Battery Lyrics

BATTERY
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)
Words by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Music by Metallica
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Moderately Slow Q=75
Gtr I
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|----------------------|-------^0-(0)----|
|-^3--2--(2)-^2-(2)----|-^2--0-^0-(0)----|
|-^2---------^0-(0)----|-^0----^5-(5)----|
|-^0---------^1-(1)----|-^2----^3-(3)----|
Q. E +H
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|-3--2--(2)-^2-(2)----|-^2----^0-(0)----|
|-2---------^0-(0)----|-^0--5-^5-(5)----|
|-0---------^1-(1)----|-^2----^3-(3)----|
Q. E +H
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|--------------------------------|---------------^0-(0)------|
|-^3--2----------(2)-^2-(2)------|-^2----------0-^0-(0)------|
|-^2-----------------^0-(0)------|-^0------------^5-(5)------|
|-^0-----------------^1-(1)------|-^2------------^3-(3)------|
| Q. E +H
| Gtr II
| E a a S S Q E. S Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
E a a S S Q E. S Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|-^3--2----------(2)-^2-(2)----------|-^2------------^0-(0)--------|
|-^2-----------------^0-(0)----------|-^0----------5-^5-(5)--------|
|-^0-----------------^1-(1)----------|-^2------------^3-(3)--------|
| Q. E +H
| E a a S S Q E. T T T Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
|----------x-4-5--5------4--4h5p4-5--|-(5)---x-4-5-5--4-(4)-5-4----|
E a a S S Q E. T T T Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|--------------------------------|---------------^0-(0)------|
|-^3--2----------(2)-^2-(2)------|-^2----------0-^0-(0)------|
|-^2-----------------^0-(0)------|-^0------------^5-(5)------|
|-^0-----------------^1-(1)------|-^2------------^3-(3)------|
| Q. E +H
| E a a S S Q E. S Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
E a a S S Q E. S Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
S E. +E E +H Q E E +H
|-^3--2----------(2)-^2-(2)----------|-^2------------^0-(0)--------|
|-^2-----------------^0-(0)----------|-^0----------5-^5-(5)--------|
|-^0-----------------^1-(1)----------|-^2------------^3-(3)--------|
| Q. E +H
| E a a S S Q E. T T T Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
|----------x-3-5--5------3--3h5p3-5--|-(5)---x-3-5-5--3-(3)-5-3----|
|--------x-x-4-5--5------4--4h5p4-5--|-(5)-x-x-4-5-5--4-(4)-5-4----|
E a a S S Q E. T T T Q +E a a S S E E +E E Q
Gtr IV
E S S S S E H E S S S S E H E S S S S E H
Gtr III
E S S Q E. S Q +E S S E E +E E Q +E S S Q E. S Q
|---3-5-5-----3--5-5--|-(5)-3-5-5---3-(3)-5-3--||o-(3)-3-5-5-----3--5-5---|
|---------------------|------------------------||o------------------------|
E S S Q E. S Q +E S S E E +E E Q +E S S Q E. S Q
E S S S S E H E S S S S E H Q Q Q Q
+E S S E E +E E Q E S S E E +E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-(5)-3-5-5---3-(3)-5-3--o||-1-3-5-5---3-(3)-5-3--|-------------||
|------------------------o||----------------------|-2--2--5--6--||
+E S S E E +E E Q E S S E E +E E Q
Fast Q=190
N.C.(E5) Bb5 A5 (E5) Em B/D#Em(E5) Bb5 A5
PM----------| PM----------| PM--------|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------8-8-7-|---------------7-7-6-|-7-------------8-8-7-|
Gtr IV
W Q Q E E E E Q Q H
Gtr III
PM PM PM----------| PM----------|
E Q E E Q E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
Gtr IV
W E E E E E E E E W W
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|---------------------|-----------------o||----------|------|
|-7-------------8-8-7-|-8-7---7---7---7-o||----------|------|
$
H E E Q W W
PM----------| PM----------|
W E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------||o---------------8-8-7-|---------------7-7-6-|
W W Q Q E E E E
PM--------| PM PM PM----------|
E S S E S S E E E E E Q E E Q E E S S E S S E E E E
Q Q H W W
PM----------| PM PM
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E Q E E Q E
W W H E E Q
W W W
PM----------| PM----------|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
Gtr IV
W W W H E E Q
Gtr III
PM PM
E Q E E Q E W W W
W W H H
PM----------| PM----------|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E W
H Q Q W W
PM----------| PM----------|
W E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
PM--------| PM----------| PM----------|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
To Coda
E S S E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q W
| Gtr IV
| W Q Q Q Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
W H Q Q W
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------4-----o||--------------||
|--5----------------------------------------------|--0--------------------3-----6-----o||--2-----------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q Q Q H
|-------15----------------------15----------------|-------14p12-14p12----------14b15--o||--------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||--------------||
PM
W +W W +Q. E E E Q
W +W W +H E E Q
Gtr IV
Q. E Q E E E Q E Q Q Q. E Q E E E Q E +Q Q
Gtr III
PM--------------------------| PM------------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-7--7-----7----7-|-7-----7-3-3-5s7-|-7--5-------7----7-|---7---7---------o||
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q Q W +W E E E E E E E E
E E E E E E Q Q. E +Q Q W +W W
|------------------|-------------4s=|=7--------|-(7)--------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
o / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM--------------------------| PM PM
Q +E E +E +E E +E Q +E E +E E E S S
|-14b15-----(14)-14b15----(14)-(14)-14b15--(14)-|-14b15----(14)-14b15--(14)-14----------|
|-14b16-----(14)-14b16====(14)-(14)-14b16==(14)-|-14b16====(14)-14b16==(14)-14-14-12h14-|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
o / / / / / / / / / o / / / /
E S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E Q +E
|-------------15-12-15-12-15-12----|-12-15-12----12-15-12----12-15b17====(15)---|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
o / / / / / / / / / o / / / o / / /
PM ~~
Q +Q +Q +Q E E +Q E S S S S S S S
|-15b16-----(15)-----(15)---(15)r---|-15b17.5r15-(15)-----------------------------|
E S S E S S E E E E
o / / / / / / / / /
PM-------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
/ / / / / o / / / / / / / / /
S S Q S S +H S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S E
|-12h15p12---15-15b17-(15)-------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-4p2p0-4p2p==0-4p2p0-4-----4p2p0-2h4---|
o / / / / / / /
PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S
E S S E S S E E E E
o / / / / / / / / /
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-4p2p0-4p2p==0-6p4p0-6p4p==0-8p6p0-8p6p0-10p8p0-10p8p0---|
o / / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
E S S E S S E E E E
o / / / / / / / / /
PM-------------------|
E E E S S S E E E E E E
|-12-15---14-12h14p==12----12-----------------|
|-----------------------15------15-12h14p==12-|
o / / / o / / /
PM-------
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
o / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q +Q
W W W
a E E E Q. E E E E E E S S S E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7s9--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
W W
Q Q Q Q +Q E E E E +Q E E E
|-------------------|--------12-15b17==(15)--15p12----|
|---7-6-7b9===(7)---|-/14-----------------------------|
W
E Q S S S E. +Q
|----15b17===15p12-15p12--(12)---|
Q Q H H Q Q
S S S S E E E S S S S E E E E E S S S S S E Q Q
|----------------------10s12-------12s10----|-10----------------------------||
D.S. al Coda
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x Q Q H Q E E E Q
||o-----------------|----------------o||------------|-------------||
||o-3---1---2---1---|-2---1---2---4--o||-3----------|------3-3-6--||
&
Gtr IV
Q Q W W W
Gtr III
W E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E E
((#()
E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x E E E E E E E E
|-------------||o-----------------|----------------o||-----------------|
|-8--3--2-----||o-3---1---2---1---|-2---1---2---4--o||-3---1---2---1---|
W +W E E E E E E E E Q Q H
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths