Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Band: Metallica
Album: Ride The Lighting
Words: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton
Music: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton
Tempo: 128, moderate rock
Transcribed By: DaMatrix
My Email: robertleeuwestein@yahoo.com
Original site: http://members.tripod.co.uk/robertleeuwestein/
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Last edit: 11-Nov-2001
Parts: INTRO, MAIN PART, BRIGDE, OUTRO, TAB EXPLANATION
Missing: Nothing
Other tabs
made by me: Metallica - Enter Sandman
Metallica - Orion
Metallica - The Unforgiven
This is gonna be a short one, no fast or hard riffs and no solo.
This is the perfect song for a guitarist who has just started or
maybe for you first band because you can make this song yours in
a couple of minutes. This doesn`t make this song bad. Personally I
find this song very good.
If you want to add this tab on your site then please leave the tab as it is. If you are not sure
that you have the originial tab mail me. Also, if somebody is using my tab then please mail me.
You can always get the newest verion of the tab at my website.
If you see any white lines between the guitar lines, then make sure you resolution is
1024 x 768 or greater and that you are using Notepad.
Well, let`s play this song.
INTRO****************************************************************************
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W H E E E E E E W +H E E E E E E 8x
|----------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------||
|----------|------------------||o----------------|--------------------o||
|----------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------||
|----------|------4-4---4-4---||--2--------------|-(2)----4-4---4-4----||
|----------|------4-4---4-4---||o-2--------------|-(2)----4-4---4-4---o||
|----------|------2-2---2-2---||--0--------------|-(0)----2-2---2-2----||
|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| ~~
| W W Q E E E Q. E E E E Q. E 8x
|----------|------------------||-----10-9-8-7----|-----10--------------||
|----------|------------------||o----------------|-8-7----------------o||
|----------|------------------||------7-6-5-4----|------7-7-6-----(6)--||
|----------|------------------||-----------------|-5-4-----------------||
|----------|------------------||o----------------|--------5-4------4-o||
|----------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------||
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-|
W +H E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
||--------|---------------------||-||------------------|
||o-------|--------------------o||-||o-----------------|
||--------|---------------------||-||------------------|
||--2-----|-(2)----4-4---4-4----||-||--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|
||o-2-----|-(2)----4-4---4-4---o||-||o-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|
||--0-----|-(0)----2-2---2-2----||-||--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-2-|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-4--||
|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-0-|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-2-o||
|-0-3-2-1-0-3-2---|-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-|-0-3-2-1-0-3-2----||
Gtr I
W +W
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|
MAIN PART****************************************************************************
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|
||----9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| W +W
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--2-----------------------|-(2)---------------------|
||o-2-----------------------|-(2)---------------------|
||--0-----------------------|-(0)---------------------|
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|
|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| W Q Q H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|
|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| W +W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-(2)---------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-(2)---------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-(0)---------------------|
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-|-8---7-----7-8---7-----7-o||
|---9---7-9-----9---7-9---|---9---7-9-----9---7-9----||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|
| Gtr I
| W H H
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5-----------------------|-10----7------------------||
|-5-----------------------|-10----7-----------------o||
|-3-----------------------|--8----5------------------||
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
||------------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|---------3---|-----------------|-------------3------||
||--------5-------7-|-------5-3-4-|-------5-------7-|-------5-----3-4-3--||
||o-------5-------7-|-------5-1-4-|-------5-------7-|-------5-----1-4-3-o||
||--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-|-0-0-0-3---2-|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-5-|-0-0-0-3-0-0---2-1--||
play this part again but without Gtr. II and then goto BRIDGE
BRIDGE****************************************************************************
Gtr II
PM------------------| PM------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-12-9-11----9--------------------|----------|-12-9-11----9--------------------|
|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|----------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|
|-------------------------12---10-|----------|-------------------------12---10-|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| W W W
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2--------|-2-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2--------|-2-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0--------|-0-------------------------------|
Gtr II
PM------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------|-12-9-11----9--------------------|----------|
|-------------------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|----------|
|-------------------|-------------------------12---10-|----------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| |-3-| |-3-|
| q E E E q E E E W W
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-2-------------------------------|-9--------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-2-------------------------------|-9--------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-0-------------------------------|-7--------|
Gtrs III, IV
PM---------------------------| ~ PM---------------------------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------7---------------7-|-7--------|---------------7---------------7-|
|-8-----7----------8---10--7-8----|----------|-8-----7----------8---10--7-8----|
|----9-----7-9-------9------------|----------|----9-----7-9-------9------------|
|-9----11----9----12-9-11----9----|----------|-9----11----9----12-9-11----9----|
|---12----12---10---------12---10-|----------|---12----12---10---------12---10-|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------| PM------------------|
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-12-9-11----9--------------------|----------|-12-9-11----9--------------------|
|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|----------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9----|
|-------------------------12---10-|----------|-------------------------12---10-|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| W W W
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2--------|-2-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2--------|-2-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0--------|-0-------------------------------|
Gtrs III, IV
~ PM---------------------------------~
|--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|---------------7---------------7--|-7------------|
|-8-----------------|-8-----7----------8---10--7-8-----|--------------|
|-------------------|----9-----7-9-------9-------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-9----11----9----12-9-11----9-----|--------------|
|-------------------|---12----12---10---------12---10--|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------|
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
| W E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-12-9-11----9---------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|---------12---11-12-9-11----9-----|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------12---10--|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|
|
| Gtr I
| |-3-| |-3-|
| q E E E q E E E W W
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-2--------------------------------|-9------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-2--------------------------------|-9------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-0--------------------------------|-7------------|
Play the Main Part again without Gtr. II and then goto the Outro
OUTRO****************************************************************************
2/4
Gtr I
|3-| |3-| |3-|
H Q H H Q H Q H
||-------------|------------|--------||
||o------------|------------|-------o||
||-------------|------------|--------|| repeat and fade out
||--2----4--4--|-2----4--4--|-5--5---|| with trem.bar effects
||o-2----4--4--|-2----4--4--|-5--5--o|| not in strict time
||--0----2--2--|-0----2--2--|-3--3---||
TAB EXPLANATION****************************************************************************
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole;
H - half;
Q - quarter;
E - 8th;
S - 16th;
T - 32nd;
X - 64th;
a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous;
. - note dotted;
.. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to nowhere)
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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