Tabs for
"The Call of Ktulu"
Band: Metallica
Call of the Ktulu
ntro: Play Each Bar Twice, Repeat Twice:
E---5---------5---|---6---------6---|---8----------8---|---5---------5---
B-------6-------6-|-------6-------6-|-------8--------8-|-------6-------6-
G-----7-----7-----|-----7-----9-----|-----9------9-----|-----7-----7-----
D-0-------7-------|-0-------8-------|-0-------10-------|-0-------7-------
A-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------
On second repeat of the above drop the last bar and play this:
E-5---------------|
B-----------------|
G-0---------------|
D-----------------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|
Repeat this twice:
Riff A:
E---------0------|---------0-------
B-------0---0----|-------0---0-----
G-----5------5---|-----5-------5---
D---7------------|---7-----------7-
A-0------------7-|-6---------------
E----------------|-----------------
Then repeat Riff B twice and then go to Riff A then Riff B then
repeat....
Riff B (this is then played with pm and distortion):
E-------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5-
B-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3---
G---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----
D-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------
A---------|---------|---------|---------
E---------|---------|---------|---------
This is the main riff:
Play this twice, then this twice and so on...
E--------------------------------
E---------------------------------
B--------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G--------------------------------
G-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-
D---------------9-----------9/11-
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7/9--
A---------------------------------
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
E---------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-2-------0-2-3-3-------0-2-3-4-------0-2-3-5-------5-3---
E-0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1-------2-2-2-2-------3-3-3-3-----3-
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-2-------0-2-3-3-------0-2-3-4-------2-5-6-5-------2-5-6-
E-0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1-------2-2-2-2-------3-3-3-3-------
... and so on up to about A.
This is the Lead:
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------7------
D-7---7-9-10-9-7----7-9-10-9-7----7-9-10-9-7-----7-9-10-9-7--------
A----------------8-------------9-------------10--------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat this pattern with 12 on the G string as the start, and of
course the final note will be 13 on the B.
All the 21's are bent up a whole step (2 frets)
E------------------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17--21-17-
B-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-21-17--17-21-17---------------------------------------------------
G------20--------20-17--17-20-17------------------------------------
D---------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17---------------------
A------------------------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17------
E---------------------------------------------------21--------21-17-
E-12-10-9--10-9-----9-----------------------------------------------
B--------12----12-10-12-10-9-12-10-9--------------------------------
G-----------------------------------11-9-13-11-9--11-9-----9--------
D-----------------------------------------------12----12-11-12-11-9-
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-12-11-9----11-9-------11------------------------------------------
A---------12------12-11----12-11-9-12-11-9----11-9-------9----------
E------------------------------------------12------12-10---12-10-9--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------4h5h7----5-7-14t715t717t7-----------------
A-------------------4h5h7-------5-7---------------------------------
E-12-10-9\\\4-0h5h7-------------------------------------------------
Play this a few times.
E-------10/20-16---
B----10----------17
G-10---------------
D------------------
A------------------
E------------------
All the 21's are full step bends up.
E--20-16---20-16---20-16---20-16------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-20-
B--------17------17------17-----17/19-------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-18-21-20-18-20-19-17-20-19-17-18-17-15-18-17-15-15-13-12-15-13-12-
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-13-12-10-13-12-10-10-9-7-10-9-7-8-7-5-8-7-5-8-5-------------------
B-----------------------------------------------8-5-5-8-5----------
G---------------------------------------------------7-----7-5-5-7-5-
D------------------------------------------------------------7------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-7-5-5-7-5---------------------------------------------------------
A----7-----7-5------------------------------------------------------
E-------------8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------12-5-7-13-5-7-14-5-7-15-5-7-16-5-7-17-5-7-18-5-7---
D---------5-7-9-----------------------------------------------------
A------5-7----------------------------------------------------------
E-10-8-5------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------19-5-7-20-5-7-21-5-7-22-5-7-23-5-7-24-5-7-24--------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-9-7-9-5-9-11-9---9-7-9-5-9-11-9999999999999999--9////-------------
A-7-5-7-3-7-9--7---7-5-7-3-7-9--7777777777777777--7////-------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
The following notes are speed picked:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------2-3-5-3-5-7-5-7-8-7-8-10-8-10-12///-------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
