Biography:
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in San Francisco by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members, primary songwriters Hetfield, Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo.
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- (welcome Home) Sanitarium
- ... And Justice For All
- ...and Justice For All
- Am I Evil?
- And Justice For All
- Anesthesia (pulling Teeth)
- Battery
- Devil's Dance
- Ecstasy Of Gold
- Enter Sandman
- Fade To Black
- For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Fuel
- Harvester Of Sorrow
- Mama Said
- Master Of Puppets
- Master Of Puppets Interlude
- Metallica - Enter Sandman
- Moth Into Flame
- Motorbreath
- Nothing Ele Matters
- Nothing Else Matter
- Nothing Else Matters
- Nothing Else Mstters
- One
- Orion
- Ride The Lightning
- Seek And Destroy
- The Day That Never Comes
- The Unforgiven
- To Live Is To Die
- Turn The Page
- Unforgiven
- Unforgiven 1
- Unforgiven Ii
- Wasting My Hate
- Whiskey In The Jar
- Aint My Bitch
- Astronomy
- Atlas Rise
- Blackened
- Bleeding Me
- Broken Beat And Scarred
- Carpe Diem Baby
- Confusion
- Creeping Death
- Devils Dance
- Die Die My Darling
- Escape
- Frantic
- Hardwired
- Hero Of The Day
- Holier Than Thou
- I Disappear
- King Nothing
- Last Caress
- Loverman
- Low Mans Lyric
- My Friend Of Misery
- No Leaf Clover
- Of Wolf And Man
- Sad But True
- Shoot Me Again
- So What
- St Anger
- Sweet Amber
- The Four Horsemen
- The Lords Of Summer
- The Memory Remains
- The Outlaw Torn
- The Thing That Should Not Be
- The Unforgiven Ii
- The Unforgiven Iii
- The Unnamed Feeling
- Traffic School Song
- Tuesdays Gone
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Wherever I May Roam
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott
This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab. It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...
Intro Rhythm 1
____ ___3___ ___3___ ____ repeat umpteen times....
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
-/^|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
Lead in to rhythm 2
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|-0--1--0------------/^--0^1--------------/^--0^1----------------|-----
--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----
/ P.M.-------| P.M.---| (~ = vibrato)
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise...
Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------
--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------
-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------
PM-|
End of verse riff
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
--------------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------
Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
--------------------------------.|-----------------------------------------
-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------
--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------
--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..
With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
song...Have fun with it...
--tim
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott
This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab. It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...
Intro Rhythm 1
____ ___3___ ___3___ ____ repeat umpteen times....
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------
-/^|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------
0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
Lead in to rhythm 2
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----
--|-0--1--0------------/^--0^1--------------/^--0^1----------------|-----
--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----
/ P.M.-------| P.M.---| (~ = vibrato)
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise...
Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------
--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------
-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------
PM-|
End of verse riff
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
--------------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------
----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------
Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
--------------------------------.|-----------------------------------------
-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------
--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------
--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------
I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..
With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
song...Have fun with it...
--tim
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