Orion
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From: aesbl2ajm@zippy.dct.ac.uk (Adam McCormack)
Subject: TAB:Orion (Metallica
Metallica - Orion
Intro
E5 Bm/D B/D# 8x
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-4--------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-4----------------o||
||--7--------------|(7)--------------|-5--------------|-6-----------------||
||--0--------------|(0)--------------|----------------|-------------------||
Rhythm Figure 1:
Em Bm 6x
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||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-5-----5----5---|-4-----5-----5---|-4-----4-----4-4-|-4-----4-----4-4-o||
||--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------||
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
E A5 E5 C5
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------4-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3---3-3-2---|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E C5 E5 A5 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------5-----------4-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3---3-3-2---o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Rhythm Figure 2:
A5 B5 C5
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||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------4-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||o---------2-----------2-----------|-5-------------------------------|
||----------0-----------2-----------|-3-------------------------------|
||--0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1---1-1-0---|
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
C5 E5/B A5 3x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------5-----------4-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|---------5-----------2-----------|-2-------------------------------o||
|---------3-----------2-----------|-0--------------------------------||
|-0---0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1---1-1-0----||
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Repeat Rhythm Figure 1 (2x)
Em
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------h-p-------h-p--------|-------h-p-------h-p----------|
||o-------4-5-4---4-4-5-4-------|------4-5-4---4-4-5-4---------|
||--------------7---------7-----|(7)---------7---------7-------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
Bm B
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------5---5---4---------|----------5---5---4---4-------o||
|-(7)-------------------5-----|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Em Bm
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|-----------------h---|
|----sl----sl----sl----sl---|---sl-------------12-14/|---14-14-12-12-11-12-|
|-4-2--5--5--7--7--9--9--12-|-12-14-14-14---14-------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------12|
|------------------15-|-15/-----------------12-|-15/15-15-15/15-15-15/--15--|
|(12)-11--------12----|-14----14/-14-----14----|----------------------------|
|--------12-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm p p p p p B
|-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15-12-|-17/--17/--17/17-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------17/|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
B5 B5 E/B
|----------------p-------------|-------------p-----------------------------|
|-(17)---17/---17-15----15-17/-|-(17)--17--17-15-----15--------------------|
|--------------------14--------|-----------------16-------16---------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B5/A
|--------------------------------------|-17/--------17/--17--------14--15--|
|----15-19----15-19----15-19----15-19--|-----------------------------------|
|-16-------16-------16-------16--------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B5 h h h h h h h h p p
|-17--15--14--15--14-15-12-14-10-12-8-10-|-7-8-5-7-3-5-2-3-2-------3-2-----|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#5 E5
|---------------------p-----|--h------------|------------------------------|
|-3-----3--5/-----5--5-3----|-3-5---3--2--3-|--h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p---------|
|----4-------------------4--|---------------|-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4--------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
B5 B5/A F#5 E5
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|-4--------------|----------------|----------------|----------|------------|
|-4------4-4-4-2-|-4------3-3-2-2-|-4------3-3-3-3-|-2--------|(2)---------|
|-2------2-2-2-2-|-0------0-0-0-0-|-4------4-4-4-4-|-2--------|(2)---------|
|----------------|----------------|-2------2-2-2-2-|-0--------|(0)---------|
x x x x x x x x x x x x
Rhythm Change (4/4 -> 6/8)
Bass Solo (8 measures)
The next part is played by 3 guitars. The upper notes are guitar 1,
those in the middle are guitar 2 and the lower ones are for guitar 3.
I usually play the first and second guitar simultaneously. This sounds
pretty good.
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
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||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
||o-9/-------------|-(9)------9/---6-9--|-6----------|-(6)--------------o||
||o-9/-------------|-(9)------9/---7-9--|-7----------|-(7)--------------o||
||--11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9----------|-(9)---------------||
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
slide down
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/---6-9--|-6----------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/---7-9--|-7-7-7-7----|-(7)----------------|
|---11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9-9-9-9----|-(9)----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|---9-9-9----|-(9)----------------|
slide down
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|---9/-------------|-(9)------9/---6-9--|-6-----------|--------h-sl--------|
|---9/ ------------|-(9)------9/---7-9--|-7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7--6--6-7-9--------|
|---11'------------|-(11)-----11'`--9-11-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-9--7--7-9-11-------|
|------------------|---------------------|...