Metallica

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Ride The Lightning

Palm Mute = *, Bend = b, Vibrato = v

This tab is mainly for the lead guitar (Hetfield). 
The single note picked patterns however are
the rhythm guitar. Power chords are the lead.


|--------------||-10-9-8-7-----10----------------|
|--------------||----------8-7-------------------|
|--------------||-----------------7-6~-----------|
|-----------2~-||-----------------------------2~-|
|-4-4—-4-4—-2~-||-------------------4-4—-4-4—-2~-|
|-2-2—-2-2—-0~-||-------------------2-2—-2-2—-0~-|
  * *  * *                          * *  * *
                           x4          x3
|-10-9-8-7-----10------------||----------||------|
|----------8-7---------------||----------||------|
|-----------------7-6~-------||----------||------|
|-------------------------2~-||-------2~-||------|
|-------------------4—-4--2~-||-4--4--2~-||-4--4-|
|-------------------2—-2--0~-||-2--2--0~-||-2--2-|
                    *  *        *  *        *  *
                                                               x2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2------------------------------4-|
|-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-4-5-0--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-3-2-4-5-2-|
|-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0-2-3----0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0-3-1-0-2-3---|
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *    * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
         (Verse)                              x2
|-------||--------------------------------------|
|-------||--------------------------------------|
|-------||--------------------------------5--2--|
|-2~----||-2~----5~-----------2~----5~----5--2—-|
|-2~----||-2~----5~---5-5x-—-2~----5~----3--0—-|
|-0~----||-0~----3~---3-3x---0~----3~----------|
                      * *
(Chorus)                                                           x2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3----------------------------------3-----|
|-------5--------7--------5-3-4--------5--------7--------5-----3-4-3-|
|-------5--------7--------5-1-4--------5--------7--------5-----1-4-3-|
|-0-0-0-3—-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-3---2—-0-0-0-3—-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-3-0-0---2-1-|
  * * *    * * *    * * *        * * *    * * *    * * *   * *


(Verse) x2


(Chorus) x2



|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-12-9-11----9------------------------------------
|-2~------12---11-12-9-11----9----2~--------------
|-2~----------------------12---10-2~--------------
|-0~------------------------------0~--------------

--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-12-9-11----9-------------------------------------
-2~------12---11-12-9-11----9----5--------5-------
-2~----------------------12---10-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5
-0~------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3
                                    * * *    * * *
                                                x2
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
-12-9-11----9--------------------4~---------------|
-2~------12---11-12-9-11----9----4~---------------|
-2~----------------------12---10-2~---------------|
-0~-----------------------------------------------|


(Verse) x2


(Chorus) x2


                              x12
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-9~---11-11—-9~---11-11—-12-12--|
|-9~---11-11—-9~---11-11—-12-12--|
|-7~---9—-9---7~---9—-9---10-10--|
|-0~----------0~-----------------|
       *  *        *  *   *  *