The Small Hours Tabs & Lyrics by Metallica
The Small Hours
guitar tabs lyrics
Band- Metallica
Song- The Small Hours
tr I (D G C F A D) - 'James Hetfield - Clean electric'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Intro
Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||----------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o----7----8----7----8-|----7----8----7----8--|
|----------||--10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10---10----|
|----------||----------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o---------------------|----------------------|
|----------||----------------------|----------------------|
|-Riff A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||
|---6---7---6---7-|---6---7---6---7-o||
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9----||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
end Riff A-|
W +W
|-^0--------|-(0)--------|
|-^6--------|-(6)--------|
|-^9--------|-(9)--------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-Fill 1 end Fill 1-|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| <
| W +W
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|
|--0--------|-(0)--------|
Riff A x1.5
w/Riff A (last 2 bars only)
Gtr II
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~~~~
Q Q +H +Q +Q +E +S +S S E.
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-----12---(12)-------|-(12)---(12)---(12)-(12)b13r(12)-x-12\---||
Pre-Verse
w/Riff A (last 2 bars only)
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|
2/4
Gtrs II, III
PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E.
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5---|-5-4---4-3--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3---|-3-2---2-1--||
|
| E E E E E E E E H
|---------------------|------------||
|---6-----7-----6---7-|------------||
|-9---9-------9---9---|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
|---------------------|------------||
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
2/4
PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E.
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|--------------------|------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-5-4---4-3--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-3-2---2-1--||
Verses
$
4/4
||--
||o-
||-- Rhy Fig 1 x2
||--
||o-
||--
Gtrs II, III
A5 G5 F#5
W H Q Q
| | | |
/ / / x
|----------|------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 ---|
Rhy Fig 1 x3
Rhy Fig 2
Rhy Fig 1
E E Q +E E E E +E E E E +E E E +E
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------4S7-|-(7)-4---4-(4)-----------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-2-(2)-0---------||
|-x-x-0--(0)-------|-----------------2b3r(2)-||
|-Rhy Fig 3 (play 1st time only)
E E Q +E E E E +E E E E E S S Q
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|--------------4S7-|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|------------------|----------------------||
|-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-x-x-0--(0)-------|----------------------||
end Rhy Fig 3-|
Chorus
Rhy Fig 3 x1.5
1.
To Coda
E S S Q +E E E E +E E E E E S S Q
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|----------------4S7-|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-x-x-x-2--(2)-0-2S5-|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-x-x-x-0--(0)-------|----------------------||
Rhy Fig 1
2.
2/4 4/4
PM| PM|
E E S S S S E E Q S S E S E. E E E E E S S Q
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------|------------o||-----------------------||
|--------------------|-------------||--(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--||
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------------||
|-2-2-4s5-4s5-2-2-5--|-5-4---4-3--o||--(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|-0-0-2s3-2s3-0-0-3--|-3-2---2-1---||-----------------------||
Gtrs II, III
E5 F5 G5 F5 E5
W H +E E +S E. W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x W
||------------------|-----------------------||------||
||o---6---7---6---7-|---6---7----6-------7-o||------||
||--9---9---9---9---|-9---9----9----9-------||-0----||
||------------------|-----------------------||------||
||o-----------------|----------------------o||------||
||------------------|-----------------------||------||
Faster Q=184
Gtrs II, Gtr III enters on 3 + 4
PM----------------------------| PM--|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------3--------5--|
||o-------------------------|-------1--------3--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|
|-Rhy Fig 4
PM----------------------------| PM------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------3-------------||
|-------------------------|-------1------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-3-2--||
end Rhy Fig 4-|
Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 4 x6
Gtr IV
PM------------| ~ PM----------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------3---5-----|-------------3---5-3-|
|---------2---4-----------|---------2-4---------|
|-2-4---5-----------------|-2-4---5-------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|
|-[5]-----[5]-----[5]-----[5]-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-[5]-----[5]--5-----5-0-|-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-10-7-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E Q E E E
|--------------------------------------|---------12b14==(12)r-------15b17------------14-|
|-10-7-0-0-11-8-0-0-12-9-0-0-13-10-0-0-|-14-11-0--------------15-12---------------15----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------/16-------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-17-15---14---15p14--------14----------------------|
|----------------------17------17---15---14h15p14---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17-15---14---15p14----14----------------------|
|--------------------17----17---17---15p14---12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~ PM|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14-12--------12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------14------14---13---14-13---11---14-13---11---|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-14-13---11--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------14-12------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------12-----12-14---|
E E E E E E S S E
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------14--------------|
|-----------------12-14---14p12------|
|---------12-14-----------------14---|
|-12-14------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12-14------------12-14------------|-14p12------14p==12------14p12---|
|-12-14---14p12----12-14---14p12----|-14p12------14p==12------14p12---|
|---------------14---------------14-|---------14---------14-----------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~
E E E E Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------12-|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|----14---12----15b17-----15----|----------15-------15-13----15-13-12-15-13-12-13-|
|----14---12--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14---------14-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|----------15-------15-13----15-13-12-15-13-12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
S S S S E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-11-12-14-12-14-12---11---12p11--------11-----------|
|----------------------------------14------14---12---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------|
|---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-14-12---11---14-12----12-11--------|---4---5-----4-5-----4----|
|--------------------14---------12s7-|-5-------5---------5------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3---|
E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-14p12----12-15-14---15---17-15-17-17-19-17-19-19-|
|---------------------|-------14-----------------------------------------|
|-5-----4-5---4---5s7-|--------------------------------------------------|
|---5-------5---------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------19----19-22-22b26---||
|-20-20-20-20-22-22-20-22----22---------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
Gtrs II, III
PM----------------------------| PM--| PM--------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------3--------5--|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------1--------3--|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM--| PM--| PM----------------------------| PM--|
E S S Q E S S Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E S S Q
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------4--------6--|-------------------------|-------5--------7---|
|-------2--------4--|-------------------------|-------3--------5---|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----|
H.=H
Gtr III
E Em7 E Em7
W E S S Q E E Q
| | | | | | |
o / / / o / /
Gtr II
PM-----------------------------| PM-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q E E Q D.S. al Coda
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------9--------9--||
|-------------------------|--------9--------9--||
|-------------------------|--------7--------7--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-----0--0----||
A Tempo Q=90
Gtrs II, III
&
G5 F#5
|---3---|
W H +Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtrs II, III Gtr I
E E E E E S S Q
|----------------------||----------------------|
|----------------------||
|-(7)-4---9-x-9s11-9\--|| w/Riff A last 2 bars x3
|----------------------||
|-(5)-2-0-7-x-7s=9-7\--||
|----------------------||
E5 F#5 G5 F#5
|---3---| |---3---|
H +Q Q Q H +Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|----------------------|------------------------|
Bb5 E5
H. Q W +W +W +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------|--------*|
|-w/Fill 1
