#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## the god that failed - by metallica. off the black album submitted by tony yeah, i know you're prolly saying this tab is shit, but it's as close as i could get to a good one without the cd...the cd is goooone, so this is from memory. anyway, use a clean tone with a pick, no felt or skinny picks, only thick plastic or metal. and i think it's in standard tuning. also, the rhythm is pretty straightforward, just go along with it, and listen carefully, there are some notes, like the second open pluck on the 2 2 0 0 you see below that are in there, but you prolly just never heard before. you can change this so you can play an open d instead of a e 5, but thats your own personal little choice. ------------------------------------------------------- \ ------------------------------------------------------- | this is the intro ------------------------------------------------------- | also play this -2--2--0--0--5--5--0--0--2--2--0--5--0--2--2--0--7--0-- | part in between | verses but i ----------------------------------------------------- | think its only ----------------------------------------------------- | the first part ----------------------------------------------------- | -2--2--0--8--8--9--9 --2--2--0--5--0--2--2--0--7--0-- / ------------------------------------------------- \ this li'l gem ------------------------------------------------- | is the verse ------------------------------------------------- | -2--2--2--0--2--2--2--0--2--2--2--5--0--2--2--0-- / may not be microscopic, but it's defintely a start. glad to be of some service somewhere... ___ \o.\~\/ - "the bass is the man of guitars...deeper, bigger, and not many / men like to finger them." ======================================================================== ======== == Created with a shareware version of the BUCKET 'O TAB == == tablature creation software for Windows == == For more information: == == email: gse@ocsystems.com == == US Mail: The Bucket, 3176-B5 Summit Square Dr., Oakton, VA 22124 == ======================================================================== ======== ok, hopefully these will make it --- \o.\~\/ / tony.rock@hnis.com