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Sweet Amber Guitar Tablature 
Song:Sweet Amber
Band:Metallica 
Album:St. Anger(2003)

This is the tab technically taken from the rehearsals DVD but since the album is pretty raw It’s pretty much the same as the album version except for at two points: the pre-chorus and the bridge 2 – I’ll tab the album parts for these later if I can figure them out!.For the intro a whammy pedal is used to add a harmony note of a fifth above to the dry signal but I’ve tabbed this for guitar also, so ignore the tab under the intro if you’re using one. The bends are also easily executed with the slackness of the strings due to the low tuning. I’m pretty sure it’s all there though I’ve still to add the palm muting but it’s pretty easy to figure out. Rock on
    
Gtr 1: Hetfield (dropped C tuning)
Gtr 2: Hammet (dropped C tuning) 

Tuning:

6=C  3=F
5=G  2=A
4=C  1=D

Key:
 X      = mute string(s)
(Y)     = optional note
 Y^(Z)  = bend up to note in bracket
 Y^(Z)Y = bend up to note in bracket then back down to original
 P.M    = palm mute
 *||    = repeat bars between asterisks
 ~      = vibrato
N.H     = natural harmonic

Intro

 Gtr 1
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|------------------------15^(17)15~-|------------------------15^(17)15~-|--
|---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|
|*Added 5th tabbed for guitar
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|------------------------15^(17)15~-|------------------------15^(17)15~-|--
|---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--

 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 ------------------------15^(17)15~-|-----------------------------------|
 ---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|---15---(17)17~~~------------------|
 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 ------------------------15^(17)15~-|-----------------------------------|
 ---15---(17)17~--15-17-------------|---15---(17)17~~~------------------|
 -----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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Gtr 1 w/dist

|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
|--X---XX---X----------------------------------------|--------------------------
|--X---XX---X----3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5-
|--X---XX---X----0---0-0—-0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0—-0-0-
|--Rhy Fig 1

-------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
-------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
-------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
-------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
--8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5--5-5-5—-5--5-5-
--0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0—-0-0-

--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
-5-5—-5—-5-5-5-5----|
-0-0—-0—-0-0-0-0----|
     End Rhy Fig 1--|

|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----
|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------
|--Rhy Fig 2
|
|Gtr 2
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|--(5)—-5-5-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---0---0-0-----------------------------

 ---------------------------------------|------------------------
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------
 ---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5--5-5-5—-5-
 ---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0—
|                                                                        
 ---------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|
 ---5---5-5--5--------------------------|
 ---0---0-0--0--------------------------|


 -----------------------|
 -----------------------|   
 -----------------------|
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 -5-5-5-5—-5—-5-5-5-5---|
 -0-0-0-0—-0—-0-0-0-0---|
         End Rhy Fig 2--|  

 Grt 2 w/Rhy Fig 2 (Grt1)
||---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
||*--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
||*--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
||---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----
||---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------

  ---------------------------------------|-------------------------
  ---------------------------------------|-------------------------
  ---------------------------------------|-------------------------
  ---------------------------------------|-------------------------
  ---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5--5-5-5—-5--
  ---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0—-

  -----------------------||
  -----------------------||   
  ----------------------*||
  ----------------------*||
  -5-5-5-5—-5—-5-5-5-5---||
  -0-0-0-0—-0—-0-0-0-0---||

 Gtr 1 w/Rhy Fig 2 (Gtr 2)
|---------------------------------------|------------------
|---------------------------------------|------------------
|---------------------------------------|------------------
|---15^(17~~)-----------------15^(17)15-|------------------
|-----------17~~~------15-17------------|---15--17-17—-17—-
|----------------------0--0-------------|---0---0--0---0---
                                        |--Rhy Fig 3                    

------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
--------------------15^(17)15-|------------------------------------15^(17)15-|
--17-17-17--15-17-------------|---15--17-17—-17—-17-17-17--15-17-------------|
--0--0--0---0--0--------------|---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--------------|
               End Rhy Fig 3--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---15---17-17--17--17-17-17—-17--17-17--17-17—-17—-17-17-17-17--|
|---0----0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0—-0---0—-0---0---0—-0—-0—-0---|
|--Rhy Fill 1                                    End Rhy Fill 1--|   
 

 Verse 1 

 Gtrs 2 w/Rhy Fig 3 (x3) and Rhy Fill 1 (x1)

 Wash your back so you won’t stab mine    Get in bed with your own kind
||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|
||--0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|

 Live your life so you don’t see mine       Drape your back so 
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5--5-5-5—-5--5-5-
|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0—-0-0-

  you won’t shine
 --------------------||
 --------------------||
 -------------------*||
 -------------------*||
 -5-5—-5—-5-5-5-5----||
 -0-0—-0—-0-0-0-0----||

Pre-Chorus 1
 Gtr 1
 
 O__________________h  then she holds my hand   and I lie to get a smile
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------
||*--0—-------------(0)---------------------10-------8------6------------
||---0—-------------(0)---------------------10-------8------6------------
||---0—-------------(0)---------------------10-------8------6------------
|--Rhy Fig 4a
|
| Gtr 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---0--------------(0)----------------------3--------8------6------------
|---0--------------(0)----------------------3--------8------6------------
|---0--------------(0)----------------------3--------8------6------------
|--Rhy Fig 4b
 
|1.
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
|---------------------3-------3-2--------|---------------------3-------3-2-------*||
|---------------------3-------3-2--------|---------------------3-------3-2--------||
|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------||
|
|Gtr 2
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
|---------------3-----3-------3-2--------|---------------3-----3-------3-2-------*||
|---------------3-----3-------3-2--------|---------------3-----3-------3-2--------||
|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------||

|2. Using what I want to get what you want   Using what I want to get what you want
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
||*-------------------3-------3-2--------|---------------------3-------3-2-------*||
||--------------------3-------3-2--------|---------------------3-------3-2--------||
||--0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------||
|                                                                 End Rhy Fig 4a--||
|                                                                                 ||
|Gtr 2                                                                            ||
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------*||
||*-------------3-----3-------3-2--------|---------------3-----3-------3-2-------*||
||--------------3-----3-------3-2--------|---------------3-----3-------3-2--------||
||--0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------|---0---0-0---0-0----------0-------------||
|                                                                 End Rhy Fig 4b--||

 Chorus

 Gtrs 1&2
 Oo_______________h  Sweet Amber                    How sweet are you?
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0-----------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0-----------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0-----------

              How sweet does it get?           How sweet are yo__u?
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0------------0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0---------------------
 ---0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0------------0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0---------------------
 ---0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0------------0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0----------------------

             How sweet does it Get?
 -----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|
 ---0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0----------|
 ---0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0----------|
 ---0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0----------|


 Rhy Fig 1 [x1] (Gtr 1)

 Rhy Fig 2 Gtrs 1&2


 Gtrs 2 w/Rhy Fig 3 (x3) and Rhy Fill 1 (x1)

 Chase the rabbit, fetch the stick          She rolls me over ‘till I’m sick 
||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|
||--0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|

 She deals in habits, deals in pain          I run away, but  
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|---3---5-5--5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5--5--5-5-5—-5--5-5-
|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0-0---0----------|---0---0-0—-0—-0-0-0—-0—-0-0-

  I’m back again
 --------------------||
 --------------------||
 -------------------*||
 -------------------*||
 -5-5—-5—-5-5-5-5----||
 -0-0—-0—-0-0-0-0----||

 Pre-Chorus 2
 w/Figures 4a and b (with repeats) 

| O__________________h  then she holds my hand   and I lie to get a smile
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------

| O__________________h  and she sqeezes tighter, I still lie to get a smile
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| Using what I want to get what you want   Using what I want to get what you want
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------

| Using what I want to get what you want   Using what I want to get what you want
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus

Bridge 1

 Gtr 1
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||--17--17-17-17---17—-17-17-17---17--17-17-17---20-17---|--19--19-19-19-
||--0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0--0----|--0---0--0--0--
|--Rhy Fig 5a

 ---------------------------------------||
 ---------------------------------------||
 --------------------------------------*||
 --------------------------------------*||
 --19--19-19-19---19--19-19-19---20-19--||
 --0---0--0--0----19--19-19-19---19-19--||
                         End Rhy Fig 5a--|


 Gtr 2 w/Rhy Fig 5a (with repeats)
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||--5--5--5--5----5---5--5--5----5---5--5--5----5--5-----|--7---7—-7—-7--
||--0--0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0--0-----|--0---0--0--0--
|--Rhy Fig 5b

  ---------------------------------------|| 
  ---------------------------------------||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --7---7—-7—-7----7---7—-7—-7----7—-7---||
  --0---0—-0—-0----7---7—-7—-7----7—-7---||
                         End Rhy Fig 5b--||


 W/ Rhy Figs 5a&b with repeats

|       She holds the pen that spells the end,            she traces me   
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------
 
        and draws me in
  --------------------------------------*||
                                        *||

Gtrs 1&2
 Oo_______________h  Sweet Amber                    How sweet are you?
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0-----------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5---0-0--5-0-----------
|---0------(0)-------2--------8-----6-----0-0-0--3--5—--0-0—-5-0-----------

Bridge 2

Gtr 1
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||--5---5—-5—-5----5---5--5—-5----5---5—-5—-5----8—-5----|--7---7—-7—-7--
||--0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0--0----|--0---0--0--0--
|
| Gtr 2                                       N.H--------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||*------------------------------------------------------|---------------
||--7---5--0--0----7---5--0--0----7---5--0--0------------|--7---8—-7—-7--
||--0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----0---0--0--0----5-5-5-5-|--0---0--0--0--

  ---------------------------------------||
  ---------------------------------------||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --7---7—-7—-7----7---7—-7—-7----8--7---||
  --0---0—-0—-0----7---7—-7—-7----7--7---||
  
                               N.H-------|
  ---------------------------------------||
  ---------------------------------------||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --------------------------------------*||
  --7---8—-7—-7----7---8—-7—-7-----—-----||
  --0---0—-0—-0----7---7—-7—-7---5-5—5-5-||

Repeat Chorus

 Outro
 
 Gtr 1
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----
|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------

                                          It’s never as sweet as it seems
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------|---0—---3-2--0—---5-3---0-0-(0)-----|
 ---3---5-5—-5—-5-5-5--3-5---8^(10)8----|---0—---3-2--0—---5-3---0-0-(0)-----|
 ---0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---0----------|---0—---3-2--0—---5-3---0-0—(0)-----|

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