Song: Mama Said
Band: MetallicA
Album: Load
Transcribed By Eros Fratini (e-r-o-s@libero.it)
Tune down 1/2 step
------------------------------ Bass Tab -------------------------------
Intro guitar only
Verse 1, 2 (first part is without bass):
4/4 3/4
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|*--------5----------------------|---------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-5------3------------|
|-3-----------3---3-3--3--3-h-5--|---------------5-----|
4/4 3/4
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------5----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5------3------------|
|-3-----------3---3-3--3--3---5--|---------------5-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------5----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5-------3---3-\-1--------------|
|-3-----------3---3-3--3--3---5--|-------------------------3---3--|
1.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
|-5\3/5------------------(5)--\--|(3)-----------------------------|
2.
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-4--|
|-5\3/5-5-5-5-5-5---5-3---5------|
Bridge:
Fig.1
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
:-5-----5-3----------------------|-3-----5-3----------------------|
:-----------5-3---3---3---3h5-3--|-----------5-1-----1-1-1h3-1p0--|
end Fig.1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-----5-3----------------------|-3-----5-3----------------------|
|-----------5-3---3---3---3h5-3--|-----------5-1---1-1-1-1h3-1p0--|
Fig.1A end Fig.1A
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-----5-3----------------------|-3-----3------------------------|
|-----------5-3-----3-3---3h5-3--|---------5-3-1-----1-1-1h3---1--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-----5-3----------------------|-3---5-3------------------------|
|-----------5-3---3---3---3h5-3--|---------5-3-1---1-1-1-1-1h3-1--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------:
|-5--(5)\-3-------1--------------|-------------------------5/7p5--:
|-------------------------3------|-5\3/5-----5-5---5-5------------:
Verse 3:
|-----------------------7--------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----|-----------------------5h7------|
|-5---------------------------5-\|-3-----------0-----5h7-----5h7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/mama_said_btab.html ]
|-----------------------7--------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----|---------------------7---5------|
|-5---------------------------5-\|-3-----------0-------------7-6--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------7--------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----|-----------------------5h7------|
|-5---------------------------5-\|-3-----------0-----5h7-----5h7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------7--------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------7-----7----|--------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------5-\|-3-------0----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chorus:
3/4 4/4
:---------------------|--------------------------------|
:---------------------|---------5----------------------|
:(0)------------------|--------------------------------|
:---------------------|-3-----------3---3-3--3--3-h-5--|
3/4 4/4
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------5----------------------|
|-5-------3-----------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------5---|-3---3-------3---3-3-3---3-h-5--|
3/4 4/4
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------5--5-------------------|
|-5-------3-----------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------5---|-3---3-3------3--3-3-3-3-3-h-5--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------7---7---7--------------|
|-5-------3---3-\-1--------------|---------------------------3-4--|
|-------------------------3------|-5\3/5-5---5---5----3-5--3------|
3/4 4/4
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5---5--3---3-0-0-0--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-7-5--|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
3/4 4/4
|---------------------|-------------5h7--5---5---5-----|
|---------------------|--------------------7---7---7-\-|
|-5---5--3---3-0---0--|-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
3/4 4/4
|---------------------|-7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7--9-7---|
|---------------------|-7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-----7--|
|-5---5--3---3-0-0-0--|-5------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------7-7-7-7------------------|
|-5--(5)\-3-------1--------------|-------------------------2-3-4--|
|-------------------------3------|-5\3/5---------5---3-4-5--------|
Repeat Fig.1
Bridge:
Repeat Fig.1A
Repeat Fig.1 (last 2 bars)
Repeat Fig.1A
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-----5-3----------------------|-3------------------------------|
|-----------5-3-----3-3---3h5-3--|-----5---3-\-1-------1---1h3-1--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-------3---3-\-1--------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3------|-5\3/5--------------------------|
|--------------------------------:
|--------------------------------:
|--------------------------------:
|(5)-----------------------------: End
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