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Carol of the Bells By Metallica
Carol of the Bells
tuning: standard or half step down ??????
Intro: Piano (0:00)
e|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8--7-|-Repeats while cello------12-12-10-------------------(10)-(12)--|
G|---9------|---plays--------------9-9----------12-11-9---9-(11)-(12)--------|
D|-9--------|------------------------------------------12--------------------|
A|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(*)=only play first time repeat 9987 til cello ends and end on 99
Then the guitar pedals an E power chord (0:34)
e|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----|At the same time----------12-12---10---------------------------------|
G|--9--|--bells play---------9-9-------------12-11-9-------------------------|
D|--9--|--(0:42)-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--|---2 times-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar (0:57)
e|---------|---------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-8-7h8---|---------|---12-10h12----|---------------------------------------|
G|-------9-|-4 times-|------------12-|-4 times-------------------------------|
D|---------|---------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
A|---------|---------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
E|---------|---------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
e|--12--12-12-10-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------13-13--12-12-10----10--10-10-12-10-10-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------12--------------------9-9-9-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------10-12-10--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11-12----------12-----------------------------------------------|
D|-9-11-12------------------------2 times------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------12~~------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12-----------|
D|-9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano once then guitar once (1:19)
e|---12-12-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------13-13-12-10-12-10----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------12-12-11-9-9---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano plays While Bells plays (repeatedly without break)
e|----------|------------|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-7-8---|------------|------12-12--10------------------------------------|
G|--------9-|-8 measures-|-9-9------------12-11-9----------------------------|
D|----------|------------|------------------------12-------------------------|
A|----------|------------|---------------------------------------------------|
E|----------|------------|---------------------------------------------------|
Drum break and guitar powers E chord
Bells play once then guitar plays While orchestra plays
e|-12~~----10~~~-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------13~~~/12~~~~-----|--8-7-8----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------9--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
e|-12--12-12-10--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------13-12--12-12-10----10--10-10-12-10-10-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------12--------------------9-9-9-------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano plays once then piano and guitar plays
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------10-12-10--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11-12----------12-----------------------------------------------|
D|-9-11-12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Orchestra plays then guitar plays once then plays next part while orchestra
continues playing ()=optional alternative to note
e|-15-14-15-(12)--|--15\12~~--14~~--15~~--17~~-------------------------------|
B|-----------17---|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
Piano
e|-12--12-12-10--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------13-12--12-12-10----10--10-10-12-10-10------------------------|
G|------------------------------12--------------------9-9-9------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------10-12-10--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11-12----------12-----------------------------------------------|
D|-9-11-12------------------------2 times------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar continues
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12-----------|
D|-9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12---------9-11-12-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar continues While orchestra plays
e|-12~~-12~~-12~~-12~~-12~~-12~~-12~~-12~~--|-15-14-15-----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|----------17--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Then some crazy picking Then ends with
you can power the E chord (u can go back to 12 if you don't have 24)
e|-------------------------|----12~~-------14~~-----15~~-----17~~-----24~~~--|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
then it fades with the E power chord
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version 2
Tuning- Standard
G1 = Guitar 1
G2 = Guitar 2
End = Note that the song ends on (for both guitars)
*** = Harmonic over the neck pickup on a strat (24th fret if you have it)
Note: You wont hear this harmonic if the selector switch is on the
neck pickup, so set it for a different one, the best being the bridge.
-----------||-------|-----|---|------------------------------------------------|
-----------||-------|-----|---|------------------------------------------------|
---------9-||-12-11-|-----|---|------------------------------------------------|
-------9---||-------|-x19-|-9-|------------------------------------------------|
-----------||-------|-----|---|------------------------------------------------|
-----------||-------|-----|---|------------------------------------------------|
G1 pm|---| G2 ^end intro on <-{INTRO}---|
----------------||------------|----------|-15-14h15---------------------------|
----------------||------------|-8-7h8----|----------17------------------------|
----------------||-9--9-9-9-9-|-------9--|------------------------------------|
---2--2-2-2-2---||-9--9-9-9-9-|----------|------------------------------------|
---2--2-2-2-2---||-7--7-7-7-7-|----------|------------------------------------|
---0--0-0-0-0---||------------|----------|------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 Guitar 2 G1-X8 G2-rest for 4 times/play 4 times
-12--12-12-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------13-12-12----10-12-10--10-10-12-10-------------------------------|
-----------------------12-----------------------12-9-9------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G1 + G2 <-{PART 2}-
-------------------------------||------------------17-19-17-----|-------------|
-------------------10-12-10----||---------17-19-20----------20--|-------------|
-----------9-11-12----------12-||16-18-19-----------------------|-------------|
---9-11-12---------------------||-------------------------------|----x2-------|
-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------|
-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------|
Guitar 1 Guitar 2 (same time) <-{PART 3}-
------------------------||------------------|----------|-***-|----------------|
------------------------||------------------|----------|-----|----------------|
----------------9-11-12-||---------16-18-19-|----------|-----|----------------|
--------9-11-12---------||16-18-19----------|----------|-----|----------------|
------------------------||------------------|----------|-----|----------------|
------------------------||------------------|----------|-----|----------------|
Guitar 1 X4 Guitar 2 X4 <-{PART 4}- G2
--------|-12-12-10------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|----------13-13-12-10-12-10------------------------------------------|
--------|----------------------------12-12-11-9-------------------------------|
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(piano) Guitar 1 play, rest for piano then play again
--------|-17-17-15-----------------------------------------||-----------------|
--------|----------18-18-17-15-17-15-----------------------||-----------------|
--------|----------------------------17-17-16-14-----------||-----9-----------|
--------|--------------------------------------------------||-----9-----------|
--------|--------------------------------------------------||-----7-----------|
--------|--------------------------------------------------||-----0-----------|
(piano) Guitar 2 plays this with guitar 1 the second time G1 + G2
-------||12-10-------------------||---------------|--------|--------|---------|
-------||------b12-12------------||-8-7h8---------|--------|--------|---------|
--9----||------------------------||-------9-------|--------|--------|---------|
--9----||------------------------||---------------|--------|--------|---------|
--7----||------------------------||---------------|--------|--------|---------|
-------||------------------------||---------------|--------|--------|---------|
PM G1 G2 1X alone then 2X w/G1 (G1 plays this) PART 2 PART 3
---------||15-14h15----|-17*--------***-15*-|--------|--------|-------|-------|
-8-7h8---||---------17-|-----18-17*---------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
-------9-||------------|--------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
---------||------------|--------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
---------||------------|--------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
---------||------------|--------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
G1 G2 Guitar 2 harmonics PART 2 PART 3 PART 4
-15-14h15----|-----------------||--***-|--------------------------------------|
----------17-|-17--17-17-17-17-||------|--------------------------------------|
-------------|-----------------||------|--------------------------------------|
-------------|-----------------||------|-21-\\\\\\-14-//////-21---------------|
-------------|-----------------||------|--------------------------------------|
-------------|-----------------||------|--------------------------------------|
G1 X12 G1 X4 G2 X8 Pickscrape/Trempick X4
---------------||-17*-17*-17*-***-17*---------------------|***|---------------|
---------------||-----------------------------------------|---|---------------|
-9-9-9-9-9---9-||-----------------------------------------|---|---------------|
-9-9-9-9-9---9-||-----------------------------------------|---|---------------|
-7-7-7-7-7---7-||-----------------------------------------|---|---------------|
-0-0-0-0-0---0-||-----------------------------------------|---|---------------|
G1 End G2 Plays harmonics with whammy bar bends End <-{ENDING}-
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