WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Metallica - Human Tabs | Ver. 1
Previously released on S&M, a very ugly, heavy and nice song.
Listen to the song many times to play it right
F = Full Bend
1/2 = Half bend
R = Release from Bend
H = Hammering
P = Pull Off
TRP = Tremolo Picking
X = Muffled Strings
~ = Vibrato
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
HA = Natural Harmonic starts
HE = Natural Harmonis ends
Riff A
~~~~ ~~~~ F ~~~~~
E |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
H |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3---3-|
E |-0---0---0---/7------0---6------3---0---3|-0---0---0---/7------6---0---2-------3---3-|
Riff B
E |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
H |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
G |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
D |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|
E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|
A|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|
E|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|
E |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
H |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|
E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|
Riff B1
E |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
H |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
G |-7---------7--------7-|------7-----13-/-14-\-13-\-12-|-7---------7--------7-|
D |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
A |-5---------5--------5-|------5-----11-/-12-\-11-\-10-|-5---------5--------5-|
E |-0------0--------0----|---0------0-------------------|--------0--------0----|
G |----7---------13-/-14---|
D |------------------------|
A |----5---------11-/-12---|
E |-0---------0------------|
E |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
H |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
G |-7-------7-------7--|-----7--------13-/-14-\-13-\-12--10-/-12-\-10-\-9-|
D |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A |-5-------5-------5--|-----5--------11-/-12-\-11-\-10---8-/-10-\--8-\-7-|
E |-----0-------0------|-0--------0---------------------------------------|
Riff C
E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
A |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|
E |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|
E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
A |-------7---------7-------7---7---7-|
E |-7--7--7---7--7--7-------7---7---7-|
Here´s the Song
GTR I = James Hetfield
GTR II = Kirk Hammet
Riff A (3 times)(GTR I & II)
Riff B (1 time) (both guitars)
Riff B & B1 (1 time) (Riff B: I; Riff B1: II)
Riff C (Chorus)(1 time) (both guitars)
Don´t you leave me, Father Time.
Take me with you.
Tell me, does your sun still shine?
Come squeeze the world and drip it down my throat again
Riff B (1 time) (both guitars)
Riff A (2 times)(both guitars)
You´ve got to breathe man, breathe.
(Comin´ up for air) Breathe, man, breathe
(Comin up for ...... air)
Riff B & B1 (like above)
Riff C
Touch me so I think I´m here.
Skin my senses.
Barely breathing, minus human.
Please sqeeze the world and drip it down my throat again,
Riff B (like above)
Riff A (like above with same lyric)
Guitar Solo: (GTR II)(use wah as filter)
HA3 3 HE 3 3 3 1/2
E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
H |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-----------------------7-7-7--7-7-7----|---------------4----4-----------|
D |-0-5-4--3-2.6-2.6----------------------|-0------0--0--------------------|
A |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
HA 3 3 3 3 3 HE
D |--0-----0--0--0--0--5----5--5--5-|-5--5--5--4--4--4--3--2.6--2.6--2.6--2--2-|
TRP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRP~~~~~ F R~~~~~~~
E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
H |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2---------------------|-0--------4------4--------------|
A |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-13-P-12-----13-P-12-----13-P-12-|--13-P-12-----13-P-12--12----12-P-10-|
D |----------0----------------------|-------------------------------------|
Solo into Riff A (2X)
Kirk plays this bridge from solo to riff
(wah off) F
E |---------------------------------|
H |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |-12------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |----/7------0---6------3---0---3-|
You´ve got to breathe, man, breathe.
(Comin up for air)
Breathe, man, breahte
(Comin up for ...............)
