Metallica - Whiplash guitar tab

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Metallica - Whiplash guitar tab

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                  Title : Whiplash
                 Artist : Metallica
                  Album : Kill 'Em All
         Transcribed by : Christian Theves
 The Metallica Tab Page : http://www.metallica-tablature.com
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Please note: Song structure is not 100% accurate, but you can easily work it out
as mainly there are only four Rhy Figs. 

 
Intro   					            let fade

|-----------||----------------------||-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----------||*--------------------*||-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----------||----------------------||-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|--9--9--9--||---9--------9--9--9---||--9--------|--9------|---------|---------|
|--7--7--7--||*--7--------7--7--7--*||--7--------|--7------|---------|---------|
|-----------||----------------------||-----------|---------|---------|---------|




|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--9--------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--9--------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--7--------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|----------|




|-----------|----------|------------|-----------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|------------|-----------|-----------|--------|
|--9--------|----------|--9--9------|--9--------|--9--------|--------|
|--9--------|----------|--9--9------|--9--------|--9--------|--------|
|--7--------|----------|--7--7------|--7--------|--7--------|--------|
|--0--------|----------|--0--0------|--0--------|--0--------|--------|



                                                          play 3 times
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|------------------7----6----------||
||*--------------------------------|------------------7----6----5p0--*||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------||
      PM.............................................



|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------7----6----5--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------7----6----5--|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
      PM.............................................



  Rhy Fig 1                                            end Rhy Fig 1
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|------------------7----6----5---||
||*--------------------------------|------------------7----6----5--*||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||
      PM.............................................



                                                             play 4 times
  Rhy Fig 2                                                 end Rhy Fig 2
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------5-----||
||*---------------------------------|------------------------------5----*||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
   PM............................................................. 


 S/S

 w/ Rhy Fig 2 (4 times)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
 1. Late at night... 
 2.3.4.


  Chorus						  
		
                                                 
  Rhy Fig 3                                     end Rhy Fig 3
||--------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------------------------||
||--5--------5--4--2--|--------------------------------------||
||--3--------3--2--0--|-------4--4--4----4--4--4----4--4-----||
||--------------------|--0h2--2--2--2----2--2--2----2--2--0--||
                             PM............................. 

 Note: Chorus consists of 3x Rhy Fig 3 plus one bar w/ no guitars.
       


                                     __________________________________
                                    |1,2,3.                            |
 w/ Rhy Fig 1 (4 times)
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


  _________________________________
 |4. 

||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||


                                                           play 4 times
  Rhy Fig 4                                               end Rhy Fig 4
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||-----------5-----5----------------|----------5-----5-----------------||
||*--7p5-----5-----5----------------|--7p5-----5-----5----------------*||
||--------7-----7-------0--0--0--0--|-------7-----7-------0--0--0--0---||
                       PM..........                      PM..........


 Guitar solo

 w/ Rhy Fig 4

|--15p14p12------12--15p14p12------12--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--|
|------------15----------------15----------------15----------------15------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--|
|------------15----------------15----------------15----------------15------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--17p15p12------12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------15----------------15----------------15----------------15------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-17b19---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------15--15\-------------x--x-|-----12-------12-------12-------14--12----------|
|-----------------14b16------x--x-|-----12-------12-------12-------14--12-------12-|
|------------------------12-------|-14-------14-------14-------14-----------14-----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------12h15p12-----------------------------------------|
|---------12--15p12------------15-----12--------12--15p12-------------|
|--14b16---------------------------14b16--14b16--------------14--12\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|



          AH      AH               AH
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--2b4----{2}b4--r{2}-b4----r2--|--{2}b4----rp0------------0--|
|-------------------------------|----------------2------2-----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|



|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--2p0h2p0--4p0h4p0--5p0h5p0--4p0h4p0--|--5p0h5p0--7p0h7p0--9p0h9p0--7p0h7p0--|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|



|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------7-|
|-9p0h9p0--10p0h10p0--12p0h12p0--10p0h10p0-|-9p0h9p0--7p0h7p0--9b11---9b10---9----|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|



|-----------------10p7------7-----7--------------|
|--10p7-----10p7--------10--7-----7--10p7--------|
|--------9---------------------9-----------9--7--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7--9p7---------------------------------------|
|-------------9p7-----7--9p7-----------------------|
|------------------9----------9--7--5--------------|
|--------------------------------------7--7--~--~--|



|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------12--|
|--------------------------12-----------------12------12--14b16------|
|----------------------12--12--12--14p12------12--14-----------------|
|------12--12--12--14---------------------14-------------------------|
|--14----------------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------12--15p12------------------------------------------------|
|---------12-------------15--12------12--15p12------12--15p12------12--|
|--14b16-------------------------14-------------14-------------14------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------|------------------|
|--15b17----------------0--|------------------|
|-----------------------0--|--15b17--r15-\----|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|


 w/ Rhy Fig 1 (4 times)

|-----12--12-----12----12--------12--12--12--------12----12--12--12--12--|
|--15b17------15b17-------15b17--------------15b17-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|--12-------12----12--12---------12-----12--12---------12--|
|-----15b17----15b17-----------------15b17------15b17------|
|-------------------------14b15----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|




|--15--12------12--15p12------12--15p12-------------------------|
|----------15-------------15-------------15--12--12--12--15p12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|




|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--14--12------12--14p12------12--14p12------12--14--12\--|
|----------14-------------14-------------14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
  PM...........................................



|--3p1p0--3p1p0--3p1p0--5p3p0--6p4p0--6p4p0--7p5p0--8p6p0--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|



|--8p6p0--9p7p0--10p7p0--11p8p0--12p9p0--12p9p0--14p11p0--15p12p0--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-15p12p0--16p13p0--17p13p0--17p14p0--18p15p0--19p16p0--20p17p0--21p18p0-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                  go back to the sign S/S         
|--21p18p0--22p19--22p19--22p19--22b24----22b24--|--22b24----------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|