Metallica - Ride The Lightning guitar tab

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Metallica - Ride The Lightning guitar tab

 Ride The Lightning
 written by Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich, and Hammett
 as performed on Ride The Lightning


 1) Two guitars:
 e--7--8~~--------7~~-------------------	--7------------------------
 B--7--8~~----10------------7~~----8----	--7--7~~----8--------------
 G-------------7--9~~----9------------9-	---------------9~~---------
 D-----------------------7--9~~---------	-----9~~-------------------
 A---------------------------------5--7-	------------5--7~~----/x\--
 E--------------------------------------	----------------------/x\--
		3 times			then...


 Intro

 2)
 D--------------------- four  -5-4
 A--7/8-----7/8-------- times -3-2 to verse B
 E--5/6-0-0-5/6-0-0-0-0 then  ----
       pm..     .......
 "Guilty as charged..."
 verse A

 3)
 D--4/5-----4/5--------
 A--2/3-----2/3--------
 E------2-2-----2-2-2-2
       pm..     .......
 Who made you...
 verse B (verse A up a step)

 4)
 D-----------2--5 four  ----5-4
 A--4--2--4--0--3 times -4--3-2
 E--2--0--2------ then  -2-----
 right before verse

 5) 
 D--6--5-4--6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2  play this riff twice, verse B once
 A--4--3-2--4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0  and this one twice more
 E---------------------------
 Flash before my eyes...

 6)
 D--9-8-7----5-4-5----------5-------------5
 A--7-6-5----3-2-5----------5-------------5
 E--------5------3--0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3
                 pm......   ...........
 after 2nd verse

 7)
 D--5--4--3--2--------3
 A--3--2--1--0--3--5--1
 E--------------1--3---
 Someone help me...(listen to song for timing.)

 8)
 D---------5--------2-2
 A--2------3--------0-0
 E--0--0-3----0-2-3----
      pm..    .....
 pre-solo

 9)
 D--2------2-----5-----5-----5-2-2
 A--2------2-----3-----3-----5-0-0
 E--0--0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-3----
      pm..   ...   ...   ...
 mid solo

 10) 
 D--------------------------4-5-4 
 A--------------------------2-3-2  a couple times then back to riffs 6 and 7
 E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------ 
 right after solo break (where the solo speeds up)

 11) 
 D-----------2-----5------5------5------5\4-----------2-----3---
 A--4--2--4--0--4--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3\2--4--2--4--0--4--5--2
 E--2--0--2-----2----------------------------2--0--2-----2-----0
 close
 ____________________________
 Solo by Jake Horbol 


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 ------5-------5-------5-------5---|-------10--------10--------10--------10---|
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 --15p10----10-15p10----12-18p13----13-18p13----13-|--12--13--12--13----------|
 --------12----------12----------15----------15----|--15b-16b-15b-16b---------|
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This is my home made tab, I just wrote down what I heard, METAL UP YOUR ASS  
Arnold