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My World Tabs

(ver. 1)
Metallica
I tabbed this song all by ear and I think it's very accurate, play it for
yourself (very fun to do) and see what I'm talking about. Everything is
in sequential order, so just follow along exactly and you won't get lost.
St. Anger rules. Enjoy!

Tuning: Drop C

Intro:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-(2)-----------------------------------------------------|4x
G|-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
   pm ..........

Riff 1: (Main riff)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-----5-----7-----2-------------------------------------------------------|7x
G|-2-----5-----7-----2-----5-5/7---------------------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
     ...   ...   ...   ...

Riff 1a:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-----5-----7-----2-------------------------------------------------------|2x
G|-2-----5-----7-----2-----5-5/7---------------------------------------------|
C|-0-----3-----5-----0-------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 1 then...

Riff 2:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-----5-----7-----5-----2-------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----5-----7-----5-----2-------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-----3-----5-----3-----0-------------------------------------------------|

Riff1
Riff2

"Motherf**kers got in my head..." :
Riff 1 with Riff 2 as ending.  2x

"It's my world now, it's my world now...":
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-(2)-------------5-(5)---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-(2)-------------5-(5)---------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-(0)-------------3-(3)---------------------------------------------------|

"Mama why's it raining in my room..." :
Riff 1 with Riff 2 as ending.  4x

"It's my world you can't have it...":  "It's My World!":
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
C|-2-----5-----7-(7)----------------3x|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
G|-2-----5-----7-(7)------------------|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
C|-0-----3-----5-(5)------------------|-6-----3-----0------------------------|

Riff 3: (Chorus) "Suckit...Out my head..."
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-5-2-2----5---7--8---5---2-------------------------------------------------|8x
G|-5-2-2----5---7--8---5---2-------------------------------------------------|
C|-3-0-0--0-3-0-5--6-0-3-0-0-------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1   4x

"Who's in charge of my head today..." :
Riff 1 with Riff 2 as ending.  2x


"It's my time now, it's my time now...":
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-2-(2)-------------5-(5)---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-(2)-------------5-(5)---------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-(0)-------------3-(3)---------------------------------------------------|

"Look out motherf**kers here I come..." :
Riff 1 with Riff 2 as ending.  4x

"It's my world you can't have it...":  "It's My World!":
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
C|-2-----5-----7-(7)----------------3x|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
G|-2-----5-----7-(7)------------------|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
C|-0-----3-----5-(5)------------------|-6-----3-----0------------------------|

(Chorus) "Suckit...Out my head..."
Riff 3   a bunch of times

"Not only do I not know the answer...":
Riff3 soft then hard

"God it feels, like it only rains on me":
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------7/9--------------------------------------------------|
C|-2------5-2-----------7/9--------------------------------------------------|8x
G|-2------5-2----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0--0-0-3-0--0-0--0-0------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3 ...

Riff 4 "Get em Out" (ending riff): (play this fast!)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------5---7---8---7---5---7---8------------------------------------------|a bunch x
G|--------5---7---8---7---5---7---8------------------------------------------|
C|-0--0-0-3-0-5-0-6-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-6------------------------------------------|

Very end:
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
G|-8-----5-----2------------------------|
C|-6-----3-----0------------------------|

I left out only minor stuff that are just variations of the riffs that are
given here, so you can figure it out. I hope you likey the song.

| () let ring
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
            
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