Metallica – Some Kind Of Monster (Guitar Tab)

Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D)

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Band Name: Metallica Song: Some Kind of Monster Album: St. Anger Author: Darren E-Mail: [email protected] The tuning is Drop D, tuned 1 more whole step down (C G C F A D). You'll have to listen to the song to hear how to place everything. Timing isn't exact, but I tried getting it close. Listen to the song to get it exact. [Intro]
 Play this twice a with clean tone:
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-3-5-0------|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-3-5---|
PM---------       PM--------       PM----------

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-0-3-5-0----|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-------|
PM-----------    PM--------      PM--------------

 Basically the intro only heavily distorted:
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-3-5-0------|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-3-5---|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-0-3-5-0----|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-------|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-3-3-3-5-0------|-3-3-3-5-0-----|-3-3-3-5-0-----|
C|-3-3-3-5-0------|-3-3-3-5-0-----|-3-3-3-5-0-----|

 James plays this with some effect:
D|----------------|          |----------------|
A|----------------|          |----------------|
F|-------12-------|          |-------12-12b---|
C|-12-15----12----| x6 then: |-12-15----------|
G|----------------|          |----------------|
C|----------------|          |----------------|

D|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|----------------|
C|----------------|
G|-3-3-3-5-0------|
C|-3-3-3-5-0------|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-3-5-0------|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-3-5---|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-0-3-5-0----|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-------|

D|----------------|          |----------------|
A|----------------|          |----------------|
F|-------12-------|          |-------12-12b---|
C|-12-15----12----| x6 then: |-12-15----------|
G|----------------|          |----------------|
C|----------------|          |----------------|
[Lead Verse Riff]
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-12-0-12-12-|0--------------|---------------|

 Kirk plays this under James's lead riff for the verse
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-2b-------------|---------------|-2b------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
[Chorus 1]
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-12-0-12-12-|0--------------|

D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|
G|-----3-2--------|-----3-2-------|
C|-0-0-3-2-0------|-0-0-3-2-0-----|

D|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|----------------|
C|-------15b------| x8 then go back and play the verse
G|----------------|
C|0---0-----------|
[Chorus 1] [Chorus 2]
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------| x2
G|----------------|---1-1-2-2-----|
C|-0---0---0---0--|-0-1-1-2-2-----|

 When James starts singing "We the people" you play this:
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
C|-3-5-0-0-3-5-0--|-3-5-0-0-3-5-0-|

 After James says "Are we the people?" play this mixed with the riff above:
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
C|-3-5-0-3-5-0----|Above riff here|-3-5-0-3-5-0---| Above riff here|
Then:
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------| x2
G|----------------|---1-1-2-2-----|
C|-0---0---0---0--|-0-1-1-2-2-----|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------| Then approx. 4-5 times
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-3-5-0------|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-3-5---|

Then play this twice:
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-3-5-0------|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-3-5---|

D|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-0-3-5-0----|-0-3-5-0-------|-0-3-5-0-------|
[Chorus 2]
Back to verse, then chorus 1, verse, chorus 2 then:
D|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
F|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|
C|-0-0-12-0-12-12-|0--------------|

D|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
F|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-------3-----------|-------3-------------| x6
G|-------------------|---------------------|
C|-0-2/3---0-0-0-1---|-0-2/3---0-0-0-1-1-1-|

6:11 mark (about then)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Do this six times
G|--------3-------1---------------3------------------------------------------|
C|0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-1-------0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
   Play this once -------|                These 6 are palm muted 

6:39 mark 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this only once
G|---3-3---3-3----3-3---3-3----3-3---3-3----3-3---3-3-5----------------------|
C|-0-3-3-0-3-3--0-3-3-0-3-3--0-3-3-0-3-3--0-3-3-0-3-3-5----------------------|
Play this when James is singing the stuff like "This is the cloud that swallows trust"
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|----------------|
C|----------------|
G|----------------|
C|-3-5-5-3-5-5----|

Ominous I'm in us part
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then go back to the 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| previous section
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
This is the ending riff that I think is hilarious:
D|-12h17-12h17----|-12-12-12h17----|-12h17-12------|
A|-12h17-12h17----|-12-12-12h17----|-12h17-12------|
F|----------------|----------------|---------------| x2
C|----------------|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|----------------|---------------|
That's it, listen to the song to figure out the whole placement, what a way to end such a heavy song, eh? ************************************ | h Hammer on | / Slide up | b bend | PM Palm mute ************************************