Tablatura Metallica

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Subject: TAB: Creeping Death, Metallica
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                              Creeping Death
                          As performed by Metallica
                          From "Ride the Lightning"
                    Copyright (c) 1984 Creeping Death Music

Words & Music By : James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, & Kirk Hammett

Musical Definitions at the end of file.
Typed by : Christopher Sean Forgeron
Spread this around all you want.

Tempo = Fast Rock = 184 bpm

Intro
(Ryth Fig 1) (end Ryth Fig 1)

&-#---||----------------|---|-----------------|----||
&-----||----------------|---|-----------------|----||
&---4-||o-----------%---|---|-----------%-----|---o||
&---4-||o-----------%-9-|-9-|-----------%-9-7-|-7-o||
&-----||--------------9-|-9-|-------------9-7-|-7--||
&-----||--0-0-0-0-0---7-|-7-|-0-0-0-0-0---7-5-|-5--||
~~~~~ ~~~~~

w/Ryth Fig 1 (once)

||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||o-------------%----|-------%-}-|------------------|-----%-}-o||-}-------|
||o-------------%-9--|-9--9--%-}-|-----------%-9--7-|-7-7-%-}-o||-}-------|
||----------------10-|-10-10-----|-----------%-10-9-|-9-9------||---7-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0--------|----------||---5-3-2-|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~

(Ryth Fig 3)                (end Ryt Fig 3)(Ryth Fig 4)      (end Ryth Fig 4)
                                         x8                                x4
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||o-----2-----2---2-|-----2---------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||------2-----2---2-|-----2---2-3-2-3-2-0--||-----5-----5-|------------------||
||--0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0---0--------------||-0-0-3-0-0-3-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
                                    H P P

You then play Ryth Fig 3 four times, and then continue.

|---|---|---|---------|
|---|---|---|---------| The singing starts. Keep playing Ryth Fig 3
|---|---|---|---4-6---| until the singing stops (16 bars later) then
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-4-6-4-| start playing Ryth Fig 4 four times.
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-2-4-4-|
|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-----2-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

E5 C5 D5 F5 G5 @

||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12\-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12\-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
||-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-/8--10\-|-5-|-9-------3-5-|
||---|---0-0-0-----|---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---------|---|---0-0-0-----|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

w/Ryth Fig 3 (twice)

---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---||
---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---|| Go back up to the part where
-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-|| the singing starts
-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-||
-5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5-2-4-2-|-2-||
---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---|---------|---||
~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~

Lotsa solo stuff. Damned fast, but not hard. Usual pentatonic minor soloing.

Bridge
(Half Time Feel)

(This is the "Die, by my hands..." part)

Each chord is a half note, except the E which is 4 quarter notes using only
the bottom string. The progression is like this:

E5 E E E E F5 D5 E5 E E E E G5 F5 (x3)

Then it's Ryth Fig 3 for 6 bars. On the sixth bar, another gutair plays the
following:

|-----------|
|-----------| Go back to where the singing originally started. Play it
|-[~3~]-7\--| through with the third verse, and when you hit the @ sign,
|-2-3-5-7\\-| go to this next part.
|-2-3-5-5\\-|
|-0-1-3---\-|

Ryth Fig 9

-----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
-----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
-----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
-----2-----2---2-|-2-2-2-|-----2-----2-----3-|-3-0-0-||
-----2-----2---2-|-2-2-2-|-----2-----2-----3-|-3-0-0-||
-0-0---0-0---0---|-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0---|-------||
~~~~~ ~~~~~

(Following Can be played by 2 guitars, one high, one low, but one can do it)

w/Ryth Fig 9

/\ x3
||---/--\--------|----|------/\---------|------||
||--15--15-13-12-|-12-|-12-12--12----13-|-13---||
||o-14--14-12-11-|-11-|-11-11--11-14-12-|-12--o||
||o--------------|----|-----------14----|-----o||
||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

x3
--------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
--------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
-----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
-----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
-----7--5-3-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-3-|-3-||--3-7-3-5-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-2-|-2--||
-0-0----------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~

Something for 4 bars... Probably one of the above riffs.

Ryth Fig 2 (twice) Then it's free time.

Then it's 4 chords, with a slight retard:

-----|-----|---|
-----|-----|---|
-*---|-----|---|
-*---|-----|-2-|
---7-|-5-5-|-2-|
---5-|-3-2-|-0-|
Trill

Now, in the Exact same bar where the E5 Trill starts, this scale starts, with
two guitars.

   |-------------|-------------|-14-15--14----|-------------|----------|----|
   |-------------|-------16-17-|--7--8---7-17-|-16----------|----------|----|
   |----------14-|-16-17--8--9-|------------9-|--8-17-16-14-|----------|----|
   |-14-16-17--7-|--9-10-------|--------------|----10--9--7-|-17-16-14-|-14-|
   |--7--9-10----|-------------|--------------|-------------|-10--9--7-|--7-|
   |-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----|
                                 ~~~~~                ~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                     H                    H       P P

And of course, it ends with 2 hard E5 chords, and a slide to nothing.

% = Quarter Rest O = Whole Note / = Quarter Note \ = Thirty-Second
} = Full Rest o = Half Note | = Sixteenth

-||--    --||-                               ---|---
-||--    --||-   This is the repeat          ---|--- A tied note. You only
-||o-    -o||-   loop. It is repeated        ---|--- play it once, and hold
-||o-    -o||-   1 time (x1) unless          -2-|-2- it.
-||--    --||-   otherwise marked at         -2-|-2-
-||--    --||-   the top.                    -0-|-0-
begin    end                                 ~~~~~

---              ---        ---         ---         ---/\---
---              ---        ---         ---         --/--\-- Bend up
-%- Quarter      -}- Full   -*- 1 Beat -*- 2 Beat -12--12- a full note
-%- Rest         -}- Rest   --- Rest   -*- Rest   --------
---              ---        ---         ---         --------
---              ---        ---         ---         --------

--------
---/\--- Bend up
-12--12- a half note
--------
--------
--------

- That's it.. Enjoy.