METALLICA
CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY
Words and music by: Raymond Phillips, John Burke Shelley and Anthony Bourge
From the Elektra recording: The $9.98 Garage Days ReRevisted, E.P.
Transcribed by Travis Fitch <FITCH@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au>
An excellent song, so I've tried to include as much information as possible
below (the guitar solo is missing, but I am working on that, I won't post it
for a while, but if you e-mail me on the above address, I could get it to
you within a day or 2 of recieving your message, might just motivate me a tad
bit more) The TAB might seem a little difficult to understand at first, but I
sugget that you print it out and read through a couple of times, just to get
a feel for the song and the way the TAB is written out (sorry if there are
any mistakes present, which knowing the way I type, there probably are).
You'll have to listen to the song again anyway, to get a feel for the timing,
anyway I've had enough for now, so any fixes, mistakes, comments et cetera,
don't be afraid to let me know
Enjoy
GaT..
The song is in 4/4 at around 185 - 190 bpm
"Drop D" tuning (low to high: D A D G B E)
Bass and drums (4 bars)
Gtrs 1 & 2 w/heavy distorsion
Intro
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------3--4--|--5--------------------|
|---------|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6--7--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------2--|-------------|
|--------------------3--4--|--5-----------------0--|-------------|
|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6-----|-------------|
(x4)
|---------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------||*-----------------------------------*|
|---------------||*--h--------------------------------*|
|---------------||--/2--------2--------2-----------2---|
|---------------||---2/-------2--------2-----------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--2--0-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~-----0--1-----|
|-----------------|--5--2--------0--1-----|
||--------------------------------------||-----------------|
||*------------------------------------*||-----------------|
||*--h---------------------------------*||--2--0-----------|
||--/2--------2--------2------------2---||-----------2--0--|
||---2/-------2--------2------------2---||-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------~~~--------0-----------|--1---------------------------------|
|--------5--2-----------0-----------|--1-----------------------x--x--17--|
||----------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------*||
||*--h-----------------------------*||
||--/2--------2--------2--------2---||
||---2/-------2--------2--------2---||
Start of verses 1 & 2 (see below)
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|----------||*---------------------------------------|
|----------||*--h------------------------------------|
|----------||--/2------------2--------2--------2-----|
|----------||---2/-----------2--------2--------2-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2--|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2----|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2----------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2----------2--|
|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0-------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0-------|--12---------|--12---------12--------12--12--12--12-----12\---|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h--------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2-----------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/----------2--------2--------2--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------*||
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------*||
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2---||
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2---||
Interlude
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~-----0--1--|
|-----------------------|-----5--2--------0--1--|
||--------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------*|
||*--h---------------------------------*|
||--/2------------2--------2--------2---|
||---2/-----------2--------2--------2---|
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--2-----0-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------2-----0-----|---------~~~--|--0--------------|--1-----------|
|--------------------------|--5-----2-----|--0--------------|--1-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--2-----------------|-----------------|--2-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--0-----2-----------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|--2--2-------------------|--2/-----------|
Guitar Solo
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------~~~-----------|--------------------|
|--5--3---------~~~--|--------------------|
|-----------5--3-----|------~~~------~~~--|
|--------------------|--0--5-----0--1-----|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~~~~--------0--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--5-----2--------------0--------|-------------------|
Bass Solo
||--------------------------------|
||---0----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------0--|--------------5-------------------0--|
|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|
Verse 3
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