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The Wait

Metallica
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4.3(9)

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Song

"The Wait" -- Mctallica

Transcribed by Steve Pordon

Key: | - --

o'. = dotted half / = quarter / = eighth / = 16th

Intro:

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

o'. / o'. / / / / / / / / / / / / /

e|-----------|----------|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|----------|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------|----------|*--------------------------------------------------0-*|
D|---------3-|-------3--|*-2-----x---2-----x---2-----x---2-----x---------3----*|
A|-----------|----------|--2-----x---2-----x---2-----x---2-----x------3--------|
E|--2p0------|--0-------|--0-----x---2-----x---2-----x---2-----x---1-----------|

P.M. ^^^^^^^^^^

Main:

-- -- -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

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

P.M.^^^^^^^^^^^^

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

/ / / / / / / / / / /

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|     repeat several times.
G|------------------------------------*|
D|---x--2--x--2--x--2--3--3--3--3--3--*|
A|---x--2--x--2--x--2--3--3--3--3--3---|
E|---x--0--x--0--x--0--1--1--1--1--1---|

P.M.^^^^^^^^^^^^^

|Chorus (Gtr. 1) -- part 1:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2----------------4----------------5----------------10--------\----|
D|---2----------------4----------------5----------------10--------\----|
A|---0----------------2----------------3----------------8---------\----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|Chorus (Gtr. 2) -- part 1: |

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

P.M.^^^^^^^^^^ P.M.^^^^^^^^^^ P.M.^^^^^^^^^^

|Gtr 1 -- part 2:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---------------4---------------5---------------------------------|
D|---2---------------4---------------5-----------------3---------------|
A|---0---------------2---------------3-----------------3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------1---------------|

|

|Gtr. 2:

|Both Gtrs -- part 3:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---------------4---------------5------------------10------\------|
D|---2---------------4---------------5------------------10------\------|
A|---0---------------2---------------3------------------8-------\------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-solo:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|*---10-\--9----------------------10-\--9------14-\-13--------10-\--9------|
D|*-----------------10-\--9-------------------------------------------------|
A|----8--\--7----------------------8--\--7------12-\-11--------8--\--7------|
E|------------------8--\--7-------------------------------------------------|

_____________________________________ ________________________________

1. \ / 2. \

e|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--10-\--9-------14-\-13-------17-\-16--*|--14-\-13-----17-\-16-----22-\-21--|
D|---------------------------------------*|-----------------------------------|
A|--8--\--7-------12-\-11-------15-\-14---|--12-\-11-----15-\-14-----20-\-19--|
E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Solo:

1.25 1.25

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