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….
—|-|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|———————-
—|-|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|———————-
-/^|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|/——————————
2-|[2]-|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—2——————————-
2-|[2]-|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—2——————————-
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
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—|-0—1—0————/^—0^1—————/^—0^1—————-|——
—|———-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)
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——————2—————-5—————-
—0—1—0———2————|-0—1—0———5—————-
————3—5—0————|———-3—5—3—————-
PM-|
End of verse riff
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-0—1—0——————————2————————
———-3—5—3—6—6—6-6-6—5—3—0————————
Riff before solo (Repeat once) (Repeat twice with this added to end)
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————5-7-8————8-7-5.|—5-7————————————
—7—4-6-7——-7—4-6-7———|-8—————————————
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Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
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—-5—7——5—7——5—7>slide>14—————————-
—9——-10——-11——————————————
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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
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