METALLICA - "battery" Tablature
Official METALLICA Tablature & Sheet Music »
BATTERY by Metallica
From the album "Master of Puppets"
There's about half a dozen guitar parts on the intro where Jaymz
layered acoustics, steel strings, spanish guitars and god knows what else.
One acoustic plays riff 1 and the rest of the layered guitars play along
the lines of riff 2 (I Think)
Acoustic Riff 1
e-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
D-|--3--2-----------2-(2)-------------|--2-----------0--0-(0)-----------------
A-|--2--------------0-(0)-------------|--0--------------5-(5)-----------------
E-|--0--------------1-(1)-------------|--2--------------3-(3)-----------------
Acoustic Riff 2
e-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G-|--4--5--------4-----------4--5-----|--4--5--------------------5--4---------
D-|--------7--------------------------|--------7-----5------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
Acoustic Riff 2b
e-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G-|--4--5--------4-h5-p4-----4--5-----|--4--5--------------------5--4---------
D-|--------7--------------------------|--------7-----5------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
Start with Acoustic Riff 1 once and then while that keeps playing Gtr II plays
Riff 2 Riff 2b Riff2 Riff2
Then the electrics come crashing in:-
E5 E5 E5 F5 Gmaj7 G5
e-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
G-|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
D-|--2-----------------2--2--3--------|--5-----------------5--5--5------------
A-|--2-----------------2--2--3--------|--5-----------------5--5--5------------
E-|--0-----------------0--0--1--------|--2-----------------2--2--3------------
While 2 other electrics play Riffs 2 and 2b
This continues for several bars and then
E5 B5 G5 F#/Eb
e-|-----------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------|
G-|--------4--------------------------|
D-|--2-----4-----5-----4--------------|
A-|--2-----2-----5-----6--------------|
E-|--0-----------3--------------------|
Verse:
Riff 3 Bb5 A5 Em F#/Eb
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------8--8--7--|-----------------------------5--5--4
A-|-----------------------------8--8--7--|-----------------------------7--7--6
E-|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0---------
---t--- ---t--- ---t--- ---t---
Em Bb5 A5 F#5 G5 Ab5
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
D-|--5--------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6---------------
A-|--7--------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6---------------
E-|--------0--0--0-----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--2-----3-----3-----4---------------
---t--- ---t---
Play this twice but on the second time at the % play this
A#5 A5 A5 A5
e-|--------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------|
D-|--8--------7--------7--------7--------|
A-|--8--------7--------7--------7--------|
E-|--6--------5--------5--------5--------|
Then Fill 1 and into the verse
Fill 1 E5 G5 A5 F5 F5 F#/Eb??
e-|--------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------|
D-|-----2-----5-----7--------------4-----|
A-|-----2-----5-----7--------3--3--6-----|
E-|-----0-----3-----5--------1--1--------|
Riff 3
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------8--8--7--|-----------------------------5--5--4
A-|-----------------------------8--8--7--|-----------------------------7--7--6
E-|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0---------
---t--- ---t--- ---t--- ---t---
Lashing out the action....
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
D-|--4--------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6---------------
A-|--6--------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6---------------
E-|--------0--0--0-----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--2-----3-----3-----4---------------
---t--- ---t---
Weak are ripped and......
Lashing out the action.......
Weak are ripped and ......
Hipnotizing power.....
Battery is here ....
With Fill 1
E5 C5
Smashing through the ....
F5 F5 F#/Eb
Cannot stop .....
Riff 3
With Fill 1
E5 C5
Pounding out agression......
F5 F5 F#/Eb
Cannot stop.......
Riff 3 (first 2 bars)
E5 B5 G5 F#/Eb
Cannot kill the family.........
Riff 3 (first 3 bars)|
|
Bb5 F5 E5 | Play this several
Bat-ter-y | times and then back to the next verse
Outro:
Repeat lots Last time
e-|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------
G-|--3--4--3--4--3-----------|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4------------------------
D-|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3-----|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4--------4--3--3--3--3--2
A-|--1--2--1--2--1--4--3-----|--1--2--1--2--1--2--1--2--------4--3--3--3--3--2
E-|-----------------2--1-----|--------------------------------2--1--1--1--1--0
verses
Crushing all decievers......
Never ending ....
Hungry violence .....
Breeding on ......
Chorus
Circle of destruction....
Powerhouse of .....
Whipping up .......
We create the ....
Chorus
I think this is pretty close. I'm not sure about the names of the
funny chords though (marked ??) I'm not too hot on theory!! :)
Corrections/Abuse :-
clifford.veighey@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Life's for my own to live my own way
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official METALLICA tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the NY Times Article. We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
Return to METALLICA Tablature »
