Metallica - The Wait Chords & Tabs

 

The Wait Chords & Tabs

Metallica Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Tab

The Wait Tab

   
Band- Metallica
Song- The Wait

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm / Lead w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'

Intro
    Q=162                                           1.,2.,3.
   4/4
                               Gtr II
                                       PM    PM       PM       PM----|
    W           W                  E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|--------------------||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|-----------------0--||
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|---------------3----||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-2-----2-----2---|-----2-------3-----o||
||-----------|--------------||-||--0---0-0---0-0---|--0--0---0-1--------||
|
|   Gtr I
|   W          +H     H
||-----------|--------------||
||o----------|-------------o||
||-----------|--------------|| w/Riff A x4
||-----------|--------------||
||o-7--------|-(7)----8----o||
||--0--------|-(0)----------||
 |-Riff A        end Riff A-|

  4.                 |-w/Riff A x4
   PM       PM              PM    PM       PM       PM----|       PM    PM
   E  E E E E E Q       E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------0-|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|---------------3---|-----------------|
|-----2-------3s7\--||o-2-----2-----2---|-----2-------3-----|-2-----2-----2---|
|--0--0---0-1-------||--0---0-0---0-0---|--0--0---0-1-------|-0---0-0---0-0---|
                     |-Rhy Fig 1

            PM----------|   PM    PM              PM----|
   E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------0-|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3---|
|-----2-----3-3-3-3-|-3-2-----2-----2-|-----2-------3-----|
|-----0---0-1-1-1-1-|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0---0-1-------|


                   1.                      2.
  PM    PM    PM
  E E E E E E E E    E  E E E Q    Q        E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----3--------o||----2-----3--3--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0---0-1--/13\---||----0---0-1--1--||
                                             end Rhy Fig 1-|


   Verse 1, 2
    Gtrs II, III

||--
||o-
||-- Rhy Fig 1
||--
||o-
||--



 Chorus
  W          W          W           Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2

           PM--|            PM--|            PM--|              PM--|
  H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------------------|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-------|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|
                                                        end Rhy Fig 2-|

Rhy Fig 2 (1st 4 bars only)



           PM--|            PM--|            PM--|
  H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   H    E  E  Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|----------------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--------------||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----1s13-13\--||


  1.
  Rhy Fig 1 (1st 4 bars only)


  PM|   PM    PM            PM--------|     PM    PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q    Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----3--------o||
|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1--/13\---||


  2.
w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st 8 bars only)
  Gtr III
                                      PM|
  E E Q   H         W                 E E Q   H         W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|


  PM|                                 PM|
  E E Q   H         W                 E E Q   H         H        Q.      S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-1-0-------------|-----------------|-1-0-------------|---------15S======2p0-||


                    PM----|                        PM----|
  W          +H     E E E E   W             +H     E E E E
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------|
|
|                   PM----|                        PM----|
| W          +H     E E E E   E E H.        +H     E E E E
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|
|-Rhy Fig 3                                  end Rhy Fig 3-|

w/Rhy Fig 3
                       PM----|                        PM----|
  E E H.        +H     E E E E   W             +H     E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-||
|-------------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---||
|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----||
|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------||


 Half Time Feel
  Gtr I
   E E E  E E E  E E    E   E  E E  E Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
|                                   PM-----|
|  W                   +H           E E  E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|
|-Rhy Fig 4

   E E E  E  E E  E  E    +H.        Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-10s9---14s13---17s16-|-(16)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--8s7---12s11---15s14-|-(14)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|
|                                PM----|
|  W                      +H     E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)----3-3-3-3-|
|--0-------------------|--(0)----1-1-1-1-|


   E E E  E E E  E E    E   E  E E  E Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|
|
|                                   PM-----|
|  W                   +H           E E  E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/the_wait_tab_ver_3.html ]
   E  E E  E  E E  E  E    +H.         +Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------18s17-|-(17)--------(17)\---|
|-14s13---17s16---------|---------------------|
|-----------------15s14-|-(14)--------(14)\---|
|-12s11---15s=4---------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
|                                 PM--------|
|  W                       +H     E E   E   E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--2--------------------|--(2)----3-3---3---3-|
|--0--------------------|--(0)----1-1---1---1-|
                                end Rhy Fig 4-|

w/Rhy Fig 4
            ~~~~~~
   H        H           +H      +Q.       E    H     +H         W
|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|-15b17----15b17=====|=(15)----(15)r-----12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|


                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q.      S  S  H           +Q    Q   +E   +E  E  S  S
|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|
|-15b17---15-15-15b17=====|=(15)--15--(15)r(15)---12-12-|

|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|


   H     +H         W
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|


                     1.,2.,3.             4.
    Gtr II, III
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-<2>-<0>-<0>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-|
 |-Rhy Fig 5             end Rhy Fig 5-||Gtr II plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5

w/Rhy Fig 5 x3
      PM    PM      PM      PM----|       PM    PM              PM----|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2-----2---|---2-------3-----|-2-----2-----2---|---2-----3-3-3-3-|
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-1-------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---0---0-1-1-1-1-|


  PM|   PM    PM            PM-------
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|
|-----------------|-------------3---|
|-3-2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----|
|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------|


 ---------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E    E   E   E   E   E  E   Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-x--10\--||
|
|-|     PM    PM
| E E E E E E E E    E   E   E   E   Q      Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|------2-----------3----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0-------0---1----/13\--||


 Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1
  Gtr I
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   Q       Q       E     S  S  E  E        +E    Q       E      +Q     Q
|-----------------------12-12-12--------|------------------------------------|
|-15b17---15b17---15b17----------15b17==|=(15)r-15b17---15b17==(15)---15r\---|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-12-12-12-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12-|
|----------------15----------15----------15----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12--|
|-------15----------15----------15----------15-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                               ~~
   H           Q.         E    H        +E   E   S  S S S
|-17b19-------17b19======17-|-17-------(17)s12s==x--0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|


   |----6-----|  |----6-----|  |----6-----|  |----6-----|
   S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S
|-19-0-0-17-0-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-17-0-0-16-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


   |----6-----|  |----6-----|
   S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S  S S S S S S S S
|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-7h8p7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


                   TP
   S S S S S S S S H          H          H
|-12-0-0-0-8-0-7-8---------|-19\-------/19\-------|
|------------------8S======|=19\-------/19\-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|


  W                    E +S  S E E +E    S  S  S  S  E
|--------------------|------------------19-19-20-20-19-|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2b4================|=2r(2)p0-------------------------|
|--------------------|---------2-2-(2)/----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|


   Q       Q       Q       Q         E  Q.      H
|-22b24---22b24---22b24---22b24---|-19---------19\-----||
|---------------------------------|----20------20\-----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||


    Gtr II, III
    PM------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E  E   E   E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-<2>-<2>-<2>-|
                                        |Gtr III plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5

Rhy Fig 5 + Rhy Fig 1 (last 8 bars - Gtr II, III for last 4)


 Chorus
 Rhy Fig 2


           PM--|            PM--|            PM--|
  H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E    Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|


           PM--|            PM--|            PM--|
  H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   H    +E  E E E   W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3----||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----||


                     PM    PM    PM            PM----|
  +H     +Q    Q     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------0-*|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------3---*|
|-(3)--------------|---2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----*|
|-(1)----(1)S=12\--|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------*|