W +H E E E E

|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|

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

|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------18s17-|-(17)--------(17)\---|
|-14s13---17s16---------|---------------------|
|-----------------15s14-|-(14)--------(14)\---|
|-12s11---15s=4---------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

|

| PM--------|

| W +H E E E E

|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--2--------------------|--(2)----3-3---3---3-|
|--0--------------------|--(0)----1-1---1---1-|

end Rhy Fig 4-|

w/Rhy Fig 4

~~~~~~

H H +H +Q. E H +H W

|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|-15b17----15b17=====|=(15)----(15)r-----12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|

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

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

|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|

|-15b17---15-15-15b17=====|=(15)--15--(15)r(15)---12-12-|

|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

H +H W

|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|

1.,2.,3. 4.

Gtr II, III

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

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

||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-<2>-<0>-<0>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-|

|-Rhy Fig 5 end Rhy Fig 5-||Gtr II plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5

w/Rhy Fig 5 x3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------||

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-x--10\--||

|

|-| PM PM

| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q

|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|------2-----------3----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0-------0---1----/13\--||

Guitar Solo

w/Rhy Fig 1

Gtr I

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

|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

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

|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

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

|-----------------------12-12-12--------|------------------------------------|
|-15b17---15b17---15b17----------15b17==|=(15)r-15b17---15b17==(15)---15r\---|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

~~

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

|-17b19-------17b19======17-|-17-------(17)s12s==x--0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
   |----6-----|  |----6-----|  |----6-----|  |----6-----|

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

|-19-0-0-17-0-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-17-0-0-16-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
   |----6-----|  |----6-----|

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

|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-7h8p7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

TP

S S S S S S S S H H H

|-12-0-0-0-8-0-7-8---------|-19\-------/19\-------|
|------------------8S======|=19\-------/19\-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|

W E +S S E E +E S S S S E

|--------------------|------------------19-19-20-20-19-|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2b4================|=2r(2)p0-------------------------|
|--------------------|---------2-2-(2)/----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|

Q Q Q Q E Q. H

|-22b24---22b24---22b24---22b24---|-19---------19\-----||
|---------------------------------|----20------20\-----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||

Gtr II, III

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

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

||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-<2>-<2>-<2>-|

|Gtr III plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5

Rhy Fig 5 + Rhy Fig 1 (last 8 bars - Gtr II, III for last 4)

Chorus

Rhy Fig 2

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

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

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|

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

H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E W

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3----||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----||

PM PM PM PM----|

+H +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------0-*|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------3---*|
|-(3)--------------|---2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----*|
|-(1)----(1)S=12\--|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------*|

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