WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Metallica - Call Of Ktulu Bass | Ver. 1
THE CALL OF KTULU (Bassline)
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1984 Album RIDE THE LIGHTNING)
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, and David Mustaine
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Key Of Dm'
I Put that Wah Changes underneath the measures:
+ - Closed
o - Open
(0:05), (7:55) (1:01)
Moderately Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx16 Wx16 H.. E H. +Q 4x
|-------------||-------------||--------------|----------------||
|-------------||-------------||o-------------|---------------o||
|-------------||-------------||o-0---------7-|-6-------(6)\--o||
|-------------||-------------||--------------|----------------||
< <
W W 3x H E E E E E E E E E E Q
||-----------|-----------||--------------|----------------|
||o----------|-0--------o||--------------|----------------|
||o----------|----------o||------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|
||-----------|-----------||--------------|----------------|
(1:29, 1:56, 2:54, 2:51) With Distortion/Wah
E E E E a Q. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q
||-------------------|----------------|---------9-9-9---|---------------------|
||o-----7-5-5h7------|----------------|---------7-7-7---|-----------10-(10)\--|
||o-0-0------------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
||-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
o + o
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-------5-5h7-5-7---|-----------------|-------5-7------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-----------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0---0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7\--||
|-------------------|-------------8\--|----------------|-----------------||
+ o
TP TP TP TP
E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----17--17----17\-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-12-12-15--17----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-15--15----15\-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
+ o
1.
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-15--17--19----19-|-20p0-19p0-17p0-19p0-17p0-15p0-17p0-15p0-|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------||
|-14p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-12p0-10p0-9p0----o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-20p0-19p0-|-17p0-19p0-17p0-19p0-17p0-15p0-14p0-14-o||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
+
3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------12----12-|-14-12-14-15-14-15-17\---||
|-12-14-15-14-15----15----|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-19p17-19p17-19p17-19p17-15p0-15p10-15p0-15p10-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
(3:19) Distorion/Wah Off
TP TP TP TP
|----3----| |-3-|
Q Q +Q +H E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------||------------------|---------------|
|-15-17b19-(17)-(17)----||o-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------------||o---------0---2-3-|---------0-2-3-|
|-----------------------||--0-0-0-0---0-----|-1-1-1-1-------|
+
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------|
|---------0---2-3-|-5-------3-2---o||-||o---------0---2-3-|---------0-2-3--|
|-2-2-2-2---0-----|---3-3-3-----3--||-||--0-0-0-0---0-----|-1-1-1-1--------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------|
|---------0---2-3-|-5-------3-2---o||-||o---------3---5-6-|---------3-5-6--|
|-2-2-2-2---0-----|---3-3-3-----3--||-||--3-3-3-3---3-----|-4-4-4-4--------|
(4:00) With Distortion/Wah
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-------5-7--7---|------------------|
|---------3---5-6-|-8-------6-5---o||-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9--|
|-5-5-5-5---5-----|---6-6-6-----6--||----------------|------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------5-7--7---|-----------5-5\--|-------5-7--7---|-----------------|
|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7\--|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------8-7-|
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|---------7------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-14-14-15-15-14-14-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|-------5-7--7---|-----------------|
|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7s9-|
|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------5-7--7---|-----------5-5\--|-------5-7--7---|-----------------|
|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7\--|-0-0-0--------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------8-7-|
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|---------7------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0----7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-14-14-15-15-14-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(4:55)
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 E E Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-------5-7-5-7---|-----------------|-------5-7-5-7---|-----------5-5\---o||
||o-0-0-0---------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-----|-0-0-0---------7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7\---o||
||------------------|-------------8-7-|-----------------|-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-10h12p10h12-10h12p10h12-10h12p10h12-|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q H Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-12--14tr15----15--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|---------------------|-------------12----|
|-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-15-15-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-5h7-14p5h7-14p5h7-15p5h7-15p5h7-15p5h|=7-16p5h7-16p5h7-16p5h7-17p5-17---||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
(5:23) Distortion/Wah Off
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x
||------------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o||
||o-0-------0---2-3-|-0-------0-2-3-o||-||o-2-------2---4-5-|-2-------2-4-5-o||
||----0-0-0---0-----|---1-1-1--------||-||----2-2-2---2-----|---3-3-3--------||
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x
||------------------|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o||
||o-3-------3---5-6-|-3-------3-5-6-o||-||o-5-------5---7-8-|-5-------5-7-8-o||
||----3-3-3---3-----|---4-4-4--------||-||----5-5-5---5-----|---6-6-6--------||
(6:10)
H.. E W H.. E W
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|
|-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6--------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|
H.. E W H.. E W
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6----|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
H.. E W H.. E W H.. E W
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6--------|-0---------7-|-6----|
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
H H W H H +W
||--7----7----|-----------||-----------|--------|
||o-----------|-0--------o||-0---------|--------|
||o-----------|----------o||-----------|--------|
||------------|-----------||------0----|-(0)----|
E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H. 4x
||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------||
||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o||
||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o||
||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------||
E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H.
||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------||
||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o||
||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o||
||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------||
1.
E E E E +Q Q Q Q H E E E E +Q Q Q H.
||------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------||
||o-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------o||
||o-----------------|----7--7----|-----------------|----7-----o||
||--3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0-----0----|-3-2-2-2-(2)--3--|-0--0------||
2.
Q H E E +Q E E H +W
|-------------|---------------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|--------||
|-------------|------5-5-5----|-(5)----||
|-0--0----2-2-|-(2)-----------|--------||
Slower Q=90 With Distortion/Wah
3/4
Wx15 W Q Q Q Q Q Q H +H.
|-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|----------||-5--3--5--1--|-5--8--5----|-(5)----|
|-------------|----------||-------------|------------|--------|
4/4
TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q H H E E E E
|-------------|------------|------12S10S12S14S|
|-------------|------------|------------------|
|-5--3--5--1--|-5--8--5----|-5----------------|
|-------------|------------|------------------|
TP
E E E E E E E E H Q Q
|-12S14S15-14S15-17S15S17S|=19-------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------*|
|-------------------------|-------17\------*|
|-------------------------|----------------*|
Here's the guitar intro for bass if anyone wants to try that. It's in the two handed tapping routine.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----14----10-------14----|----14----10-------14----|
||o-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15-|
||o-------------12----------|-------------12----------|
||--10----------------------|-10----------------------|
H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----15----10-------15----|----15----10-------15-----|
|-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15--|
|-------------13----------|-------------13-----------|
|-10----------------------|-10-----------------------|
H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----17----12-------17-12-|----17----12-------17-12-|
|-------14-------14-------|-------14-------14-------|
|-------------15----------|-------------15----------|
|-10----------------------|-10----------------------|
H H H H
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|----14----10-------14----|----14----10-------14-----||-------|
|-------12-------14----15-|-------12-------14----15-o||-15----|
|-------------12----------|-------------12----------o||-------|
|-10----------------------|-10-----------------------||-10----|
H H H H
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-------------9--------|----------9--------|
||o-----7-10-9---9-10---|---7-10-9---9-10-7-|
||o-------------------7-|-6-----------------|
||--5-------------------|-------------------|
H.. E W
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|------------9--------|----------9----------||
|-----7-10-9---9-10---|---7-10-9---9-10-7--o||
|-------------------7-|-6------------------o||
|-5-------------------|---------------------||
H.. E W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------10----------10-|----------10----------14-|
||o-------12----------12----|-------12----------12----|
||o----12----------13-------|----14----------15-------|
||--10----------10----------|-10----------10----------|
H H H H
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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