Battery Tab

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                Returning   the   reaction
 
 
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  torn   away
 
Lashing out the action, returning the reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hipnotizing power, crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay
 
With Fill 1
 
E5                             C5
Smashing through the boundrys, lunacy has found me
             F5 F5 F#/Eb
Cannot stop the battery
 
Riff 3
 
 
With Fill 1
 
E5                      C5
Pounding out agression, turned into obsession
             F5 F5 F#/Eb
Cannot stop the battery
 
Riff 3 (first 2 bars)
 
E5              B5      G5          F#/Eb
Cannot kill the family, battery has grounded me
 
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, mashing non-believers
Never ending potency
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker
Breeding on insanity
 
Chorus
 
Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry
We create the battery
 
 
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
 
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