"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Hetfield, Ulrich and Burton
as performed on Ride the Lightning
tab by Phil Boyle and Amriel Kissner; phil@encycmet.com

1)
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------7-6-5-4------7----
D------------------------5-4------
A--4-4--4-4--2-----------------5-4
E--2-2--2-2--0--------------------
  pm.......
intro (bass part for guitar)
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2)
D-----------------------------------
A----5-4-3----5-4-3----5-4-3---4-5-7
E--0-3-2-1-0--3-2-1-0--3-2-1-0-2-3-5
  pm................................
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3)
D--2---5--*--2--5--5--2
A--2---5--*--2--5--3--0
E--0---3--*--0--3------
Make his fight...
*=mute
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4)
e----------------------------
B--8-5-7----5-7--8-5-7----5-7
G---------7-------------7----
D----------------------------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------
intro lead played as triplets (groups of three)
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5)
D-----------------------------3---------------------------------3------
A--------5--------7--------5--1--4--------5--------7--------5---1-4-3-2
E--0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--0-0-0-3-----2--0-0-0-3--0-0-0-5--0-0-0-3-0---2-1-0
pm......   ......   ......
For whom the bell tolls...
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6a)
e------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G--12-9-11----9----------------------
D----------12---11-12-9-11----9------
A--------------------------12---10-10
E------------------------------------
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6b)
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G--12-9-11----9-------------------------------------
D----------12---11-12-9-11----9----5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5
A--------------------------12---10-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5
E----------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3
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6c)
e-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G--12-9-11----9---------------------
D----------12---11-12-9-11----9----9
A--------------------------12---10--
E-----------------------------------
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6d)
e-----------------------------------
B---------------------------------12
G--12-9-11----9---------------------
D----------12---11-12-9-11----9-----
A--------------------------12---10--
E-----------------------------------
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6e)
e-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G--12-9-11----9-------------------12
D----------12---11-12-9-11----9-----
A--------------------------12---10--
E-----------------------------------
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then 6d again


7)
D-------------------
A--4-4-2---4-4-5-5-2
E--2-2-0---2-2-3-3-0
end
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