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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
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||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
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||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
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
||-----------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------||
||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-------|
|------------------|---------------------|---9-9-9-7-7-|-9--7--7-9-12-------|
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------sl----------|-6--------------|------------9/\/|
|----------------|--------7-9-11--9--7-9-|----4--7--7-----|(7)-------------|
|--9-------------|(9)-7-9----------------|----------9-----|(9)-------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
I'll leave away the 2nd and 3rd guitar now. It would be a little bit
complicated to put them into the following parts.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/orion_tab.html ]
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------h---|-------------|----------------------|
|-(9)------------|(9)-----9/\/\--6-9--|-6-----------|----------sl-----9-9-9|
|----------------|--------------------|---7-7-7-6-6-|-7--6--6-7-9----------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--9--9-9-9--9--6--6-|-7--7--7-----------6-|-6------|(6)----------9-9-9-9-9|
|--------------------|----------9-7-6--7---|-7------|(7)-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
F#m A Bm E F#m A E
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|--------------------p-|
|-9--9-9-9--9--6--6--|-7--7--7-----------6-|-6------|(6)---------4/--\(4)-2|
|--------------------|----------9-7-6--7---|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|----------------------|
F#m A Bm E F#m A Bm E
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--2-----------------|(2)------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--2-----------------|(2)-----------------2|-------------|-----------------|
|--4-----------------|(4)-------------2-2--|-4-----------|(4)-----4--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|
slide down
F#m A Bm E 3x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o--------6---6----6-9-6-|-7--7----------------o||
||o------7---7----7-------|------9-6------6-9-6-o||
||--7--9------------------|----------7--7--------||
||------------------------|----------------------||
^first time:9
F#m A Bm E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------6---6----6-9-6-|-7-7-7-7------------------|
|-------7---7----7-------|---------4-6-9------6-9-6-|
|--7--9------------------|---------------7--7-------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
F#m A Bm E 4x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------6-9-6---6-9-|-7----7-9-------6-o||
||o-7-----------------|----------6---7---o||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||--------------------|-------------------||
F#5 A5 E5 C#5
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------14-15-17-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------12-14-15-17----------|
|-------------------------------------|-------11-13-14----------------------|
|-------------11----------11-12-14-11-|-12-14-------------------------------|
|-12-11-12-14----11-12-14-------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F#5 A5 p E5 C#5
|-17----17--17--14-17-14--14-17-14-12-|---p---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-14-12---p------------17-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------14-11-14-16-16/--16/----|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#5 A5 h E5 h h sl C#5
|-2---2-4-5--5-7---5--4--|-sl-h-h--4-5-7-9--7--7-5-4-5-|
|------------------------|-2-3-5-7---------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#5 A5 E5 C#5
|-4--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---5--------------p---------|---------------p---------|
|-----4--2-4-4/\(4)-2------2-|-4-2-4-2-4/\(4)-2--------|
|---------------------4--4---|------------------4--4---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E5 G5 D5 B5 E5 G5
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------p------|--p-------p-------p-----------|
|-9/'---\--9---|(9)-----9---9-------4-5-4---4-|-5-4---4-5-4---4-5-4---4------|
|--------------|----7-7---5---4-5-7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7----5---|
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D5 B5 E5 G5
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------p------------|-3-----3----------------|
|----4-5-7--5-4-5-5-4---4-5-4-5-|---4----4---4-----4-----|
|-(5)-----------------7---------|-----5----5---5-2---5-2-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
D5 B5 E5 G5
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------p-sl-----|
|-5-2---5-2---2-------2---|-11'-11-9-11'`-9-11-11-9-7-9-7-|
|-----4-----4---4---4---4-|-------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 B5 E5
|------------------------------| |------|
|-----h-p-sl-------------------| |------|
|-9--7-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-5-4-| Rhythm Change |-5-5--|
|------------------------------| (6/8 -> 2/8) |------|
|------------------------------| |------|
|------------------------------| |------|
Rhythm Change (2/8 -> 4/4)
A E5 C5 C5 E5
|---------------------|----------------| |-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------| |-----------------|
|--2--------------5---|(5)-------------| Rhythm Change |-5---------------|
|--2------2-------5---|(5)-------------| (4/4 -> 3/4) |-5-------2-------|
|--0------2-------3---|(3)-------------| |-3-------2-------|
|---------0-----------|------------0-0-| |---------0-------|
x x
Rhythm Change (3/4 -> 4/4)
A B5 A5 B5
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------p--|
|---------|-10/--10/--10/--10/-10/-|(10)-10/-10/-10/-10/-10/--10-7-|
|-2-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
B5/A F#5 A5
p p p p p p
|--------p-----------p---------p--------p--|10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7-|
|----7-10-7-10/-10-10-7----7-10-7-10/-10-7-|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
|-9/--------------------9/-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B5 A5 B5/A p
|-10/--10/-10--7-10-10/-|(10)---10/-10------10-7-|
|--------------7--------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
F#5 A5 E5
p
|-10-7---p----p----------------------|-------------------------|
|------10-7-10-7------p--------------|-------------------------|
|----------------9-7-9-7------p------|-------------------------|
|------------------------9-7-9-7-----|--p---p-----p---p--------|
|--------------------------------9-8-|-7-5-7-5---7-5-7-5---5---|
|------------------------------------|---------7---------7-----|
B5 A5 B5
p p
|-------------------------------|------------------p---22/-22-19-----19-22-19-|
|----------------------------19-|-----19-22-22/--22-19-----------22/----------|
|-------------h--7--------sl----|-21/-----------------------------------------|
|--------sl--7-9----9--(9)-21---|---------------------------------------------|
|--h--5-7-9---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-5-7---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B5/A
|----19----19----19----19----19----19----19-------|
|-22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22/---22-22-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
F#5 A5
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-19----19-22-22/----|
|-21/---------21----------21----------21--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
B5 A5 B5/A
|---22--22------22--22------22/-|-----22--22------22--22----------|
|------------h-----------h------|--h-----------h-----------h---p--|
|-----------2-4---------2-4-----|-2-4---------2-4---------2-4-7-6-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#5 A5 E5
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--p-----p-----p-----p-----p-----p--|--p-p---p-p---p--------------|
|-7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6---7-6-|-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-2-----------|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----|--------------------2--2-----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Repeat Rhythm Figure 2 while fading out
h : hammer-on p : pull-off
/ : bend up a full step \ : release (bend down) a full step
' : bend up a half step ` : release (bend down) a half step
sl : slide x below the tablature : palm-mute
( ): let this note ring; you stroke it just before
