Learn Music: The Unforgiven guitar tab - Metallica tabs

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 >Subject: The Unforgiven (Part I), Metallica
 
 		Unforgiven -Metallica
 		++++++++++
 
 There are actually 4 different guitars played in this song, so it's quite
 difficult to type in the whole tabs, so I've left the rhythm guitar and
 some fills off, but here is some kind of version to play along with
 I hope you are satisfied. If you need the fills, email me, and I'll
 try to find out a way to type them in a way that can be read. The rhythm
 figure might be a bit easier, so I might make a ChordPro file out of it.
 
 The timing should be right, 1/8 note equals to 0---, 1/16 to 0- etc.)
 
 I've used two .s to indicate the repeat mark in the notes, I hope it doesn't
 bother you
 
 Slowly ( 0--- =69 )
 
 THE INTRO PART:
 ---------------
 4/4 timing
  Gtr II (electric, clean tone)                     H            ~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------2---4-5^4-------5-4-2---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |Gtr I. (acous.)
 | let ring            Play 4 times
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |.0-------0-----0-----0-----1----.|-0-------0-----0-----1-----1-----|
 |-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
 |.------2-----2-----2-----2-----2.|-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
 |-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
  ~~~~~~~~        H          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |(2)------2---4-4^5-------5-2-----|(2)------2---4-4^5-------5-4-2---|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
 |
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-0-------0-----1-----1-----1-----|-0-------0-----0-----1-----1-----|
 |-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
 |-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
 |-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
  ~~~~~~~~        H          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |(2)------2---4-4^5-------5-2-----|(2)------2---4-4^5----4^5------5-|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
 |
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-0-------0-----1-----1-----1-----|-------------0---1-------1-----1-|
 |-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|---------2-----------------------|
 |-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----------------2-----2---|
 |-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------3-----------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
      ~~~~~~~~ sl             H                     H       H
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------------3^5-----5-|
 |-5-4---------4----------2-2^4---|-2-------2---4-4^5---------------|
 |-----5-----------2---------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
 |                              H
 |---------------------------------|-------------------------0-----0-|
 |---------------------------------|-------------0---1-----------1---|
 |-----0-------0-----------2---2^4-|-2-------2-----------------------|
 |---0-------------2---2-2---------|-------2---------------2---------|
 |---------------------------------|-----0---------------3-----------|
 |-3-------3-----------------------|---------------------------------|
 
                sl        sl    H    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-5-3-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-----4-------4--1------4-1-2^4-|-2-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |
 |
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-1-3-0-------3-------------------|---------0-----0-----0-----1-----|
 |-----------------1---1---4-1-2^4-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
 |---------------------------------|-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
 |---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
 |---------3-----------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 (Gtr.II out)
 |---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 |
 |                        (Gtr.I out)
 |---------------------------------||
 |-0-------0-----0-----0-----1-----||
 |-----2-----2-----2-----2---------||
 |-------2-----2-----2-----2-------||
 |-0-------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------||
 
 
 VERSE PART
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
              H    ~~~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |.----------------------------8---|-8---7---7-----------------------|
 |-7---5---4-4^5-------------------|-------------5---5-----------7---|
 |-----------------5---------------|---------------------------------|
 |.--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  New  blood_joins this earth  and quickly he's sub-dued       Through
 
 
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 constant pain_ disgrace,- the young _boy_ learns their rules._   With
 
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 time the child draws in      this whipping boy done wrong.        De-
 
              H    ~~~~~~~         2/4 timing
 |---------------------------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------------------8---|-8---7---7-------|
 |-7---5---4-4^5-------------------|-------------5---|
 |-----------------5---------------|-----------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------|
 prived of all_his_ thoughts, the young_ man struggles
 
     P.M--|  P.M--|  P.M--|  P.M--|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-5-------4-------2-------0-------|---------------------------------|
 |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|-5-------------------------------|
 |-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-3---------5-3-0-5---------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
 on and  on. He knows,_      oo, a  vow unto   his own            that
 
     P.M--|  P.M--|  P.M--|  P.M--|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-5-------4-------2-------0-------|---------------------------------|
 |---0-------0-------0-------0-----|-5-------------------------------|
 |-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-3---------5-3-0-3---------------|
 |---------------------------------|-----------------5---------------|
 never from_ this day_         his will they'll take a - way__________
 
 2/4 timing
 |----------------||
 |----------------||
 |----------------||
 |----------------||
 |-2--------------||
 |-0--------------||
 ______________
 
 
 CHORUS PART
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 Gtr II
 mf                       ~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~  sl.           H
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |--------2---4---5-------5------5-|-5-4---------4----------2-2^4---|
 |---------------------------------|-----5-----------2---------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 What I've felt,__  what I've   known never shined through in what I've
 
   ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------------------5-----5-|-5-3-----------------------------|
 |-2-------2---4---5---------------|-----4-------4--1------4-1-2^4-|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 | --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 shown. Never be.___   Never see.______  Won't see what_ might have___
 
   ~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~              ~~~~~~~  sl.           H
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-2-------2---4---5-------5-----5-|-5-4---------4----------2-2^4---|
 |---------------------------------|-----5-----------2---------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 been.What I've felt,what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown
 
   ~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~ sl.       sl.   H
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-------------------------5-----5-|-5-3-----------------------------|
 |-2-------2---4---5---------------|-----4-------4--1------4-1-2^4-|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
           Never free.     Never me.           So I dub thee unforgiv-
 
 
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Played after 1st verse
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|--------------------------------.|
 |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------|--------------------------------.|
 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 en.                                                            2.They
 
 
  Play after 2nd verse                Interlude
  Gtr. I                             Gtr. II
 |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 |-0-------0-----0-----0-----1-----||---------------------------------|
 |-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---||---4-5-7-5-4^5^4---4-------------|
 |-------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-||-7---------------7---5-5^7-------|
 |-0-------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 
 
 To be continued....
 
 Additional Lyrics:
 
 2. They dedicate their lives to running all of his
 He tries to please them all, this bitter man he is
 Throughout the life the same, he's battled constantly
 This fight he cannot win. A tired man they see no longer cares.
 The old man then prepares to die regretfully
 That old man here is me. (To Chorus)
 
 
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 From: Mary Sekelsky 
 Tabbed by:  Luke Chase (the next Jimi Hendrix, from Elk Mound High School)
 
 I've looked everywhere on the net and couldn't find a tab for the guitar
 solo in The Unforgiven.  Well, here it finally is!  Tabbing this out was
 a
 very painstaking process because I had to use the Midi To Tab program to
 convert The Unforgiven midi into tablature, then I had to go through and
 fix
 it because the midi wasn't completely accurate.  Enuf complaining... so
 here
 it is!!!
 
 
 ============================================================================
 Guitar 1 (clean)
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0--------0--------0--------0--------1----------------------------|
 |-----2--------2--------2--------2--------2-------------------------|
 |--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2----------------------|
 |--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Guitar 2 (distorted)
        A5     C5  E5            D5             A5            A5
  C5
 |----|------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------
 |----|------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------
 |----|--------------------------2---|-2--2--2--------------------|-------0---
 |----|-2---2--5-----------------0---|-0--0--0--2---2---------2---|-2--2------
 |-3--|--------3---2---2-------------|----------0---0---0--0--0---|-0--0--3---
 |----|-5---5------0---0---0--0------|----------------------------|-----------
 
 E5            D5             A5         A5          C5  E5            D5
 ------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 ------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 --------------2---|-2--2--2-------4b/(5)----|-------0-----------------2---|
 --------------0---|-0--0--0--2----------2---|-2--2--------------------0---|
 2---2-------------|----------0---0------0---|-0--0--3---2---2-------------|
 0---0---0--0------|-------------------------|-----------0---0---0--0------|
 
           A5            A5          C5  E5            D   D5
 |----------------------------|--------------------------|----------
 |----------------------------|--------------------------|----------
 |-2--2--2--------------------|-------0-----------------2|-2---2--2-
 |-0--0--0--2---2---------2---|-2--2--------------------0|----------
 |----------0---0---0--0--0---|-0--0--3---2---2----------|-5---5--5-
 |----------------------------|-----------0---0---0--0---|----------
 
   A5                                                    C5
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
 |-----1-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------
 |-----------------------------|-2-----------0-----------0-----------
 |-2------0-----------0--------|----0-----------0------------0-------
 |-----------0--0--------0--0--|-------0--0--------0--0--3------3--0-
 |-5---------------------------|-------------------------------------
 
            G5    E5                  A5
 ---------|-------------|-----------|---------
 ---------|-------------|-----------|---------
 ---------|-------------|-----------|---------
 0--------|-0-----------|-----------|-2-------
 ---3--0--|-------2-----|-2---------|-0-------
 ---------|-3-----0-----|-0---------|---------
 
 =====================================================================
 
 Interlude (w/guitar 1)                                     ~~~~~~
 |------------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0------------|
 |-----0--2--3--2--0h1p0--0-----------------0--1--3--1--0--3---------|
 |--2------------------------2--0--2---------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
                                           ~~~~~~
 |--3-/5--3--2-------------------------------------------------------|
 |--3-/5--3--3-/5--3--1--0--3--0-------------------------1-----------|
 |----------------------------------------------------0-----0--2-----|
 |-------------------------------------------0--1--2-----------------|
 |-------------------------------------0--3--------------------------|
 |----------------------------------3--------------------------------|
                                ~~~~~~
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------1-------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------0-----0--2-------------------------------------|
 |-----------0--1--2-------------------------------------------------|
 |-----0--3----------------------------------------------------------|
 |--3----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 |--3--2h3p2p0--2--3--5--7--3--7--10----10-12----12-14----14-15<17>--|
 |-----------------------------------8--------10-------12------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                         Guitar 1 out
 Solo (distorted w/lots of reverb) with Guitar 2
 
        A5     C5  E5            D5             A5
                      ~~~~                                 ~~~~~~
 |--2b/(3)-(3)b2----------------------------------------------------|
 |--3b/(4)-(4)b3--1-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------2------2--0-------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------2--0-----0-------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------3-----3--0-----0--3----------|
 |--------------------------------------------------3----------------|
        A5     C5  E5            D5             A5
 
                                                                  /
 //
 |------------0---0-2-0-2-3-2-3--12-10-12----8-------10----8-15b/(17)|
 |----1-3-1-3---3-------------------------10---10--10---10-----------|
 |--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        A5     C5  E5            D5             A5
 
 |--(17)-(17)b15-12-20b/(22)-(22)-(22)b20--17--20p17---------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------20--20b/(22)--|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        A5     C5  E5            D5             A5
 
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----17-19-17-16-17----16-------------------------------------------|
 |--9----------------19-----17-16-14-16-14-12----12------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------15----15-14-15-14-12--|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        A5     C5  E5            D  D5
 
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--17-16-14-16-14-12----12------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------15----15-14-15-14-12---------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        A5                                                    C5
 
 |-----8--12p8----12p8----12p8----12p8----12p8----12p8----12p8-------|
 |--10---------10------10------10------10------10------10------10----|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 |--10b/(12)-(12)b10-8--15b/(17)--17-19-20-19-17-19-17h19p17-15b(17)|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 |--17-15------------15----------------------------------------------|
 |--------17-15b/(17)---17-15-15-13-15-13-15b/(17)--15-13------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 |--15--13-15-13-12--13-12-------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 =====================================================================
 
 Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:28:42 +1000 (EST)
 From: The Loan Arranger 
 Subject: TAB : Metallica - Unforgiven - complete solo (I think)
 
     The Unforgiven
 
 Metallica
 "Metallica"
 
 Just the solo for now
 
 e-------------------------------------|-0--0--0---0--0--0-------------|
 b-------------------------------------|-0--1--3---5--3--1--1h3////|
 g---4-5-7--5-4h5p4---4----------------|-------------------------------|
 d-7----------------7----5--5h7////|-------------------------------|
 a-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 e-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 e-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 b---8/108---7---3h5--3--------3------|-------------------------------|
 g---7/-97---7-----------5--4----4----|----------------------5--------|
 d-----------------------------------5//------------------5---5--5h7-|
 a-------------------------------------|---------3/5--6--7-------------|
 e-------------------------------------|---3--5------------------------|
 
 e--------------------7-------7---------10-------|
 b--8--7h8p7---7-8-10---8//---8//-8----8///|
 g-----------9-----------------------------------|
 d-----------------------------------------------|
 a-----------------------------------------------|
 e-----------------------------------------------|
 
 e-----------12--------------14--------------15-----17///-|
 b//-8/10----10//-10/12----12//-12/14----14-----------|
 g-----------------------------------------------------------|
 d-----------------------------------------------------------|
 a-----------------------------------------------------------|
 e-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
     But I hear you say enough of the Clean stuff already??
             I say OK.
 
 e--)---)-----------------|-------------------------------------|
 b-7---7------------------|-------------------------------------|
 g-7---7----5----------)(-|-----------------------------------5-|
 d-------------7//--7---|-5-------------------------)---/7----|
 a------------------------|---7--53--5--3-----------3----------|
 e------------------------|-----------------5--3--5-------------|
 
                                A.H.      A.H.
 e-------------------------------------10------------8----------|
 b----------------7----7-8-7h8--10//----10//-10-----10///|
 g-7//-5-7-7/9-----9------------------------------------------|
 d--------------------------------------------------------------|
 a--------------------------------------------------------------|
 e--------------------------------------------------------------|
                     A.H. Pitch E         E
 
                    __    __    __
 e-----10----------)  (--)  (--)  (--)/|
 b--10----10-----20---------------------|      __
 g------------/x------------------------|     )  ( = bend and release.
 d--------------------------------------|   20       First strike the note
 a--------------------------------------|            then bend, and release.
 e--------------------------------------|            Repeat as necessary.
                                         ______
                 __           )1+ *     )1+half(
 e////-----)  (--------20--------20---|     __
 b----------(20)-----17-------------------|    )  ( = pre bend and release.
 g----------------------------------------| (20)      First bend the note,
 d----------------------------------------|           then strike and relese.
 a----------------------------------------|           Repeat as necassary
 e----------------------------------------| * = three quarters
       ______
      )1+half(
 e--20----------17-17--20p17------17----)////--------|
 b----------------------------20------20-----------------|
 g----------------------------------------------------/9-|
 d------------------------------------------------17----|
 a-------------------------------------------------------|
 e-------------------------------------------------------|
 
 e-10p9-7-9----9-----------------------------------------|
 b----------10---8--7-----7------------------------------|
 g---------------------9----9-75-7-54-5-4-2///--/14-|
 d-------------------------------------------------------|
 a-------------------------------------------------------|
 e-------------------------------------------------------|
 
    e-----12---------12---------12-|
    b-13------13---------13--------|
 2  g-------------14---------14----|
 4  d------------------------------|
    a------------------------------|
    e------------------------------|
 
    e--------12---------12---------12---------12---------------|
    b-13---------13---------13---------13---------13-----------|
 4  g-----14---------14---------14---------14---------14///-|
 4  d----------------------------------------------------------|
    a----------------------------------------------------------|
    e----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 e------------_----------)--------)////--17-19-|
 b---)-------) (-------20-------20-----------------|
 g-19------19-----17-------------------------------|
 d-------------------------------------------------|
 a-------------------------------------------------|
 e-------------------------------------------------|
 
 e-20-19-17-19--17h19p17---)--17----------------------_--------_----|
 b-----------------------20-----20-17--)-20-17-------) (------) (---|
 g-----------------------------------19--------19--19  p17--19  p17-|
 d------------------------------------------------------------------|
 a------------------------------------------------------------------|
 e------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 e----------_-------20//////---18h20p18-|
 b---)-----) (--17----------------------------|
 g-19----19-----------------------------------|
 d--------------------------------------------|
 a--------------------------------------------|
 e--------------------------------------------|
 
    e------------------|     e------------------------|
    b-17///////-|     b--18p17////////-|
 2  g------------------|  4  g------------------------|
 4  d------------------|  4  d------------------------|
    a------------------|     a------------------------|
    e------------------|     e------------------------|
 
 Written out by The Loan Arranger   c9609436@alinga.newcastle.edu.au
 15/11/96

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