Tabs for

"My Friend of Misery"

My Friend of Misery
by: Hetfield Ulrich and Newstead
as performed on Metallica
tab by Phil Boyle; phil@encycmet.com


bass intro
1a)                     1b)
G--2-2---2              --------------------------------2
D--3-3---2 twice before -3---3---3---3----2---2---2---2--
A--0-0---0              ---5---0---5---0----3---0---3----
E---------              ---------------------------------
intro and verse


2)
G---------------2-2-2----------
D------5--------2-2-2----5-----
A--0-3--------5-0-0-0--3----5-2
E---------0-3---------------3-0
...save the world


3)
D-----------------2-2--2-4-4------------------2-2-3-4--
A--4-4-0-2-3-4-2--0-0--0-2-2---4-4-0-2-3-4-2--0-0-1-2-2  twice then
E--2-2---------0---------------2-2---------0----------0
Misery...


4)
D----------------------------2
A--3-------2---3-3-------2---0
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
pm   .....   .     .....


5a)                                full         full
e----------------------------       -5--5~~------5--5~~-
B--------5------5------------       -------5-----------5
G-----5------------7--5--7~~~ twice ----------5---------
D--7~~------7~~~-------------       --------------------
A----------------------------       --------------------
E----------------------------       --------------------

5b)        full
e-----------0-------------0
B--------3--3-------------1
G------2-------2------2-2--
D----3--------------2------
A--0--------------0--------
E--------------------------
pre-solo clean  (actually recorded on a telecaster with a B-bender)


6)
D-----------------------------
A--4-4---x-x-x-2-3-4-4-------5
E--2-2---x-x-x-0-1-2-2---x-0-3
end

__________________
solo:

(continued from riff 5)

Solo (James Hetfield Part)

 2 guitars (next 8 bars)
|----------------------|-hold bend---------|-----------------------|
|-/10------11p10-11b13-|-----11----r11--10-|-10h11-10------10------|
|-/10------12p10-12b14-|-----12----r10---9-|---9h12-9-------9------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|


|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10h11p10\8h10p8\6h8p6-~-~-(6)\-|-/10-----------11p10-11-b--|
|--9h10p-9\7h-9p7\5h7p5-~-~-(5)\-|-/10-----------12p10-12-b--|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|


|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-(11)---11p10-11-b--11-rb---10--|--10h11-10-~-~-10h11p10\8-10--8h10p-|
|-(12)---12p10-12-b--12-rb---10--|---9h10--9-~-~--9h10p-9\7--9--7h9-p-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|


|---------------------------|-13p10----10-13--13p10----10-13--13p10----10-|
|-8\6-8--6h8p6\5-6p5\1h5-1--|-------10--------------10--------------10----|
|-7\5-7--5h7p5\4-5p4\2h4-2--|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


|-13p10----10-13p10-13p10----10-13p10-13p10----10-|
|-------10----------------10----------------10----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


|-12p8----8-12--12p8----8-12--12p8----8-|-12p8----8-12p8-----------------------|
|------10------------10------------10---|------10--------10-10-10h11p10p8-10-~-|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


|-13p10----10-13--13p10----10-13--13p10----10-|
|-------10--------------10--------------10----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


|-13p10----10-13p10-13p10----10-13p10-13--13/--|
|-------10----------------10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|-20p17----17-20--20p17----17-20--20p17----17---|-20/22--22b24--22b24-~-~---|
|-------17--------------17--------------17------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|


|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------5-----------------|--------5-----5------------|
|--0--3-----------5-----7--|--0--3--------5--7--(7)\---|
|-----------0--3----/5-----|-----------0---------------|
  PM...    PM...             PM...    PM


Solo (Kirk Hammett Part)

w/ wah

|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--16b17-------------|--(16)-------------------------|
|--16b18-------------|--(16)----16-14-~-(14)\-----14-|
|--------------------|------------------------/16----|
|--//----------------|---//--------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
 tremolo pick


|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------17b19-~--|
|--16b18-~--16--16b18--14-----------14--|--16b18r16p14-16b18r16p14----------|
|-------------------------16-14-16------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|--17b20---17b20----17b20---|--17b20---r17--14-~-~------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------17--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--17--16b17--16b17--16b17--|--------------------------14---|
|------16b18--16b18--16b18--|--14----------------14----14---|
|---------------------------|-----16-~-~-14--16-------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|