Holier Than Thou

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Holier Than Thou by Metallica Transcription by Tim Scott This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab.  It gives enough information on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting how many times a rhythm is played the changes etc...   Intro Rhythm 1       ____  ___3___  ___3___  ____  repeat umpteen times.... |--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|-----------------------------------------| G|-/^\|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/|-----------------------------------------| |2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-|-----------------------------------------| E|0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-----------------------------------------| (brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)      Lead in to rhythm 2 |--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------| |--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------| |--|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------| A|--|-0--1--0------------/^\--0^1--------------/^\--0^1----------------|------| E|--|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|------|                          /\ P.M.-------| P.M.---|              (~ = vibrato---| Hold on 1st time only ___/ P.M. and pick otherwise...   Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics) e|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------| G|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------| D|-----------------2-----------|----------------5--|-------------------------| A|--0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5--|-------------------------| E|-----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3--|-------------------------|            PM-|   End of verse riff e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------2-|----------------------------------| A|-0--1--0------------------------------2-|----------------------------------| E|----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0-|----------------------------------|   Riff before solo    (Repeat once)   (Repeat twice with this added to end) |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------| A|--7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|   Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14|---------------------------------------| A|--9-------10-------11--------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| I haven’t got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but I also don’t plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that.. With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the song...Have fun with it... --tim