METALLICA - "The Call Of Ktulu." Tablature

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INTRO!!!

Intro, James:
2x 2x 2x
e----5---------------5----I----6----------------6----I----8----------------8----I
B----------6------------6-I-----------6------------6-I----------8-------------8-I
G-------7--------6--------I-------7---------6--------I-------9---------9--------I
D-0-----------7-----------I-0------------8-----------I-0-----------10-----------I
A-------------------------I--------------------------I--------------------------I
E-------------------------I--------------------------I--------------------------I

2x
e----5---------------5----I
B----------6------------6-I
G-------7--------6--------I
D-0-----------7-----------I
A-------------------------I
E-------------------------I

Ends On (ONLY WHEN PLAYED 2nd TIME, BEFORE OUTRO):
e------5------------------------5-----------------5*-I
B---------------6----------------------6----------6*-I
G----------7-------------6------------------------7*-I
D-0-----------------7--------------------------------I
A----------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------I

*Let Ring
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MAIN RIFFS!!!

Main Riff 1, James:

e-------------0----------------------0----------I
B----------0-----0----------------0-----0-------I
G-------5-----------5----------5-----------5----I
D----7----------------------7-----------------7-I
A-0--------------------7-6----------------------I
E-----------------------------------------------I

Main Riff 2, James:

e-------------1--------------1----------------1-----------------5-I
B---------3--------------3----------------3-----------------3-----I
G-----2--------------3----------------4-----------------5---------I
D-0--------------0----------------0-----------------0-------------I
A-----------------------------------------------------------------I
E-----------------------------------------------------------------I
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AND NOW TO DISTORTION!!!

Kirk kicks in & James plays his Main Riffs distorted.

Main Riff 1, Kirk, Distorted:

e-------------------------------------------I
B-------------------------------------------I
G----------------------9-8--------------8-9-I
D-7-----------7-----7--9-8--------------8-9-I
A-7--------7--7--7--7--7-6--6--6--6--6--6-7-I
E-5--5--5--0--5--0--5-----------------------I
pm.. ..........

Main Riff 2, Kirk, Distorted:

e---------------------------------------------------------------I
B---------------------------------------------------------------I
G-2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5-I
D-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-I
A---------------------------------------------------------------I
E---------------------------------------------------------------I
pm...........................................................
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BRIDGE!!!

Bridge Riff 1, both guitars, distorted:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-0---------0---2--3---0---------0---2--3---0---------0---2--3---5---------3---2----I
E----0-0-0----------------1-1-1----------------2-2-2----------------3-3-3---------3-I
pm... ..... ..... .....


Then Kirk plays this little solo over Bridge Riff 1, but James keeps playing BR1.
Use some slide variations.
Im gonna call this Slide Solo 1:

e----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G----2---4--5--4--2-----2---4--5--4--2-----2---4--5--4--2-----2---4--5--7--5-I
D-2------------------3------------------4------------------5-----------------I
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------I

Bridge Riff 2

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-3---------3---5--6---3---------3---5--6---3---------3---5--6---8---------6---5----I
E----3-3-3----------------4-4-4----------------5-5-5----------------6-6-6---------6-I
pm... ..... ..... ..... .

Kirks solo over BR2, distorted:
Again some slide variations.
Slide Solo 2:

e-3--3---5--6--5--3-----3---5--6--5--3-----3---5--6--5--3-----3---5--6--8--6-I
B--------------------4------------------5------------------6-----------------I
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------I
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LONG SOLO!!!

Bend all the 21´s whole step.
e------------------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17--21-17-I
B-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17-------------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-21-17--17-21-17---------------------------------------------------I
G------20--------20-17--17-20-17------------------------------------I
D---------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17---------------------I
A------------------------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17------I
E---------------------------------------------------21--------21-17-I

e-12-10-9--10-9-----9-----------------------------------------------I
B--------12----12-10-12-10-9-12-10-9--------------------------------I
G-----------------------------------11-9-13-11-9--11-9-----9--------I
D-----------------------------------------------12----12-11-12-11-9-I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-12-11-9----11-9-------11------------------------------------------I
A---------12------12-11----12-11-9-12-11-9----11-9-------9----------I
E------------------------------------------12------12-10---12-10-9--I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I B-------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-------------------------4h5h7----5-7-14t715t717t7-----------------I
A-------------------4h5h7-------5-7---------------------------------I
E-12-10-9\\\4-0h5h7-------------------------------------------------I

e-------10/20-16---I
B----10----------17I
G-10---------------I
D------------------I
A------------------I
E------------------I

e--20-16---20-16---20-16---20-16------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-20-I
B--------17------17------17-----17/19-------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I

e-18-21-20-18-20-19-17-20-19-17-18-17-15-18-17-15-15-13-12-15-13-12-I
B-------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I

e-13-12-10-13-12-10-10-9-7-10-9-7-8-7-5-8-7-5-8-5-------------------I
B-----------------------------------------------8-5-5-8-5-----------I
G---------------------------------------------------7-----7-5-5-7-5-I
D------------------------------------------------------------7------I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-------------------------------------------------------------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-7-5-5-7-5---------------------------------------------------------I
A----7-----7-5------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8--I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-------------------------------------------------------------------I
G----------------12-5-7-13-5-7-14-5-7-15-5-7-16-5-7-17-5-7-18-5-7---I
D---------5-7-9-----------------------------------------------------I
A------5-7----------------------------------------------------------I
E-10-8-5------------------------------------------------------------I

e-------------------------------------------------------------------I
B---------19-5-7-20-5-7-21-5-7-22-5-7-23-5-7-24-5-7-24--------------I
G-------------------------------------------------------------------I
D-------------------------------------------------------------------I
A-------------------------------------------------------------------I
E-------------------------------------------------------------------I
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Now the guitars play Kirks main riff couple of times (check bottom for further instructions)
and the kick straight into...

2nd PART OF BRIDGE!!!
Im gonna call this The Marathon Part:

x4 x4
e-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
B-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
G-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
D-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
A-0---------0---2--3---0---------0---2--3-I-2---------2---4--5---2---------2---4--5-I
E----0-0-0----------------1-1-1-----------I----2-2-2----------------3-3-3-----------I
pm... ..... ..... .....

x3 x3
e-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
B-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
G-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
D-----------------------------------------I-----------------------------------------I
A-3---------3---5--6---3---------3---5--6-I-5---------5---7--8---5---------5---7--8-I
E----3-3-3----------------4-4-4-----------I----5-5-5----------------6-6-6-----------I
..... ..... ..... .....

After this marathon part the guitars go straight to
the riffs Im gonna call The Ring-Out Main Riffs:

Ring-Out Main Riff 1: Ring-Out Main Riff 2:

e--------------------------I--------------------------------------------------------I
B--------------------------I--------------------------------------------------------I
G----------------------9-8-I-2---------------3---------------4--------------------5-I
D-7--------------------9-8-I-0---------------0---------------0--------------------0-I
A-7--------------------7-6-I--------------------------------------------------------I
E-5------------------------I--------------------------------------------------------I

Fill before the heavy Bridge Riff:

e----------3-I
B-------3----I
G----2-------I
D-0----------I
A------------I
E------------I

Then later Main Riff 1 & 2 are played over this but u can see all about that at the bottom.
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LAST BRIDGE PART!!!
OK this is the last bridge part, played with HEAVY distortion!!!

James´s Last Bridge Riff:

e--------------------------------------------------------I
B--------------------------------------------------------I
G--------------------------------------------------------I
D-5--4-4-4----5--2--2--------------5--4-4-4----5--2--2---I
A-5--4-4-4----5--2--2--------------5--4-4-4----5--2--2---I
E-3--2-2-2----3--0--0--------------3--2-2-2----3--0--0---I

Kirk´s Last Bridge Riff (nearly the same):

e----------------------------------------------------/12-I
B----------------------/12-------------------------------I
G--------------------------------------------------------I
D-4--4-4-4----5--2--2--------------5--4-4-4----5--2------I
A-5--4-4-4----5--2--2--------------5--4-4-4----5--2------I
E-3--2-2-2----3--0--0--------------3--2-2-2----3--0------I

James´s Last Solo A:

e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
B-12--10h12-8--10---10h12--8h10-------------12--10h12-8--10---10h12--8h10----------I
G--------------------------------7--9~--------------------------------------9~-----I
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I

James´s Last Solo B:

e-19--17h19-15--17--17h19--15h17---------------19--17h19-15--17--17h19--15h19------I
B---------------------------------15--17~--------------------------------------17~-I
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I

Kirk´s Last Solo

e-14--12h14-10--12--12h14--10h12---------------14--12h14-10--12--12h14--10h12------I
B---------------------------------10--12~--------------------------------------12~-I
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
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OUTRO!!!

Kirk plays this fill at the intro ending before Outro:

e-5h6---5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5-I
B---------------------------------------------I
G---------------------------------------------I
D---------------------------------------------I
A---------------------------------------------I
E---------------------------------------------I



Well, this is the extremely cool outro:

e-------------------------------I
B-------------------------------I
G-7---5---7---3---7---10-(9)--7-I
D-7---5---7---3---7---10-(9)--7-I
A-5---3---5---1---5---8--(7)--5-I
E-------------------------------I
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SONG ORDER!!!

Ok finally the song order:
***= distortion kicks in.

James Kirk
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1. Intro x2 ------

2. James Main Riff 1 x4 ------

3. James Main Riff 2 x4 ------

4. James Main Riff 1 x4 ------

5. James Main Riff 2 x4 ------

6. ***James Main Riff 1 x4 Kirk Main Riff 1 x4***

7. James Main Riff 2 x4 Kirk Main Riff 2 x4

8. James Main Riff 1 x4 Kirk Main Riff 1 x4

9. James Main Riff 2 x4 Kirk Main Riff 2 x4
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10. Kirk Main Riff 1 x4 Kirk Main Riff 1 x4

11. Kirk Main Riff 2 x4 Kirk Main Riff 2 x4

12. Kirk Main Riff 1 x4 Kirk Main Riff 1 x4

13. Kirk Main Riff 2 x4 Kirk Main Riff 2 x4

14. Bridge Riff 1 x2 Bridge Riff 1 x2

15. Bridge Riff 1 x2 Slide Solo 1 x2

16. Bridge Riff 2 x2 Slide Solo 2 x2

17. Kirk Main Riff 1 x4 Long Solo

18. Kirk Main Riff 2 x4 Still The Long Solo

19. Kirk Main Riff 1 x4 Still The Long Solo
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20. Kirk Main Riff 2 x4 Still The Long Solo

21. Kirk Main Riff 1 x4 Kirk Main Riff 1 x4

22. Kirk Main Riff 2 x4 Kirk Main Riff 2 x4

23. Marathon Part x1 Marathon Part x1

24. Ring Out Main Riff 1 x4 Ring Out Main Riff 1 x4

25. James Main Riff 1 x4 Ring Out Main Riff 1 x4

26. James Main Riff 2 x4 Ring Out Main Riff 2 x4

27. Fill before Last Bridge Riff Fill before Last Bridge Riff

28. James Last Bridge Riff x4 Kirk Last Bridge Riff x4

29. James Last Solo A x2 Kirk Last Solo x2
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30. James Last Solo B x2 Kirk Last Solo x2

31. *Intro x2 Intro Fill*

32. Outro Outro
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*=Clean

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