The Small Hours by Holocaust 

as performed by Metallica on Garage Days Re-Revisited 

tab by Phil Boyle and Steve Gorenberg; phil@encycmet.com 



Tune all guitars down 1 full step 



1) 

d---------------------------------------0 

A-----7----8----7----8---6---7---6---7--7 

F--10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9----9 

C---------------------------------------9 

G---------------------------------------- 

D---------------------------------------- 

Intro with flange and delay 





2) 

C----------------------------------------------------- 

G--2-2-4/5-4/5--2-2-4/5--2-2-4/5-4/5--2-2-4/5--5\4-4\3 

D--0-0-2/3-2/3--0-0-2/3--0-0-2/3-2/3--0-0-2/3--3\2-2\1 

Get on with it 





3) 

F------------ 

C------------ 

G-------7-5-4 

D--0-0--5-3-2 

 pm... 

Don't step into the deamons lair 



4) 

F----------------------------------------------------- 

C-------------0-------------------------0-----2--2h4p2 

G------2--0-2---2-0-2-0----------2--0-2---2-0--------- 

D--0-0-0----------------3~~--0-0-0-------------------- 

pm.. ... 

And I try to get through to you... 





5) 

F------------- 

C------------- 

G--2--3--5-3-2 

D--0--1--3-1-0 

pre-solo (with intro riff) 





6) 

F------------------------------------------------- 

C------------------2--4------------------2-------- 

G------------------0--2------------------0-------- 

D--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-------0--0-0-0--0-0-0---0-2-3-2 

pm............................................. 

solo riff 

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solo 

1) 

d-------------------------------- 

A-------------------------------- 

F------------7-9~~----------7-9~~ 

C--------7-9------------7-9------ 

G--7-9-10---------7-9-10--------- 

D-------------------------------- 

(4:23) 





2) 

d--------------------- 

A--9--7-----7--9--7--- 

F--------7-----------7 

C--------------------- 

G--------------------- 

D--------------------- 

(4:26) 

all artifical harmonix and bends 

(I'm not real sure about this part) 





3) 

d--bunch of fast triplets ending on-16~~ 

A---------------------------------------- 

F---------------------------------------- 

C---------------------------------------- 

G---------------------------------------- 

D---------------------------------------- 

(4:30) 



4) 

d--16p14----14--------------------------16p14----14------------------------- 

A--------16----16p14-16p14----14--------------16----16p14-16p14----14------- 

F--------------------------16----16p13--------------------------16----16p13- 

C--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

(4:34) 





5) 

d------------------------------------------- 

A------------------------------------------- 

F--16p13p11-13p11p9-11p9p7-9p7---9---------- 

C------------------------------9---9p7-7---- 

G---------------------------------------10p7 

D------------------------------------------- 

(4:37) 





6) 

d---------------------------------------17 

A--------------------16-14--16-14-16-14-17 

F--------------14----16-14--16-14-16-14--- 

C--------14-16----16---------------------- 

G--14-16---------------------------------- 

D----------------------------------------- 

pm....... 

(4:40)