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Master of Puppets Guitar Tablature
Band: MetallicA
Song: Master Of Puppets
Album: Master Of Puppets
Tabbed By: Moti G. aka "MAG", mag_mcp@hotmail.com, 2004

Instrument: Guitar (transcribed for single guitar, originally two guitars)
Tuning: standard (E A D G B e)

Notes:
 The whole song is distorted exept one accoustic riff played by james. all the riffs are played in downwards picking motion,
 not alternate picking, therefor this is a pretty hard song, also lots of palm muting. listen to the song to gte the correct  rythm and speed. i might rewrite it with seperate lead
ythm guitar duties later.

Key:
----
h=hammer on
p=pull off
=slide down
/=slide up
b=bend
~=vibrato
()=let ring
x=dead note (finger mute)
...=palm mute



Intro

|---|---------------------|
|---|---------------------|
|-9-|---------------------|
|-9-|----12---11---(10)---|
|-7-|----12---11---(10)---|
|-0-|----10---9----(8)----|


|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12--11--10----------------------------------| x4
|----------------------12--11--10----------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0----10--9---8----0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2--|
  .................                 .............................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|
  ...............................................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------| 
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2------| 
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|  |
  ...........................................................           | x2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| /
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|
  ...............................................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------2------8------8------8------8------8b-------------|
|-54---54---54--2----7------7------7------7------7----------------|
|-32-0-32-0-32--0--0------0------0------0------0------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x6
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|
  ...............                ...............

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4-4--54-4-4-------------------4---4--------------| x2
|------------------0-2--32-0-2-------------------0h2-0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
  ...............                ...............

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------------------------------------------8------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9------------8--9---------| x3
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9------------6--9---------|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7----8-8-8-8----7---------|
    .....                      .......          .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9----------------2-2---3-3|
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9--9-7-6--6------2-2---1-1|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7-----------8-7--0-0---1-1|
    .....                      .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-------------------5------4-----2---7------5-----4----------9-----5-|
|-2------4------5---3--0-0-2-0-0-0---5------3-----2---2------7-----3-|
|-0--0-0-2--0-0-3-----------------------0-0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-0---|
     ...    ...        ...   ...        ...   ...        ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5---------------------------------|
|-2--2----3--3---------------7-----5--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-2--2----3--3--------2------5-----3--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-0--0----1--1--------0--0-0---0-0----------0--0----1--1-------------|
                         ...   ...
                              
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2------|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|
  ...........................................................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|
  ...............................................

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-54---54---54---|
|-32-0-32-0-32---|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x6
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|
  ...............                ...............

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4-4--54-4-4-------------------4---4--------------| x2
|------------------0-2--32-0-2-------------------0h2-0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
  ...............                ...............

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------------------------------------------8------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9------------8--9---------| x3
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9------------6--9---------|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7----8-8-8-8----7---------|
    .....                      .......          .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9----------------2-2---3-3|
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9--9-7-6--6------2-2---1-1|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7-----------8-7--0-0---1-1|
    .....                      .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-------------------5------4-----2---7------5-----4----------9-----5-|
|-2------4------5---3--0-0-2-0-0-0---5------3-----2---2------7-----3-|
|-0--0-0-2--0-0-3-----------------------0-0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-0---|
     ...    ...        ...   ...        ...   ...        ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5---------------------------------|
|-2--2----3--3---------------7-----5--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-2--2----3--3--------2------5-----3--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-0--0----1--1--------0--0-0---0-0----------0--0----1--1-------------|
                         ...   ...

 CleanAcoustic Strum Riff:
|----------------0h2p0-----3------------------------------------------|
|-------------3--------3-----------3---3-----0-----0-------0-------0--|
|------0----2---2--------2-------0---0---0-------2-------2-------2----|
|----2----0--------------------------------2-----------------0-1------| x2
|--2---------------------------3---------------0-----0-2-------------2|
|0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Pre-Solo Riff:
|----19-15----17-14-------------17-14----15-12------------------|
|-17-------17-------15-15-15-15-------15-------13-13-13-13------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
                                                                   | x2
|-15-12----14-12h14p12-11-------------------11-12-14------------| /
|-------13----------------13-12-13-15-13-15---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

 Solo 1:
|----------------15----15-17----19-15-12-----------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-19----19-------19----------13~~------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------15-14----15-14---------------------------------------------|
|-15b-15b-------12-------12----------15------------------------------|
|---------------------------12-14-12-14b-14-12-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------14~~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-------12-12h14p12-11----14-12-11--------------------------------|
|----14-12----------------12----------10~~---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------15-11/12-11-------12//19----------------|
|----------------------------------------12-11-11//17----------------|
|--------------------9-10-12-----------------------------------------|
|-7-9-10~~-7-9-10-12-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 
|----19-15----17-14-------------17-14----15-12------------------|
|-17-------17-------15-15-15-15-------15-------13-13-13-13------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
                                                                   | x2
|-15-12----14-12h14p12-11-------------------11-12-(14)~~--------| /
|-------13----------------13-12-13-15-13-15---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

 Acoustic Strum riff distorted:
|----------------0h2p0-----3------------------------------------------|
|-------------3--------3-----------3---3-----0-----0-------0-------0--|
|------0----2---2--------2-------0---0---0-------2-------2-------2----|
|----2----0--------------------------------2-----------------0-1------| x2
|--2---------------------------3---------------0-----0-2-------------2|
|0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------6-6---------------6---------------6-6---------------6-| x2
|-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----2-2-3-2-2-2-3---2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----2-2-3-2-2-2-3---|

(let ring)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--------4--------2------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------2--------0------------------------------------------------|

 Solo 2 (double fast):
|-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-15p12----------12-|
|-------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-15p12----------12-|
|-------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19-19-19-17-17-17-15-15-15-14-14-14-17-17-17-15-15-15-14-14-14----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------17p15-----------------23b-23b-23b--24b-24b-24b------------|
|-17bb-17p15p14-------15p14-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------16-14~----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------10-8-7----8-7------7~~------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-----10-8----------------------------|
|-2-4-2b-4-3-2-2h4p2------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-2h4~-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-10p8p7-10p8p7-12p10p9-12p10p9-14p12p11-14p12p11-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----14-----14-----14-----14-19p14----14-19p14----14-19p14----14---------|
|-17b----17b----17b----17b----------17----------17----------17------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----14-----14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----------------|
|-17b----17b----17b----17b----18b----18b----18b----18b--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----16-----16-----17----17-----18-----18--22//////----------------|
|-19b----19b----20b----20----21b----21b-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                     *end of solo 2, tremolo vib*

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4-4-----------------------------4-----------| x2
|-----4-----5-----4-----5-----2-2-----4-----5-----4-----5-----2-----------|
|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-----0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------------|
  ...   ...   ...   ...   ...     ...   ...   ...   ...   ...

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5-----------------------------------| x3
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2----------------|
  .................

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2-----2--333-2-3-5-3-2----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2-0----------------3-2|
  .................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------4------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2------|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|
  ...........................................................

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|
  ...............................................

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-54---54---54---|
|-32-0-32-0-32---|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x6
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|
  ...............                ...............

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4-4--54-4-4-------------------4---4--------------| x2
|------------------0-2--32-0-2-------------------0h2-0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
  ...............                ...............

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------------------------------------------8------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9------------8--9---------| x3
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9------------6--9---------|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7----8-8-8-8----7---------|
    .....                      .......          .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------7--9------9------------------10--9----------------2-2---3-3|
|-7-------5--7--7-9---10-9h10----------10--9--9-7-6--6------2-2---1-1|
|-0-0-0-0----------------------8-8-8-8-8---7-----------8-7--0-0---1-1|
    .....                      .......

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-------------------5------4-----2---7------5-----4----------9-----5-|
|-2------4------5---3--0-0-2-0-0-0---5------3-----2---2------7-----3-|
|-0--0-0-2--0-0-3-----------------------0-0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-0---|
     ...    ...        ...   ...        ...   ...        ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5---------------------------------|
|-2--2----3--3---------------7-----5--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-2--2----3--3--------2------5-----3--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-0--0----1--1--------0--0-0---0-0----------0--0----1--1-------------|
                         ...   ...

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|
  ...............                ...............

*pause ("Ha Ha Ha Ha")*

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------(*maniac laughter*)---------------------------|
|-54---54---54-2--------------------------------------------------|
|-32-0-32-0-32-0--------------------------------------------------|
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