METALLICA - "The House Jack Built" Tablature

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PROPS GO TO: Chris Hamilton

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song by MetallicA
name of song (The House Jack Built)

^^^^^^^ - vibrato rapidly bending the string up and down
/ - sl slid
\ - sl slid
^ - bend 1/2 (step one fret)bending note to next fret


[TUNE DOWN 1/2 step:all strings]


THE INTRO
gtr.1 gtr.2
E|----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------|------------|------------5-----7----|
D|-------------3-----------5--------|-(5)--------|3----5-----------------|
A|-------3-------------5------------|------------|------------3-----5----|
E|--1------------1/3----------------|------------|1----3-----------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|-5------7--------------|
D|--3-------5------------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|--3-------5------------------------------------|-3------5--------------|
E|--1-------3------------------------------------|-----------------------|

O - PEN door,___ so I walk____ in - side._________ close my eyes,_______


E|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-3----5---|(5)----------------|---3------5-----------------------------|
A|-3----5---|(5)----------------|---3------5-----------------------------|
E|-1----3---|(3)----------------|---1------3-----------------------------|

____find my place_ to hide.______and i shake__ as i take__ it in.__

E|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|---------|-------------------|--5------7-------------------------------|
D|--(5)----|--3----5-----------|-----------------------------------------|
A|--(5)----|--3----5-----------|--3------5-------------------------------|
E|--(3)----|--1----3-----------|-----------------------------------------|

let the show__ Be - gin.___________________________________________

E|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--10--12---|-5------7----|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------|-------------|----3-----5----------------------------------|
A|---8--10---|-3------5----|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------|-------------|----1-----3----------------------------------|
gtr.1
E|--------|----------------------||--------------------------------------|
B|--------|----------------------||--------------------------------------|
G|--5--7--|----------------------||--------------------------------------|
D|--------|-3--------------------||--------------------------------------|
A|--3--5--|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3------||-----5---3h5p3p0--2^------------------|
E|--------|-1-1-1-1-1--1--1--0---||--(0)-----------------------0---------|

E|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|-----0----------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|---2--------4-----2---|
D|----5--3h5p3p0--2^-----|----5--3h5p3p0--2^--2h3-|(3)-----3/5---5\3-----|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
E|(0)-----------------0--|(0)---------------------|---------------------0|

Ah,__________ ah,_______________ ah.)______________________

E|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|-----------------0--|(0)---------------0----|(0)-----------------3-----|
A|(2)--------2--2--0--|(0)--------2--2---0----|(0)--------2---2----3-----|
E|(0)-0--2^--0--0-----|----0--2^--0--0--------|----0--2^--0---0----1-----|

o - pen my eyes____________________________

E|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-(3)---5--3------|-(3)----5---3---3--|---------------------------------|
A|-(3)---5--3--2---|-(3)----5---3---3--|--7-7-----7-7--------------------|
E|-(1)---3--1--0---|-(1)----3---1---1--|--6-6-0-0-6-6-0-0--0--0----0-----|
__________________________________________________________________________
RIFF B1 (let ring) ||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------0---------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------2------------4--------2---------------------------||
D|--------------(3)------------3/5------5\3-------3----------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
_________________________________________________________________________||

___________ just to have__ them close____ a - gain.____________

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7---7----------7---7----------------------------------------------|
E|-----6---6---0---0--6---6---0---0--0---0----0--------------------------|

well on my way,__________________________

E|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------4/5-----5/7-----7/8------|---------------------------------|
E|----0h2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/6-6-6--|---------------------------------|

___ yeah,___ but on my way__ to where___ i've Been.______________
It swal - lows me____ as it takes me in____it fog._________
________________________ Mm,_____i twist a - way_____ as i____
__________________________________________________________________________
Rhy.Fill 1 (gtrs.1&2) ||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------4/5---------5/7---------7/8--8\--------------------||
E|--------0h2--2--2---2/3--3--3---3/5--5--5---5/6--6\--------------------||
__________________________________________________________________________

___so i walk _ in _ side.___ close my eyes,_ find my place__ to hide.
____ and i shake__as i take__ it in.____ let the show__
be - gin.______________ o-pen my eyes________ just to


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5----7--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------/x\-----6-------6^^^^^^^(6)\----------------------------|

have__ them close____ once_____ a - gain.__ don't want con- trol,

E|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----15---|(15)---(15)^^^^^^^(15)\-|-----------------------------------|
D|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|----------|------------------------|-6-6-0--0--6--(6)\-----------------|

hey,- as it take me down_ and down and down- a - gain.-
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|--------4^-----4------------|
A|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|

is that the moon__ or just a light that lights__ this dead end____

E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------10----9---|-----------------------------------------|
D|---8/9----8^^^^^^^^----------|-9-----8---------------------------------|
A|--------------------8----7---|-----------------------------------------|
E|---6/7----6^^^^^^^^----------|-7-----6---------------------------------|

____street? is that you there_______

E|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------(8)--------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|------(6)--------|-----------------------------------------------------|

or just an- oth - er de-mon that____ i meet?__ the
high - er you are, the far- ther you fall. the long -er the walk, the

E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|----------5-----------7-|-----10----------12\-|
D|---------3------------5-|------5------------7----|--10---------12------|
A|-----3-----------5------|-3-------------5--------|8---------10---------|
E|-1-----------3----------|------------------------|---------------------|

far - ther you crawl. my bod - y, my tem - ple, this tem-ple, it tilts

E|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------7---7\-|-----------------------|---------5------------7--------|
D|----5---7---7\-|--------3----------5---|-----5------------7------------|
A|-3------5---5\-|-----3----------5------|--3-----------5----------------|
E|---------------|-1----------3----------|-------------------------------|

in - to the house____ that jack built.________
this is the house___ that jack built.________

E|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
D|--10^-----8--------------|--8---8------|----(8)------------------------|
A|---8------8---8h10-----8-|--8---8------|----(8)---------2--------------|
E|-----------------8-----8-|--6---6------|----(6)---------0--------------|

i have not yet finished the rest of it yet...if you wont the rest plez e-mail
me at motoxperson69@hotmail.com but all that up thar is right it took me
for ever to make it sound right hope you have fun thanks :)

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