Master of Puppets
by Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett
as performed Master of Puppets
tab by Phil Boyle and John Hazen;
1)
D--2------
A--2--12-11-10------12-11-10------
E--0--10-9--8---0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10-9--8--0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0
pm......
intro riff
(this is how they play it but I find it easier on the A string at
the seventh fret for the opening notes)
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2)
D------2
A------2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2- play 3 times then -5/4--5/4--5/4-2
E--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1------3/2--3/2--3/2-0
pm......
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3)
D------
A------5/7-8/7-5/7------5/7-5/7
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3/5-6/5-3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5-3/5
pm......
main riff
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4)
D------2-4-5/4-2-4------4-4-4-4
A------0-2-3/2-0-2------0-2-0-2
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------
pm......
up a step Taste me you will see...
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5)
D--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--9------7-9------9------8--
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7------5-7--7-9--9-10------10-9------6-9
E------0-0-0-0------8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7---7
pm......
come crawling faster
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6)
D--7-5-4---4------2--2----3--3
A--9-7-6---6-7-6-----2--2----3--3
E------8-7-----0--0----1--1
Obey your Master Master
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7a)
D------5------4------2---7------5------4
A--2------4------5---3--0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0---5------3------2
E--0--0-0-0-2-0-0-0-3------3-3-3---3-3-3--
pm......
7b) continued
D--2------7------5--2-2--3-3-----7--5--2-2--3-3
A--2------5------3--2-2--3-3--2--5--3--2-2--3-3
E--0-0-0-0---0-0-0----0-0--1-1--0------0-0--1-1
......
Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings...
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8)
e------0h2p0---3------
B------3------3------3---3------0------0------0-
G------0---2---2------0---0---0------2------2------2---
D------2---0------0------0-1------
A----2------3------0-----0-2------
E--0------3
clean
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9a) James
e-----19-15----17-14------17-14----15-12------
B--17------17------15--15-15-15------15------13--13-13-13
G------
9b) continued
e--15-12----14-12h14p12-11------11-12-14
B------13------13-12-13-15-13-15------
G------
Distorted, falling riff, presolo lower guitar part
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10)
G------3
D------2--4--1
A--2--4--5--0--2---
E--0--2--3------
after the slow solo Kirk plays the clean riff with distortion and
James plays this.
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11)
D------6
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3--
pm......
Distortion "Master Master wheres the things that I've been after"
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12)
G------
D------2-4-5------
A------2-3-5------3~~~--3-5-3-2------
E--0-2-3-5------5-3-2-0-0-0-0-0
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slow middle solo: by Boyle
e------15~~---15-17----19-15-12-----
B--17~~17-19-----19------19------13~~
G------
^ ^ ^
e------15-14----15-14------
B--15-15------12------12------15------
G------12-14-12-14-14-12----12---
D------14----14
e------
B------
G-----12-12h14p12-11----14-12-11------9-10-12-10
D--12------12------10--7-9-10-9-10-12------
e--/15-11h12p11------
B------12-10.. back into the dual guitar riff.
Fast solo by Chris ?:
e-17p12------12-17p12------12-17p12------12-
B------13-12-13------13-12-13------13-12-13----
G------
e-15p12------12-17p12------12-17p12------12-
B------13-12-13------13-12-13------13-12-13----
G------
e-17p12------12-15p12------12---/19-19-19-19-19-17-17-
B------13-12-13------13-12-13------
G------
e-17-17-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15-14-14-
B------
e-14-14------17h19------
B------15-15-15-15-17-17brbr-17p15p14------15p14------
G------16-14-
e-23b--23b-23b-24b-24b-24b------
B------
G------2-4-2b-4-3-2-2h4p2------
D------2-2h4--
e-10-8-7----8-7------7---7-7-7-7-10p8p7-10p8p7-
B------10-----10-8-7-8-10------
e-12p10p8-12p10p8-14p12p10-14p12p10-17-15-14-19-17-14-17-16-
b------
e-14-19-17-14-17-16-14-19-17-14-17-16-14-19-17-14------14-
B------17b----
e-----14------14-19p14----19p14------14-----14-----14-
B-17b----17b--17b------17------17--17b----17b----17b----
e-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15------17-----17-----18-
B-17b----18b----18b----18b----18b-----20b----20b----21b----
e-----18-----19-----19-22b/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/-
B-21b----22b----22b------