#----------------------------------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 uunet!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!plains!tscott@plains.NoDak.edu Fri Jul 10 18:05:34 PDT 1992 Article: 648 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!plains!tscott@plains.NoDak.edu From: tscott@plains.NoDak.edu (Timothy E Scott) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: Holier than Thou by Metallica Message-ID: <19080@plains.NoDak.edu> Date: 11 Jul 92 00:22:04 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 77 Holier Than Thou by Metallica Transcription by Tim Scott This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab. It gives enough information on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc... Intro Rhythm 1 ____ ___3___ ___3___ ____ repeat umpteen times.... --|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|----------------------------------------- --|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|----------------------------------------- -/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|----------------------------------------- 2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|----------------------------------------- 2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|----------------------------------------- 0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|----------------------------------------- (brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..) Lead in to rhythm 2 --|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----- --|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----- --|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----- --|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----- --|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|----- --|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|----- /\ P.M.-------| P.M.---| (~ = vibrato) Hold on 1st time only ___/ P.M. and pick otherwise... Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics) -----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------- -----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------- -----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------- -----------------2-----------|----------------5--|------------------------- --0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|------------------------- -----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|------------------------- PM-| End of verse riff ----------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------|---------------------------------- --------------------------------------2-|---------------------------------- -0--1--0------------------------------2-|---------------------------------- ----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|---------------------------------- Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end) ---------------------------------|----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------|----------------------------------------- --------------------------------.|----------------------------------------- -----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7----------------------------------- --7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------|----------------------------------------- Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- ----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|--------------------------------------- --9-------10-------11--------------|--------------------------------------- -----------------------------------|--------------------------------------- I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that.. With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the song...Have fun with it... --tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uunet!plains!tscott OR tscott@plains OR tscott@plains.nodak.edu "Call collect!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------