Metallica - Call Of Ktulu guitar tab
The Call of Ktulu
by Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine and Burton
as performed on Ride the Lightning
Rhy Fig 1
||----5---------5---|---5---------5---|---6---------6---|---6---------6---|
||--------6---5---6-|-------6---5---6-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6-|
||*-----7-----------|-----7-----------|-----7-----9-----|-----7-----9-----|
||*-0-------7-------|-0-------7-------|-0-------8-------|-0-------8-------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
__________________
|1. |
end Rhy Fig 1
|---8----------8---|---8----------8---|---5---------5---|---5---------5----||
|-------8--------8-|-------8--------8-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6--||
|-----9------9-----|-----9------9-----|-----7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----*||
|-0-------10-------|-0-------10-------|-0-------7-------|-0-------7-------*||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2
4 times
|-------------||----------0------|---------0--------||
|--0----------||--------0---0----|-------0---0------||
|-------------||*-----5------5---|-----5-------5---*||
|--0----------||*---7------------|---7-----------7-*||
|-------------||--0------------7-|-6----------------||
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||
Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3
4 times
||--------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5--||
||------3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3----||
||*---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----*||
||*-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------*||
||----------|---------|---------|----------||
||----------|---------|---------|----------||
||--------------|------------------||
||--------------|------------------||
||--------------|-9-8-8-8-8-9-9/11-||
||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-6-6-6-6-7-7/9--||
||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|------------------||
||--------------|------------------||
rhythm figure 4(distorted)
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||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------7----||
||7--7-9-10-9--7|---7-9-10-9--7|---7-9-10-9--7|----7-9-10----10||
||--------------|8-------------|9-------------|10--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
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||E5 F5 F#5 G5 ||
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||-2-------0-2-3|-3-------0-2-3|-4-------0-2-3|-5-------3-2----||
||-0-0-0-0------|-1-1-1-1------|-2-2-2-2------|-3-3-3-3-----3--||
rhythm figure 5(distorted)
Repeat this pattern with 12 on the G string as the start, and of
course the final note will be 13 on the B.
Solo
|-------------------------------------|20b---------20b---20b-20b-r-20v-----17---|
|20b--20b--20b--20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-17|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-20b-20p17-20b-20p17-20b-20p17-20b-20p17-|-20b-20p17-20b-20p17-20b-20p17-20b-20p17--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
e|-20-17--------------------------------------------|
B|-------20-17----17-20-17--------------------------|
G|-------------19----------19-17-14-17-19-17-14-----|
D|----------------------------------------------17--|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------14--------------------------------|
D|-14-17----17-14-12----12-14-12----12-----|
A|-------------------15----------15---12v--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-12-10-9--10-9-----9-----------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------12----12-10-12-10-9-12-10-9--|-10-9------9-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------11-|------11-9---11-9---11-9-7-6-5-4-6-4-|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------12-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-7-6-4---6-4-------7-6-4---------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------7-----7-6-9-------7-6-4---|-6-4-----4---------------------------|
A|-------------------------------7-|-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------0-4v----------|
e|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
G|--------------------------5-7-|-7-t14p7-t15p17-t17p7---|-t15p7--7-dive---|
D|-----------4-5-7-5---5-7------|------------------------|-----------------|
A|-----4-5-7---------7----------|------------------------|-----------------|
E|-5-6--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
e|-------------|
B|-trill-------|
G|--5-7--------|
D|--------7v---|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
|----10-17-13---------10-17-13-----|----10-17-13-------10-17-13------|
|--10--------15----10----------15--|--10--------15---10---------15---|
|10-------------10-----------------|10-------------10----------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--17-13---17-13---17-13---17-13---|-17-13----17-13-----------------|
|--------15------15------15-----15-|-------15-------15/17v----------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-|-20b-20b-20b-20b-v--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|-20-19-17-20p18p17-----17-18--18-17-----|
B|------------------20-19-------------18--|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-17--19-17-19-17------19-17----17v---|
B|-----------------20---------20-------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-20p19p17-20p19p17-19p17p15-19p17p15-17p16p13-17p16p13-15p13p12-15p13p12-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-18p17p15-18p17p15-17p16p14-17p16p15-15p14p12-15p14p12-13p12p10-13p12p10-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-10----10--13-10---------------------------------|
G|-------12-----------12-9-----9-12-9-----------------|
D|--------------------------12---------12-10---10-----|
A|-------------------------------------------12-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-12-10----------------------------------------|
A|-------12-10----10-12-10----10-----------0----|
E|-------------12----------12----12-10-9-8------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-3-0-3-0-5-3-0-3-3h5-5-3p0-3-3h5-5-3-3p0--|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-7-5---5--7-5---5--5h7-7-5-5--5h7-7-5----|
A|-----7--------7-----------7-----------7--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13p7h10-13p7h10-14p7h10-14p7h10-15p7h10-16p7h10-16p7h10-17p7h10-17p7h10-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-18p7h10-18p7h10-19p7h10-19p7h10-20p7h10-21p7h10-22p7h10-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I think the solo sounds better this way.
e|-----|-------|
B|-----|-------|
G|-----|-9-8---|
D|--7--|-9-8---|
A|--7--|-7-6---|
E|--5--|-------|
E|--------|--------|These fills are played
B|--------|--------|during the above riff.
G|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|
A|-8-dive-|--------|
E|--------|-0-dive-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------9----------------|
|-5-4-4-4--5-2-2-7--5-4-4-4--5-2-2|
|-3-2-2-2--3-0-0----3-2-2-2--3-0-0|
E|-------|-------|This is played
B|--/10--|--/17--|4X during the breakdown.
G|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|
A|-------|-------|
E|-------|-------|
1st 2nd
E|------------------------|---------|-------|
B|-12-10h12p10----10---12-|---------|-------|
G|o------------12---------|-12----9o|-12----|
D|o-----------------------|----12--o|----9--|
A|------------------------|---------|-------|
E|------------------------|---------|-------|
e|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|---trill---|
B|-10--|-----|-11--|-----|-13--|----10h11-|---10-11---|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----------|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----------|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----------|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----------|
During the clean part at the end.
Let the 3 first notes ring.
|-----------------------|Twice.
|-----------------------|End with a D5.
|-----------------------|
|--7--5--7--3--7--10--7-|
|--5--3--5--1--5--8---5-|
|-----------------------|
Additions and solo by
mattinurro@hotmail.com
