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The Shortest Straw Bass Tab
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M E T A L L I C A
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T H E S H O R T E S T S T R A W
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...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
(c) Elektra/Vertigo Records (1988)
http://www.metallica.com/
Standard Tuning
B E A D G
Tempo = 140 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
26th May 2012
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Tablature Symbols Used:
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From
/ - Slide Up to/Up From
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_3_| - Triplet Notes
P.M... - Palm Mute
5h7 - Hammer-On
7p5 - Pull-Off
* - Staccato Notes (Bring the indicated note(s) to an abrupt end)
|__[1,2] - Alternate Endings
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Intro: [ Time 00:00 - 00:14 ]
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| |----| |--------R--------------|--------R ---------------|
|1 |----|4|--------E-- ----|--------E ---------------|
|/ |----|/|--------S-- ----|--------S ---------------|
|16|--0-|4|--1--0--T-- --0-|--1--0--T --0-1--0--3----|
| |----| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------R--------------|--------R -----------------|-----------------------|
|--------E-- ----|--------E -----------------|-----------------------|
|--------S-- ----|--------S -----------1-----|-----------------------|
|--1--0--T-- --0-|--1--0--T --0-1--0--(0)----|--1--0---------------0-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------R ---------------|--------R--------------|--------R ---------------||
|--------E ---------------|--------E-- ----|--------E ---------------||
|--------S ---------------|--------S-- ----|--------S ---------------||
|--1--0--T --0-1--0--3----|--1--0--T-- --0-|--1--0--T --0-0--1--0----||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
The 1/16 bar is only there to accommodate the first pre-beat note of the song;
the song proper (i.e. the first down-beat) starts at the first whole bar.
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Part 1: [ Time 00:14 - 00:46 ]
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||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|----------------------1--|
||--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1--0----0--3--0-----|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------1--------|--------------------------|
|--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1--0----0-----0--3--|--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------1--|--------------------------|----------------*-----*--|
|--0--1--0----0--3--0-----|--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1--0----0--3-----3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| |--------------| |
|2|--------------|4|
|/|-----*--------|/| x 2
|4|-----2-----1--|4|
| |--------------| |
// Overlap with Next Part \\
||--------------------------|--------------||-----R----------------||
||--------------------------|--------------||-----E-- --||
||--------------------------|-----*--------||--*--S-- --||
||--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1-----1--||--0--T-- --||
||--------------------------|--------------||----------------------||
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Part 2: [ Time 00:46 - 01:05 ]
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[ Rest for 4 bars ]
||------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------------|
||-----7---------------7--|--------------------3--(3)-3--|
||--0-------0--5---6------|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-1---0--1--|
||------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7---------------7--|--------------------5--(5)-5--|
|--0-------0--5---6------|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-3---0--3--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7---------------7--|--------------------7--(7)-7--|
|--0-------0--5---6------|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-5---0--5--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------7--*---*---*--|----------------------------||
|--0--5-------6---5---3--|--3--3--3-3--3-3--2-2--1-1--||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
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Part 3: [ Time 01:05 - 01:32 ]
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||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||------7-----------------------|-----7----------------------|
||--0-0----0-0-0-0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0-----0-0-0--0--0-3--0-3--|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----7-----------------------|-----7--------------------|
|--0-----0-0-0-0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0-----0-0-0--3---2---1--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----7-----------------------|-----7----------------------|
|--0-----0-0-0-0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0-----0-0--0-0--0-3--0-3--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----7----------------------|-----7--------------------||
|--0-----0-0--0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0-----0-0-0--3---2---1--||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------------|------------------------------|
||--*--*----*----*------------|--*--*----*----*--------------|
||--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-3--2-3--|--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-5 \ 2-5 \ |
||----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------| |
|----------------------------|---------------------------| |
|--*--*----*----*------------|--*--*---------------------|*| x 2
|--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-3--2-3--|--2--2--2-2-0-0-5---4---3--|*|
|----------------------------|---------------------------| |
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Part 4: [ Time 01:32 - 1:39 ]
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||------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------------|
||-----7---------------7--|--------------------3--(3)-3--|
||--0-------0--5---6------|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-1---0--1--|
||------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7---------------7--|--------------------3--(3)-3--|
|--0-------0--5---6------|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-1---0--1--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------R-- --||
|--------------E-- --||
|--2--2--2--2--S-- --||
|--------------T-- --||
|-----------------------||
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Part 5: [ Time 01:39 - 01:46 ]
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||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------|--2--(2)-2--0----2h3-2p0-2h3-2p0-|
||--7-------7-----7--8-----|--2 h 3--3--0--------------------|
||--0----0--0--0--------0--|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/the_shortest_straw_btab_ver_4.html ]
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----2--2-------2h3-2p0-2h3-2p0-||
|--0----0--0--0--7--8--0--|--2--3--3--0--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
...
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Part 6: Repeat Part 1, ignoring the final two bars. [ Time 01:46 - 02:16 ]
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Part 7: Repeat Part 2. [ Time 02:16 - 02:29 ]
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Part 8: Repeat Part 3. [ Time 02:29 - 02:55 ]
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Part 9: Repeat Part 4. [ Time 02:55 - 03:03 ]
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Part 10: Repeat Part 5 [ Time 03:03 - 03:10 ]
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Part 11: Repeat Part 1, ignoring the final two bars. [ Time 03:10 - 03:39 ]
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Part 12: Repeat the first two bars of Part 2 [ Time 03:39 - 03:46 ]
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Part 13: [ Time 03:46 - 03:58 ]
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||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--|--1--1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
|----------------------------|--------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|------------*--*---*------| | x 2
|--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--|--3--3--3-3-0--3---2---1--|*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
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Guitar Solo 1 Backing: [ Time 03:58 - 04:41 ]
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| |-----------| |----------------------------|----------------------------|
|2|--R-- --|4|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|/|--E-- --|/|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|4|--S-- --|4|--0--0--0-0-0--0--0-1--0-1--|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-3--0-3--|
| |--T--------| |----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
|----------------------------|--------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| | x 2
|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0--0--0-0-0--3---2---1--|*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
||-----R-------------------|--R-------------------|--R-------------------|
||-----E-- ------------|--E-- ------------|--E-- ------------|
||-----S-- ------------|--S-- ------------|--S-- ------------|
||--0--T-- --0-1--0-1--|--T-- --0-3--0-3--|--T-- --0-1--0-1--|
||-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----R-----------------| |
|-----E-- -------------|*|
|-----S-- -------------| | x 2
|--0--T-- --3---2---1--|*|
|-----------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||--2--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--|--3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
|----------------------------|--------------------------|*|
|----------------------------|---------------*---*---*--| | x 2
|--4--4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|--5--5--5-5-0--5---4---3--|*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------| |
|--R-----------R------||
|--E-- -------E-- --||
|--S-- --0----S-- --||
|--T-- --1----T-- --||
|---------------------||
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Part 14: Repeat Part 1 with the following variations: [ Time 04:41 - 04:55 ]
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||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|----------------------1--|
||--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1--0----0--3--0-----|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------7----------|----------------1--------|-------------7----------|
|--0--1--0-------0--0----|--0--1--0----0-----0--3--|--0--1--0-------0--0----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------1--|--------------------------|----------------*-----*--|
|--0--1--0----0--3--0-----|--0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0--|--0--1--0----0--3-----3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| |--------------| |
|2|--------------|4|
|/|-----*--------|/|
|4|-----2-----1--|4|
| |--------------| |
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Guitar Solo 2 Backing: [ Time 04:55 - 05:11 ]
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Repeat Part 1 once, ending it with the following:
| |-----------------| |
|3|-----------------|4|
|/|--*--------------|/|
|4|--0--------------|4|
| |-----------------| |
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Part 15: Repeat Part 3 [ Time 05:11 - 05:37 ]
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Part 16: Repeat Part 4 [ Time 05:37 - 05:45 ]
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Part 17: Variation of Part 5 [ Time 05:45 - 05:52 ]
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||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------|--2--(2)-2--0----2h3-2p0-2h3-2p0-|
||--7-------7-----7--8-----|--2 h 3--3-----------------------|
||--0----0--0--0--------0--|---------------------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------2h3-2p0-2h3-2p0-||
|--5----5--5--0--7--8-----|--2 h 3--3-----------------------||
|----------------------0--|------------0--------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
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Part 18: Repeat Part 1 once, adding the following 2 bars: [ Time 05:52 - 06:13 ]
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|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-3--0-3--||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
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Outro: [ Time 06:13 - 06:35 ]
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Repeat part 13 then continue with the following:
|-----------------------------|-----R--------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----E-- ----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----S-- --7---7-- \-----||
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-1--0-1--|--0--T-- --0---0-- -----||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
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End
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Tab summary: Intro
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Guitar Solo Backing 1
Part 14
Guitar Solo Backing 2
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
Outro
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