From: Clifford Veighey



BATTERY by Metallica

From the album "Master of Puppets"



There's about half a dozen guitar parts on the intro where Jaymz

layered acoustics, steel strings, spanish guitars and god knows what else.

One acoustic plays riff 1 and the rest of the layered guitars play along

the lines of riff 2 (I Think)



Acoustic Riff 1

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

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

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

|--3--2-----------2-(2)-------------|--2---------0--0-(0)---------------|

|--2--------------0-(0)-------------|--0------------5-(5)---------------|

|--0--------------1-(1)-------------|--2------------3-(3)---------------|



Acoustic Riff 2

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

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

|--4--5--------4-----------4--5-----|--4--5--------------------5--4---------

|--------7--------------------------|--------7-----5------------------------

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

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



Acoustic Riff 2b

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

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

|--4--5--------4-h5-p4-----4--5-----|--4--5--------------------5--4---------

|--------7--------------------------|--------7-----5------------------------

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

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





Start with Acoustic Riff 1 once and then while that keeps playing Gtr II plays



Riff 2 Riff 2b Riff2 Riff2



Then the electrics come crashing in:-



E5 E5 E5 F5 Gmaj7 G5

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

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

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

|--2-----------------2--2--3--------|--5-----------------5--5--5------------

|--2-----------------2--2--3--------|--5-----------------5--5--5------------

|--0-----------------0--0--1--------|--2-----------------2--2--3------------



While 2 other electrics play Riffs 2 and 2b

This continues for several bars and then



E5 B5 G5 B/D#

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

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

|--------4--------------------------|

|--2-----4-----5-----4--------------|

|--2-----2-----5-----6--------------|

|--0-----------3--------------------|



Verse:

Riff 3 Bb5 A5 Em B/D#

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

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

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

|---------------------------8--8--7--|----------------------------5--5--4--|

|---------------------------8--8--7--|----------------------------7--7--6--|

|--0----0--0--0----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--0----0--0--0----0--0--0------------|

PM......................| PM......................|





Em Bb5 A5 % F#5 G5 Ab5

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

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

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

|--5------------------------8--8--7--|-----4----5------5-----6--|

|--7------------------------8--8--7--|-----4----5------5-----6--|

|-------0--0--0----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--0--2----3--0---3-----4--|

PM.................|





Play this twice but on the second time at the % play this

A#5 A5

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

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

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

|--8--7-----7-----7-----7--|

|--8--7-----7-----7-----7--|

|--6--5-----5-----5-----5--|



Then Fill 1 and into the verse



Fill 1

E5 G5 A5 F5 F5 F#/Eb??

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

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

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

|-----2-----5-----7--------------4-----|

|-----2-----5-----7--------3--3--6-----|

|-----0-----3-----5--------1--1--------|







Riff 3

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

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

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

|---------------------------8--8--7--|---------------------------5--5--4

|---------------------------8--8--7--|---------------------------7--7--6

|--0----0--0--0----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--0----0--0--0----0--0--0---------





Lashing out the action Returning the reaction





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

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

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

|--4------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6----------

|--6------------------------8--8--7--|--4-----5-----5-----6----------

|-------0--0--0----0--0--0--6--6--5--|--2-----3-----3-----4----------



Weak are ripped and torn away



Lashing out the action, returning the reaction

Weak are ripped and torn away

Hipnotizing power, crushing all that cower

Battery is here to stay





With Fill 1



E5 C5

Smashing through the boundries, lunacy has found me

F5 F5 F#/Eb

Cannot stop the battery



Riff 3





With Fill 1



E5 C5

Pounding out agression, turned into obsession

F5 F5 F#/Eb

Cannot kill the battery



Riff 3 (first 2 bars)



E5 B5 G5 F#/Eb

Cannot kill the family, battery has grounded me



Riff 3 (first 3 bars)|

|

Bb5 F5 E5 | Play this several

Bat-ter-y | times and then back to the next verse



Lead bit during verse:



|-------12-17p12-15p12-14p12----12-17p12-15p12-|

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

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

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

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

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



|-14p12----12-17p12-15p12-14p12----12-17p12-15p12-|

|-------15----------------------15----------------|

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

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

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

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





|-14p12------------------------------------|-------------|

|-------14p12-14p12-----------------14b15--|-------------|

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

|---------------------------14-------------|-------------|

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

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





Interlude



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

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

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

|--2--------|-----------|--5--------|------5-----5--|--2--------|-----------|

|--2--------|-----------|--5--------|------5-----5--|--2--------|-----------|

|--0--------|-----------|--3--------|------3--3--3--|--0--------|-----------|





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

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

|-----------|--------4--4----|

|--5--------|--------4--4----|

|--5--------|--------2--2----|

|--3--------|----------------|



3 times

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

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

||o---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------o||

||o-------4--5----------|-------5-----------------|---------4--5-------7--o||

||--7--7--------7----7--|--7-------7--3--3--5-/7--|--7p5----------7--------||

||----------------------|-------------------------|------7-----------------||

PM.....................................| PM..............|





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

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

|--------------------|------------4/-|-7---------|-----------|-----------|

|--------4--5--------|--2------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

|--7--7-------7------|------2--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

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

PM...........|



Solo:



w/ wah

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

|--14b15-----14b15------14b15----|---14b15-----14b15--14-------------|

|--14b16-----14b16------14b16----|--------------------14--14--12h14--|

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

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

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





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

|-------------15p12-15p12--15--12-----|--12h15p12----12h15p12----12--15b17--|

|--12-12h1412---------------------15--|-----------15----------15------------|

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

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

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





|----15b17--b18---|--15b18-r15------------------------------|

|-----------------|---------------17~--17-20-17p15----17-15-|

|-----------------|--------------------------------16-------|

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

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

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





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

|--17-----15-12----12-15-12h15p12----12h15p12-----|--12h15p12-----15-b17-~-~-~--|

|-----/16-------14----------------14----------14--|-----------------------------|

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

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

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





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

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

|-4p2p0-4p2p0-4p2p0--4-----4p2p0-2h4---|-4p2p0-4p2p0-4p2p0-2h4-0--4p2p0-4p2p0-4p2p0-|

|-----------------------0------------0-|--------------------------------------------|

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

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





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

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

|-4p2p0-4p2p0-6p4p0-6p4p0-8p6p0-8p6p0-10p8p0-10p8p0-|-12p10p0-12p10p0-12p10p0-12p10p0-14---|

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

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

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





|--12--15--14--12h14p12-----12---------------|-------------------------------------|

|-----------------------15------15-12h14p12--|--14p12------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|--------14--12-----------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|----------------14--12---------------|

|--------------------------------------------|------------------------14--13--12---|

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



AH

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

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

|-----------------9--12---------|----------------------------|

|----------9--12---------12--9--|--12--14--12--14-~-~-~-~---|

|--10--11-----------------------|----------------------------|

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



AH

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

|---------7--10b12~--10--8--|--7-----7--8--7h8p7------------|

|------7--------------------|-----9---------------9---7--6--|

|--/9-----------------------|-------------------------------|

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

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





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

|----------------------|-----------------|----------12--15b17-~--15p12------|

|--7--7b9--7--6--4--7--|--6--------------|------12----------------------14--|

|----------------------|-----7--6-b79-~--|-/14------------------------------|

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

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





|------15b17-~--15p12-15p12-~-~-|--20p15-20p15----------------14-14------------|

|--12---------------------------|-----------------------10/12--------1210-----|

|-------------------------------|--------------17p16p14--------------------12--|

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

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

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





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

|--10----------------------------|

|------12--11h12-11h12p11p9--9--|

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

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

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





Outro:



Repeat lots Last time

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

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

|--3--4--3--4--3-----------|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4------------------------

|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3-----|--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4--------4--3--3--3--3--2

|--1--2--1--2--1--4--3-----|--1--2--1--2--1--2--1--2--------4--3--3--3--3--2

|-----------------2--1-----|--------------------------------2--1--1--1--1--0



verses



Crushing all decievers, mashing non-believers

Never ending potency

Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker

Breeding on insanity



Chorus



Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing

Powerhouse of energy

Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry

We create the battery



Chorus