Just let it in.
Tuning (this tab): Drop D Tab difficulty: intermediate
My Apocalypse - Metallica
Death Magnetic.
Tuning - Drop D
It can be played in any tuning really, in fact whats shown can be played in standard
fine. Don't give me the crap of its this tuning its that tuning...it can be played in any
like i've said before. This is merely the drop D version because people have wanted it
If you wanna play on your precious standard tuned guitar move everything up 2 frets.
does NOT matter. lol.
If you have a problem with the tuning all i have to say is dont reject just cause your
about how its not the tuning YOU prefer. Look at the notes and play out the notes however
like.
I might have missed a couple palm mutes or so but its easy to map out
Hope you like it!
The Legend is shown at the bottom.
Riff 1
3x
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--7/6---7/6---7/6-|
|--7h9-------------|--x-----x-----x---|
|--7---------------|--5/4---5/4---5/4-|
|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
Riff 2
3x
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--7/6---7/6---7/6-|
|---5---0-0-----0-0-|--x-----x-----x---|
|---7---0-0-----0-0-|--5/4---5/4---5/4-|
|-0-----0-0-----0-0-|------------------|
. . . . .
Riff 3
3x
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--7/6---7/6---7/6-|
|--5~--------------|--x-----x-----x---|
|--7~--------------|--5/4---5/4---5/4-|
|-----0-000--0-0-0-|------------------|
. ... . . .
Riff 4
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------4--7--|
|--2-----------------3--3--4--7--|
|--2-----------------3--3--2--5--|
|--2--2-222--2-2-2---3--3--------|
. ... . . .
Riff 5
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------|
|--2--2-222--2-2-2-2-2--2-222-2-2-2-|
. ... . . . . . . ... . . .
Chorus:
So we close that...
3x
|---------|----------------------------------------|
|---------|----------------------------------------|
|---------|--7/6---7/6--7/6---9/8---9/8--9/8-------|
|--5~-/x-|--x-----x----x-----x-----x----x----------|
|--7~-/x-|--5/4---5/4--5/4---7/6---7/6--7/6--------|
|---------|----------------------------------------|
Suffer unto my a poc a lypse
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------8----8----8----9-|
|--6666666666666666--8----8----8----9-|
|--5555555555555555--6----6----6----7-|
|-------------------------------------|
. . . .
Riff 6
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---10-9-----9-------|
|-7------8-9---9-8---|
|--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------9\7-----------------------7/9---------------------------|
|-7--------------------7\5-----------------------5/7---------------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-------0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| 3x
|-------------------|
|---10-9-----9------|
|-7------8-9---9-8--|
|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------9\7-------3/5-------7/6-----------------------------------|
|-7--------------------7\5-------3/5-------7\6----------------------5/6--3-------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-------0-0--3/5--0-0--7\6--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5/6--3------|
|-------------------------| Repeat backing under solo
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------3--2--|
|-------------------3--2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--2--|
. . . . . . . .
Solo:
|--12---12---12---------6---6---6--------7----7----7--------------------|
|--15b--15b--15br15b----9b--9b--9brb----10b--10b--10br10b---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------12b--r-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-2-0-0-5-3-0-0-7-5-0-0-5-3-0-0-7-5-0-0-8-7-0-0-10-8-0-0-8-7-0-0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10p8p7--------12p10p8---------14p12p10----------15p14p12------------|
|---------10p8p7---------12p10p8----------14p12p10----------15p14p12/--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--15b------15b-------------14b~-------14b--------------|
|--14b------14b--14p12------14b~-------14b--14p12-------|
|----------------------14-------------------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/metallica/217660.html ]
|-----------------------------------|
|--12-------------------------------|
|--12---------------------12--------|
|-------14------14p12-----12--------|
|---------------------14------14----|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-2-0-0-5-4-0-0-7-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-7-5-0-0-9-7-0-0-11-9-0-0-9-7-0-0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12h14p12-----------------------------|
|--------------------12h14h15----------15p14p12--------------------|
|-----------11h12h14-----------------------------14p12p11h12p11----|
|--11h12h14-----------------------------------------------------14-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--11------10------9--------8--------|
|------12------11------10-------9----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------10-101010-1010----|
|----------------------------------------------------1--1---10-101010-1010----|
|----------------------------------------------------1--1----8--8-8-8--8-8----|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0------1--1-1-1-1--1--1---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----2----2--3-5-3-2---2-----2----2--3-5-3---|
|--2----2------------2-----2----2----------3~|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7-----------------------------7----------|
|----9----9--10---10-9------9-----9----9--10----10-------|
|--7----7---------------7-----7-----7---------------8~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------| Repeat (this riff 4x)
|-----------------------------------------| Harmonies 2x
|--9----------9/7-------------------------| Repeat 4x (this riff 4x)
|--9----------9/7-----------3/5------3/5--|
|--7----------7/5-----------3/5------3/5--|
|----00000000-----00000000--3/5--0-0-3/5--|
........ ........ . .
|-------------------| Repeat 4x
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---10-9-----9------|
|-7------8-9---9-8--|
|-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8-7-----7---------8-7-----7-------7-------7---------8--------8-------------|
|-5-----6-7---7-6---5-----6-7---7-6-----9-8-7---9-8-7-----10-9-8---10----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
. . . . . . . . .
Riff 3
3x
|------------------|------------------| Repeat this riff 4x
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--7/6---7/6---7/6-|
|--5~--------------|--x-----x-----x---|
|--7~--------------|--5/4---5/4---5/4-|
|-----0-000--0-0-0-|------------------|
. ... . . .
|--------------------------------| Repeat 3x
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------4--7--|
|--4-----------------3--3--4--7--|
|--4-----------------3--3--2--5--|
|--2--2-222--2-2-2---3--3--------|
. .... . . .
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------|
|--2--2-222--2-2-2-2-2--2-222-2-2-2-|
. ... . . . . . . ... . . .
So we close that...
3x
|---------|--------------------------------------|
|---------|--------------------------------------|
|---------|--7/6---7/6--7/6---9/8---9/8--9/8-----|
|--5~--/x-|--x-----x----x-----x-----x----x-------|
|--7~--/x-|--5/4---5/4--5/4---7/6---7/6--7/6-----|
|---------|--------------------------------------|
Suffer unto my a poc a lypse
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------8----8----8----9-|
|--6666666666666666--8----8----8----9-|
|--5555555555555555--6----6----6----7-|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
_____16th notes______
|--------------------| Repeat 4x times then...
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
|--3-2-1-0-1-2-3-2-1-|
|------|
|------| x6 or so
|--10--|
|--10--|
|--8---|
|--8---|
|------|
|------| let ring
|--8---|
|--8---|
|--8---|
|--8---|
Legend
. - palm mute
~ - vibrato
/ - slide up or down
x - Dead string
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
r - remain
Thats it. If you want to you can also drop to DADGBE and play power chords like you
in standard. I dont really care do whatever you feel is best. This like i said is just the
D perspective. I might've missed a couple palm mutes but they are easily spotted
