The Small Hours Bass Tabs by Metallica

Metallica
The Small Hours
written by Holocaust
as performed on Garage Days Re-revisited
tab by hypadermic@aol.com


Tune down 1 full step

At one point in the same section of every Verse, there is a different bass fill each time. 
They are at the bottom of the tabs (all six fills).



/--------------------------------------Verse------------------------------------------------\

            Bass Part 1                                  where
   /-----------------------------\                  /-fill goes-\ /--Part 1\

F|------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|
C|------------------------|---%---|---%---|---%---|--------------|----------|--%--|
G|------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|
D|--0-0--2h3-2h3--0-0--3--|-------|-------|-------|--------------|----------|-----|


     



  Chorus--------------------------------------------------------------\

F|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o-|
G|-o----------------5---------------|--------------5-------7---7h8p7--o-|
D|----0-0-0---5-7-----7-5-7--5-3----|--0-0-0---5-7----7-5---------------|





After these, there's a break and then a speeded up riff which serves as a guitar solo…….

                4 times,  then 
F|----------------|-------|
C|----------------|-------|
G|----------------|-------|
D|--0-----1---2-1-|-(0)---|



      (this is the speeded up riff)
F|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-008-|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-0032--|



Play the above speed riff again and again until immediately after solo stops, then


F|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-006-0-008--|

F|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-008--0-0010--|--0-000-000-000-000-0010--0-0012--|

F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--0-000-000-000-000-0012--0-012--|



Then back to the verse, chorus and then closing riff, which is directly below:

              3 times,   then
F|--------------------|---------------------------|
C|--------------------|---------------------------|
G|--------------------|----------------------1----|
D|--0----0-1-2---2-1--|--0----0-1-2---2-1------0--|




   /--Fill 1--------\
F|--------------------|
C|--------------------|
G|-----5--------------|
D|--/7----7-5---3---1-|


    /--Fill 2-----------------------\
F|-----------------------------------|
C|--------3h5-------5-------5-----4--|
G|--3h5-------5p3--------------------|
D|-----------------------3-----2-----|

    /--Fill3-------------------\
F|------------------------------|
C|------------------------------|
G|-7----------5-7-5-------------|
D|-------5h7---------5---3---1--|


  /--Fill 4-------------------\
F|-----------------------------|
C|-------3h5-------------------|
G|--3h5------5-----------------|
D|-----------------5---3--2--1-|



    /--Fill 5----------------\
F|----------------------------|
C|-------------------------22-|
G|-------1h3------------------|
D|--3h5-------3-3---2---1-----|


    /--Fill 6------------------------------------------\
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------4h6-------------------------------------------|
G|--4h6-------4-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|

(on the last fill, 6, pluck the hammer-on's really strong, then slow down, 
 then on the rapidly declining low notes, go pretty fast.)

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