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SO WHAT (Live)
As recorded by Metallica
Music by Anti-nowhere league
Transcribed by Stephen Dale
G5 A5 D5 F5
3 5 x x x x 5 7 x x x x x 5 7 x x x 1 3 3 x x x
Bb
6 8 8 7 6 6
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Hetfield'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Hammet Rythm'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Hammet Solo'
Intro
Q=196
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM
H. E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|---------5s7-||-7--7-7-7---5s7-|-7--7-7-7---5s7-|
|---------3s5-||-5--5-5-5-0-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-0-3s5-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7---5s7-7---5s7-|-7---7-7-7---5s7---|
|-5-0-3s5-5-0-3s5-|-5---5-5-5-0-3s5---|
|
| W W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-x\----------------|
|-----------------|-x\----------------|
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7--7-7-7---5s7-|-7--7-7-7---5s7-|-7--5s7-7--5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-5-0-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-0-3s5-|-5--3s5-5--3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse 1
D5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--5--7--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--3--5--3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chorus
1.
F5 Bb A5 G5A5
Gtr I
Q Q H W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||--------3----|-3----------|----------------|------------------||
||o----3-------|-1----------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q H Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|-6----------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|----6-------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|-------7----|----------------|------------------||
||--3----------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-3----------|------------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
2.
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
Gtrs I, II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--5s7-7--5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--3s5-5--3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse 2
D5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--5--7--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--3--5--3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chorus
1.
F5 Bb A5 G5A5
Gtr I
Q Q H W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||--------3----|-3----------|----------------|------------------||
||o----3-------|-1----------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q H Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|-6----------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|----6-------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|-------7----|----------------|------------------||
||--3----------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-3----------|------------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
2.
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
Gtrs I, II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--5s7-7--5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--3s5-5--3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-||
Guitar Solo
D5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7-|--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7-|
|--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5-|--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------10----------10----------|----------10----------10----------|
|-------10----------10----------10-|-------10----------10----------10-|
|-12b14-------12b14-------12b14----|-12b14-------12b14-------12b14----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7-|--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7----------|
|--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5-|--5-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------3-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------10----------10----------|-------------------------------------|
|-------10----------10----------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
|-12b14-------12b14-------12b14----|-12b14----12b14----12b14----12b14----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G5 G5 A5 G5
a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(5)s7----7-7-7-7-5-----|-(5)s=7----7---7-7-7-5-----|
|-(3)s5----5-5-5-5-3-----|-(3)s=5----5---5-5-5-3-----|
|
| Q. E E E E E +E E S S E E E E E
|------------------------|---------5-----------------|
|-----7b8----------------|-----------8p5-------------|
|-----7b9----7-5---5-7b9-|-----(7)-------7-5---5-7b9r|
|----------------7-------|-------------------7-------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--7------5-----7---5---|-7---7-7--7--7-7-7--|
|--5------3-----5---3---|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--|
|
| ~~~
| +S S E S S E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|---------------5---5---|--------------------|
|-(7)p5---7p5---5---5---|--------------------|
|-------7-----7---7---7-|-5---5-7-(7)--------|
|-----------------------|---7----------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
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D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-17-|-17---10-10-10-10-10-17-|
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-17-|-17---10-10-10-10-10-17-|
|--------------------------|------10-10-10-10-10----|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--7-7--7--7--7--7--7---7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7------|
|--5-5--5--5--5--5--5---5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
|-------------------------|--------------------3---|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-17---10-10-10-10-10-/17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\--|
|-17---10-10-10-10-10-/17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\--|
|------10-10-10-10-10-----|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
G5 G5 A5 G5
a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(5)s7----7-7-7-7-5-----|-(5)s=7----7---7-7-7-5---|
|-(3)s5----5-5-5-5-3-----|-(3)s=5----5---5-5-5-3---|
|
| Q. E E E E E +E E S S E E E E E
|------------------------|---------5---------------|
|-----7b8----------------|-----------8p5---------5-|
|-----7b9----7-5---5-7b9-|-----(7)-------7-5---5---|
|----------------7-------|-------------------7-----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----5-----7---5---|-7---7-7--7--7-7-7--|
|-5-----3-----5---3---|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--|
|
| ~~~
| S S E S S E E E E E E E E E +H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------------5---5---|--------------------|
|-7p5---7p5---5---5---|--------------------|
|-----7-----7---7---7-|-5---5-7-(7)--------|
|---------------------|---7----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
F5 Bb
Q Q H W
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------3-------|-3--------------------|
|---------3-----------|-1--------------------|
|-1-------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~
| E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E S S
|---------------------|----------------5-8p5-|
|---------------------|-----------8--8-------|
|-7b9r(7)-5-------5-7-|-7b9r(7)-5------------|
|-----------7---7-----|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
A5 G5 A5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-----7-7-7----7-5s==7---|-7-----7---7---7----7---7--7-|
|-5-----5-5-5----5-3s==5---|-5-----5---5---5----5---5--5-|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E
|-8p5---5----------5-----5-|-------5-----5---------------|
|-----8---5-8b10-----8-----|-8b10----8-----8b10----------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------17-|
|--------------------------|----------------------/19----|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
F5 Bb
Q Q H W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------3----------|--3----------------------------|
|-------------3---------------|--1----------------------------|
|--1--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------17-20p17-|
|-----------------------------|---------------20--20----------|
|-19b21r(19)-17---------17-19-|-19b21r(19)-17-----------------|
|---------------19---19-------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--7--------7--7--7----7--5s===7----|--7------7----7-----7----7--5s====7-|
|--5--------5--5--5----5--3s===5----|--5------5----5-----5----5--3s====5-|
|
| |---3---| |---3---|
| S S E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E
|-20p17----17------------17------17-|--------17------17---------------17-|
|-------20----17-20b22------20------|-20b22-----20------20b22---20b22----|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G5 A5 G5 A5
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--7--------5s=7-----7-----5s====7-|--7--------7--7-------7------7-7-7-||
|--5--------3s=5-----5-----3s====5-|--5--------5--5-------5------5-5-5-||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-20b22-17-17-20b22-17-17-20b21-17-|-20b22-17-17-20b22==(20)pb24-------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Verse 3
D5 G5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|----------------o||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--7-7-7-7-5--|-7--5--7--5--|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--5-5-5-5-3--|-5--3--5--3--|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chorus/Outro
1.
F5 Bb A5 G5A5
Gtr I
Q Q H W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||--------3----|-3----------|----------------|------------------||
||o----3-------|-1----------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q H Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-------------|-6----------|----------------|------------------||
||o------------|----6-------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-------------|-------7----|----------------|------------------||
||--3----------|------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-3----------|------------|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--1----------|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---||
2.
G5A5 G5A5 G5A5 G5A5 G5A5
Gtrs I, II
TP
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------2----|
|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--7-7-7-7-5s7-|-7--5s7-7--5s7-|-7--5s7-0----|
|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--5-5-5-5-3s5-|-5--3s5-5--3s5-|-5--3s5------|
H.=H Q=120
TP TP TP TP
+W +W +W +W
|------------:------------:------------:---------*|
|------------:------------:------------:---------*|
|------------:------------:------------:---------*|
|-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)-----*|
|-(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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