#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tscott@plains.NoDak.edu (Timothy E Scott) Subject: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica Transcription by Tim Scott ==== ==== Rhythm A ==== ==== 4x |-|--|-----|--|----||--------------|--|---|--|-----|--|------||------------ |-|--|-----|--|----||--------------|--|---|--|-----|--|------||------------ |-|--|--Z--|--|--Z-||.----.,;:'"':;,.-|---|--|--Z--|--|--Z--.||------------ |-4--4-----4--4----||.-(2)---------|-(2)--4--4-----4--4-----.||------------ |-4--4-----4--4----||--(2)---------|-(2)--4--4-----4--4------||------------ |-2--2-----2--2----||--(0)---------|-(0)--2--2-----2--2------||------------ (Lead over Rhythm transcribed for guitar...4x w/Rhythm A and 4x w/Rhythm B) ----- ---- ----- |-----|---|---|)-|-|-|--|---|---|--|-|------------------------------------- |-----|---|---|--|-|-|--|---|---|--|-|------------------------------------- |-Z---|---|---|--|-|-|--|---|---|--|-|------------------------------------- |----12--11--10--9-|-|--|--12---|--|-|------------------------------------- |------------------|10--9-------|--|-|------------------------------------- |------------------|-----------10-(9)|------------------------------------- Rhythm B . . 8x --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ||-------------|-|---|)----|)----||-|--||--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- ||-------------|-|---|-----|-----||-|--||--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- ||.---.,;:'"':;,.|---|-----|----.||-|--||.-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-3- ||.(2)---------|(2)--4-----4----.||-|--||.-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-3- ||-(2)---------|(2)--4-----4-----||-|--||--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-1- ||-(0)---------|(0)--2--x--2--x--||-|--||--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|-0-3-2-1-0-2-3--- 4x Rhythm C -||------------|-----------|-||-------------|----------|------------|-|.---- -||------------|-----------|-||-------------|----------|------------|-|----- .||---.,;:'"':;,.----------|-||.---.,;:'":;,.---------|------------|-|--Z-- .||(2)---------|(2)--------|-||.(2)--------|(2)-------|(5)---------|-5----- -||(2)---------|(2)--------|-||-(2)---------|(2)-------|(5)---------|-5----- -||(0)---------|(0)--------|-||-(0)---------|(0)-------|(3)---------|-3----- 2x ----------|------------|---------|-----------|--|----|-----||--------------- ----------|------------|---------|-----------|--|----|-----||--------------- ---Z---Z--|---.,;:'"':;,.--------|-----------|--|----|----.||--------------- ----------|(2)---------|(2)------|(5)--------|(10)--(7)---.||--------------- ----------|(2)---------|(2)------|(5)--------|(10)--(7)----||--------------- ----------|(0)---------|(0)------|(3)--------|(-8)--(5)----||--------------- Rhythm D ----- ----- ----- ||--|-|-|--|.-|-|-|--|.--|--|-|-|--|--|--|--|-|-|-|--|--|-|-|--|-|--------- ||--|-|-|--|--|-|-|--|---|--|-|-|--|--|--|--|-|-|-|--|--|-|-|--|-|--------- ||.-|-|-|--|--|-|-|--|---|--|-|-|--|--|--|--|-|-|-|--|--|-|-|--|-|--------- ||.-2-|-|--5--2-|-|--7---|--2-|-|--5--8--4--|-2-|-|--5--2-|-|--7-|--------- ||--2-|-|--5--2-|-|--7---|--2-|-|--5--8--4--|-2-|-|--5--2-|-|--7-|--------- ||--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--5---|--0-0-0--3--6--2--|-0-0-0--3--0-0-0--5-|--------- ----- 2x Rhythm C 2x Rhythm D 2x -|-|-|--|-|-|--||------------------|--------------||---------|--------|----- -|-|-|--|-|-|--||------------------|--------------||---------|--------|----- -|-|-|--3-|-|-.||------------------|--------------||.--------|--------|----- -2-|-|--3-4-3-.||------------------|--------------||.(2)-----|(2)-----|----- -2-|-|--1-4-3--||------------------|--------------||-(2)-----|(2)-----|----- -0-0-0----2-1--||------------------|--------------||-(0)-----|(0)-----|----- ----- ----- ----------------|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--|------------|----------||--------------- ----------------|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--|------------|----------||--------------- ----------------|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--|------------|---------.||--------------- (2)-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|(2)--------|(9)------.||--------------- (2)-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|(2)--------|(9)-------||--------------- (0)-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|(0)--------|(7)-------||--------------- Rhythm C 2x Rhythm D 2x --- --- --- (slower..till fade) ----------------|------------||--|.-|--|--|.-|-|-|-|--||-------------------- ----------------|------------||--|--|--|--|--|-|-|-|--||-------------------- ----------------|------------||.-|--|--|--|--|-|-|-|-.||-------------------- ----------------|------------||.-2--4--4--2--4-4-5-5-.||-------------------- ----------------|------------||--2--4--4--2--4-4-5-5--||-------------------- ----------------|------------||--0--2--2--0--2-2-3-3--||-------------------- I'm not sure if the notation is absolutely correct -- I wrote this down a while ago. Z = rests. Parentheses around chords signify half/whole note notation... --tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uunet!plains!tscott OR tscott@plains OR tscott@plains.nodak.edu "Call collect!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: neilg@hpqtdya.sqf.hp.com (Neil Gall) Subject: TAB: Metallica - For whom The Bells Tools. Chords used: E F F# G A Bb B C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 2 3 4 5 7 8 4 5 2 3 4 5 7 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 6 - - Intro: F# F# E (while bass plays doomy riff) x12, (4 as intro, 4 when drums come in, and 4 with bass playing E G F# F) Then: E G F# F (x3) E F# G A E G F# F (x3) E F# G B E G F# F (x3) E F# G A E G F# F (x3) E F# G B Then verse chords (E, G, E, C, A) with the following lead repeated over and over: ---------------- ---------------- 12-9-11----9-11- (triplets) --------12------ ---------------- ---------------- E Make us fight on the hills in the early day G Constant chill deep inside E Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey C A (can't remember this line) E For a hill, men will kill why they do not know G (you get the idea) E C A Chorus: E E E G E E E A E E E G E E Bb F# For whom E E E G E E E A E E E G E E Bb G F# the bell tolls Time marches E E E G E E E A E E E G E E Bb F# on For whom E E E G E E E A E E E G E E Bb G F# the bell tolls Bridge: E E (with lead, but I can't remember it) G GGGG GGGG E B Verse 2 (same as verse 1) Chorus (same again) Ending E F# F# E F# F# G G repeated, with wailing lead, harmonics etc, then, when we do it at least, we go into free time on the final G chord (you know, big heavy metal ending), big drum fill, then: G.... 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