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Metallica: Hit the lights

Here is the Guitar tabs for "Hit the lights" by Metallica. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the index for Metallica tabs, bass tabs, chords and CD reviews.

HIT THE LIGHTS by Metallica from Kill 'em All Here's the main riff. Repeat a whole bunch of times ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||*--------5--7--5--7--|--------------------*|| ||*--------5--7--5--7--|--------5h7p5-------*|| ||---0--0--------------|--0--0---------7--6--|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| =============================================================================== == 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 ||*----*|| ---------- ||*----*|| ---------- ||------|| Rhythm: w = whole note W = dotted whole h = half note H = dotted half q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter e = eighth note E = dotted eighth s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth ^ = triplet =============================================================================== == 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 == =============================================================================== Hit the lights from Kill 'Em All Metallica tabbed by Rick Miller i'm fairly sure that it's pretty accurate (I haven't done the solo, even if I did I couldn't play it.) Fade in |--tremolo-----|-------------------------------| |--/--pick-----|-------------------------------| |--/-----------|-------------------------------| |--2-----------|-------------------------------| |--2-----------|--2---2---2---2-----2-------2--| |--0-----------|--0---0---0---0-----0-------0--| |--tremelo-----|-------------------------------|-----------------| |--/--pick-----|-------------------------------|-----------------| |--/-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------| |--4-----------|-------------------------------|--pick slide-----| |--4-----------|--4---4---4---4-----4-------4--|--x\\\\\\\\\\\\--| |--2-----------|--2---2---2---2-----2-------2--|--x\\\\\\\\\\\\--| fig 1 End fig 1 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------5---7---0---0h5--|-----------------------------------| |-5-------------------5---7---0---0h5--|--5-------------------7p5---5------| |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---6-7--| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------full-| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------)----| |---------------------5---7---0---0h5--|----------------------------7/-----| |-5-------------------5---7---0---0h5--|--5-----------------------5--------| |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| play fig 1 (? times) |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--7---7---x---x-------------------7---7---x---x---5---4-------| |--5---5---x---x---5---5---x---x---5---5---x---x---3---2---5---| |------------------3---3---x---x---------------------------3---| No life till ... |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------5---7---0---0h5--|-----------------------------------| |-5-------------------5---7---0---0h5--|--5-------------------7p5---5------| |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---6-7--| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| tonight |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------5---7---0---0h5--|-----------------------------------| |-5-------------------5---7---0---0h5--|--5-------------------7p5---5------| |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---6-7--| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--7---7---x---x-------------------7---7---x---x---5---4-------| |--5---5---x---x---5---5---x---x---5---5---x---x---3---2---5---| |------------------3---3---x---x---------------------------3---| Got the metal maddness ... |---------------------------------------|------------------------------full-| |---------------------------------------|------------------------------)----| |----------------------5---7---0---0h5--|----------------------------7/-----| |--5-------------------5---7---0---0h5--|--5-----------------------5--------| |--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6h7----------| |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| right Well ... |------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------------5---4------|--2---2---2---2---2---2-----| |--2---2------------------5---3---5---3---2---5--|--0---0---0---0---0---0-----| |--0---0------------------3---1---3-----------3--|---------3-------3----------| When we start to rock we ... 3x |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| Then comes a lead thing and verse 2, |*-------------------------------*| then another lead thing and verse 3, |*-5-------2---2---2---2---2---2-*| then the interlude: |--3---5---0---0---0---0---0---0--| |------3----------3-------3-------| Hit the li... Interlude |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| |*---------------5--|----------------7--|----------------5--|--------------*| |*-7---7---7---7-5--|--7---7---7---7-7--|--7---7---7---7-5--|--7-5---------*| |--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|------7-6-5----| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------8--| this is played under the solo |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| |--4---4---4---4-7--|--4---4---4---4-9--|--4---4---4---4-7--|--9-7----------| |--2---2---2---2-5--|--2---2---2---2-7--|--2---2---2---2-5--|------9-8-7----| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------10-|


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