'Holier Than Thou (crd)' by Metallica - Guitar Tutorial

             
 Holier Than Thou by Metallica
 Transcription by Tim Scott
 
 This is a non-spoon feeding type of tab.  It gives enough information 
 on how to play the song and leaves the player the task of counting
 how many times a rhythm is played, the changes, etc...
 
 
 Intro Rhythm 1
     ____  ___3___  ___3___  ____  repeat umpteen times....
 --|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|----------------------
 --|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|----------------------
 -/^|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|/------------------------------
 2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-------------------------------
 2-|[2]-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2-------------------------------
 0-|[0]-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------
 (brackets signify the chord is held over from previous measure..)
 
 
    Lead in to rhythm 2   
 ---------------------------------|-----
 ---------------------------------|-----
 ---------------------------------|-----
 ---------------------------------|-----
 --|-0--1--0------------/^--0^1--------------/^--0^1----------------|-----
 --|----------3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3--0-|[0]----0--3--5--3~~~~-|-----
                          / P.M.-------| P.M.---|              (~ = vibrato)
 Hold on 1st time only ___/
 P.M. and pick otherwise...
 
 Rhythm 3 (accompanies lyrics)                     
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 ---------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------
 -----------------2----------------5----------------
 --0--1--0--------2-----------|-0--1--0--------5----------------
 -----------3--5--0-----------|----------3--5--3----------------
            PM-|
 
 End of verse riff
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 --------------------------------------2------------------------
 -0--1--0------------------------------2------------------------
 ----------3--5--3--6--6--6-6-6--5--3--0------------------------
 
 
 Riff before solo    (Repeat once)   (Repeat twice with this added to end)
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 --------------------------------.------------------------------
 -----------5-7-8-----------8-7-5.|---5-7-----------------------------------
 --7--4-6-7-------7--4-6-7--------|-8---------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 Repeat the riff and the extra end and end it like this
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 ----5--7-----5--7-----5--7>slide>14----------------------------
 --9-------10-------11------------------------------------------
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 I haven`t got the solo entirely down (that damn wah-wah screws me up) but
 I also don`t plan on posting it when I do...So good luck with that..
 
 With this info you should be able to figure out most if not all of the
 song...Have fun with it...
 
 --tim
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