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 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 -------- -------- --------