Holier Than Thou by Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott
This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab. It gives enough information
on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc…
Intro Rhythm 1
____ ___3___ ___3___ ____ repeat umpteen times….
–|-|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|———————-
–|-|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|———————-
-/^|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|/——————————
2-|[2]-|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–2——————————-
2-|[2]-|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–2——————————-
0-|[0]-0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0——————————-
(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
Lead in to rhythm 2
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–|-0–1–0————/^–0^1————–/^–0^1—————-|—–
–|———-3–5–3–0-|[0]—-0–3–5–3–0-|[0]—-0–3–5–3~~~~-|—–
/ P.M.——-| P.M.—| (~ = vibrato)
Hold on 1st time only ___/
P.M. and pick otherwise…
Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)
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—————–2—————-5—————-
–0–1–0——–2———–|-0–1–0——–5—————-
———–3–5–0———–|———-3–5–3—————-
PM-|
End of verse riff
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-0–1–0——————————2————————
———-3–5–3–6–6–6-6-6–5–3–0————————
Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)
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———–5-7-8———–8-7-5.|—5-7———————————–
–7–4-6-7——-7–4-6-7——–|-8—————————————
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Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
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—-5–7—–5–7—–5–7>slide>14—————————-
–9——-10——-11——————————————
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I haven`t got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
I also don`t plan on posting it when I do…So good luck with that..
With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
song…Have fun with it…
–tim
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