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Metallica Whiplash Bass Tab

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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

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

WHIPLASH
--------

Intro

168 bpm 3 times 3/4 4/4 160 bpm 23 times
-------||---------------||-----||-------------------------------------||
-------||-o---R-------o-||---R-||-o---------------------------------o-||
-7-7-7-||-o-7---7-7-7-o-||-7---||-o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o-||
-------||---------------||-----||-------------------------------------||
e e e q h e e e q h s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

fig.1
|-------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-o---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||-o---------------------------------|
|-----------------5--4--3-||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
s s s s s s s s e. e. e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

end fig.1 4 times fig.2
|---------------------------|||-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------o-|||-o---------------------------------|
|-------------------------o-|||-o---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5--4--3---|||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
s s s s s s s s e. e. e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

end fig.2 4 times
|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o-||
|-------------------------------o-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---||
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e

Verse 1,2,3

||-- ||
||-o play fig.2 4 times ||
||-o ||
||-- ||

Chorus
fig.3 end fig.3 3 times
||-------------------|-------------------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------------o-||
||-o-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-----------------------o-||
||-------------------|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---||
e e s s e q q q s s s s e s s e s s q
[ 3 ]

|1,2. |
|---|| --||
|---|| play fig.1 4 times o-||
|-R-|| o-||
|---|| --||
w

|3. Interlude & Guitar solo 12 times
|---|---|-------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||
|---|---|-------------||-o---------------------|---------------------o-||
|-R-|-R-|-5-4-3-------||-o-7p5---5---5---------|-7p5---5---5---------o-||
|---|---|-------5-4-3-||-------7---7---0-0-0-0-|-----7---7---0-0-0-0---||
w w q q q q q q s s s e s e e e e e s s s e s e e e e e
[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

7/8 4/4
|---|-------| ||
|---|-------| play fig.1 4 times ||
|---|----R--| ||
|-0-|-0-----| ||
w q h+e

Verse 4 : play fig.2 4 times, play fig.3 3 times

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-|-----------------R-|-----------------R-|
|-----------------|-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0---|-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0---|
e e s s e q q q e s s s s e e e q e s s s s e e e q
[ 3 ]

|-------------------|-------------------|--------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|--------|-----------------||
|-----------------R-|-------------------|--------|---------------R-||
|-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0---|-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0---|-(0)----|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2---||
e s s s s e e e q e s s s s e e q. (l) e s s e e e e q



Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/metallica/118061.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Dylan
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#1 by Dylan Enis at Mar 28, 1970 at 3:06 PM EST
This is, in my fucked up opinion, the first classic thrash metal track ever. It even describes what thrash is like : Adrenaline starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Whiplash Even early on, Kirk Hammet shows undeniable good mad skils. this album made me laugh at times (i knwo he didn't write the solos but oh well), the solos sound comical, but still kick ass!
 
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Kitty/Dottie
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#2 by Kitty/Dottie kat at Nov 18, 1979 at 2:32 PM EST
This is my FRIKEN FAVORITE SONG...and ALTHOUGH METALLICA changed after this, METALLICA is still a kool band!!
 
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Garth
Badass
#3 by Garth "Fuckin" Rhodes at Aug 1, 1982 at 9:42 PM EST
my favorite songs are damage inc. and disposable heroes. it really pisses me off when people say they love met but never made it past track 3 on master of puppets.
 
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m
Wanna Be
#4 by m t at Apr 20, 1984 at 7:21 PM EST
I think this song is very straightforward...its about Metallica and their music....
 
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PalaNIN
Wanna Be
#5 by PalaNIN at Apr 6, 1997 at 4:52 PM EST
orionofktulu, enter sandman might no be their best, but just because som1 prefers that song over for whom the bell tolls (which i dont) doesnt mean that u can call them posers. in my opinion the best metallica songs are one, master of puppets and fade to black. does that make me a poser? retard
 
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Kcaz
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#6 by Kcaz at Jul 11, 1999 at 9:56 AM EST
Quit fucking bitching. St. Anger isn't as good as Master of puppets, but it's better thaqn any emo album ever and most metal. Fuck you for being a little bitch.
 
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shawna
Wanna Be
#7 by shawna at Mar 3, 2000 at 1:03 AM EST
People above are right, and the song is fairly straight forward, not nearly reaching the lyrical brilliance of Load. Whiplash, musically speaking, means that when you dont have earplugs or anything, you can hear the words coming back to you, and your not sure if its your own voice or the crowds.
 
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reece
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#8 by reece f at Aug 24, 2006 at 3:04 PM EST
This song is purely about one thing: THRASH METAL BABY!!!!! I love this song, and I cover it. The best thrash song ever....
 
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Milford Cubicle
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#9 by Milford Cubicle at Nov 21, 2006 at 12:50 AM EST
fucking power song. just that simple. real nice head-banger too.
 
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Jordan
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#10 by Jordan at Dec 20, 2006 at 10:30 PM EST
the feeling one experiences when headbanging. (Thrashing all around, acting like a maniac, whiplash.)
 
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E_r_I_c
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#11 by E_r_I_c G_i_L_b_E_r_T at Feb 4, 2007 at 8:09 AM EST
Man You Guys Are Idiots Metallica Rocks even at there age and the new album ST Anger , It, Also Rocks Metallica will Rocks and They'll Also Rock 6 Feet Under!
 
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jake
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#12 by jake gonzales at Aug 16, 2007 at 6:02 AM EST
They already have quit. This song praises metal music and tells of the never-ending metal spirit of the band. Sadly these words have proven false.