Escape - Metallica
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
ESCAPE
METALLICA
RIDE THE LIGTHINING

1st rule open strings = Palm muting.

3 times
e|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G|o---------------------------4h5---4---|(4)----------5---4h5h4-----------o-||
D|o-7-------------------------5h7---5---|(5)----------7---5h7h5---7---5---o-||
A|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|-------------------------8---7-----||
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


e|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4h5---4---|(4)----------5---5h4---------------|
D|--7-------------------------5h7---5---|(5)----------7---7h5---7---7-------|
A|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|-----------------------8---8-------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

4 times
e|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|o---------------5-o||o---------------4-|-----------------|---------------5-|
D|o---------------7-o||o---------------5-|---------8-7-5-7-|-7-------------4-|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-------8-7-5-7-|
A|-0-0-0-6-5-3-5-|
E|---------------|


[Verse Fig.1]

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-55|-554-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-55-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-33|-332-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-33-|
PM ------------------------------| |----------------------------|
feel no pain,but my life ain't easy i know i'm my best friend

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-554-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-55|-554-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---5---x2--x3--|
E|-332-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-33|-332-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---3---x0--x1--|
PM |---------------------------| |------------|
No one cares,but I'm so much stronger I'll figth until end


Repeat Fig 1
Chorus:Fig 2 , 2 guitars , 1 plays open notes & power chords.strings 5&6
2nd guitar plays little melody. strings 3&4.

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------7---6---4-|-------7---6---7-|-7\slide\4-------|---------------2-|
D|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-------------4---|
A|-7---------------|(7)------------5-|(5)------------4-|(4)--------4-----|
E|-5---------------|(5)--------0-5-3-|(3)--------0-3-2-|(2)------2-------|
PM ---------
One with my mind, They just can see
No need to hear , things that they say
Life's for my own to live my own way

Play 3rd verse and go for a new chorus then it's time to this 2 times
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G||o------------4---2---------------|-------------2-------------------o||
D||o--------4---4---2---------------|---------4---2---5---------------o||
A||-----4-------2---0---------------|-----4-------0---5----------------||
E||-2-------------------------------|-2---------------3----------------||
PM ----------| PM----------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------4---2---|-----------------|---------4---2---|-----------------|
D|-4---4---4---2---|-4---4---5---5---|-4---4---4---2---|-4---4---5---5---|
A|-4---4---2---0---|-4---4---5---5---|-4---4---2---0---|-4---4---5---5---|
E|-2---2-----------|-2---2---3---3---|-2---2-----------|-2---2---3---3---|
PM|-----| |-----| |------| |------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------4---2---|-----------------|---------4---2---|-----------------|
D|-4---4---4---2---|-4---4---5---5---|-4---4---4---2---|-2---2---5---5---|
A|-4---4---2---0---|-4---4---5---5---|-4---4---2---0---|-2---2---5---5---|
E|-2---2-----------|-2---2---3---3---|-2---2-----------|-0---0---3---3---|
PM|-----| |-----| |------| |------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------4-2-2-2-2-|-------2---------|-----------------| Kirks
D|-----4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----4-2-5-5-5-5-|-----4-----------| Solo
A|---4---2-0-0-0-0-|---4---0-5-5-5-5-|---4---333333333-|
E|-2---------------|-2-------3-3-3-3-|-2-----111111111-|
PM-----------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-15B----------15B--------15B-----|-15B--15B--15B---15B-15^(15)p14-12|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Fig 3 repeat 4 times |
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5---|-----------------8---7---5---7----|
A|-2---------------------------5---|----------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---6---5---3---5----|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-15B-----15B-----15B-----15^-----|(15)( Pull )12--12------------12-|
B|---------------------------------|---------------15----15Bvvvvv15---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
B|----------15-------15-14----15-14-12----15-14-12-|
G|-------------------------------------14----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-14-12-------12----------------------------------|
G|-------14-12----14-12-11-14-12p11p9--7-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------9-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-7b----------------7-----9-----7-----9-----7-----|
D|-------------9-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-9^(9)p7-----------7-----------------------------|
D|-------------9-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-12-10-9-----9--10-9-----|-------------------------|
B|----------12----------12-|-10-9--10B---10----9h10--|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Fig 4 repeat 2 times |
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-4-4-2-4---------------|-2-4-4-2-2-5-5-----------|
A|-2-4-4-2-4---------------|-2-4-4-2-2-5-5-----------|
E|-0-2-2-0-2---------------|-0-2-2-0-0-3-3-----------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-9-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------9-----------9--11-|-11^p9-11-9vvvvv---9--11-|
D|----------11vvvvvvv------|----------------11-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

1 . & . 2 . & . 3 . & . 4 . & .
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------9-----12p9-----9--12p9--10p9-----9--------|
G|-11B---------------11----------------11----11-8--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 . & . 2 . & . 3 . & . 4 . & .
e|-------------------------9h12p9------------------|
B|----------------9--12-9--------12p0--------------|
G|-11-9-----9--11--------------------11^(11)p9\8---|
D|-------11----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & .
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0--0--7--0--0--0--9--0--0--0--10-0--0--0--12-0--0--0--10-0--0--0--|
G|-9--8--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


************************************

| % repeat last bar
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| . palm mute
| p pull off
| h hammer on
| /\/\/\ vibrato (it's up to you if you want to use the bar or not)
| B full bend , 15B means bend 15 to 17.
| b half step bend, 15b= bend 15 to 16.
| ^ Bend and release, 15^ , means bend 15 to 17 then release back
| v Vibrato

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Band- Metallica
Song- Escape

Gtr I, II (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'

[Intro]
Q=144
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E a E E +Q. E S S S E Q 3x E E E E E E a E E
||--------------------|---------------------||-------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------o||-------------------|
||--------------4h5-4-|-(4)---5-4h5p4-------||-------------4h5-4-|
||--7-----------5h7-5-|-(5)---7-5h7p5-7-5---||-7-----------5h7-5-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------8-7--o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
||--------------------|---------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E a E E +Q. E S S S E Q E E E E E E a E E
|-3-|


$
PM----------| PM----------|
|-3-|
+Q. E S S S E Q E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||o-----------------o||------------------|
|-(4)---5-4h5p4------||----------------5--||---------------4--|
|-(5)---7-5h7p5-7-5--||----------------7--||---------------5--|
|---------------8-7--||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|--------------------||-------------------||------------------|
+Q. E S S S E Q
|-3-|


--PM----| PM--------------PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------8-7-5-7-|---------------4-|---------8-7-5-7-||
|-----------------|-7-------------5-|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-5-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E


[Verse] 1 & 2
PM-----------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-|


-------------------------------------|
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5--|
|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3--|


PM-------------------------------------
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-|
|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-|


-----------------|
S S E E E E E E E Q Q S E. S E.
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--5--x-2--x-3--o||
|-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--3--x-0--x-1---||


[Chorus]
Gtr II, III
Q E Q Q E Q. Q Q E H H W 3x
||---------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------o||
||-------7--5--4-|-------7-----5---7-|--7s=====4--------|-----------------||
||---------------|--7----------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| PM| PM| PM----|
| W +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H E E E E 3x
||---------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------2--||
||---------------|-------------------|------------------|------------4----||
||o-7------------|-(7)-----(7)-----5-|-(5)----(5)-----4-|-(4)------4-----o||
||--5------------|-(5)-----(5)-0-5-3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-2-|-(2)----2--------||


D.S.
Q E E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E H H W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|------7-(7)-5--4-|-------7-(7)-5---7-|--7s=====4--------|-\2----------||
|-----------------|--7----------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|
| PM| PM|
| W +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||
|-7---------------|-(7)-----(7)-----5-|-(5)----(5)-----4-|-(4)---------||
|-5---------------|-(5)-----(5)-0-5-3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-2-|-(2)---------||


Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--|
E E E E H E E E E H
||---------------|--------------||
||o--------------|-------------o||
||--------4-2----|-------2------||
||------4-4-2----|-----4-2-5----||
||o---4---2-0----|---4---0-5---o||
||--2------------|-2-------3----||


Bridge - Half Time Feel
PM-| PM---------------| PM-------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------4--2--|-------------|-------4--2--|------------|
|-4--4--2--0--|-4--4--5--5--|-4--4--2--0--|-4--4--5--5-|
|-2--2--------|-2--2--3--3--|-2--2--------|-2--2--3--3-|


PM-| PM---------------| PM-------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------4--2--|-------------|-------4--2--|------------||
|-4--4--2--0--|-4--4--5--5--|-4--4--2--0--|-2--2--5--5-||
|-2--2--------|-2--2--3--3--|-2--2--------|-0--0--3--3-||


6/4
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-------4-2-2-2-2-|-------2---------|-------2-----------------||
|-----4-4-2-2-2-2-|-----4-2-5-5-5-5-|-----4-------------------||
|---4---2-0-0-0-0-|---4---0-5-5-5-5-|---4-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-2---------------|-2-------3-3-3-3-|-2-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||


[ Guitar Solo]
4/4
Gtr III
|-------3-------| |--3---|
Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q E +S S S
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-15b17-----15b17==(15)r---15b17---|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17r(15)p14p12-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-----------------| PM-------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------0-|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------0-|--------------------------8----7--5------7--------|
|--2-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0----0-0--0-------0---0--0------|--0----0-------0-------0--6----5--3------5--------|
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|

w/Rhy Fig 1 x3
Q Q Q E +E
|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17r(15)-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|



~~~~~
|----3----|
+Q. S S E E +E E E
|-(15)p====12----12-------------------12-|
|-------------15----15b17==(15)r-15------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|



S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15-14-12----14-12-------12----------------------|
|----------15-------15-14----15-14-12-15-14-12----|
|----------------------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|-14-12-------12-------------------------|
|-------14-12----14-12-11-14-12p11s9-7---|
|--------------------------------------9-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|



Q E E E E E E E +S S E E +H
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-7b8-----7-9-7-9-7-|-9b11r(9)p7---7-(7)--------|
|-------9-----------|------------9--------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|



~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E Q E E +Q E E
|-12-10-9----9-10-9----|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------12--------12-|-10-9-10b12---10---9h10-|-9-------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-----9----------9-11-|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------11-(11)-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM----------|
| E E E E H E E E E E E Q
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------| w/Rhy Fig 2 x2
|--2--4-4--2-4---------|--2-4--4----2--2-5-5----|
|--0--2-2--0-2---------|--0-2--2----0--0-3-3----|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|

~~~~~~
E +S S E E +E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------9-12p9----9-12p9-10p9----9------|
|-11b13r(11)p9-11-9-(9)----9-11-|-11b13--------11-------------11---11-9-|
|-----------------------11------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|



|-3--| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S
|---------------------9h12p9---------------------|
|--------------9-12-9--------12p9----------------|
|-11-9----9-11--------------------11b13r(11)p9s8-|
|------11----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|



6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------||
|-----0-0-7-0-0-0-9-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-||
|-9-8------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM--------------|
| E E E E E E Q H
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|-2---4---4---2---2---5------------------------------||
|-0---2---2---0---0---3------------------------------||


4/4
Gtrs I, II
Rhy Fig 1 x6


4/4
Gtr I, II
w/Rhy Fig 1
Gtr III
Q E E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
||--------8-(8)-7---5-|--------8-(8)-5---7-|
||o-------------------|-7------------------|
||--------6-(6)-5---3-|-0------6-(6)-3---5-|



W +W repeat to fade
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-5---------------|-(5)\----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-3---------------|-(3)-----------------||



************************************

| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| PM Palm mute
| x Dead note
| \ Slide down
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato

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Song info
Escape
Metallica
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