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Album:Ride the Lightning

Year:1984

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Fight Fire With Fire

 
CHORDS (EADgbe): 
  
 
INTRO: (Moderately,82 bpm.) 
 
Gtr.I (Two gtrs. arr. for one) 
    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am     E              D 
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|----------------|---------------2| 
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|--5-------------|3-----3-----3--3| 
G|-------2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|-----4-----__3__|---2-----2--2---| 
D|----------------|-------------7---|--------6--6sl7-|4--------4------| 
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
 
    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am    Bm7             A 
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|----------------|---0-----------5| 
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|-0-----2----2---|2--2-----2--5---| 
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|----2-------2---|2-----2---------| 
D|----------------|-------------7---|----------------|2---------------| 
A|----------------|-----------------|-2--------------|0---------------| 
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
 
    G    Am   G/B   C       G/B Am    A               G 
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|-5--------------|3------3-------3| 
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|-----5----------|---3--------3--3| 
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|---------6--6sl7|4--------4--4---| 
D|----------------|-------------7---|----------------|5--------5------| 
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
 
    G    Am   G/B           G/B Am    Em          C 
E|----------------|-----__3__-------|-------3-3---3--|-----7-10-8-----| 
B|--0----1----3---|-5-6-5h6p5-3-----|---0-3-3-3-3-3-3|-8-5-5-8--------| 
G|--0----2----4---|-5---------4-5sl4|-0-0-4-----4---4|-5-5------9-----| 
D|----------------|-------------7---|-2--------------|-5-5-5----------| 
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------8--7-----| 
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| 
 
Vol.Swell with increasing distortion (C) 
 
Fast Rock (184 bpm.) 
 
Rhy. Fig.1 
                G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F#5 
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| Play 
G||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| Four 
D||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| Times 
A||-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------4--| 
E||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-2--| 
    ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ... 
 
                                                       (end Rhy. Fig.1) 
               G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5 
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play 
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| Three 
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| Times 
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--|| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--|| 
   ...........     .............      ...........      ...     ... 
 
(Gtr. II:1st time tacet, 2nd time play slashes, 
 3rd and 4th times double Gtr. I) 
 
 
  Rhy. Fig.2A                                          (end Rhy. Fig.2A) 
      NC                     F#5 G5   NC              F#5    F#5 
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 
B||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 
G||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|| 
D||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|| 
A||--------------------------4---5--|-----------------4------4--------|| 
E||---0--3---5p0-0-0-3---0-0-2---3--|-0---3---5p0-0-0-2------2--------|| 
      e  e   s s s s e   s s e   e    e   e   s s s s q      q 
 
  Rhy. Fig.2B                                          (end Rhy. Fig.2B) 
     NC                     F#5 G5    NC              F#5 
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------------r--------|| 
G|----------------------------------|------------------------e--------|| 
D|----------------------------------|------------------------s--------|| 
A|--------------------------4---5---|-----------------4------t--------|| 
E|---0--3---5p0-0-0-3---0-0-2---3---|-0---3---5p0-0-0-2---------------|| 
     e  e   s s s s e   s s e   e     e   e   s s s s e 
 
% 
w/Rhy. Fig.1 (2 times) 
VERSE 1: 
G5     F#5    G5    F#5    F#5     G5     F#5        G5    F#5   F5 
Do__   un  -  to__  oth -  ers__   as__   they've_   done_ to    you.___ 
 
G5     F#5    G5    F#5    F#5     G5     F#5        G5    F#5   F5 
But__  what_  the__ hell   is__    this__ world_     com - ing   to?____ 
 
w/Rhy. Fig. 2A                    w/Rhy. Fig.2B 
NC        F#5  G5  NC     F#5     NC          F#5  G5  NC     F#5 
_____________________ 
 
VERSE 2: 
Blow the universe into nothingness. 
Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest. 
 
VERSE 3: 
Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast. 
Armageddon is here, like said in the past. 
 
VERSE 4: 
Soon to fill our lungs, the hot winds of death. 
The gods are laughing, so take your last breath. 
 
Chorus 
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------| 
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------| 
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| 
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------| 
               . 
   Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re. 
 
 
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------| 
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------| 
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| 
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------| 
               . 
   End - ing   is    near. 
 
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
G|-------------------______3______--|----------------------------------| 
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|----------------------------------| 
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| 
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------| 
               . 
   Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re. 
 
                                  $ (2nd time to Coda I, 3rd time to Coda II) 
   E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------r---------------| 
G|-------------------______3______--|------------------e---------------| 
D|-______3______-----3-----4-----3--|-3----------------s---------------| 
A|-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|-1----------------t---------------| 
E|-0-----3-----0--------------------|----------------------------------| 
               . 
   Burst ing   with  fear.       (Spoken:)We all shall die! 
 
w/Rhy. Fig. 1                              D.S.(no repeat) al Coda I (%) 
||:  NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 | NC G5 NC F#5 NC F5 :|| 
 
 
$ Coda I 
Half time feel                                      (end half time feel) 
    Bb5  C5 D5 B5  A5                  G5 A5 B5  C5                 B5 G5 A5 
E|-------------|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|| 
B|-------------|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|| 
G|-------__3__-|-2----------|-(2)----__3__-|-5----------|-(5)---__3__-|| 
D|--3----7-5-4-|-2----------|-(2)--------4-|-5----------|-(5)---4---2-|| 
A|--1----5-3-2-|-0----------|-(0)----5-7-2-|-3----------|-(3)---2-5-0-|| 
E|-------------|------------|--------3-5---|------------|---------3---|| 
           ...                       .....                        . 
 
Rhy. Fig. 3 
E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E | E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e | e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E | E  E E  E E  E   E E  E E  E  E E  E E | 
e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | e  s e  s e  e   s e  s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
A5  A5 A  A A  A  A A  A A  A  A A  A A | G5  G5 G  G G  G  G G  G G | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
F#5  F#5 F# F# F#  F#  F# F#  F# F# | 
e    s   e  s  e   e   s  e   s  e  | 
 
E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
E5  E5 E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E  E E  E  E E E E E  E  E E  E E | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s s s s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
A5  A5 A  A A  A  A A  A A  A  A A  A A | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e  e  s e  s e | 
 
                                                  (End Rhy. Fig. 3) 
G5  G5 G  G G  G  G G  G G | F#5  F#5 F#  F# F#  F#  F# F#  F# F# | 
e   s  e  s e  e  s e  s e | e    s   e   s  e   e   s  e   s  e  | 
 
 
Rhy. Fig. 4 
E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5    G5 | E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5  G5 | 
e   q      e   e   q      e  | e   q      e   e   e    q 
 
                                          (End Rhy. Fig. 4) 
E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5    G5 | E5  F#5    G5  E5  F#5  G5 | 
e   q      e   e   q      e  | e   q      e   e   e    q 
 
 
w/Rhy. Fig.3                              full                  full 
    /-----------------------------------------------------)      /( 
   /                                                            /  ( 
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|-_______9:8_______-____5____-____5____-|--------------------------------| 
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-9-----9-7-| 
D|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s e.  s s ss  t t 
 
E|-----------------------|10-7--------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|-----10-7---------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------|----------9-7---7-9-7---7-9-7-------------------| 
D|9----7-9p7---7-9p7-9p7-|--------------9-------9-------9-7-9-7-----------| 
A|-----------9-----------|--------------------------------------9-7-9-7---| 
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------8-| 
  q..  s s s s s s s s s  s  s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e 
 
                                                        __3__ 
E|------------------------------------|-----------------7h9p7-------------| 
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------10p7--------| 
G|--------------------------------7-9-|-9p7-9p7---7-9-7------------9p7-7h9| 
D|------------------5-7--5h7-7-9------|---------9-------------------------| 
A|-------------5-7--------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|5s7------5h7------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
  e q      s s s e  s e  s s s e  s e   s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s 
 
E|----------------------------------|------------------|---------12-----14| 
B|----------------------------------|------------------|---12s14---su15---| 
G|7h9p7-------7-9--9p7---9-7-----9s-|----------7-------|14----------------| 
D|------9-7-9----------9-----7-9----|7s9--7s9-----14s16|------------------| 
A|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
E|----------------------------------|------------------|------------------| 
  s s s s s s s e  s s s s s s s e   e q. e e. q. e  e. q. e  e  q   e  e 
 
                                 full 
                                  /( 
                                 /  ( 
E|15p14-14-14-15p14-17p14-19p14-17----17p14----14-| 
B|------------------------------------------15----| 
G|------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s   s s  s  s  s 
 
                           full   full   full   full 
                            /(     /(     /(     /( 
                           /  (   /  (   /  (   /  ( 
E|17p14-19p14-17p14----14-17-----17-----17-----17----| 
B|------------------17-------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  q      q      q      q 
 
           half 
            /( 
           /  ( 
E|17-----(17)---14--17p14-15p14-15p14----------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------17-14-17p15p14-14-16----14-------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------16----16-14-| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  q       s   s e   s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s 
 
E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 
G|14-16-12-11-14-12-11----11----------------------| 
D|---------------------14----14-12-11-12-11-------| 
A|------------------------------------------14-12-| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s 
 
                                               w/Rhy. Fig. 4 
E|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------| 
D|10-12-10----10-------------------------------|-----------------------| 
A|---------12----12-10-12-10-12-10-------------|-----------------------| 
E|---------------------------------12-10-12-10s|12---------------------| 
  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  e   f 
 
                                                         Two Guitars * 
E|----------------------|-----------------------|----------19/15-19/15-| 
B|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
G|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
D|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
A|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
E|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| 
                                                           s     s 
 
* Downstemmed guitar is notated to the right of slashes 
 
   w/Rhy. Fig.3 
E||-19/15--15/12--17/14--14--15/12--12--14-------| 
B||----------------------15---------14--15--15/12| 
G||o---------------------------------------------| 
D||o---------------------------------------------| 
A||----------------------------------------------| 
E||----------------------------------------------| 
    e      e      e      e   e      e   e   e 
 
E|15/12--12--14---------12----------------|----------------------------| 
B|-------14--15--15/12--14--14--15/12--13-|-13--12----13--13--12----13-| 
G|--------------------------14---------14-|-14--12----14--14--12----14-| 
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
  e      e   e   e      e   e   e      e    e   q     e   e   q     e 
 
E|10--12p10-12p10-------------------10--12p10-12p10----| 
B|12--13p12-13p12-13--13--12----13--12--13p12-13p12-13-| 
G|----------------14--14--12----14------------------14-| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
  e   s  s  s  s  e   e   q     e   e   s  s  s  s  e 
 
E|-----------------12--10--------------------------|10--------------------| 
B|-13--10----12-13-13--12--13--12--12--10----12-13-|12--13--12--10--10--12| 
G|-14--11----12-14---------14--12--12--11----12-14-|----14--12--11--11--12| 
D|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------| 
   e   q     s  s  e   e   e   e   e   q     s  s   e   e   e   e   e   q. 
 
  ______________________________________________ 
  |1.                                          | 
E|--------------------------10------19/15-19/15-|| 
B|(12)--10-13-13--12h13-10--12--12--------------|| 
G|(12)--11-14-14--12h14-11------12-------------o|| 
D|---------------------------------------------o|| 
A|----------------------------------------------|| 
E|----------------------------------------------|| 
  e     s  s  e   s  s  e   e   e   s     s 
 
  ___________________________________ 
  |2. 
E|------------------------10-------|| 
B|(12)--10--13--12h13-10--12--12sd-|| 
G|(12)--11--14--12h14-11------12sd-|| 
D|---------------------------------|| 
A|---------------------------------|| 
E|---------------------------------|| 
  e     e   e   s  s  e   e   q 
 
Play Rhy.Fig.4 once. 
 
                           Decrease Volume and Distortion 
| E           | E           | E           | E           | 
 
 
                G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F#5 
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B||----------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D||o---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A||-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------4--| 
E||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-2--| 
    ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ... 
 
  ___________________________________________________________________ 
  |1.          G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5| 
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| 
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| 
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--|| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--|| 
   ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ... 
 
                                          D.S.(no repeat) al Coda II (%) 
  _____________________________________________________________________ 
  |2.          G5                F#5              G5      F#5     F5 
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 
A|-------------5-----------------4--|-------------5-------4-------3--|| 
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---0-0-2---0-0-1--|| 
   ...........     .............      ...........     ...     ... 
 
$ 
Coda II 
                                      E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|| 
B|---------------------------------||----------------------------------||Play 
G|---------------------------------||o------------------______3______-o||Eight 
D|---------------------------------||o______3______-----3-----4-----3-o||Times 
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-----5-----------1-----2-----1--|| 
E|---------------------------------||-0-----3-----0--------------------|| 
                                                  . 
                                      Fight fi -  re    with  fi -  re. 
 
Play eight Times 
     E5    G5    NC    Bb5   B5    Bb5 
E||------------------------------------|| 
B||------------------------------------|| 
G||o-------------------______3______--o|| 
D||o-______3______-----3-----4-----3--o|| 
A||--2-----5-----------1-----2-----1---|| 
E||--0-----3-----0---------------------|| 
                 . 
     Fight! (Sing first time only) 
 
w/Fill 2 
   Bb5          E5 
E|------------|------------|--------------------------|---------------|| 
B|------------|------------|--------------------------|---------------|| 
G|------------|------------|-___3___-------___3___----|-9sd-----------|| 
D|-3----------|-2----------|-9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-|-9sd-----------|| 
A|-1----------|-2----------|-7--7--7--7----7--7--7--7-|-7sd-----------|| 
E|------------|-0----------|--------------------------|---------------|| 
 
 
Fill 1 
w/Feedback 
E|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------|| 
B|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------|| 
G|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------|| 
D|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------|| 
A|---8---------|(8)-------|(8)-------|---(8)---------------------------|| 
E|-------------|----------|----------|---------------------------------|| 
 
Fill 2 
  Harm. w/Trem. Bar 
E|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|--3----------------| 
D|-------------------| 
A|-------------------| 
E|-------------------| 
 
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