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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 23:40:22 -0600
From: "Art R."
Subject: TAB: "Low Man's Lyric" by Metallica
Low Man's Lyric
As recorded by Metallica on "Re-load"
Transcription by Matt Rasmussen
PLEASE send any comments to me at mattrasmussen@mail.utexas.edu
Notes in () play very quietly
Intro (x2)
Enter synth (Riff B) on second time
1, 2, 3, 1 Humming..............................................
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|------------|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0--------0
|------------|*-------(2)---------------(0)---------------------------------
|------------|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0---
|------------|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2------------
|------------|--------------------3----------------------------0------------
Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
|-------7-9-10-9-------7-9-10-9-7-----7-9-10-9-10-7--7-9-10-9-7----|
|---10-----------10-8-------------10-------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
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Riff B
"my eyes seek reality..........."
A G D/A E G
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|--------------2-----------------3----------3-----------0--------0---|
|*-------(2)---------------(0)--------------------------------------*|
|*-----(2)-------------------------------------------------0--------*|
|---0-------------0-----(2)---------2--0-------0--2------------------|
|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|
"I fall cause I let go.................."
Riff C H P
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|----------3-2--------3---3----------3---------0--0------3--3---|
|*-------2------------0---0--------2-----------1--1------0--0--*|
|*-----2---------------------------------------------0---------*|
|---0-----------0------------2--0-----------2-------(0)---------|
|------------------3------------------------0-------------------|
"The trash fire is warm"
Riff D
Am Em Am Em
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|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---1--|-|-|-|-------0--|-|-|-|---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--0--0-0--|-|-|-|--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|---2--|-|-|-|--2--2-2--|-|-|-|--*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---0--/-/-/-/--2--2-2--/-/-/-/---|
|---------------0--0-0------------------------0--0-0------------|
"And i can't bare to see....................."
Riff E
Am G C B
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|-----------------1--|-|-|-|--3--3--|-|-|-|--1--|-|-|-|---------
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|-----4---
|--------------2--2--|-|-|-|--0--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|-----4---
|---------3-0--0--0--/-/-/-/--2--2--/-/-/-/--3--/-/-/-/-0-0-2---
|---0-3-5---------------------3--3------------------------------
"due........" "please forgive me"
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|*--4-4-4-4--*|--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2---|
|*--4-4-4-4--*|--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2---|
|---2-2-2-2---|---0-2-3-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0---|
|-------------|--------------------------------|
"my eyes seek reality..........."
Riff F
A G D/A E G
|---0-----------3-----------2-------------0--0---3--3---|
|---2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--3--|-|-|-|----0--0---3--3---|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--2--|-|-|-|----1--1---0--0--*|
|*--2--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|--0--|-|-|-|----2--2---0-----*|
|---0--/-/-/-/--2--/-/-/-/--0--/-/-/-/----2------2------|
|---------------3-----------------------0-0----3-3------|
Riff G
Am G F F+4
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------1----------0-----------------0-------|
|*-----2---2----------0-------2-----2---2----*|
|*--------------------------3---3-3-------3--*|
|-------------0-------------------------------|
|---0------------3-------1--------------------|
Ok, here's how the riffs go with the song:
Riff B
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Riff B
Theres a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
Riff C
I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away
Riff C
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Riff F
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Riff F
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Riff G
So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff F
And I cry, to the alley way
Confess all to the rain
Riff F
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken, to match my face
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you (yeah)
Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Riff G
So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff B
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Outro
Humming.........................................fade out
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|*-------(2)---------------(0)--------------------------------------*|
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|--------------------3----------------------------0------------------|
Play this with the strings completely muted and pluck the stings
|---10-9-7-------10-9----------10-9-7-------10-9-10-7----10-9-7------|
|----------10---------10-8------------10------------------------10---|
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|*------------------------------------------------------------------*|
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