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Ride the Lightning Guitar Tablature
Metallica
Song: Ride the Lightning
Album: Ride the Lightning (1984)
Standard Tuning

Intro/Outro:
1:-7-8--5-7----------
2:-----------5-7--8-5

Riff 1:
4:-7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7-----2-2-2
5:-7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7-----2-2-2
6:-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-0

Riff 2:
3:-------2-2-2
4:-4-2-4-2-2-2
5:-4-2-4-0-0-0
6:-2-0-2------

Fill:
4:-10--9
5:-10--9
6:--8--7

Verse:
4:-7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7----10-9
5:-7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7----10-9
6:-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-8-7

Play that and twice then play this:

4:-4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4--------
5:-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-2
6:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
p.m  ...   .......   ...   .......   ...   .......   ...   .......
Chorus:
3:-6-5-4-6-----------------6-5-4-6----------------
4:-6-5-4-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5-4-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
5:-4-3-2-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-3-2-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
6:---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
p.m        ...............         ...............

Riff 3:
3:-9-8-7---5--------------------
4:-9-8-7---5---4---22225--22225-
5:-7-6-5---3---2---22225--22225-
6:-------0---0---3-000030-000030

6:-3333333333333322222222222222111111111111100000000000000
p.m.......................................................

6:-3333333333322222222222
p.m......................

Fill 2:
3:-9-8-7---5---4
4:-9-8-7---5---4
5:-7-6-5---3---2
6:-------0------

Riff 4:
3:---------5-5------------
4:-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7
5:-2-2-----3-3-5-5-5/7-7-7
6:-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3/5-5-5
p.m    ...     .....

Riff 5:
3:---------7-7------------
4:-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9
5:-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-7/9-9-9
6:-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5/7-7-7
p.m    ...     .....

Fill 3:
4:-9-8-7--7-6-5--5-4-3~
5:-9-8-7--7-6-5--5-4-3~
6:-7-6-5--5-4-3--3-2-1~

Riff 6:
3:-----------------------4-5-4
4:-22225--22225---22225--4-5-4
5:-22225--22225---22225--2-3-2
6:-000030-000030-000030-------

Fill 4:
6:-3333333333333333322222222222222221111111111111111000000000000000
p.m................................................................

6:-333333333333333555555555555556666666666666666777777777777777
p.m............................................................

Fill 5
3:-------2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2--
4:-4-2-4-2-2-2-2-4-2-4-2-2-2-2-2
5:-4-2-4-0-0-0-0-4-2-4-0-0-0-0-2
6:-2-0-2---------2-0-2---------0

Riff 7:
3:-------2-2-2-5---------2-2-2--
4:-4-2-4-2-2-2-5---4-2-4-2-2-2-2
5:-4-2-4-0-0-0-3---4-2-4-0-0-0-2
6:-2-0-2-----------2-0-2-------0
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