Guitar tabs of Crash course in brain surgery by Metallica. Play Crash course in brain surgery in the style of Metallica.
Menu
Fretplay home Guitar tabs Bass tabs Fresh tabs Guitar lessons How to read tabs How to write tabs Submit tabs About us
Message Forum
Forum index General forum Guitar forum Bass forum Gear & accessories Bands and artists
Metallica Guitar tabs books
Play 'Crash course in brain surgery' Metallica style!
Here's the Guitar tabs book you need to be an expert. Check out 'Learn To Play Guitar With Metallica' pictured above, or other Guitar tabs, books or DVDs now.
Order Metallica sheet music here!
Message forums Discuss gear, tabs, songs and music in our forums. Enter.
Online guitar lessons

Guitar lessons reviewed pluss free text and video samples. Soon..
Metallica music
Read all about your favourite band, Metallica! click here.
Gear reviews

Read guitar, bass and gear reviews, or submit your own. Soon.
Guitar tabs for

Metallica: Crash course in brain surgery

Here is the Guitar tabs for "Crash course in brain surgery" by Metallica. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the index for Metallica tabs, bass tabs, chords and CD reviews.
Fretplay.com : Tabs : M : Metallica



From: fitch@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (TRAVIS FITCH)

                                    METALLICA

                          CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY

Words and music by: Raymond Phillips, John Burke Shelley and Anthony Bourge

From the Elektra recording: The $9.98 Garage Days ReRevisted, E.P.

Transcribed by Travis Fitch 

An excellent song, so I've tried to include as much information as possible
below (the guitar solo is missing, but I am working on that, I won't post it
for a while, but if you e-mail me on the above address, I could get it to
you within a day or 2 of recieving your message, might just motivate me a tad
bit more) The TAB might seem a little difficult to understand at first, but I
sugget that you print it out and read through a couple of times, just to get
a feel for the song and the way the TAB is written out (sorry if there are
any mistakes present, which knowing the way I type, there probably are).
You'll have to listen to the song again anyway, to get a feel for the timing,
anyway I've had enough for now, so any fixes, mistakes, comments et cetera,
don't be afraid to let me know

Enjoy
GaT..

The song is in 4/4 at around 185 - 190 bpm

"Drop D" tuning (low to high: D A D G B E)


 Bass and drums (4 bars)
           Gtrs 1 & 2 w/heavy distorsion
Intro
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------3--4--|--5--------------------|
|---------|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6--7--|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------2--|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------2--|-------------|
|--------------------3--4--|--5-----------------0--|-------------|
|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6-----|-------------|



                                                   (x4)
|---------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------||*-----------------------------------*|
|---------------||*--h--------------------------------*|
|---------------||--/2--------2--------2-----------2---|
|---------------||---2/-------2--------2-----------2---|
                                                                                

|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--2--0-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~-----0--1-----|
|-----------------|--5--2--------0--1-----|


                                    (x4)
||--------------------------------------||-----------------|
||--------------------------------------||-----------------|
||*------------------------------------*||-----------------|
||*--h---------------------------------*||--2--0-----------|
||--/2--------2--------2------------2---||-----------2--0--|
||---2/-------2--------2------------2---||-----------------|

                                                                                
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------~~~--------0-----------|--1---------------------------------|
|--------5--2-----------0-----------|--1-----------------------x--x--17--|
                                                                                

                                (x4)
||----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------*||
||*--h-----------------------------*||
||--/2--------2--------2--------2---||
||---2/-------2--------2--------2---||
                  

             Start of verses 1 & 2 (see below)
|----------||----------------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------------------|
|----------||*---------------------------------------|
|----------||*--h------------------------------------|
|----------||--/2------------2--------2--------2-----|
|----------||---2/-----------2--------2--------2-----|


|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2--|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2----|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2----|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2----------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2----------2--|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|



|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0-------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0-------|--12---------|--12---------12--------12--12--12--12-----12\---|


|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h--------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2-----------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/----------2--------2--------2--|



|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------*||
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------*||
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2---||
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2---||


 Interlude
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~-----0--1--|
|-----------------------|-----5--2--------0--1--|


                                    (x4)
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||*------------------------------------*|
||*--h---------------------------------*|
||--/2------------2--------2--------2---|
||---2/-----------2--------2--------2---|


|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--2-----0-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------2-----0-----|---------~~~--|--0--------------|--1-----------|
|--------------------------|--5-----2-----|--0--------------|--1-----------|


|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--2-----------------|-----------------|--2-------------------|
|--2-----------------|-----------------|--2-------------------|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--0-----2-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--0-----2-----------|-----------------|


|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|--2--2-------------------|--2/-----------|
|--2--2-------------------|--2/-----------|


 Guitar Solo
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------~~~-----------|--------------------|
|--5--3---------~~~--|--------------------|
|-----------5--3-----|------~~~------~~~--|
|--------------------|--0--5-----0--1-----|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|

                                                                             
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~~~~--------0--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--5-----2--------------0--------|-------------------|


  Bass Solo
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||---0----------------------------|
||---0----------------------------|
                                                                                


|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------0--|--------------5-------------------0--|
|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                                                                   

 Verse 3             
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|                                                                                


|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|--2--0-----------|--------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~----0---1--|
|-----------------|--5--2-------0---1--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|
                                     
                                           
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----h--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|


|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|--2--0----------|------~~~--|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------2--0--|--5--2-----|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2--------------||
|----------------|-----------|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2-------(2)\---||


Verse 1
Look inside and you will ....
Thunder burning.......
Knife of words .......
Insane!
Yeah!

Verse 2
Raven black ......
He showed me how to .......
Show to me, in surgery......
Conquer life!
Yeah!

Verse 3
Now the wicked lance of fear ........
Crash course in brain surgery .........
Yeah!	Yeah!	Yeah!


Also when ever you come ........
replaced with Figure 1A (below)

Figure A
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----h--------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|

Figure 1A
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---h------------------------------|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|

================================================================================
==                           TABLATURE EXPLANATION                            ==
================================================================================

----------                            ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron                   ----(8)--- Ghost Note
----------                            ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff                    ----------

----------                            ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up                   -----x---- Dead Note
----------                            ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down                 ----------

----------                            ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato                    ||*----*||
----------                            ||*----*||
----------                            ||------||