Kirk Hammett

Birth name	Kirk Lee Hammett
Born	November 18, 1962 (1962-11-18) (age 47) San Francisco, California, USA
Genres	Thrash metal, speed metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, bass,
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Warner Bros., Elektra, Vertigo, Megaforce
Associated acts	Metallica, Exodus, Spastik Children
Website	Metallica Website

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Kirk Hammett was ranked 11th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco to a Filipina mother (Chefela) and an Irish Merchant Marine father. Kirk Hammett attended De Anza High School in Richmond, California.

After picking up a 1978 Fender Stratocaster copy, Hammett attempted to customize his sound with various guitar parts, eventually falling for a 1974 Gibson Flying V. Hammett also took a job at Burger King as a youth before quitting once he saved enough money for his Marshall amplifier.

Hammett's musical interests eventually drew him into the fledgling thrash metal genre. In 1980, he formed the group Exodus with vocalist Paul Baloff, guitarist Gary Holt, bassist Geoff Andrews, and drummer Tom Hunting. He played on Exodus' 1982 Demo. Exodus was a crucial early player in the Bay Area thrash movement.

Hammett was invited to join Metallica following the dismissal of the band's original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine in 1983. This was prior to the recording of Kill 'Em All. At the time Hammett was taking private guitar lessons from the now-famous Joe Satriani.Hammett has written and contributed riffs for Metallica songs since the mid-1980s (particularly in the 1990s during the Load era). One of these riffs, used in "Enter Sandman" became one of Metallica's most popular songs. It was the first track and first single on Metallica's self-titled Black Album and was ranked 399th on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest songs of all time.

The bridge for "Creeping Death" was originally an Exodus riff that Hammett took with him to Metallica.

Hammett is also known for always having his picking hand taped up. During the course of a full tour, due to constantly palm muting and fast picking, the palm of his hand takes sizable abuse.

Hammett's playing style is noted for his extensive use of the wah-wah pedal in his solos. Hammett says "The wah-wah is an extension of my personality." Hammett's use of the wah-pedal hadn't been featured in recent Metallica solos, but has seen a resurgence in his solos on the newest album, Death Magnetic.

Hammett initially wanted to have guitar solos on Metallica's 2003 album, St. Anger, but drummer Lars Ulrich and producer Bob Rock thought that the solos did not sound right in the songs. He later admitted himself, "We tried to put in solos but they sounded like an afterthought so we left them out".

On April 4, 2009, Kirk, along with Metallica bandmates Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, and Robert Trujillo and former Metallica bandmates Jason Newsted and the late Cliff Burton, were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In 2009 Hammett supplied the foreword to British author Joel McIver's book To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton.

" Fade To Black "
P - pull off.
H - hammer on.
T - tap - fret at note shown, tap at note in brackets.
.---. - sustained note.
sl - slide.
vibrato - vibrate string.
)\ - bend and release
/ \
) - string bend
/
// - repeat previous beat (used for 1/16 notes)
'/, - repeat previous measure
x - rake strings
P.M.---- palm mute
Trill-Very rapid alternate between the two notes indicated by hammering and pulling off.

Bm(flat 6) Bm/A Bm(flat 6) A/C#

Rhy. Fig 1 (acoustic guitar) end Rhy Fig 1

let ring------------------------]
e |----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B |----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G |-----0----------|----0----------|----0----------|----2----------|
D |---4---4---4---4|--4---4---4---4|--4---4---4---4|--2---2---2---2|
A |-2-------2---5--|0-------0---5--|2-------2---5--|4-------4---0--|
E |----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

(Kirk Hammet)Electric Guitar w/dis. comes in on the second time
while RHY FIG 1 continues to play

.--------------.
sl sl vibrato ' P P sl H P `
e |-----]---------------|---------------|------------------------------I
B |---7-]-7-8-/10--8--10|-12--10--8--10^^^^^--12--10--8\7--8--7-------I
G |- 7--]---------------|---------------|-------------------------9----I
D |/9---]9--------------|---------------|------------------------------I
A |-----]---------------|---------------|------------------------------I
E |-----]---------------|---------------|------------------------------I

H .---. sl P sl vibrato
e |---------------------|-------------|----------|----------------|-----------|
B |-7--8--7-----7-------|-------------|---------8|-7------------8/|10^^^^^^^^-|
G |----------9-----9--7-|-----------7\|6--7--6---|----------------|-----------|
D |---------------------|7--9--(9)\---|----------|----------------|-----------|
A |---------------------|-------------|----------|----------------|-----------|
E |---------------------|-------------|----------|----------------|-----------|


The fast part---------------------------------------- full )\
P / \ vibrato
e |-----14-|19--14----------15--14-----------------------------|--------------|
B |-15-----|--------15--------------15------17--15--14---------|--------------|
G |--------|------------16--------------14--------------16--14-|(14)^^^^^^^^--|
D |--------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------|
A |--------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------|
E |--------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------|


H vibrato H H P H
e |----------------------------|---------------------------------------|------|
B |----------------------------|--------14--15--14--15--14------14--15-|14----|
G |-14--16---------------------|14--16----------------------16---------|------|
D |---------14^^^^^^^^--14--16-|---------------------------------------|------|
A |----------------------------|---------------------------------------|------|
E |----------------------------|---------------------------------------|------|


vibrato
e |-19--17---15---15---17-|14------------------14--15-|14----------14--15-----|
B |-----------------------|----15---------------------|----15-----------------|
G |-----------------------|--------16^^^^^^^^---------|--------14-------------|
D |-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|

Trill Kirk plays this part ending the solo
e |-14------17--15-|14-15--|---------------|---------------|------------12--13--|
B |-----16---------|-------|---------------|---------------|12--13--15----------|
G |----------------|-------|---------------|--------12--14-|--------------------|
D |----------------|-------|------------12-|14--15---------|--------------------|
A |----------------|-------|12--14--15-----|---------------|--------------------|
E |----------------|-------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|


H P
e |-15--13--15--13-----||
B |-----------------15-||
G |--------------------||
D |--------------------||
A |--------------------||
E |--------------------||

James plays this part to accompany the end of Kirks solo (right before verse riff hits)

e I-----------------------I---------------------------I
b I-----------------------I----------------0-------3--I
g I-----------------------I------1--------1-----------I
D I---------0-------2-----I----2--------2-------------I
g I-------3-------2---2---I--2--------2---------------I
E I-----1-----1-4---------I---------------------------I


This is the nice verse riff that James plays throughtout the majority of song
(Rhy. Fig 2)
H H H
e| -------------0-------------|-----------0-------------|-----------3-----3--3|
B|.-0--1--------------------1-|(1)--1-----------------0-|(0)--3---------------|
G| -2-----2-----------0--2----|-0---------------0--2----|-0---------------2--0|
D|.-2--------2-----2----------|-2------2-----2----------|--------0-----0------|
A| -0-------------------------|-3-----------------------|---------------------|
E| ---------------------------|-------------------------|-3-------------------|



sl H H H |
e |-------------------|-------------0--------------|-----------0--------------|
B |----------0--(1)/3-|-0--1---------------------1-|(1)--1-----------------0--|
G |-0--------0--(2)/4-|-2-----2------------0--2----|-0---------------0--2-----|
D |----2--------------|-2--------2-----2-----------|-2------2-----2-----------|
A |-------2-----------|-0--------------------------|-3------------------------|
E |-0-----------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|

H P sl
e |------------3--------------|-0---------------------- ||
B |-(0)--3--------------------|-0-----------0--(1)/3---.||
G |--0---------------0-2-0--0-|-0-----------0--(2)/4--- ||
D |---------0-----0-----------|-2-----2----------------.||
A |---------------------------|----------2------------- ||
E |--3------------------------|----0------------------- ||



KIRK plays on the second time while James plays verse riff right before "Life it seems.... Must listen carefully.
Am C G
H T T T
e| -17------------------------|-------------------------|---------------12----|
B|.------------------0--1-----|-------------------------|3(15)----------------|
G| -2-------------------------|-0-----------------4(16)-|---------------------|
D|.---------------------------|----------------5(17)----|---------------------|
A| ---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
E| ---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|



Em Am C
T T
e |-10----------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B |--8----------------|--------------------------1-|--------------------------|
G |--9----------------|-2--------------------------|-0------------------4(16)-|
D |-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------5(17)----|
A |-------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E |-------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|





G Em
T T T
e |---------------------------|-3(15)------------------ ||
B |-3(15)----------------5(17)|------------------------.||
G |---------------------------|------------------------ ||
D |---------------------------|------------------------.||
A |---------------------------|------------------------ ||
E |---------------------------|------------------------ ||





FILL 2 FILL 3
e |------------3----------| |-------|
B |-(0)--3-----------3----| |-------|
G |--0------------------2-| |-0-----|
D |---------0-----0-------| |-------|
A |-----------------------| |-------|
E |--3--------------------| |-3-----|


1st,2nd verses
w/Rhy. Fig. 2 (verse riff)

Am C G Em

1. Life it seems will fade away, drifting further every day.
2. Things not what they used to be, missing one inside of me.


Am C G Em

1. Getting lost within myself, nothing matters, no one else.
2. Deathly lost, this can't be real, I cannot stand this hell I feel.


W/Rhy. Fig 2 (1st 7 bars only)
Am C G Em

1. I have lost the will to live, simply nothing more to give.
2. Emptiness is filling me, to the point of agony.


Am C G

1. There is nothing more for me. Need the end to set__
2. Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me, but now__


w/Fill 3

|
1.|__me free
2.|__ he's gone.....
| P.M.-----I P.M.------I
e |------------------------|| --------------------|---------------------|
B |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||.--------------------|---------------------|
G |-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|| -2--2-2-------------|-5--5-5--------------|
D |-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-||.-2--2-2-------------|-5--5-5--------------|
A |------------------------|| -0--0-0--0--2--3--5-|-3--3-3--0--2--3--5--|
E |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|| --------------------|---------------------|


P.M.-------I P.M.-------I
e |------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B |------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------------|
G |-2--2-2---7-|-9--9-9-9-----|-2--2--2-------------|-5--5--5-----------|
D |-2--2-2---7-|-9--9-9-9-----|-2--2--2-------------|-5--5--5-----------|
A |-0--0-0---5-|-7--7-7-7-----|-0--0--0--0--2--3--5-|-3--3--3-0--2--3--5|
E |------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------------|



e |------------------- ||
B |-------------------.||
G |-2--2--2---7--5--4--||
D |-2--2--2---7--5--4-.||
A |-0--0--0---5--3--2- ||
E |------------------- ||




Interlude KIRK plays this part over verse riff
w/Rhy. Fig. 2
Am C G
sl sl
e |------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
Gtr 1 B |-10^^^^^^--10--12-|-13^^^^^^--13/15--13--12-|-----------------|
Gtr 2 G |--9^^^^^^---9--11-|-12^^^^^^--12/14--12--11-|-12^^^^^^--12/14-|
D |------------------|-------------------------|-12^^^^^^--12/14-|
A |------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E |------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

Em Am C full )\
sl sl sl / \
e |----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
B |----------------------|------------------12-|-13^^^^^^--15------13----|
G |-9^^^^^^--9/11--11/12-|-12/14^^^^^^--14--11-|-12^^^^^^--14------12----|
D |-9^^^^^^--9/11--11/12-|-12/14^^^^^^--14-----|-------------------------|
A |----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
E |----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|

full (Gtr I + II)
G ) ) ) )\
/ / / / \
e |----------------|----------------------|
B |-15--15--15--15-|-(15)^^^^^^-----------|
G |-14--14--14--14-|-(14)^^^^^^-----------|
D |----------------|----------------------|
A |----------------|----------------------|
E |----------------|----------------------|


Rhy. Fig. 3 (James plays twice by himself than doubled by Kirk)


D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5
sl sl
e |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
B |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
G |-7/9--9--9-|-7--9--9/12--11-|-7--7--7-------------------------------------4|
D |-7/9--9--9-|-7--9--9/12--11-|-7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--|
A |-5/7--7--7-|-5--7--7/10---9-|-5--5--5--------------------------------------|
E |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|


D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5
sl sl
e |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
B |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
G |-7/9--9--9-|-7--9--9/12--11-|-7--7--7--------------------------------------|
D |-7/9--9--9-|-7--9--9/12--11-|-7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4-5|
A |-5/7--7--7-|-5--7--7/10---9-|-5--5--5--------------------------------------|
E |-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|


Bridge
w/Rhy. Fig. 3

D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5

1. No one but me can save myself but it's too late
2. Yesterday seems as though it never existed

D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5

1. Now I can't think, think why I should even try.
2. Death greats me warm, now I will just say goodbye.

Goodbye Goodbye

w/Rhy. Fig. 3
D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5
sl sl
e |-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Gtr I B |-7/8--9--8^^^^^^-|-7/8--8--12--10^^^^^^-|-7--7-----------12--12-|
G |-----------------|----------------------|-------7^^^^^^---------|
Gtr II D |-7/9--9--9^^^^^^-|-7/9--9--12--11^^^^^^-|-7--7--7^^^^^^--12--12-|
A |-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E |-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|


N.C. (no chord) D5 E5 D5 E5 G5 F#5
sl sl
e |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B |-12--10--10--10--8--8--8--7--7--7----|-7/8--8--8^^^^^^-|-7/8--8--12--10^^^^|
G |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-12--11--11--11--9--9--9--7--7--7--9-|-7/9--9--9^^^^^^-|-7/9--9--12--10^^^^|
A |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


D5 N.C.

e |------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
B |-------------------7--7-|-7----5--5--5----3--3--3----2--2--2----3-||
Gtr I G |-11--11--11^^^^^^--7--7-|-7----6--6--6----4--4--4----2--2--2----4-||
Gtr II D |--7---7---8^^^^^^-------|-----------------------------------------||
Gtr II A |--9---9---9^^^^^^-------|-----------------------------------------||
E |------------------------|-----------------------------------------||



THIS IS THE very last PART THAT JAMES SAYS a fading "GOODBYE....GOODBYE" esp when performed in concert. On the Ride the LIghtnight album he says it once "GOODBYE"

N.C. E5 N.C. G5 F#5 N.C. D

e | ------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
B |.------------------|--------------------|-------------7--------------------|
G | -------------9--9-|-------------12--11-|-------------7--------------------|
D |.-------------9--9-|-------------12--11-|-------------7--------------------|
A | -------------7--7-|-------------10---9-|-------------5--9--9--9--7--7--7--|
E | -0--0--0--0-------|-0--0--0--0---------|-0--0--0--0-----------------------|




e |----------------------------------- ||
B |-----------------------------------.||
G |--------------------------------4-- ||
D |-9--7--7--7--5--5--5--4--4--4--(5)-.||
A |----------------------------------- ||
E |----------------------------------- ||


Rhy. Fig. 4
Two Gtrs. Gtr II to left of !
Riff A Gtr I A5
sl sl
e |--------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------|
B |--------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------|
G |--------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------|
D |------/4--2!5-|-(2/5)--4--2--------------|----/4--2!5-|-(2!5)--4--2--------|
A |-2!5----------|--------5--4--2!5--4------|-4----------|--------5--4--2/5---|
E |--------------|-------------------5--2!5-|-5----------|--------------------|

G5 A5
sl sl
e |--------|------------|--------------------------|------------|
B |--------|------------|--------------------------|------------|
G |--------|------------|--------------------------|------------|
D |--------|----/4--2!5-|-(2!5)--4--2--------------|----/4--2!5-|
A |-4------|-2----------|--------5--4--2!5--4------|-4----------|
E |-5--2/5-|-3----------|-------------------5--2!5-|-5----------|


w/Rhy. Fig. 4 & Riff A (till fade)
B5 ) ) ) ) <- all full
lead gtr. sl / / / /
e |----------------------||-------|-------------------------------|-----------|
B |----------------------||-------|-------------------------------|-----------|
G |----------------------||-------|-----------------7--9--9--9--9-|-----------|
D |-(2!5)--7--5--4--2--4-||-------|----------/9--9----------------|-----------|
A |--------5--4--2-------||-------|-------------------------------|-----------|
E |-----------------5--2-||-------|-------------------------------|-----------|

)\ full G5
/ \ P H H P H H
e |----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
B |--------------------------7-|-7--8--7--8--7-----7--8--7----|-7--8--7----10-|
G |-(9)--9--(9)--7--9--9--9----|----------------7-----------7-|----------7----|
D |----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
A |----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
E |----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------|

B5
sl H
e |-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B |-10--8--10/|12--10--8--8--10--8--7-|-8--10-----8-------|-------------------|
G |-----------|-----------------------|--------9-----9--7-|-------------7--9--|
D |-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-7--9--9--9--------|
A |-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E |-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

A5
)\ full ) f ) f ) f ) f
/ \ / P / P / P / P
e |-----------------------------|----7----------7---------7-------------------|
B |-----------------------------|------10-7-------10-7------10-7-----7--10-7--|
G |-9--(9)--7--9--7--7-----7--9-|-9----------9----------9---------9-----------|
D |---------------------9-------|---------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


)f )f )f )f
/ P / P / P / P P P
e |-----------------7-----------7-----------7-|-10-7------7--10-7--10-7-------|
B |----7--10--7--------10-7--------10-7-------|-------10-----------------10---|
G |-9------------9-----------9-----------9----|-------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|



P P P P P P P
e |-7--10-7--10-7------7-|-10-7------7--10-7--10-7------7--10-7--10-7------7--|
B |----------------10----|-------10-----------------10-----------------10-----|
G |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|


)f )f
/ /
e |-10--10--10--8--7--8--7-----|-7--------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------10-|----10--8--10--8--7--8--7-----7---------------|
G |----------------------------|---------------------------9-----9--7---------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


B5 A5
P P
e |---------------------|-------7----------------|----------------------------|
B |----------8--7-----7-|-8-10----10--8--7-------|----------8--7-----7--------|
G |----------------9----|-------------------9--7-|----------------9-----------|
D |-7--9--9-------------|------------------------|-7--9--9--------------------|
A |---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
E |---------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|


G5

e |--------7--8--7^^^^^^--7--8-|-10--8--7--8--7------7------------------------|
B |-8--10----------------------|-----------------10-----10--8--10--8--7-------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


A5

e |------------------------------------|--------------------------7-----------|
B |-8--7-----7-------------------------|----------------7--8--10-----10--8--7-|
G |-------9-----9--7--9--7--6--7--6----|-------6--7--9------------------------|
D |----------------------------------9-|-7--9---------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


)f )f )f )f
P / / / /
e |--------------------7--------------------|------------|
B |-8--7-----7--8--10-----10--8--7--8--7--9-|------------|
G |-------9---------------------------------|-9--9--9--9-|
D |-----------------------------------------|------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|------------|

full 3/4 1/2 1/4
)----------------------............_____ A5
/ (gradual release) ----. P
e |------------------------------------------------------|----------10--10--10|
B |------------------------------------------------------|-----------7---7---7|
G |-9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9---9--7----|-7---------7---7---7|
D |----------------------------------------------------9-|----x--x------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|----x--x------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|


)f )f )f
/ / / P
e |----------10--10--10-------|-10--10--10---------|--------------------------|
B |-----------7---7---7-------|--7---7---7--10--10-|-10^^^^^^--10-7-----7--8--|
G |-----------7---7---7-------|--7---7---7---------|-----------------9--------|
D |-x--x--x--------------x--x-|--------------------|--------------------------|
A |-x--x--x--------------x--x-|--------------------|--------------------------|
E |---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|


A5
H P
e |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-7--8--7-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G |----------9--7-----7^^^^^^-----7-|-9--7-----7------------------------------|
D |----------------9-----------9----|-------9-----9--7--9--7-----7------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------9-----9--7------|
E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

B5

sl P P P
e |--------------------------------------|-15--12------12--15--12--14--12-----|
B |-----------------------------------12-|---------12----------------------12-|
G |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A |-9--7--5--7--5-----5--5--5--5--7/-----|------------------------------------|
E |----------------7---------------------|------------------------------------|




P P P P P
e |-12--15--12--14--12------12-|-15--12------12--15--12--14--12------12--15---|
B |---------------------12-----|---------12----------------------12-----------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|


A5
P P P
e |-12--14--12------12-|-17--14------14--------------------|------------------|
B |-------------12-----|---------15------------------------|--------, -------|
G |--------------------|-------------------//----//----//--|-------- / -------|
D |--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------- '-------|
A |--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------|
E |--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------|


G5
P P P P P
e |-19--15------15--19--15--17--15------15--19--15--17--15------15-|
B |---------17----------------------17----------------------17-----|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|



P P P P P
e |-19--15------15--19--15--17--15------15--19--15--17--15------15-|
B |---------17----------------------17----------------------17-----|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|


A5 B5 )f )f )f )f
P / / / /
e |-21--17------17-------------------|---------------|--22--22--22--22--|
B |---------19-----------------------|------, ------|------------------|
G |------------------//----//----//--|------ / ------|------------------|
D |----------------------------------|------ '------|------------------|
A |----------------------------------|---------------|------------------|
E |----------------------------------|---------------|------------------|

A5
)f )f )f )f )\ f
/ / / / / \
e |-22--22--22--22^^^^^^--22--(22)--19-|-22--20--19--20--19--17--19--17--15---|
B |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


G5

e |-17--15--14-|-15--14--12--14--12--10--12--10--9--10--9--7-|-9--7------7----|
B |------------|---------------------------------------------|-------10-----10|
G |------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
D |------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
A |------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
E |------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------|


)f )---... f )f
/ / \ /
e |----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B |-8--10--8--7--8--7----|-7-----7--7--7--7-|---------------------7--7--|
G |--------------------9-|----9-------------|-9---9--(9)--(9)--9--------|
D |----------------------|------------------|-----/---/-----------------|
A |----------------------|------------------|-----/---/-----------------|
E |----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|


B5
)f )\ f )\ f )\ f )f )f
/ / \ P / \ P / \ P / /
e |-----7---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-10-----10--(10)--7--------------|-10--(10)--7--10--(10)--7--10--10--10--10|
G |----------------------//----//---|-----------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


A5
P P P P
e |-10--7----------------------------------------------|----------------------|
B |--------10--7------7--10--7-------------------------|----------------------|
G |---------------10------------9--7-----7--9--7-----7-|----------------------|
D |-----------------------------------9-----------9----|-7--7--9--7-----------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|-------------9--8--7--|
E |----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|


G5
sl sl P
e |--------------------|----------------------------------------------12--15--|
B |--------------------|--------------11--12--13--12------12--14--15----------|
G |--------------------|-7--9--11/14------------------14----------------------|
D |---------------7--9-|------------------------------------------------------|
A |-5-----5--7/9-------|------------------------------------------------------|
E |----7---------------|------------------------------------------------------|



P P P P P
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B |-----------15----------------------15----------------------15-----|
G |------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A5
)f )f )f )f fade out.
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G |-14--14--14--14--------------||
D |-----------------------------||
A |-----------------------------||
E |-----------------------------||............yup

Matthew Bellamy

Birth name	Matthew James Bellamy
Born	9 June 1978 (1978-06-09) (age 32) Cambridge, England
Genres	Alternative rock Progressive rock New prog Symphonic rock Space rock Progressive metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, composer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, synth guitar, piano, organ, mandolin, harmonium, keytar, mellotron, CS1
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Warner Bros., Mushroom Records
Associated acts	Muse
Website	muse.mu

Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and main songwriter of the alternative rock band Muse.
Bellamy's father, George, was rhythm guitarist in the 1960s pop group The Tornados, who were the first British band to have a United States number one song, with "Telstar".[1] "Knights of Cydonia", a single from Muse's fourth album Black Holes and Revelations, is often cited as a tribute to that song, with its space rock sound and accompanying video depicting a cowboy's quest through a human landscape. Bellamy's mother, Marilyn, was born in Belfast, and moved to England in the 1970s. On her first day in England she met George, who was at the time working as a taxi driver in London. They later moved to Cambridge, where Matthew's older brother Paul was born, followed a couple of years later by Matthew himself. Bellamy started playing the piano at age 6 and guitar when he was 14.

In the mid-1980s, the family moved to Teignmouth, Devon. After the divorce of Bellamy's parents, he moved in with his grandmother, who pushed him towards learning to play the guitar at the age of fourteen.
Muse formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1994 under the name of Rocket Baby Dolls. Still using the name Rocket Baby Dolls, they won the school's "Battle of the Bands" which led them to take the band seriously, and decided to change their name to a more "professional" one, Muse. The band consisted and still consists of Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums and percussion). Muse met at Teignmouth Community College where Bellamy had been in a number of bands previously including Carnage Mayhem and Gothic Plague with drummer Dominic Howard. When members of Gothic Plague left due to other interests, Bellamy and Howard asked Wolstenholme to join. Muse however struggled to establish themselves during their early years, but have since gone on to enjoy worldwide success.

Muse blend alternative, hard rock, progressive rock, classical music and electronica and are well known for their energetic and visually dazzling live performances. On 16–17 June 2007 Muse became the first band to sell out the newly built Wembley Stadium in London. Muse has released five studio albums, Showbiz (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006) and The Resistance (2009). Muse have also released one live album, HAARP (2008) and two compilation albums. The first, Random 1-8 was only released in Japan and is a collection of B Sides from the Showbiz period. The second compilation Hullabaloo (2002) consisted of two discs and was designed to accompany the Hullabaloo DVD. The first disc contains a collection of B-sides recorded between March 1999 and October 2001. The second disc features 11 live songs recorded on 28–29 October 2001 at 'le Zenith' in Paris. Bellamy also makes an appearance as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5, which features the song "Plug in Baby", from Origin of Symmetry.

Knights of Cydonia

INTRO
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e|--------------|
B|------1-------|
G|-0----0----0--|
D|-2----2----2--|
A|-2----2----2--|
E|--------------|
Tremolo pick as fast as you can finishing off nice and loud.
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-14/////---|
E|--------0--|
The slide progresses straight into the opening note of the the studio intro.
STUDIO INTRO
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Played distorted with wide vibrato on every note.
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-0---2-3--5-5--7--| x4
Played either clean or acoustic. This can be heard on the track
layered under the main guitar.
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------222---222---444--|
D|-222---444---555---222---222---444--|
A|-222---444---555---000---000---222--|
E|-000---222---333--------------------| x4
DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD
This comes in over the 3rd repetition - All tremolo picking.
Played with a light overdrive.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-7p6h7--9p7h9--10-9h10--12--10--9h10p9--7--6--|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2
Tremolo pick as fast as you can finishing off nice and loud.
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--------2--|
A|-14/////2--|
E|--------0--|
Played with a heavy distortion or a fuzz effect, make sure every note is well
defined,
the tremolo arm is rocked back vigorously to achieve the correct sound, if you don't
have
tremolo system on your guitar then tremolo picking is a good substitute.
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A-10--9-7-5--7-9-10--9-7-5--6--7-9-7--10-12-13--12-13-14-|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
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A-18--15-10-17--18-17-15-13--17--15-13-15--13-11-13---1414-15-|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
All tremolo picking. Aim for a cleaner tone with perhaps with a little reverb.
e|-11-10-8-6--8-10-11-10-8-6--7-8-10-8--11-13-14-13-14-15-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------16-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Played clean with delay. Try and make it sound off time, like it filters through from
else.
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B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-9-8h9p8-8h9p8--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
VERSE
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Listen to the track for the right timing.
Come Me Veins History
e|-4-----7-----------7--|
B|-4-----7-----9-----7--|
G|-4-----8-----9-----8--|
D|-6-----9-----9-----9--|
A|-6-----9-----7-----9--|
E|-4-----7-----------7--|
Show God Asleep Job
e|-------------3-----7--|
B|-8-----9-----3-----7--|
G|-8-----9-----4-----8--|
D|-8-----9-----5-----9--|
A|-6-----7-----5-----9--|
E|-------------3-----7--|
How Win Fools Kings
e|-7-----7---------8-----7--|
B|--8-----7-------8------8--|
G|---9-----8-----9-------7--|
D|-----------------------9--|
A|-----------------------10-|
E|--------------------------|
Don't Time Will Waste You
e|-7-----8-----7-----7-----7--|
B|-7-----8-----8-----7-----8--|
G|-8-----9-----7-----8-----9--|
D|-9-----10----9-----9-----9--|
A|-9-----10----10----9-----7--|
E|-7-----8-----------7--------|
BRIDGE
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Played distorted with wide vibrato on every note.
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-0---2-3--5-5--7--| x4
Played either clean or acoustic. This can be heard on the track
layered under the main guitar.
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------222---222---444--|
D|-222---444---555---222---222---444--|
A|-222---444---555---000---000---222--|
E|-000---222---333--------------------| x4
DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD
This comes in over the 3rd repetition - All tremolo picking.
Played with a light overdrive.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-7p6h7--9p7h9--10-9h10--12--10--9h10p9--7--6--|
E|----------------------------------------------| x2
Tremolo pick as fast as you can finishing off nice and loud.
e|-19/////---|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--------2--|
A|--------2--|
E|--------0--|
REFRAIN
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G|-9----| G|-7----| G|-6----| G|-9----| G|--9---| D|--9---| D|--9---| D|--7---| D|--9---| D|--9----------|
A|---7--| A|---9--| A|---8--| A|---7--| A|--7---| E|------| x8 E|------| x8 E|------| x8 E|------| x4 E|------| x10--|
PM ... PM ... PM ... PM ... PM .
BREAKDOWN
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B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5------|
A|-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7--5h7-7-7--5h7-7---7-5--|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-5p2-2-2-5p2-2-2-5p2-2-2--5-7-7--|
E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-7p0-0-0-7p0-0-0-7p0-0-0--7-5-3--|
E|---------------------------------|
You can choose to play the harmonic 3* or just another open E (0).
e|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|
E|-3p0-0-3*-3p0-0-3*-3p0-0-3*-3p0-0-3-5-7--| x6
Played over the 4th repetition.
e|-12--7--3--10--9--7--5h7p5--3-|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------| x2
LIVE OUTRO SOLO
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If you don't wish to play the live version just continue to the outro below.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7--|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-7h9-9-9-7h9-9-9-7h9-9-9-7h9-9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9--|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-10h12-12--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-12h14-14--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12h14-14b15r14-12----------12h14-14b15r14-12----|
D|-12h14-----------------14---12h14-----------------14--|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12h14-14b15r14-12p11--------12h14-14b15r14-12p11--|
D|-12h14-----------------------12h14----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12h14-14b15r14-12h14--------12h14-14b15r14-12p14--|
D|-12h14-----------------------12h14----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-12-12-12-12-12
-15-15-15-15-15-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------15/3--|
OUTRO
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e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-3p0-0-0--3p0-0-0--3p0-0-0--3p0-5-6-7--|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------5h7-7-5h7-7--|
E|-3p0-0-0--3p0-0-0--3p0-0-0---------------| x2
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|---|
A|---|
E|-0-|

Keith Richards

Birth name	Keith Richards
Also known as	Keith Richard
Born	18 December 1943 (1943-12-18) (age 66) Dartford, Kent, England
Genres	Rhythm and blues, rock and roll, blues, rock, reggae, country
Occupations	Musician, singer–songwriter, record producer, actor
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards
Years active	1962–present
Labels	Decca, Rolling Stones, Virgin
Associated acts	The Rolling Stones, The Dirty Mac, The New Barbarians, The X-Pensive Winos
Website	keithrichards.com

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". With songwriting partner and Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, Richards has written and recorded hundreds of songs, fourteen of which are listed by Rolling Stone magazine among the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Keith Richards, the only child of Bert Richards and Doris Dupree Richards, was born in Dartford, Kent. His father was a factory labourer who was slightly injured during World War II. The family was evacuated from their flat on Chastilian Road when it was hit by a Nazi V-1 flying bomb on 5 July 1944 (the flat was unoccupied at the time).

Richards's paternal grandparents were socialists and civic leaders.[4] His maternal grandfather (Augustus Theodore Dupree), who toured Britain in a jazz big band called Gus Dupree and his Boys, was an early influence on Richards's musical ambitions and got him interested in playing guitar.

Richards's mother introduced him to the music of Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and bought him his first guitar, a Rosetti acoustic, for seven pounds. His father was less encouraging, telling his son to 'Stop that bloody noise.'" Richards's first guitar hero was Scotty Moore.

Richards attended Wentworth Primary School, as did Mick Jagger; the two knew each other as schoolboys, and lived in the same neighbourhood until 1954. That year the Richards family moved to what Richards has described as "a fucking soul-destroying council estate at completely the other end of town" that looked like "a disgusting concrete jungle". The move was disorienting for the young Richards, as was his transfer a year later to Dartford Technical School (now and split into two schools named Wilmington Grammar School for Boys and Wilmington Enterprise College), which he attended from 1955 to 1959. The Dartford Tech choirmaster Jake Clair noticed Richards's singing voice and recruited him into the school choir. In a trio of boy sopranos Richards sang (among other performances) at Westminster Abbey in front of Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1959, Richards was expelled from Dartford Technical School for truancy, and the headmaster suggested he would be more at home at the art college in the neighbouring town of Sidcup. At Sidcup Art College Richards devoted his time to playing guitar after he heard American blues artists like Little Walter and Big Bill Broonzy. He swapped a pile of records for his first electric guitar, a hollow-body Höfner cutaway. Fellow Sidcup student and future musical colleague Dick Taylor recalls, "There was a lot of music being played at Sidcup, and we'd go into the empty classrooms and fool around with our guitars. ... Even in those days Keith could play most of [Chuck Berry's] solos." Taylor also remembers Richards experimenting with various drugs at Sidcup: "In order to stay up late with our music and still get to Sidcup in the morning, Keith and I were on a pretty steady diet of pep pills, which not only kept us awake but gave us a lift. We took all kinds of things – pills that girls took for menstruation, inhalers like Nostrilene, and other stuff. Opposite the college there was this little park with an aviary that had a cockatoo in it. Cocky the Cockatoo we used to call it. Keith used to feed it pep pills and make it stagger around on its perch. If ever we were feeling bored we'd go and give another upper to Cocky."
Richards, 1965 Photo: Kevin Delaney

One morning in 1961, on the train journey from Dartford to Sidcup, Richards happened to get into the same carriage as Mick Jagger, who was then a student at the London School of Economics. They recognized each other and began talking about the LPs Jagger had with him – blues and rhythm & blues albums he had acquired by mail-order from America. Richards was surprised and impressed that Jagger not only shared his enthusiasm for Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters but also that he owned such LPs which were extremely rare in Britain at the time. The two discovered that they had a mutual friend in Dick Taylor, with whom Jagger was singing in an amateur band called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. Jagger invited Richards to a rehearsal and soon afterwards Richards also joined the line-up. The group disbanded after Jagger, Richards and Taylor met Brian Jones and Ian Stewart, with whom they went on to form The Rolling Stones (Taylor left the band in November 1962 to return to art school).

By mid-1962 Richards had left Sidcup Art College in favour of pursuing his fledgling musical career and moved into a London flat with Jagger and Jones. His parents divorced about the same time. Richards maintained close ties with his mother, who was very supportive of his musical activities, but he became estranged from his father and did not resume contact with him until 1982.

In 1963 Richards dropped the "s" from his surname and began using the professional name "Keith Richard", because Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham felt it "looked more pop". (He used the s-less version as his pen name and stage name until the late 1970s.)

Cocaine Blues tab by Keith Richards
Intro

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|-----1-----------1--------|-----1-----------3--------|
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|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
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Verse 1 (Play twice)

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Bridge

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Instrumental

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End (played slower)
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George Harrison

Also known as	Carl Harrison L'Angelo Misterioso Hari Georgeson Nelson/Spike Wilbury George Harrysong George O'Hara-Smith
Born	25 February 1943(1943-02-25) Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Died	29 November 2001 (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Rock, pop, psychedelic rock, experimental, world
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, film producer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards,ukulele, mandolin, sitar,tambura,sarod, swarmandal
Years active	1958–2001
Labels	Parlophone, Capitol, Swan,Apple,Vee-Jay, EMI,Dark Horse
Associated acts	The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, Dhani Harrison
Website	GeorgeHarrison.com

George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's breakup, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Harrison generally wrote one song per side from the Help! album onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's breakup, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison.

Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, and is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980.

Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to the model Pattie Boyd in 1966, and to the record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias in 1978, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.

American film director Martin Scorsese has announced that he is making a George Harrison documentary titled Living in the Material World: George Harrison.

Harrison was born in Liverpool, England, on 25 February 1943,[11][12] the last of four children to Harold Hargreaves Harrison and his wife Louise, née French.[13]
Exterior of a red brick building. Visible are a black door with a small window just above it, two larger windows to the left of the door, one above the other, and a flowerpot between the door and the lower larger window
Harrison's first home - 12 Arnold Grove

He had one sister, Louise, born 16 August 1931, and two brothers, Harry, born 1934, and Peter, born 20 July 1940. His mother was a Liverpool shop assistant, and his father was a bus conductor who had worked as a ship's steward on the White Star Line. The family was Roman Catholic; his maternal grandfather, John French, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, emigrating to Liverpool where he married a local girl, Louise Woollam.

Harrison was born in the house where he lived for his first six years: 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool, which was a small 2 up, 2 down terraced house in a cul-de-sac, with an alley to the rear. The only heating was a single coal fire, and the toilet was outside. In 1950 the family were offered a council house, and moved to 25 Upton Green, Speke.

His first school was Dovedale Primary School, very close to Penny Lane, the same school as John Lennon who was a couple of years ahead of him. He passed his 11-plus examination and achieved a place at the Liverpool Institute for Boys (in the building that now houses the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts), which he attended from 1954 to 1959. George said that, when he was 12 or 13, he had an "epiphany" of sorts - riding a bike around his neighbourhood, he heard Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" playing from a nearby house and was hooked. Even though he did well enough on his 11-plus examination to get into the city's best high school, from that point on, the former good student lost interest in school. When Harrison was 14 years old, he sat at the back of the class and tried drawing guitars in his schoolbooks: “I was totally into guitars. I heard about this kid at school who had a guitar at £3 10s, it was just a little acoustic round hole. I got the £3 10s from my mother: that was a lot of money for us then.” Harrison bought a Dutch Egmond flat top acoustic guitar. While at the Liverpool Institute, Harrison formed a skiffle group called The Rebels with his brother Peter and a friend, Arthur Kelly. At this school he met Paul McCartney, who was one year older. McCartney later became a member of John Lennon's band called The Quarrymen, which Harrison joined in 1958.

"My Sweet Lord"

INTRO:

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G |-----------------------------------------------------------16/18----18\16-|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e |-16--14\12---16\13---13\10---10\7---7/10---13-----------------------------|
A#|-------------16\13---13\10---10\7---7/10---13---15---15---15\13---10\8----|
G |------------------------------------------------14---14---14\13----9\8----|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



SOLO:

e |-18--16\14--14/16--14------------------18--16\14--14/16--14---------------|
A#|----------------------17--17\15-----------------------------17---------20-|
G |--------------------------------15\-----------------------------18/20-----|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e |------------18---16\14----18\15---15\12---12\9---9/12---15----------------|
A#|--------------------------18\15---15\12---12\9---9/12---15----17----17----|
G |--20\18-------------------------------------------------------16----16----|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---17\15-----12\10--------------------------------------------------------|
G |---16\15-----11\10--------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

* you'll need to use your finger for the last 2 slides down.

That's about everything the lead guitar does. The intro goes clean and the
switch to the left while the solo has some distortion with the switch to the
right, right?.
This different tuning is absolutely correct, there's no other way of playing it.
It's totally worth to try it and a slide shouldn't cost more than $10.

As for the chords they go like:

(capo = 2nd)

Em - A7 (VERSE)
D - Bm - D - Bm - D - D#dim (CHORUS)
D - D7 - B - E - Fdim (BRIDGE)

F#m - B7 (VERSE)
E - C#m - E - C#m - E - Fdim (CHORUS)

EADGBE
D#dim:XX1212
Fdim :XX3434


| / slide up
| \ slide down

Willie Nelson

Birth name	Willie Hugh Nelson
Born	April 30, 1933 (1933-04-30) (age 77)
Origin	Abbott, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Country, country rock, outlaw country, alternative country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, activist
Instruments	Acoustic guitar, vocals
Years active	1956–present
Labels	Liberty, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia,Island, Justice Records, Lost Highway
Associated acts	Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller, Ray Price,Snoop Dogg,Merle Haggard, Kurt Nilsen,Faron Young,Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Juice Newton, Toby Keith,Sheryl Crow,Norah Jones,Neil Young
Website	www.willienelson.com

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, and remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.

Now in his 70s, Willie Nelson continues to tour and has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews. He also continues to record albums prolifically in new genres that embrace reggae, blues, jazz, folk,
Nelson was born and raised in Abbott, Texas, the son of Myrle Marie (née Greenhaw) and Ira Doyle Nelson, a mechanic and pool hall owner. His mother left six months after his birth; his father, a few years later.

His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers, whom he and his sister Bobbie called "Daddy" and "Mama," gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. He wrote his first song when he was seven and was playing in a local band at age nine. Willie played the guitar, while his sister Bobbie played the piano. He met Bud Fletcher, a fiddler, and two siblings joined his band, Bohemian Fiddlers, while Nelson was in high school. While he was in high school he took part in the Future Farmers of America organization.

Beginning in high school Nelson worked as a disc jockey (DJ) for local radio stations. He had short DJ stints with KHBR in Hillsboro, Texas, and later with KBOP in Pleasanton, Texas, while singing locally in honky tonk bars.

Nelson graduated from Abbott High School in 1951. He joined the Air Force the same year but was discharged after nine months due to back problems. He then studied agriculture at Baylor University for one year in 1954.

In 1956, Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, to begin a musical career, recording "Lumberjack," which was written by Leon Payne. The single sold fairly well, but did not establish a career. Nelson continued to work as a radio announcer in Vancouver and sing in clubs. He sold a song called "Family Bible" for $50; the song was a hit for Claude Gray in 1960, has been covered widely and is often considered a gospel music classic.
Nelson moved to Nashville in 1960, but was unable to land a record label contract. He did, however, receive a publishing contract at Pamper Music. After Ray Price recorded Nelson's "Night Life" (reputedly the most covered country song of all time), Nelson joined Price's touring band as a bass player. While playing with Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, many of Nelson's songs became hits for some of country and pop music's biggest stars of the time. These songs include "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker), "Hello Walls" (Faron Young), "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison) and most famously, "Crazy" (Patsy Cline). Willie later did an album with Ray Price in 1980 called San Antonio Rose. Nelson signed with Liberty Records in 1961 and released several singles, including "Willingly" (sung with his soon-to-be second wife, Shirley Collie) and "Touch Me".

He was unable to impress Nashville producers with his singing voice, and Nelson's singing career in Nashville did not take off. Demo recordings from his years as a songwriter for Pamper Music were later discovered and released as Crazy: The Demo Sessions (2003).
In 1965, Nelson moved to RCA Victor Records and joined the Grand Ole Opry. He released a string of standard, mid-1960s Nashville Sound-inspired country albums, mostly produced by Chet Atkins. He had a number of mid-level chart hits throughout the remainder of the 1960s and into the early 1970s, before retiring and moving to Austin, Texas. While in Austin, with its burgeoning "hippie" music scene (see Armadillo World Headquarters), Nelson decided to return to music. His popularity in Austin soared, as he played his own brand of country music marked by rock and roll, jazz, western swing, and folk influences. A lifelong passion for running and a new commitment to his own health also began during this period.

In the mid 1970's, Nelson purchased property near Lake Travis in Austin and converted Pedernales Country Club into the Perdernales Studio. The studio underwent state of the art renovations in the mid 1990's, and many top recording artists adorn its client list. Its amenities include a 9-hole golf course, tennis courts and an Olympic size swimming pool.

"Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
this is the solo in the middle of the song ok

--------2-------2/4-----4b-----4--------4b--4-------7----6-
------5-----------------------------5-----------5--9----8--
----4-----------------------------4------------------------
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--5--------4---2---(2)-------5------7------7--------------2-
--7---------------------------------------9------------5----
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--2h4-----4--4--4b----4---(4)------2---4--4b----2b4p2-----4-
----------------------------------5---------5h3-------------
---------------------------------4---------4----------------
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--2------4h2--2-------2h4--2--------------------------------
------------------------------5-----5----4-------3--------3-
--------------------4-------------------2-------1--------0--
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ok that is the solo for this song . this is also my first time
typing tab up so bear with me ok im tryin. have fun with it and
make it your own.

Neil Young

Birth name	Neil Percival Young
Also known as	Bernard Shakey,[1] Phil Perspective, Shakey Deal, Clyde Coil, Shakey, Joe Yankee,[1] Joe Canuck[1]
Born	November 12, 1945 (1945-11-12) (age 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Music genre">Genres	"Rock music">Rock,folk rock,hard rock, country rock
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter,producer, screenwriter,director
Instruments	Guitar,vocals, harmonica,keyboards, piano
Years active	1960–present
Labels	Reprise, Motown, Geffen
Associated acts	The Squires The Mynah Birds Buffalo Springfield Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crazy Horse The Stray Gators The Stills-Young Band The Ducks Northern Lights Pearl Jam Booker T. Jones Phish
Website	neilyoung.com

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is considered to be one of most influential musicians of his generation.Young began performing as a solo artist in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield along with Stephen Stills, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash as a fourth member in 1969. He then forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, releasing his first album in 1968. It has spanned 50 years and 33 studio albums, with a continual exploration of musical styles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website describes Young as "one of rock and roll’s greatest songwriters and performers". He has been inducted into the Hall of Fame twice: first as a solo artist in 1995, and secondly as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997. Young has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, winning once.

Young's work is characterized by his distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto/tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments, including piano and harmonica, his clawhammer acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic electric guitar playing are the defining characteristics of a sometimes ragged, sometimes melodic sound. While Young has experimented with differing music styles, including swing and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into two primary styles: either acoustic folk and country rock, or amplified hard rock in collaboration with the band Crazy Horse. Young has also adopted elements from newer styles such as alternative rock and grunge. His influence on the latter caused some to dub him the "Godfather of Grunge".

Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY/Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, D.C. as an environmentalist example to lawmakers there.

Young is an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and the welfare of small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid. In 1986, Young helped found The Bridge School, an educational organization for children with severe verbal and physical disabilities, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi Young (née Morton). Young has three children: Sons Zeke (born during his relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress) and Ben who were diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and daughter Amber Jean, like Young himself, with epilepsy. Young lives on his ranch in La Honda, California. Although he has lived in northern California since the 1970s and sings as frequently about U.S. themes and subjects as he does about his native country, he retains Canadian citizenship, which he has never wanted to relinquish. On July 14, 2006, Young was awarded the Order of Manitoba. On December 30, 2009, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

AFTER BERLIN - NEIL YOUNG

NOTE:
* Here are two versions of this song, one in standard
tuning and one in D-modal. Try it out to see which you
think sounds best.

Both versions submitted by: hector (hector_@gmx.net)


TUNING: standard

INTRO:
Dm7 Dm7 Bb
e-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B-------6-8-6-----|-------6-8-6-----|---------6-8-6--|
G-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-------7--------|
D---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|-----8----------| (x2)
A-5---------------|-5---------------|---8------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-6--------------|

Dm7
Just like a young boy running down the road
Bb
I\'m singing out the same old song
Dm7
Can\'t go back the way I started from
Bb
The road goes on and on
Dm7
Won\'t you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Bb
Take my way on home
A
Help me make my way on home
Dm7
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7 Bb)

Lights are shining in the German sky
Cosmic walls between the moon and I
Don\'t know where I started from
So won\'t you take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Just the way I am
Ah, take me, just the way I am
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7 Bb)

INTRO

All day cruising down the corridor
Seeing things I never seen before
Tomorrow morning in old Berlin
Where they lock you out or lock you in
Won\'t you save me, save me, save me, save me,
Save me, save me, save me, save me,
From the final day
Save me from the final day
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7 Bb)

Just like a young boy running down the road
I\'m singing out the same old song
I can\'t go back the way I used to go
The road goes on and on
Won\'t you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Find my way back home
Won\'t you help me make my way on home
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7 Bb)

Dm7
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Bb
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Help me, help me, help me, help me.

SOLO (over Dm7 Bb)

END ON: Dm7

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TUNING: D-Modal: DADGBD

CHORDS: Dm7sus4: 000565 Bb: x88760 A7: x77055

INTRO:
Dm7sus4 Dm7sus4 Bb Bb
D--5-----5---------5-----5---------0-------------------0---0---0--|
B--6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6-------6-8---------6---6---6--|
G--5-5---------5---5-5---------5---7-----7-------7-----7---7---7--| (x2)
D--0---------------0---------------8-------------------8---8---8--|
A--0---------------0---------------8-------------------8---8---8--|
D--0---------------0---------------X-------------------X---X---X--|

Dm7sus4
Just like a young boy running down the road
Bb
I\'m singing out the same old song
Dm7sus4
Can\'t go back the way I started from
Bb
The road goes on and on
Dm7sus4
Won\'t you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Bb
Take my way on home
A7
Help me make my way on home
Dm7sus4
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7sus4 Bb)

Lights are shining in the German sky
Cosmic walls between the moon and I
Don\'t know where I started from
So won\'t you take me, take me, take me, take me,
Take me, take me, take me, take me,
Just the way I am
Ah, take me, just the way I am
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7sus4 Bb)

INTRO

All day cruising down the corridor
Seeing things I never seen before
Tomorrow morning in old Berlin
Where they lock you out or lock you in
Won\'t you save me, save me, save me, save me,
Save me, save me, save me, save me,
From the final day
Save me from the final day
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7sus4 Bb)

Just like a young boy running down the road
I\'m singing out the same old song
I can\'t go back the way I used to go
The road goes on and on
Won\'t you help me, help me, help me, help me,
Help me, help me, help me, help me,
Find my way back home
Won\'t you help me make my way on home
After Berlin.

SOLO (over Dm7sus4 Bb)

Dm
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Bb
Help me, help me, help me, help me.
Help me, help me, help me, help me.

SOLO (over Dm7sus4 Bb)

END ON: Dm7sus4