Fade to Black
Ride The Lightning
Elektra Records
*1984*
Fade To Black by Metallica
(0:14)
G|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|-------------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|------|
(0:22)
G|----------|-------------|------------|
D|----------|-------------|------------|
A|----------|-------------|------------|
E|----------|-----------5-|-7----------|
(0:31) (0:39)
G|------------|----------|------------|------|
D|------------|----------|------------|------|
A|---------5--|----------|------------|------|
E|------------|-7--------|---------5--|-7----|
G|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|----------|----------|------|
G|---------------|-------------||----------|
D|---------------|-------------||----------|
A|---------------|-2----2------||-0--------|
E|-1----1-4----4-|--------0----||----------|
G|----------|----------|---------------|
D|----------|----------|---------------|
A|----------|----------|---------------|
E|----------|----------|------3--/7----|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
A|-0--------|----------|----------|----------|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-2--|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|
D|-------------|----------------|-------------|
A|---------3-2-|--------2--/7\--|-0-------0-2-|
E|-3-----------|-0--------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|---------------||
D|---------------|-------------|---------------||
A|-3-----------5-|-------------|------7\-------||
E|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0--------0----||
[1st Verse]
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|-------------|-----------5-7---|
E|-------------|-----------------|-3-------5-3-|-0--0-0-/7-------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0----3--/7---|
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------3-2-|------7--7---|
E|-------------|-----------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|
G|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
D|-------------|-------------5h7p5---|-5----(5)-----5h7-5-|-----------------||
A|-0-------0-2-|-3----(3)-/7-------7-|----------5h7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
E|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
G||-------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
D||o------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
A||o-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2-|
E||-----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0-----|
G|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------||
D|------------------|------------------|---------------|------o||
A|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------|------o||
E|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0-----||
[Interlude]
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|---------/7\---|
E|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0-------------|
G|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||
D|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||
A|-0-------0-2-|----------------|--------------|--------------||
E|-------------|-3--3--3--0-3-5-|-3--3--3--5-3-|-0-------/7---||
[2nd Verse]
G|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
A|-0----0-0--0-3h5-|-3----3-3--5---|-------------|-----------2/---|
E|-----------------|-------------7-|-3----3-5--3-|-0----0-0-------|
G|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-5-|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-3--3--(3)-3-5-3-|-0----0--5s7---|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------------|----7---7-------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-3----3-3--5-3-|-0----0----5s7--|
G|-------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|--------------5h7p5---|-5-------5h7p5-|-----------------|
A|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3-5h7-------7-|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2--|
E|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0------|
G|------------------|------------------|---------------|------|
D|------------------|------------------|---------------|------|
A|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------|------|
E|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0----|
G|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0--5--|-7------------3-2--|
E|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0------|
G|------------------|------------------|---------------||------|
D|------------------|------------------|---------------||------|
A|-0----0-0-------5-|-3----3-3-------5-|-0----0-0------||------|
E|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-||-0----|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
G|------------|----------------|--------------------------||
D|------------|------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5----||
A|------------|----------------|--------------------------||
E|-(0)--------|-(0)------------|--------------------------||
[Bridge]
G||-----------------|----------------|
D||o----------------|---------5-4----|
A||o-5-7-----7------|-5-7------------|
E||------0-0----0-0-|-----0-0--------|
G|------------------|---------------------4--|
D|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4----|
A|---5---5-5--------|------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-|
A|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
E|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|
1.
G|----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------4-|
D|----------------|---------5-4-/12--|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
A|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
E|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|
A|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|
E|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|
G|------------------|---------------------4--||
D|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---o||
A|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------o||
E|------------------|------------------------||
2.
G|--------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------4-|
D|--------------|----------------|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
A|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------|
G|--------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
D|--------------|----------------|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-||
A|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------||
E|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------||
G||-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
D||o----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
A||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-(2)-2----4-2-0---|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0----0-0-0-0-|
E||-----------------|----------------2-|----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------2-2--o||
A|-----------------|-------------------|-0----0-(0)--0--|-0-0----0-0------o||
E|-3----3-(3)--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------------------||
G||-----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D||o----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
E||-----------------|--------------2-|------------------|----------------|
G|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--o||
A|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
E|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
G|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
E|----------------|--------------2-|------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--|
A|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-2-2----2-2------|
G||-----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D||o----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A||o-2----2-(2)--2--|-2-2--2-4-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
E||-----------------|--------------2-|------------------|----------------|
G|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------2-2--o||
A|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
E|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
************************************
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| s Slap
************************************
Bass Tabs | |
Title | Fade To Black |
Artist | Metallica |
Tablature Type | ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID | 9HZ_tx8aWuA |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).