"Holier Than Thou"

Metallica
Transcription by Tim Scott

This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab.It gives enough information 

on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting

how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...





Intro Rhythm 1

_______3______3_______repeat umpteen times....

--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------

--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------

-/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------

2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------

2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------

0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------

(brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)





 Lead in to rhythm 2 

--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----

--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----

--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----

--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-----

--|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|-----

--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----

 /\ P.M.-------| P.M.---|(~ =vibrato)

Hold on 1st time only ___/

P.M. and pick otherwise...



Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics) 

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-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------

-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------

--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------

-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------

 PM-|



End of verse riff

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-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------

----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------



Riff before solo(Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)

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-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------

--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------

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Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this

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----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------

--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------

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I haven't got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but

I also don't plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..



With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the

song...Have fun with it...