Metroid Theme Chords & Tabs
Tabbed by: SethMegadefan
email: rdlilly@mchsi.com
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
This is the NES Metroid theme. It's the original, and it's awesome.
Hope you enjoy it. I checked and it's about 100% accurate.
t r i t r i t r i t r i
Q _________ Q _________ Q _________ Q _________
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|5-----------5-------5---5-----------5-------5---|8-----------8-------8---8-----------8-------8---|
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|----------------3-----------------------3-------|----------------6-----------------------6-------|
t r i t r i t r i t r i
Q _________ Q _________ Q _________ Q _________
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|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|5-----------5-------5---5-----------5-------5---|8-----------8-------8---8-----------8-------8---|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------3-----------------------3-------|----------------6-----------------------6-------|
W H. S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
W H. S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
W H. S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|8-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
W W
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|8-----------------------------------------------|8-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
H. Q H. S S S S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_computer_games/metroid_theme_tab_ver_2.html ]
H. Q H. S S S S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
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H. Q H. S S S S
|8-----------------------------------------------|6-----------------------------------5--6--5-----|
|------------------------------------8-----------|---------------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
W W
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|8-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|9-----------------------------------------------|
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t r i t r i
H. _________ H Q _________
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|10----------------------------------10--8---10--|11----------------------6---------------6---8---|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
t r i t r i
H. _________ H Q _________
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------6---8---|
|10----------------------------------10--8---10--|11----------------------6-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
W H H
|10----------------------------------------------|8-----------------------7-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
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t r i t r i
H. _________ H Q _________
|8-----------------------------------11--10--8---|10--------------------------------------10--13--|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------11----------------------|
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W W
|14----------------------------------------------|(14)--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
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Whew! For questions or comments, send me an email or a PM.
Tablature Notation:
S Sixteenth note
t r i
_________ Triplet
Q Quarter note
H Half note
H. Dotted half note (equal to 3 quarter notes)
W Whole note
(note) Ghost note
