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Blitzkrieg Bass Tab

Send "Blitzkrieg" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject : BTAB: Metallica - Kill 'em all
From: wfpol@cs.ruu.nl (Wilbert Pol)


The people who transcribed it :

Jeff Jacobson - Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth
Andy Aledort - Jump in the Fire
Steve Gorenberg - the rest

The only thing I've done is converting them to ascii.

I've put all note lengths below the measures, they are :
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eigth note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
l - long note ('fermate' sign)
x+y - play note with length x+y

/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with
    1. eight notes         (1 slash)   or
    2. sixteenth notes     (2 slashes) or
    3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)

R - in the tab denotes a rest.
x - an undefined or muted note.
[ 3 ] - a triplet

/ - slide up
/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X
 - slide down
(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X
T - tap note
Harm - harmonic
A.H. - Artificial harmonic

inside bar :
p - pull off
h - hammer on
bx - bend string x notes up
bx r - bend string x notes up and release string

a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes
that occur in sheet music sometimes).

cresc. - crescendo  (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')

||--  --||
||-o  o-||  - a repeat
||-o  o-||
||--  --||

|  X  |
|-----|  - X bar rest
|-----|
|     |

|-----|
|  %  |  - repeat previous bar
|-----|
|-----|

                                                   Have fun,
                                                   Wilbert Pol

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                              BLITZKRIEG
                              ----------

192 bpm             2/4 4/4         2/4     4/4 fig.1
---|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|--------||-------------------|
---|-----R--|-R-|-R-|-R-|-R-|-R-|-R-|-R------||-o-----------------|
-5-|-5h7----|---|---|---|---|---|---|---/19-||-o-5h7-----7---5h7-|
---|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|--------||-------0-0---0-----|
 q   e e h.   w   w   h   w   w   w   q  q        e e e e e e e e

                               |1,2,3.    |4.
                               2/4 end fig.1  2/4
|-----------------|------------|---------||---------|
|-----5-----------|------------|-------o-||---------|
|---------5h7-----|-2-3/-----0-|-----5-o-||---------|
|-0-0---0-----0-0-|------0-0---|-0-0-----||-0-0-12-|
  e e e e e e e e   q q  e e q   e e q      e e q

4/4                  |1,2,3.              |4.
||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||-----------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||-------------3p2-||
||---0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2h3---||-2-0-0-3-0-0-----||
     e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e      e e e e e e e e

Verse 1
   fig.2
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||---0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2h3-|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|
     e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

                        Pre-chorus
      end fig.2  2 times  fig.3
|-------------------|||---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------o-|||-o-----R-------|---------------|-----R-------|
|-------------3p2-o-|||-o-0-0---3-2-3-|-(3)-3-3-2-3-2-|-0-0---3-2-3-|
|-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|||---------------|---------------|-------------|
  e e e e e e e e         q q e e e e   (q) e e e e q   q q e e e e

                      Chorus
       end fig.3  2 times                                     2/4
|-----------------||                                          |---------||
|---------------o-||  play fig.1  3 times, fig.1 first 3 bars |---------||
|-(3)-3-3-2-3-5-o-||                                          |---------||
|-----------------||                                          |-0-0-12-||
  (q) e e e e q                                                 e e q

Verse 2 : play fig.2  2 times
Pre-chorus 2 : play fig.3  2 times
Chorus 2 : play fig.1  2 times

Guitar solo
|-----------------|-----|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
|-----------------|  %  |  %  |-----------------|-----------------|  %  |
|-----------------|-----|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----|-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----|
  e e e e e e e e               e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|  %  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-|
        e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|  %  |  %  |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----|-----|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |  %  |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

                 half time 96 bpm
|---------------||--------|--------|-----------------|---------|
|---------------||--------|--------|-----------------|---------|
|---------------||------3-|-3--5-7-|---7-7-7-5-5-----|-3--3-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-0------|--------|-0-----------7-5-|---------|
  e e e e e e q    h... s   h. e e   q q s s s s e e   h. s e.

|------------------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-7----7-7-7-5-5---------|-3---3-3-3-5-|-7----7-7---7-7-|
|----0-----------7-7-5-5-|-------------|-0--0-----7-----|
  e. s q s s s s s s s s   h+s e e s e   q  q s e s e e
     ^ ^
    let ring
                            Tempo I
|--------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-0-3--0-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-9-9-10-10-9-7-|
|--------------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
  e s s e. s e s s s s s s    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e  e  e e

|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------10-10-10-10-|-10-10-9-9-7-7-------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|
|-8-8-8-8-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
  e e e e e  e  e  e    e  e  e e e e e  e    e e e e e e e e

|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------7-7-9-9-------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-9-9-7-7-------|
|-10-10---------10-10-|-------------------------|---------------10-10-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
  e  e  e e e e e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e e e e e  e

|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-9-10-10-7-7-|-7-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e  e  e e   e e  e e e e e e   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e

|---------------------|-------7h9-------|------------------|
|-10-10-9-9-7-7-------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------10-10-|-7-7-7-----7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
  e  e  e e e e e  e    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e  e

|-------------------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-9-9-7-7-----||-o---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------10/-||-o---7---7-7---7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------||---0---0-----0---|
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e e e e q        q e e e e e e

                                                   2 times
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------R---o-||
|-(7)---7-----7-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3---3---3-o-||
|-----0---0-7-----|-------------|-----------3---------||
  (e) e e e e q e   q e e e q e   (e) e e e e e e e

|---------------|-----------------|---------|-------------------||
|---7-----------|-----------------|---------|-------------------||
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|-----------2-3-----||
|---------------|-----------------|-3--2--3-|-(3)-0-2-3-----3-2-||
  q e e e e e e   (e) e e e e e q   q. q. q   (e) e e e e e e e

                                                                    2 times
||--------------------|-----------------|---------|---------------------||
||-o------------------|-----------------|---------|-------------------o-||
||-o------------------|-----------------|---------|-----------3-2-----o-||
||----0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-|-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-3-|-3--2--3-|-(3)-0-2-3-----3-2---||
      e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   q. q. q   (e) e e e e e e e

Free time
|-----------------------||
|----2///X--------R-----||
|----2///Xp0------------||
|-0---------------------||
  h  q.. e q      h.
     /
     /


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Blitzkrieg Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture jay Wanna Be	#1 by jay short at Nov 3, 1973 at 12:43 AM EST
	Few things to clear up. 1. This song was originally performed by Blitzkrieg, not Diamond Head. You can download an mp3 from their website (www.blitzed-alive.com), and if you think this is by Diamond Head, you are clearly an idiot, as on hearing the original it's bloody obvious. When Blitzkrieg play it live these days, Brian Ross replaces the lyric 'Aliens calling' to 'Metallica's calling', as the royality payments have helped him keep the band going. And they are bloody good. 2. The song is about an alien invasion, not the Nazis, it was as far as I know deemed a suitable word. Or at least this is an explanation that allows them to play in Germany more often, after problems with this in the mid 1990s. 3. The definitive version? The one on Blitzkrieg's 1985 album, A Time of Changes.

No Picture jimmy Lead Player	#2 by jimmy matthews at Jun 3, 1976 at 10:51 AM EST
	its Orginally a Diamond head song retardos

No Picture Kaleb Average	#3 by Kaleb Loyer at Sep 24, 1976 at 11:17 PM EST
	because im sure you wanted to know that...

No Picture Matt Wanna Be	#4 by Matt Sarvis at Jan 15, 1978 at 12:01 PM EST
	Blitzkrieg is the art of warfare where you attack rapidly, penetrating the enemy lines and crushing his armies before he can react, hitting him with both tanks and aircraft, leaving the slowmoving infantry to mop up the remains -history buff

No Picture Bassman_2000 Rhythm Player	#5 by Bassman_2000 at Jun 30, 1982 at 9:01 AM EST
	anyone know where to get the original?

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#6 by More Cowbell at Mar 18, 1985 at 7:30 AM EST
	Exp- you must be pretty retarded yourself, or unable to read the notes on album sleeves. Metallica covered "Helpless", "It's Electric", "Am I Evil?" and "The Prince" by Diamond Head. Blitzkrieg recorded this song and released it as the b-side on their 1981 single "Buried Alive". Either you have misread something or are just stupid; whichever it is, I am right and you're not.

No Picture choop Rhythm Player	#7 by choop at Nov 7, 1985 at 5:06 PM EST
	Rightey ho no one has described what the Nlitzkrieg can do oh wiat u have , im a british boy and ill have u know the blitz was used to dessecrate many cities in england , mainly targeting industry and ports but killing many civillians the germans bombed London non stop every night for 40 days , this song shows the frantic nature behind a civillian mind when this terror and panic is happening and if im wrong call me a bitch :P

No Picture James Average	#8 by James at Sep 11, 1991 at 11:22 AM EST
	Gee, Reminds me of the song by The Ramones "Blitzkreig Bop". Wonder why... o.O

No Picture Sam Rhythm Player	#9 by Sam Hopkins at Mar 22, 1993 at 3:40 PM EST
	first metallica song I ever heard. love the intro

No Picture Kieran Average	#10 by Kieran Hurley at Oct 23, 1994 at 9:41 AM EST
	war, fast war....taken by suprise. who cares., cool song, cool word, my guitars called blitzkrieg

No Picture Nate Average	#11 by Nate Shipley at Aug 6, 2000 at 6:01 PM EST
	well i thought Blitzkrieg was the name the Germans gave to their rapid advance accross Europe in WW2. not sure what its significance is in this song.

No Picture The Penguins Tr Professional Badass	#12 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Jul 24, 2001 at 5:45 AM EST
	yeah realised that after i wrote that...got confused with scorched earth...sorry! well it is still lightning war...so perhaps its saying that when armageddon comes it'll be too fast for us to do anything...thats why we gotta see if we'll survive, cos we wont be able to fight it...which would follow with the whole doomsday thing huh... or, another thought, maybe they use "lightning war" cos of the whole natures fury thing...perhaps saying that when the end comes, it will be because of nature self-destructing, rather than anything us humans do...