Band - Metallica
Song - Shoot Me Again
Album - St. Anger
Tabbed by Stevo (MasterofBass)
Tuning - low to high, C, G, C, F
The times that each thing happens in the song is in the parenthesis
(they may be off by a second or to, but they're close)
/ - Slide Up
- Slide down
Guitar Opening (0:00 to 0:07)
Then cool bass part 8x (0:08 to 0:16)
F-I---------------------------I
C-I---12---0--10--12---0--10--I
G-I---------------------------I
C-I---------------------------I
Then Bass only (0:17 to 0:19)
F-I----------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--12---0-0--10--12--0--0--10--12---0-0--10--12---0-0--10--I
G-I----------------------------------------------------------I
C-I----------------------------------------------------------I
Guitars back in - just play the open c string the whole time (just listen it's
easy to hear) until the break (0:20 to 0:40)
F-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
Then it's 8x (0:41 to 0:57)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
Verse Riff 2x (0:58 to 1:14)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0--0--0---1--1-1--1--1--1--/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\-I
(this is on the 13th fret)
Play this again 4x (1:15 to 1:23)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
Then Verse riff 2x more (1:24 to 1:40)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0--0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0--0--0---1--1-1--1--1--1---/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\-I
(this is on the 13th fret)
then when James sings "Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet" play this: (1:41 to 1:53)
F-I-------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------I 3x
G-I-------------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0-0-0--0-3-1--1-1-1--I
On the last time of "Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet" play: (1:54 to 1:57)
F-I-----------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0--0--0---0--3--1~~I let the C# (1st fret) ring with the guitars
After that just play the low C string open with everything else (1:58 to 2:06)
F-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I------------------------------------------------I
G-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I
until....James starts the "All the shots you take" part (2:07 to 2:24)
play this 2x
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I
(12th and13th fret again)
when James sings just "All the shots.", play this 2x (2:25 to 2:28)
F-I------------------I
C-I------------------I
G-I------------------I
C-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
then play this 2x again (2:29 to 2:45)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I
(12th and13th fret yet again)
Play this another 4x (2:46 to 2:54)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
Verse Riff 2x more (2:55 to 3:10)
F-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0--0--0---1--1-1--1--1--1---/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\--I
(13th fret)
Play this another 4x (3:11 to 3:20)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
Verse Riff 2x more (3:21 to 3:37)
F-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0--0--0---1--1-1--1--1--1---/13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\--I
(13th fret)
then back to "Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet" (3:38 to 3:50)
F-I-------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------I 3x
G-I-------------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0-0-0--0-3-1--1-1-1--I
last time (3:51 to 3:54)
F-I-----------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------I
C-I--0--0-0--0--0--0---0--3--1~~I let the C# (1st fret) ring with the guitars
Play open C string with band (3:55 to 4:03)
"All the shots" again (4:04 to 4:20)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I 2x
(12th and13th fret again)
this again (4:21 to 4:24)
F-I--------------------I
C-I--------------------I
G-I--------------------I
C-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---I2x
then play this 2x again (4:25 to 4:42)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I
(12th and13th fret yet again)
4x of this (4:43 to 4:49)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
Guitar break (4:50 to 4:52)
then back to playing low C string open with everything else (4:53 to 5:12)
F-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I------------------------------------------------I
G-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I
another guitar break
play the open low C string again from (5:23 to 5:30)
F-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I------------------------------------------------I
G-I------------------------------------------------I
C-I---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--I
next play this "Bite my tongue" part (5:31 to 5:34)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I
Repeat the last two figures again (5:35 to 5:43)
Play the open C string (5:44 to 5:51)
Next riff 4x (5:52 to 6:09)
F-I-------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-------------------------------------------------------I
G-I------------------------------------------------0-3-5--I
C-I-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--------I
"Bite my tongue" again (6:10 to 6:13)
F-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I-----------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I
Then it's 1x (6:14 to 6:17)
F-I----------------I
C-I----------------I
G-I----------------I
C-I--0---0---0--0--I
then it's back to all the shots (6:18 to 6:35)
F-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I
(12th and13th fret yet again)
Next... (6:36 to 6:39)
F-I--------------------I
C-I--------------------I
G-I--------------------I
C-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---I2x
play this 2x (6:40 to 6:56)
F-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
C-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--/12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-13-13-13I
(12th and13th fret yet again)
End with playing this 4x (6:57 to 7:05)
F-I-------------------I
C-I-------------------I
G-I-------------------I
C-I--0-0-0---0-0-0-1--I
End with an open low C
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