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Garage Days Re-visited Bass Tab by Metallica,
Band- Metallica
Album- Garage Days Revisited
1.HELPLESS
Intro: Fast
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-5-7-7p5-|
Main Bass Fig.
12X (times)
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-2-2p0-0-2-2p0-0-2-2p0-0-5-7-7p5-|
Bridge into Chorus (or Pre-Chorus)
G|---------------------|------------------------------|
D|-------------------2-|-----------2-4--4-2-----------|
A|-----5-------2-3-5---|-------2-5----------4-3-2-----|
E|-2-----0-2-3---------|-0-2-3--------------------5-2-|
G|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------2-|-----------2-4--44444444-|
A|-----5-------2-3-5---|-------2-5---------------|
E|-2-----0-2-3---------|-0-2-3-------------------|
Chorus:EXTREMELY FAST
G|------------------------|---|---|----------------------|
D|o-777777777p5---------5-|-%-|-%-|-77777777-----------o-|
A|o-------------7-6-7-6---|---|---|--------------------o-|
E|------------------------|---|---|----------2-2-R-4-4---|
Main Bass Fig. 10X
Pre-Chorus, Chorus
Main Bass Fig. 4X
Bass Solo (Break) 8X
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|----0-2p0---0-2p0-|
E|-2--------2-------|
4X
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|----1-3p1---1-3p1-|
E|-3--------3-------|
4X
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---2-4p2---2-4p2-|
E|-4-------4-------|
4X
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---3-5p3---3-5p3-|
E|-3-------3-------|
2X
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---2-4p2---2-4p2-|
E|-4-------4-------|
2X
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---3-5p3---3-5p3-|
E|-5-------5-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5----3----3----------------------|
A|---2----3---7----5----1------------------------|
E|-4----5--------------------5-3-5-7---3-5-7---0-|
3X, then
G|-------------|-------|
D|-------4444\-|-------|
A|-5-3-5-------|-5-3-5-|
E|-------------|-------|
Now, after that huge break, there's a whole new part to the song...you do
this really long part twice, starting below.
4X
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------2-|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-5-2---|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------2---|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-5---5-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2----------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------0x-0x-0x-|
G|-------------------------------------|---|
D|---------------------------------2---|-%-|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-5---5-|---|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|---|
G|----------------|---|-------------|-------------|
D|------------2---|-%-|-------3\-2\-|-4-2---------|
A|-44444444-5---5-|---|-4\-5\-------|-----4-3-2---|
E|----------------|---|-------------|-----------5-|
(That is the end of the big part you do twice-----/ )
Now do below, which is basically Main Bass Fig. 4X, with a little fill
on the 4th time.
G|---------------------------------|---|---|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-%-|-%-|-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---|---|-----------------22222-------|
E|-2-2p0-0-2-2p0-0-2-2p0-0-5-7-7p5-|---|---|-2-2p0-0-2-2p0-0-------0-0-0-|
Now do Main Bass Fig. 8X, which is part of the beginning of the guitar
solo; the rest of the guitar solo is below.
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------2---|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-5---5-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2----------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------0x-0x-0x-|
G|-------------------------------------|---|
D|---------------------------------2---|-%-|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-5---5-|---|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|---|
G|----------------|---|-------------|-------------|
D|------------2---|-%-|-------2\-3\-|-4-2---------|
A|-44444444-5---5-|---|-4\-5\-------|-----4-3-2---|
E|----------------|---|-------------|-----------5-|
Now, right when guitar solo stops and you're done with the above, go
back to Main Bass Fig. 4X
After that, do below lick, slowly and loudly.
G|-------------------------|---|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-%-|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------|---|-----------------------------|
E|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-0-0-|---|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|
Do this slowly also, but fade out.
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|
2.THE SMALL HOURS
/--------------------------------------Verse------------------------------------------------\
Bass Part 1 where
/-----------------------------\ /-fill goes-\ /--Part 1\
F|------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|
C|------------------------|---%---|---%---|---%---|--------------|----------|--%--|
G|------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|
D|--0-0--2h3-2h3--0-0--3--|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|
Chorus--------------------------------------------------------------\
F|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o-|
G|-o----------------5---------------|--------------5-------7---7h8p7--o-|
D|----0-0-0---5-7-----7-5-7--5-3----|--0-0-0---5-7----7-5---------------|
After these, there's a break and then a speeded up riff which serves as a guitar solo��.
4 times, then
F|----------------|-------|
C|----------------|-------|
G|----------------|-------|
D|--0-----1---2-1-|-(0)---|
(this is the speeded up riff)
F|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-008-|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-0032--|
Play the above speed riff again and again until immediately after solo stops, then
F|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-008--|
F|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-008--0-0010--|--0-000-000-000-000-0010--0-0012--|
F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-0012--0-012--|
Then back to the verse, chorus and then closing riff, which is directly below:
3 times, then
F|--------------------|---------------------------|
C|--------------------|---------------------------|
G|--------------------|----------------------1----|
D|--0----0-1-2---2-1--|--0----0-1-2---2-1------0--|
/--Fill 1--------\---|
F|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
G|-----5----------------|
D|--/7----7-5---3---1---|
/--Fill 2-----------------------\--|
F|-------------------------------------|
C|--------3h5-------5-------5-----4----|
G|--3h5-------5p3----------------------|
D|-----------------------3-----2-------|
/--Fill3-------------------\--|
F|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|-7----------5-7-5---------------|
D|-------5h7---------5---3---1----|
/--Fill 4-------------------\--|
F|-------------------------------|
C|-------3h5---------------------|
G|--3h5------5-------------------|
D|-----------------5---3--2--1---|
/--Fill 5----------------\--|
F|------------------------------|
C|-------------------------22---|
G|-------1h3--------------------|
D|--3h5-------3-3---2---1-------|
/--Fill 6------------------------------------------\--|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------4h6---------------------------------------------|
G|--4h6-------4-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1----|
(on the last fill, 6, pluck the hammer-on's really strong, then slow down,
then on the rapidly declining low notes, go pretty fast.)
3.THE WAIT
Intro only Guitar, the bass comes in with:
G:---------------------|
D:---------------------|
A:---------------------|
E:-8/0~-----12/00------|
Intro/Verse
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------22-2---33---------22-2---------------22-2----33----------22-2-3~--| 2x
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00-00-0------11----00-00-0------11111-00-00-0-----11------00-00-0---------|
Chorus
G:--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
A:-------2~----3~-----/8-8-8-8-------------2~-22223~-3333-------------|
E:-5~------------------------------5~-5555-----------------1-1-1-111--|
Bridge (it\'s the same like Verse):
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------10109-|
D:--------22-2---33---------22-2-------------22-2---33---------22-2-3------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00-00-0----11----00-00-0-----11111-00-00-0----11-----00-00-0------------|
Verse
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------22-2---33---------22-2--------------22-2---33----------22-2-3~--| 2x
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00-00-0------11----00-00-0-----11111-00-00-0-----11-----00-00-0---------|
Chorus
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
A:-------2~----3~----/8-8-8-8------------2~-22223~-3333------------|
E:-5~----------------------------5~-5555----------------1-1-1-111--|
2:28 - 2:51 The bass plays in this part a lot of licks.
G:--------------------------------------------------------------------------1010-9-----------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------/3-3322-------------/3-3322-|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-111110~----111110~------111110~------111110~------0~--111110------------------------------|
2:52 - 3:13
G:-------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------33-------------------------33---|
A:-------------------------------------------------|
E:-111110~------111---0~------111110~-----111---3~-|
G:--------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------33------------------------33-----------|
A:--------------------------------------------------------|
E:-111110~------111---0~------111110~-----111---3~--33333-|
3:14 - 3:26
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|
E:-000000000000000000000000000
3:27 The guitar plays the Verse but you have to play this:
G:------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:------------33------------------------------33---------------3-3--|
A:------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00000000111----0000000011111----00000000111-----000000001111-1-1-|
Solo (its the same like Verse)
G:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------22-2---33---------22-2---------------22-2---33----------22-2-3~--| 2x
A:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00-00-0------11----00-00-0------11111-00-00-0-----11-----00-00-0---------|
4:02 - 4:07
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|
E:-000000000000000000000000000
4:08 - 4:19 The guitar plays the Verse but you have to play this:
G:----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:------------33------------------------------33---------------3~-|
A:----------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-00000000111----0000000011111----00000000111-----000000001111---|
Chorus
G:------------------------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
A:-------2~----3~-----/8-8-8-8-------------2~-22223~-3333-----|
E:-5~------------------------------5~-5555----------------1~--|
4:44
G:------------------1010-|
D:---------22-2---33-----|
A:-----------------------|
E:-00-00-0-----11--------|
4.CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY
Intro play 4 times
||---------------------5--6--|--7---------------------||------------------------|
||*-----------5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6--7--*||------------------------|
||*--5--6--7-----------------|-----------------------*||------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|
4x
||----------------------------||-----------------|------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||-----------------|------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||--7--5-----2--0--|------------------------------|
||---0--2-----2-----2-----2---||-----------------|--5--2-----0--1---------------|
||----------------------------||-----------------|------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||-----------------|------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||--7--5-----2--0--|------------------------------|
||---0--2-----2-----2-----2---||-----------------|--5--2-----0--1---------------|
4x 1st and 2nd verses 12x
||----------------------------||----------------------------||--------------|
||*--------------------------*||*--------------------------*||--------------|
||*--------------------------*||*--------------------------*||--------------|
||---0--2-----2-----2-----2---||----0h2-----2-----2-----2---||--------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----|
-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----|
3h5-----5-----5-----5--|--3h5-----5-----5-----5--|--3h5-----5-----5-----5--|----|
------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
------------|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|------------------------------------|
------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
3--0--------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
4x
||------------------------------||-----|
||*----------------------------*||-----|
||*----------------------------*||-----|
||------0h2-----2-----2-----2---||-----|
Repeat for 2nd verse
Interlude
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---7--5-----2--0---|
|-------------------|
4x
---------------||----------------------------||-----------------|---------------|
---------------||*--------------------------*||-----------------|---------------|
---------------||*--------------------------*||--7--5-----------|---------------|
5--2-----0--1--||---0--2-----2-----2-----2---||-----------9--7--|---------------|
---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------|-------------------------------------|
---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------|-------------------------------------|
---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------|-------------------------------------|
5--2-----|--0--|--1--|--2--|--2--|--0--2--|--2--2-------------------------------|
guitar solo 8x
||----------------------------||--------------|---------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||--5--3--------|---------------------------------|
||*--------------------------*||--------5--3--|--1------------------------------|
||----3h5-----5-----5-----5---||--------------|-----5--0--1---------------------|
8x
||---------------------------||-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||*-------------------------*||-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||*-------------------------*||--7--5-----2--0--|--------------|----------------|
||---0h2-----2-----2-----2---||-----------------|--5--2-----0--|----------------|
bass solo
-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
-5--7--5--7--5--7-----5--|--0--2--0--2--0--5--0--|------------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|-------|
------------------------|-----0--2--0--------|--------------------------|-------|
------------------------|--------------2-----|--------------------------|-------|
5--7--5--7--5--7-----5--|--2--------------2--|--5--7--5--7--5--7-----5--|-------|
---------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------|
---------------------|--2--1--0-----------------|-----------------------|-------|
------------------2--|-----------2--1--0-----0--|-----------------------|-------|
0--2--0--2--0--2-----|--------------------------|--0--2--0--2--0--5-----|-------|
------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
------5-----------|--------5--------------|-------------------------------------|
5--7-----0--2--5--|--5--7-----7--0--2--5--|-------------------------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
for the 3rd verse...repeat riffs from other verses
5.LAST CARESS
Verse 1:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------1-------3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------1-------3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------1-------3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------1-------3------|
Verse 2, 3, 4:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------1-------3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------ ----1-------3------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5-------5---5-------5---7---5--|
|-1-------1---1-------1---1---5--|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---5---3----------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------5---0--|
Chorus:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1--|-3-------3---3-------3---5---7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8---8---8---0---7---7---0---0--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------0---2--|
|-1-------1---1-------1---1---2--|-3-------3---3-------3----------|
1. 2.
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|--------------------------------|
|Fig.1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|-1---1---1---3-------3---3------|--------------------------------|
end Fig.1|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-1---1---1---3-------3---3------|
3.
Repeat Fig.1 x 4 then
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------1-------3-------|
6.GREEN HELL
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
Another riff in there is this, the main one....
G|----------------------------|
D|------------------------1---|
A|----------------------1---3-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------|
The last riff is this, used in the chorus,
"green hell, green hell" part.
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
After one of the chorus's (either the 1st or 2nd time,
I'm not sure), there is a little fill that goes
something like the little riff below.
G|----------------------|
D|------7---------------|
A|-5-7----7-5-----------|
E|--------------7-6-5---|
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