Disposable Heroes Lyrics

Disposable Heroes - Metallica
Solo/Corrections by Christian Theves
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pit/1570/
DISPOSABLE HEROES
intro: (in 6/4 time)
Rhy Fig 1
PM---------| PM---------|
end Rhy Fig 1
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|-------------4---5---4---|-------------------9----o| X lots
PM---------| PM---------------|
lead over intro:
w/ wah-wah
|o9-----------11--12--11--|-9-----------12--14--11--|
|o9-----------11--12--11--|-9-----------12--14--11--|
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|-9-----------11--12--11--|-9---------------12-----o|-9-----------------9-----|
|-9-----------11--12--11--|-9---------------12-----o|-9-----------------9-----|
Rhy Fig 2 (in 4/4 time)
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4 times
end Rhy Fig 2
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With Rhy Fig 2 (2 times)
(wah off)
|o-12-----------------------------|-(12)-------------------------14\-|
|o-12-----------------------------|-(12)-------------------------14\-|
|-\9------------------------------|-(9)----------------------------o|
|-\9------------------------------|-(9)----------------------------o|
Faster:
|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o| X 3
|o6-------------------------------|-6------------------------------o|
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
PM PM-----| \---3---/ \---3---/
play Rhy Fig 2 again 2 times then into verses
the verses are all played solely in the 6th string in
the same rhythm as Rhy Fig 2.
S/S
1 Bodies fill the fields I see
2 Barking of machine gun fire does
3 Life planned out before my birth
Rhy Fig 3
PM... etc.
hungry heroes end.
nothing to me now
nothing could I say. end Rhy Fig 3
No one to play soldier now,
Sounding of the clock that ticks get
Had no chance to see myself
no one to pretend.
used to it somehow.
moulded day by day.
the second half of each verse follows the same pattern
Running blind through killing fields,
bred to kill them all.
Victim of what said should be,
a servant till I fall
Rhy Fig 4
Soldier boy, made of clay
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
end Rhy Fig 4
> PM---------|> PM-| > PM---------|> PM-|
with Rhy Fig 4
4 |---------------------------------|------------o-/------------------|
- |--4-----(4)---^5^4\2---(2)-/-4^5-|-------------/-------------------|
4 |---------------------------------|------------/-o------------------|
h p sl sl h
- |--4-----(4)---^5^4\2-----|--4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-----|
h p sl vibrato
simultaneously depress trem
bar 1/2 step
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| This bar third time only |
Rhy Fig 5
PM------------------------|
Back to the front.
end Rhy Fig 5
PM------------------------|
then with Rhy Fig 5
You will do what I say, when I say.
Back to the front. You will die when I say you must die.
Back to the front. You coward, you servant (*), you blind man.
(then some palm muted open E-string strumming)
(*): 3rd time to Coda
after second verse:
Rhy Fig 6 end Rhy Fig 6
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||o-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|---------------o||
then the bridge with Rhy Fig 4:
Why... am I dying? Kill... have no fear.
Lie... live off lying. Hell... hell is here.
then the solo, with Rhy Fig 6 (6 times)
T T T T T T
|--9b11--(11)--(11)--(11)--(11)----(11)--|--(11)--(11)--(11)--(11)----r7----9--|
hold bend
w/ bar
tremolo picking......................................................|
w/ Rhy Fig 4
w/ Rhy Fig 4
PM.....................................................|
PM......................|
triplets (next 3 bars)
triplets (next 3 1/2 bars)
then with Rhy Fig 6 again (2 times):
Why... am I dying? Kill... have no fear.
Lie... live off lying. Hell... hell is here.
I was born for dying....
PM......................| PM..............................|
3 times
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||o-6-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------o||
> PM---------|> PM---------| > PM---------|> PM---------|
DS al Coda
continue Rhy Fig 5
you blind man Back to the front
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w/ Rhy Fig 5 (2 times) |1. |
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|2. 1st time w/ Rhy Fig 5
2nd time w/ Rhy Fig 5 (1st 3 bars only)
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> PM.........|> PM.........| > PM.........|> PM.........|
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> PM.........|> PM.........| > PM.........|> PM.........|
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> PM.........|> PM.........|
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|--6----6----|--6----6----|--6--------|-----------o|
|--6----6----|--6----6----|--6--------|-----------o|
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h hammer
p pull off
PM Palm Mute
> accented note
(4) let note ring