Metallica – Fight Fire With Fire (Bass Tab)

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By: Metallica Tabbed By: Kane Bochatyn (JenoUnion) What a fun bass track this was to tab! Cliff played superbly on Fight Fire With Fire, having a clean backing to the intro with guitar, but also finds time to kick in heavy distortion during the rest of the song. This is one of my personal favorites from Metallica, so here you go. Any questions, comments, or concerns, email me at DarkCloud1916@aolcom OR [email protected]. As always, this is based off of Cliff Burton's original bassline, and the link to it is here: Enjoy! EDIT: Thanks to UeharaJunior16 and Dark Wolf 93 for reminding me of the mistakes of the chords in the intro...Just silly tabbing :P Thanks guys. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Fight Fire With Fire" Metallica

Clean Intro
G|--4--5--7--9---9-10-9h10h9-----------------------|
D|--5--7--9--10~-------------12-10-9----------12~--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------12~---10------|

G|--4--5--7--9-----9-10-9h10h9-----------------------|
D|--5--7--9--10~---------------12-10-9---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------7~---5-5~----|

G|--4--5--7--9-----9-10-9h10h9-----------------------|
D|--5--7--9--10~---------------12-10-9---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------5~---3-3~----|

G|--4--5--7--9-----9-10-9h10h9-----------------7~----5~--|
D|--5--7--9--10~---------------12-10-9--------7~----5~---|
A|-------------------------------------------5~----3~----|
E|--------------------------------------0~---------------|

*Enter Distortion*

Heavy Intro
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-7-------------------------------|
E|-0-----3--2--3-2-2--3--2--3-2-1--|

Verse Riff 1 (Play x2)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-002-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-001--|

Riff O' Death 1 (Play x3)
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-003-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-2-0-3-2--3-2--|

G|--------------------------------------x-|
D|--------------------------------------x-|
A|--------------------------------------x-|
E|-003-5-0-3-0-2-5-0-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-0-3--x-|

Verse 1A (Play x2)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-002-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-001--|

Riff O' Death 2
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-003-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-2-0-3-2--3-2--|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-003-5-0-3-0-2-5-0-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-0-3--|

Verse 1B (Play x2)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-002-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-001--|

Riff O' Death 3
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-003-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-2-0-3-2--3-2--|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-003-5-0-3-0-2-5-0-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-0-3--|

Chorus 1        |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

                    |Triplet| |Triplet||Triplet|
G|------------------|-------|-|------|-|-----15--|
D|------------------|-------|-|-----14-14-14-----|
A|-------1-2-1--/13-13-13-13--13-13--------------|
E|-0-3-0--- -------------------------------------|

               |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

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

Verse 2 (Play x4)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-002-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-001--|

Riff O' Death 4
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-003-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-2-0-3-2--3-2--|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-003-5-0-3-0-2-5-0-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-0-3--|

Chorus 2        |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

                    |Triplet| |Triplet||Triplet|
G|------------------|-------|-|------|-|-----15--|
D|------------------|-------|-|-----14-14-14-----|
A|-------1-2-1--/13-13-13-13--13-13--------------|
E|-0-3-0--- -------------------------------------|

               |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

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

Pre-Solo Bridge
G|------------------------------|
D|------------5-5h7-------------|
A|-5-3-2-0--0-------0-0--0-0-0--|
E|------------------------------|

G|---------------5----------5~-----------|
D|-----------5h7---7h5------5~-----------|
A|-----2-3-3-----------7--5-------3------|
E|-3-5------------------------------3-5--|

Solo Backing
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-33-3-33-33-3-33-33-3-22-2-22-22-2-22-22-2--|

G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-33-3-33-33-3-33-33-3-22-2-22-22-2-22-22-2--|

Solo Bridge A (Play x2)
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-0-02-3-02-3-0-02-3-0-02-3-0-3-3-5-3--|

Solo Bridge B
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-33-3-33-33-3-33-33-3-22-2-22-22-2-22-22-2--|

G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0--|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------5-5---5-5---4---44-4---4-44----|
E|-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-55-33-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-22-2-2-2-22-2--|

Post-Solo Bridge (Play x2)
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-0-02-3-02-3-0-02-3-0-02-3-0-3-3-5-3~--|

Drum Break (Play nothing)

Verse 3
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-002-0-0-003-0-0-002-0-0-003-002-001--|

Riff O' Death 5
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-003-0-5-3-0-0-2-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-2-0-3-2--3-2--|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-003-5-0-3-0-2-5-0-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-0-3--|

Chorus 3        |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

                    |Triplet| |Triplet||Triplet|
G|------------------|-------|-|------|-|-----15--|
D|------------------|-------|-|-----14-14-14-----|
A|-------1-2-1--/13-13-13-13--13-13--------------|
E|-0-3-0--- -------------------------------------|

               |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

               |Use Wah for chords|
G|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
D|--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-------1-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|-0-3-0-------------------------------|

Outro A (Play x8)
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-------1-2-1--|
E|-0-3-0--------|

Outro B (Play x8)
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------1-12-1--|
E|-0-03-0---------|

Outro C
G|------------9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9~---|
D|------------9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9~---|
A|------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7~---|
E|-0~--------------------------------|

Took me a few hours over the span of three weeks, but it's here. Great song, really fun. Enjoy! Watch out for the "Riff O' Death" parts, those are fast and really hard to get. Key === #h# - Hammer-on/pull-off from one fret to another #/# - Slide from one fret to another |Triplet| - play the notes within the lines as triplets #~ - let note ring out Tab bars ending with x's - Do not include when following "Play x#"