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Album:Kill 'Em All

Year:1983

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The Four Horsemen

I've put all note lengths below the measures, they are : 
w - whole note 
h - half note 
q - quarter note 
e - eigth note 
s - sixteenth note 
t - thirty-second note 
l - long note ('fermate' sign) 
x+y - play note with length x+y 
 
/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with 
    1. eight notes         (1 slash)   or 
    2. sixteenth notes     (2 slashes) or 
    3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes) 
 
R - in the tab denotes a rest. 
x - an undefined or muted note. 
{ 3 } - a triplet 
 
/ - slide up 
/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X 
\ - slide down 
\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X 
T - tap note 
Harm - harmonic 
A.H. - Artificial harmonic 
 
inside bar : 
p - pull off 
h - hammer on 
bx - bend string x notes up 
bx r - bend string x notes up and release string 
 
a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes 
that occur in sheet music sometimes). 
 
cresc. - crescendo  (Play louder and louder, 'fade in') 
 
||--  --|| 
||-o  o-||  - a repeat 
||-o  o-|| 
||--  --|| 
 
|  X  | 
|-----|  - X bar rest 
|-----| 
|     | 
 
|-----| 
|  %  |  - repeat previous bar 
|-----| 
|-----| 
 
 
                      THE FOUR HORSEMEN 
                      ----------------- 
 
204 bpm   with triplet feel  ( e e = q e ) 
                                     {3} 
Intro                                              2 times 
|---------||-------|---|---|---------|---|---|-----------|| 
|---------||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|---------|---|---|---------o-|| 
|-3---5-3-||-o-7---|---|---|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-o-|| 
|---3-----||-------|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-------|| 
  q q q q      q h.  w   w   q q q q   w   w   q q q q 
 
fig.1 
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| 
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| 
|-------7-------7-|-------7-5-5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-3-5-| 
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------| 
  e e e q e e e q   e e e q q q   e e e q e e e q   e e e q q q 
  { 3 }   { 3 }     { 3 }         { 3 }   { 3 }     { 3 } 
 
                                   end fig.1 
|-----------------|-------------|---------|| 
|-----------------|---------5---|---------|| 
|-------7-------7-|-------7---7-|-3---5-3-|| 
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|---3-----|| 
  e e e q e e e q   e e e q q q   q q q q 
  { 3 }   { 3 }     { 3 } 
 
  Verses 1,2                 Chorus 
||--                         |---------------|-----------------| 
||-o  play fig.1  2 times    |---------------|-----------------| 
||-o                         |-7-7-7-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-| 
||--                         |---------------|-----------------| 
                               q e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e 
 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
  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 e e e e e 
 
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------| 
|---------|------7-7-8-9-|---------------|-----------------| 
|-2-3-5-7-|-9-10---------|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-| 
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------| 
  q q q q   q q  q e e e   q e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e 
                   { 3 } 
 
                   2nd & 3rd time fill 1 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| 
|-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-2-3-2---| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-| 
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   q q q q 
 
                   fill 1 
                  |-----------------| 
                  |-7-------7---7---| 
                  |---5-5-5---5---5-| 
                  |-----------------| 
                    e e e e e e e e 
 
fig.2 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----| 
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-| 
|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------| 
  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 e e e e e e 
                                                        { 3 } 
 
                                      end fig.2            3rd time to coda 
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|              --|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|  play fig.2  o-|| 
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|              o-|| 
|-----------------|-------------7-5-|---3-----|              --|| 
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   q q q q 
 
                              fig.3 
|---||-----|  6  |-----------||-----------------------| 
|---||-----|-----|-R-R-------||-o---------------------| 
|-7-||---R-|-----|-----8p7-7-||-o-7---------7---------| 
|-0-||-0---|     |-----------||-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-| 
  w    e h..       q e e q q      e e e e e e e e e e 
                                    { 3 }       { 3 } 
 
                                             end fig.3 4 times 
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|| 
|------------------|---------------------|---------------o-|| 
|-7---------8\7--7-|-7---------7---------|-7---------8-8-o-|| 
|---0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-------|| 
  e e e e e s e. q   e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e q q 
      { 3 }              { 3 }     { 3 }       { 3 } 
 
half time (102 bpm)                      164 bpm straight eights 
fill A-------------------| 2/4          4/4 
|-9-7---7-----------------|-/9-7---7-----|---R-----------|| 
|-----9---9-8-7-5-7---5-7-|------9---9-8-|-7-----R---R---|| 
|-------------------7-----|--------------|-----3---4---5-|| 
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|| 
  e e e e e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e   q e e e e e e 
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }    { 3 } { 3 } 
 
                                   8 times 
||-------------------|-------------------|| 
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-|| 
||-o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o-|| 
||---0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0-----|| 
     e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e 
 
Bridge                              8 times 
||-------------------|-------------------|| 
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-|| 
||-o-----------------|-------3---4---5-o-|| 
||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0-----|| 
     e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e 
 
102 bpm 
fill A 2 times 
 
90 bpm 
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| 
|-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-9\-|-------------------------| 
|-0-0---------------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-0-2-| 
  e e s s s s e e s s s s   e e s s s s e e e e    e e s s s s e e s s s s 
 
|---------------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------R-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9/10-| 
|-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------| 
  e e s s s s s s s s s s e   e e s s s s e e s s s s 
 
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------12----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-| 
|-10-10-10-10-10/14-14-14-14----14-|-------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
  e  e  s  s  s  s  s  s  e  e  e    e  e  s  s  s  s  e  e  s  s  s  s 
 
|-----------------------------------------|| 
|-17-17-17-17-17/21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21\-|| 
|-----------------------------------------|| 
|-----------------------------------------|| 
  e  e  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  e 
 
Guitar solo I 
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------| 
|-------4-5---------4-5-|---------4-5---------|--------------------| 
|-----7-----5-5-5-7-----|-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-|-7----7-5-5-7-5-0-5-| 
|-0-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--0---------------| 
  e e e s s e e s s s s   e e s s s s e e e e   e. s q e e s s s s 
 
|-----------------------|-------------------------| 
|-----------------5-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-4-4-4-0-4-| 
|-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-------|-------------------------| 
|-----------------------|-------------------------| 
  e e s s s s e e s s e   e e s s s s e e s s s s 
 
|--------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-5-5-5-4-2-0--------------|----------------------------| 
|-------------2-2-0-2-0-2/-|-/7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-0-5-| 
|--------------------------|--0-0-0---------------------| 
  e e s s s s e s s s s e     e s s s s s s e e s s s s 
 
|-----------------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----5-4-2-------------------|-2---2-0-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-0-| 
|-3-3-------5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----|---------------------------| 
|-------------------------3-2-|---0-----------------------| 
  e e s s s s s s s s s s s s   e e e s s s s s s s s s s 
 
|-------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-3-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-2-----|-------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-| 
|---------------------3-2-|-0-0-0-----------------------| 
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   e s s s s s s e s s s s s s 
 
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
|-----5-------------5---|-----------------5-7-----|-----------5-7-----------| 
|-3-3---3-0-3-2-2-2---7-|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-----7-5-|-3-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-2-| 
|-----------------------|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------| 
  e e s s s s s s e e e   e e s s s s e e s s s s   s s e s s s s s s e e e 
 
                          2/4         4/4 
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----|| 
|---------------------7---|-----------|-----------------|---R-|| 
|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-|-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|-2---|| 
|---0---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----|| 
  e e s s s s e e s s s s   e e s s e   e e e e e e e e   q h. 
 
triplet feel 
204 bpm                102 bpm 
 
play fig.3  4 times   |  play fill A 2 times || 
 
204 bpm 
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------| 
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------| 
|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-| 
|-0----|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-----|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---| 
  e h..  w   w   q q q q   w   w   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q 
 
|---------|---------|---------|---------|| 
|---------|---------|---------|---------|| 
|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|-3---5-3-|| 
|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|---3-----|| 
  q q q q   q q q q   q q q q   q q q q 
 
D.S. Verse 3 al Coda 
 
Coda                         Guitar solo II 
|---||                      ||                     ||-----------------| 
|-R-|| play fig.3  4 times  || play fig.3  8 times ||-----------------| 
|---||                      ||                     ||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-| 
|---||                      ||                     ||-----------------| 
  w                                                   e e e e e e e e 
 
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----| 
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-| 
|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------| 
  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 
                                      { 3 } 
 
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----|| 
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|---R-|| 
|-------------7---|-------------7-5-|---3-----|-0---|| 
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   q q q q   q h. 
 
 
 
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