Metallica - The Memory Remains Chords & Tabs

 

The Memory Remains Chords & Tabs

Metallica Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

The Memory Remains Tab

   
I couldn't find this tab anywhere else on this site, so I'm tabbing it out
myself.  Oh yeah, I tabbed it out in Drop D.  The official tuning is 
Standard Eb, though.  It sounds exactly the same.

The Memory Remains
As performed on "ReLoad"
Music by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich
Lyrics by James Hetfield

Drop D tuning
h       hammer on
p       pull off
b       bend
r       return
PM      palm muting
x       muffled strings
/       slide up
\       slide down
~       vibrating
James   Guitar 1
Kirk    Guitar 2
Both    D'uh


Intro    (James)
Distortion                               End on this, strum once, do not ring
e[-------------------------------------]------------------
B[-------------------------------------]------------------
G[-6/8-----8----6/8-----8----6/8-----8-]--9---------------
D[-6/8-----8----6/8-----8----6/8-----8-]--9---------------
A[-4/6-6-6-6----4/6-6-6-6----4/6-6-6-6-]--7---------------
D[-------------------------------------]------------------
      PM..         PM..         PM..

Main Riff/Verse   (Both guitars, x1 as intro, x2 as verse)
Distortion                                  Play this every three times
e[-----------------------------------------]------------------
B[-----------------------------------------]------------------
G[-----------------------------------------]------------------
D[--------------------------4h6-6p7r6------]------------------
A[-6~~~-4h6-6~~~4h6-6~~~-4h6----------6~~~-]-4--8--1----------
D[-----------------------------------------]-4--8--1----------

Chorus (Both guitars, x2)
Distortion                              Only after 1st time
e[-------------------------------------]------------------
B[-------------------------------------]------------------
G[-6/8-----8----6/8-----8----6/8-----8-]------------------
D[-6/8-----8----6/8-----8----6/8-----8-]------------------
A[-4/6-6-6-6----4/6-6-6-6----4/6-6-6-6-]-1h4--1h4---------
D[-------------------------------------]-1h4--1h4---------

James plays main riff, Kirk plays this over him
Distortion
e[-----------------------------------------------------------------11~~~----
B[-11-------------------------11p7--------9h11---9h11---9h11-11h14----------
G[----11p8~~~-6h8-8-8-6h8-8-8------8~~~-8------8------8---------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A[--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse

Chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/the_memory_remains_tab_ver_2.html ]
End the chorus this time with this
e[------------]----------------------------------------------------
B[------------]----------------------------------------------------
G[-6/8-----8--]-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11------------------------
D[-6/8-----8--]-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11------------------------
A[-4/6-6-6-6--]-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9-------------------------
D[------------]----------------------------------------------------

Interlude (x2)
e[----21-21b23-21----21-21b23-23b24---------------------------
B[-21-------------21------------------------------------------
G[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------
A[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge    James plays intro.  
Kirk, distortion w/ wah pedal
e[------------------------------------------------------------
B[-7b9-9-9-9-7b9-9-9-9-11p9p7---------------------------------
G[----------------------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------
A[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------

e[-9b11r9-------9b11r9-------9b11r9-------9b11--9b11~~~~------
B[--------11~~~--------11~~~--------11~~~---------------------
G[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------
A[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------

GUITAR SOLO      James plays main riff
Kirk, distortion w/ wah pedal
e[------------------------------------------------------------
B[-5b7---------------7h9-9b11---------------------------------
G[-----8-8~~~~~--6h8----------8-8~~~~~~---8~~~-6~~~-----------
D[--------------------------------------------------6~~~------
A[------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------

e[------------------------------------------------------------------
B[-9b11r9----------9b11r9----------9b11r9-7--9b11r9-7--9b11r9-------
G[--------8p6-8~~~--------8p6-8~~~----------------------------8~~~--
D[------------------------------------------------------------------
A[------------------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat the interlude a bunch of times until the end.  

That's it.

Song Structure
Intro
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Interlude
Bridge
GUITAR SOLO
Interlude


Enjoy.