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Metallica Orion Bass Tab


Orion Guitar Tab
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ORION
Fade In

||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|9---------------|----------------||
||7---------------|----------------|----------------|9---------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

Riff #1 X6 Times
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||:----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------:||
||-7-----7-----7---|7-----7-----7---|5-----5-----5-5-|6-----6-----6-6--||
||---0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--7-7---7-7-----|--7-7---7-7------||

-----------------
|1.2.3. |
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||:----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------:||
||-p---0-----------|3---------------|p---3-----------|0----------------||
||-----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|-----------------||

----------------
|4.
|----------------|
|----------------|
|0---------------|
|------0-001-110-|

Riff #2 X4 Times
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||:----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------:||
||-----0-----2-----|3---------------|----3-----2-----|0----------------||
||-0-00--0000--0000|--00000-001-110-|0-00--0000--0000|--00000-001-110--||

Play Riff #1 six times

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------------0-0-|
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|PAUSE|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|----------------|----------------|1BEAT|
|----------------|--------------0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|0-----0-0-0-0---|-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|PAUSE|
|2-----2-2-2-2-p-|0-----0-0-0-0---|----------------|----------------|1BEAT|
|----------------|----------------|2-----2-2-2-2---|0---------------|-----|
3 / 3 /

Interlude Bass Solo
|---|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9---|--9---------|---- 11---9---|
|-6-|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|
|-8-|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|------7-----|9--- - -------|
|---|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|

|--9---------|----- 11---9---|--9--/9999- -|
|9---9---9---|----11- -7---7-|9---9-----119|
|------7---7-|9---- - -------|----------- -|
|------------|----- - -------|----------- -|
S

|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9---|--9---------|---- 11---9---|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|
|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|------7-----|9--- - -------|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|

/
|--9---------|---- 11---9---|99999996----|
|9---9---9---|---11- -7---7-|--------97--|
|------7---7-|9--- - -------|----------97|
|------------|---- - -------|------------|
S

|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9---|--9---696---|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|9---9----976|
|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|------------|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|

|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9-9-|--9-9-976---|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9------7|---11- -7-----|9--------976|
|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|------7-----|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|

|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9---|--9---------|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|9---9-97----|
|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|--------97-7|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|----------9-|

|---- 11---9---|--9---------|---- 11---9---|------------|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9----976|---11- -7---7-|9-9-9-------|
|9--- - -------|------7-----|9--- - -------|------777777|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|


|---- 11---9---|--9-----9---|---- 11---9---|--9---99996-|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9-------|---11- -7---7-|9---9------9|
|9--- - -------|------7---7-|9--- - -------|------------|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|

/ /
|---- 11---9---|--9---------|---- 11---9---|99999996----|
|---11- -7---7-|9---9----976|---11- -7---7-|--------97--|
|9--- - -------|------7-----|9--- - -------|----------97|
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|------------|
S S

|---- 11---9---|--9---------|---- 11---9---|111111111111119- -- - |
|---11- -7---7-|9---9-----67|---11- -7---7-|- - - - - - - -119- - |
|9--- - -------|------7--9--|9--- - -------|- - - - - - - -- -12- |
|---- - -------|------------|---- - -------|- - - - - - - -- -- 12|

X4 Times
||------11-- -- - - - |--9----------||
||:---11- -- 14- - - |9--96---76--:||
||-9-9- - -12-- 121112|-----97---7--||
||----- - -- -- - - - |-------------||

||----- - - - -- - 9- |- -- -- - -- - - - -||
||:---- 11- 11-- 11-11|12-129- - -- - - - :||
||-9-912- 12- -12- -- |- -- -11- -- 111411-||
||----- - - - -- - -- |- -- -- 12-12- - - -||

||-- - - -- - - - - - - 9|- - - -- --- - - - - - -||
||:- - - - 11111111- 11-|1212129- 9-- - - - - - :||
||-121212912- - - - 12- -|- - - -11--- - - 111411-||
||-- - - -- - - - - - - -|- - - -- --121212- - - -||

X4 Times X4 Times
||-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------||
||:------------|------------:||:------------|------------:||
||-------0---0-|------4---4--||-------------|5-55552-2222-||
||-2---2-------|0---0--------||-0-00003-3333|-------------||

|---|----|---|----------------|----------------|---|-------------|---|----- |
|-2-|----|-4-|----------------|----------------|-3-|-------------|-4-|----- |
|-8-|--p-|-4-|0-----------3---|----------------|-4-|3------------|-4-|0---- |
|---|00--|---|------0---------|----------------|---|------0------|---|----- |

||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||:----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-p-|2-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-|------------0-p-|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------:||
|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-p-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-p-|------------0-p-|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-p--||

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/metallica/144299.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Brian
Lead Player
#1 by Brian Priddis at Jan 23, 2006 at 3:08 PM EST
Yer, I'm not sure this song has a meaning because it's instrumental but it's great to make people listen to when they say Metallica are just a heavy band and just play aload of noise. I also like the fact that the comment by Serah2k2 had two words in and both were spelt wrong because of typos, and I think her names suppost to be Sarah2k2.
 
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YFLBassplayer
Wanna Be
#2 by YFLBassplayer at May 15, 2006 at 3:43 AM EST
it just reminds me of spawn: the dark ages for some reason... its border line celtic/viking felling just makes me invision some giant warlord standing over a field of slain soldiers... but thats just me... see im retarded
 
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Paula
Rhythm Player
#3 by Paula at Aug 14, 2006 at 12:53 AM EST
This song is pure brilliance wrapped in music. I love every second of it, even and possibly especially the part when the bass is being bent while a wah(is it wah or just a spacey-effect?)-pedal (that muff one that Cliff used on Anesthesia, I believe) is being used. One of my friends, a "Metallica fan" (you're not a fan if you happily announce that you'll burn anyone St. Anger for 3 bucks and would rather have the mp3s than own the albums) found this part annoying. I'd also like to point out that, solos aside, this is their easiest instrumental of the 3 (not counting Anesthesia since it was a solo) though the most intricate of Metallica's entire catalogue.
 
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Andy
Average
#4 by Andy Benson at Feb 24, 2007 at 4:48 PM EST
This was the song played at Cliff Burton's funeral. The middle of the song sounded kind of spacey and starry, so they called it "Orion". I don't know what inspired them to write this, though. And what is Dream Theatre anyway, a Metallica cover band?