Metallica – The Small Hours (Guitar Tab)

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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
                      1.
              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.
                      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