Learn Music: Fade To Black bass tab - Metallica tabs

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  Fade to Black
  from Ride the Lightning
  by Metallica
  transcribed by Travis Higgins
  travis@primenet.com
  http://www.primenet.com/~travis/bass.html
  
  
  In this song bass line #1 is repeated a number of times
  Since Cliff Burton was such a badass he played something
  different each time.  I didn't bother transcribing out each
  variation of bass line #1, because you really can't tell the
  difference and it sounds fine.
  
  
  The beginning of this song is just the guitar solo that
  I have marked as intro.  Basically you just play along with the
  bass drum.
  
  
     Intro (keep repeating)
  |---------|--------|--------|
  |---------|--------|--------|
  |---------|--------|--------|
  |---5--7--|--------|--------|
  
  
  After playing that a couple of times you play this fill
  --------------------|-----------------|-----|------
  --------------------|-----------2-----|-----|------
  --------------------|--2-----2--------|-----|------
  --1-----1--4-----4--|-----------------|--5--|------
  
  
  
  |--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
  |--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
  |--|----------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|
  |--|-----3/7--|--5-----5-----|-----|-----|-----|
  
  
  Drums enter (Bass Line #1)
  ---------------|------------|----------------
  ---------------|------------|----------------
  ------------2--|3-----5--2--|----------------
  ---5-----5-----|------------|----------------
  
  
  
  --------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|------
  --------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|------
  --------3--2--|--------7/7|-----------2--|--3-----3--3--5--|------
  --3-----------|--0---------|--5-----5-----|-----------------|------
  
  
  
  ------------|---------|-
  ------------|---------|-
  ------------|------/7|-
  3-----5--3--|--0------|-
  
  (end Bass Line #1)
  
  For the 1st verse play the Bass Line #1 two and a half times
  which then leads into the bridge part
  
  --------------|-
  --------------|-
  -----------2--|-
  --5-----5-----|-
  
  
  -------------------------|----------------------------|-
  -------------------------|----------------------------|-
  3--------10--12--10------|--10-------------10h12--10--|-
  ----/12--------------12--|---------10--12-------------|-
  
  
                             (Bridge)
  ------------------------||---------------------------|-
  ------------------------||*--------------------5-----|-
  7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||*--------------7--7-----5--|-
  ------------------------||---5-----5--5--------------|-
  
  
  
  ------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|-
  ------------------5-----|-----------------|--------------------------|-
  ------------7--7-----5--|--------------5--|--7-----7--7--------------|-
  8-----8--8--------------|--5-----5--5-----|--------------0--0--8--7--|-
  
  
  
  ------------------------|------------------------||-
  ------------------5-----|-----------------------*||-
  ------------7--7-----5--|-----------------------*||-
  5-----5--5--------------|--5-----5--5--3--2--0---||-
  
  
  
  ----------------|----------------------------------------------
  ----------9--9--|-9-----7--7--7-----5--5--5-----4--4--4-----5--
  ----------------|----------------------------------------------
  -0--------------|----------------------------------------------
  
  Then go back to bass line #1 for the interlude and 2nd verse
  
  
  3rd and 4th verse
  ||---------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-
  ||*--------------|----------5--4--|-----------------------9--9--|-
  ||*--5--7-----7--|-5--7-----------|--5--5--5-----5--5-----------|-
  ||---------0-----|-------0--------|-----------------------------|-
  
  
  
  ------------------------------4--|-----------------|-----------------|-
  9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4-----|-----------------|-----------5--4--|-
  ---------------------------------|--5--7-----7-----|--5--7--7--------|-
  ---------------------------------|--------0-----0--|-----------------|-
  
  
                                                         (repeat 3 times)
  ------------------------|---------------------------------------||-
  ------------------9--9--|--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--*||-
  0--5-----5--5-----------|--------------------------------------*||-
  ------------------------|---------------------------------------||-
  
  
  
  ||---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-
  ||*--------------2-----|-----------------------|--------------------9--9--|-
  ||*--------------------|-----------------------|--------------5-----------|-
  ||---0--0--0--0--------|--0--0--0--0--3--2-----|--0--0--0--0--------------|-
  
  
  
  -------------------------------------||------------------|-
  9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--5--*||*-----------------|-
  ------------------------------------*||*--2-----2-----2--|-
  -------------------------------------||------------------|-
  
  
  
  ------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
  ------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
  2-----4--2--------|-----------------|-----------------------|-
  ------------5--2--|--5-----5-----5--|--5--5-----5--5--5--5--|-
  
  
  
  ------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
  ------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
  ------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-
  3-----3-----3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5-----5-----5--|-
  
  
  
  ----------------------||
  ---------------2--2--*||
  ---------------------*||
  5--5-----5--5---------||
  
  Just keep repeating until the song fades out

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