Bass tablature for "Leper Messiah" by "Metallica"

Artist: Metallica
Piece: Leper Messiah
Instrument: Bass
Submitter: HaMsTr
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                            LEPER MESSIAH (Bassline)
                            As recorded by Metallica
                     (From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)

Words and Music by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Key Of Em'

 Intro
  Q=136
 1/4   4/4
  Gtr I
  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    +H.      E E   Q  E E H
|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----|-----------0--|-(0)----------|-------------|
|-0-0-|-3--0-0-3-----|----------0-0-|-3--0-0-3----|


  +H.      E E   Q  E E Q  Q    +H.      E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------0------|
|-(3)------0-0-|-3--0-0-3--1--|-(1)------0-0-|-3--0-0----0-0-|


 3/4               4/4
          |-3-|
  E E E E E E E     Q  E E E E Q    e E e E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------||----------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----2-0-------||o----------3----|----------------|----------3----|
|-5-3-----3-2-1-||--0--2---2---2--|-2---2---2-3-2--|-0--0-0-2---2--|


  e E e E E E E E     S E. E E S E. E E
|------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||-------------------|
|-----------------o||-3p2------3p2------|
|-2---2---2-3-2-2--||------0-0------0-0-|


  S E. E E S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------0h2--|-------------------|
|-3p2------3p2-------|-3p2------3p2------|
|------0-0-----------|------0-0------0-0-|


  S E. E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|----------------||
|------------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3p2--------------|---------------|----------------||
|------0-0-3-3-2-2-|-0--0-0----0-0-|----0-0-3-3-2-2-||


                                                      5/4
    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E Q  E E   E E Q  E E Q  E E
||----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|----------------o||---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|----------------o||---------------|--------3-2-0--3-----|
||-----0-0----0-0-|----0-0-3-3-2-2--||----0-0----0-0-|-1-0-3---------------|


 4/4
  S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E S S S E. S E.
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-3p2------3p2------|-3p2--------3p2-------|
|------0-0------0-0-|------0-0-0------1-3--|


  S E. E E S E. E E   Q  E E Q  Q
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|-3p2------3p2------|-----------0---||
|------0-0------0-0-|-3--0-0-3------||


   1st, 2nd Verses
    S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E S S S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E
||--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||o-3p2------3p2------|-3p2--------3p2-------|--------------------|
||-------0-0------0-0-|------0-0-0------1-3--|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2-2--|


  S E. E E S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E S S S E. S E.
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-3p2------3p2------|-3p2--------3p2-------|
|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2s3--|------0-0------0-0-|------0-0-0------1-3--|


  S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E E S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-3p2------3p2------|
|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2-2-|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2s3--|------0-0------0-0-|


  S E. E S S S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E E S E. S E.
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3p2--------3p2-------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------0-0-0------1-3--|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2-2-|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2s3--|


  S E. E E S E. E E   S E. E S S S E. S E.   S E. E E S E. E E
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-3p2------3p2------|-3p2--------3p2-------|-------------------|
|------0-0------0-0-|------0-0-0------1-3--|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2-2-|


  S E. E E S E. S E.   H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|--------------------|------6----|-5----4----|------6----|-5----4----||
|-3s2--2-2-3s2--2s3--|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E S E. E E   S E. E E S E. E E   Q  E E S E. E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--0-0-7s6--0-0-|-6s5--0-0-5s4--0-0-|-7--0-0-7s6--0-0-|


  S E. E E S E. E E   Q  E S S S E. E S S   S E. E S S S E. E S S
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-6s5--0-0-5s4--0-0-|-7--0-0-0-7s6--0-0-0-|-6s5--0-0-0-5s4--0-0-0-|


  Q  S S S S S E. S S S S   S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7--0-0-0-0-7s6--0-0-0-0-|-6s5--0-0-0-0-5s4--0-0-0-0-|


  S E. S S S S S E. S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4s3--3-3-3-3-4s3--3-3-3-3--|


  S E. S S S S S E. S S S S   Q  E E E E Q    e E e E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|----------3----|----------------|----------3----|
|-4s3--3-3-3-3-4s3--3-3-3-3-|-0--2---2---2--|-2---2---2-3-2--|-0--0-0-2---2--|


                                   5/4
  e E e E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    e E e E E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------3----|--------------------|
|-2---2---2-3-2-2-|-0--2---2---2--|-2---2---2-3-2--0-0-|


 4/4             3/4               4/4
                          |-3-|             |-3-|      |-3-|    |-3-|
  Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E     H.      E E E   Q  E E E Q  E E E
|---------------|----------------||---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------------o||---------------|-------------------||
|--------0------|-----2-0-------o||---------------|-------------------||
|-3--0-0----0-0-|-5-3-----3-2-1--||-0-------3-2-1-|-0--3-2-1-0--3-2-1-||


 Interlude
  Faster Q=184
  W          +W           W          H    H      W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-1--------|-3----5----|-0--------|-(0)----|


  W          H    H      W          E E Q  H      W
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|-5--------|-0----2----|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|-----------|-0--------|-0-0---------|-1----|


  H    H      W          E E H    Q    W
|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|-----------|----------|-------------|------|
|-----------|----------|-------------|-5----|
|-3----5----|-0--------|-0-0---------|------|


  E E e S T T Q  Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-2--2--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|


  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S E e S T T Q  Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|-0-0-0---0-0-2--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-----------------------|-------------------|


 Bridge
  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1---|


  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---|


                                               Guitar Solo
                                                |3| |3| |3| |3|
  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S E e S T T Q  Q      Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||o------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|-0-0-0---0-0-2--2--||o------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


  |3| |3| |3| |3|   |3| |3| |3| |3|
  Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


  |3| |3| |3| |3|   |3| |3| |3| |3|   |3| |3| |3| |3|
  Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  |3| |3| |3| |3|
  Q E Q E Q E Q E   S E e S T T Q  Q          W          +W           W
|-----------------|--------------------||-||-----------|------------|------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||-||o----------|------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0---0-0-2--2--o||-||o----------|------------|------|
|-----------------|--------------------||-||--0--------|-(0)--------|-1----|


  H    H      W          +W           W          S E e S T T Q  Q
|-----------|----------|------------|----------|---------------------||
|-----------|----------|------------|----------|--------------------o||
|-----------|----------|------------|-5--------|-0-0-0---0-0-2--2---o||
|-3----5----|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|---------------------||


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1----||


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------6----|-5----4----|------6----|-5----4----|
|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|-----------|


  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q    H    H      H    H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------6----|-5----4----|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|------6----|-5----4----|-----------------------|
|-0---------|-----------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|


  S S S S Q  S S S S Q      e S S E S S e S S E S S
|-----------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-------------------------|
|-----------------------||o-7-----------6-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--||----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|


  e S S E S S e S S E S S
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|-5-----------4------------o||
|---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---||


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S   H    H      H    H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3----3----|-3----3----|


                        Tempo 1 Q=136
                                      |-3-|
  W          Wx3          E E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|----------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------|------------|---------2-0-------|----------3----|
|-0--------|------------|-3-2-5-3-----3-2-1-|-0--2---2---2--|


  e E e E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    e E e E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------3----|-----------------|
|-2---2---2-3-2--|-0--0-0-2---2--|-2---2---2-3-2-2-|


                 5/4                  4/4             3/4
                                                               |-3-|
  Q  E E E E Q    e E e E E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------3----|--------------------|--------0------|-----2-0--------|
|-0--2---2---2--|-2---2---2-3-2--0-0-|-3--0-0----0-0-|-5-3-----3-2-1--|


 4/4
                  |-3-|
  Q  H    Q    Q  E E E q  Q
|------------|----------------*|
|------------|----------------*|
|------------|----------------*|
|-0----------|-1--0-0-0-0-----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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