The Wait Tabs & Lyrics by Metallica
The Wait
guitar tabs lyrics
Band- Metallica
Song- The Wait
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm / Lead w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Intro
Q=162 1.,2.,3.
4/4
Gtr II
PM PM PM PM----|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|--------------------||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|-----------------0--||
||-----------|--------------||-||------------------|---------------3----||
||o----------|-------------o||-||o-2-----2-----2---|-----2-------3-----o||
||-----------|--------------||-||--0---0-0---0-0---|--0--0---0-1--------||
|
| Gtr I
| W +H H
||-----------|--------------||
||o----------|-------------o||
||-----------|--------------|| w/Riff A x4
||-----------|--------------||
||o-7--------|-(7)----8----o||
||--0--------|-(0)----------||
|-Riff A end Riff A-|
4. |-w/Riff A x4
PM PM PM PM PM PM----| PM PM
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------0-|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|---------------3---|-----------------|
|-----2-------3s7\--||o-2-----2-----2---|-----2-------3-----|-2-----2-----2---|
|--0--0---0-1-------||--0---0-0---0-0---|--0--0---0-1-------|-0---0-0---0-0---|
|-Rhy Fig 1
PM----------| PM PM PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------0-|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3---|
|-----2-----3-3-3-3-|-3-2-----2-----2-|-----2-------3-----|
|-----0---0-1-1-1-1-|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0---0-1-------|
1. 2.
PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||----------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----3--------o||----2-----3--3--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----0---0-1--/13\---||----0---0-1--1--||
end Rhy Fig 1-|
Verse 1, 2
Gtrs II, III
||--
||o-
||-- Rhy Fig 1
||--
||o-
||--
Chorus
W W W Q. E +E E Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|-2--------|-4--------|-5--------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0--------|-2--------|-3--------|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------------------|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-------|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|
end Rhy Fig 2-|
Rhy Fig 2 (1st 4 bars only)
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E H E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|----------------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3--------------||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----1s13-13\--||
1.
Rhy Fig 1 (1st 4 bars only)
PM| PM PM PM--------| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----3--------o||
|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1--/13\---||
2.
w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st 8 bars only)
Gtr III
PM|
E E Q H W E E Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
PM| PM|
E E Q H W E E Q H H Q. S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-1-0-------------|-----------------|-1-0-------------|---------15S======2p0-||
PM----| PM----|
W +H E E E E W +H E E E E
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------|
|
| PM----| PM----|
| W +H E E E E E E H. +H E E E E
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-|
|----------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---|
|-2--------|-(2)------3-----|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|
|-0--------|-(0)----1-------|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|
|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
w/Rhy Fig 3
PM----| PM----|
E E H. +H E E E E W +H E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|--------------0-|-------------|--------------0-||
|-------------|------------3---|-------------|------------3---||
|-x-x-2-------|-(2)------3-----|-2-----------|-(2)------3-----||
|-x-x-0-------|-(0)----1-------|-0-----------|-(0)----1-------||
Half Time Feel
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| PM-----|
| W +H E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|
|-Rhy Fig 4
E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-10s9---14s13---17s16-|-(16)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--8s7---12s11---15s14-|-(14)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM----|
| W +H E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--2-------------------|--(2)----3-3-3-3-|
|--0-------------------|--(0)----1-1-1-1-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9----------10s9-|-----14s13---10s9------|
|--------10s9--------|-----------------------|
|--8s7-----------8s7-|-----12s11----8s7------|
|---------8s7--------|-----------------------|
|
| PM-----|
| W +H E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------0-|
|--------------------|-------------------3---|
|--2-----------------|-(2)------------3------|
|--0-----------------|-(0)----------1--------|
E E E E E E E E +H. +Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------18s17-|-(17)--------(17)\---|
|-14s13---17s16---------|---------------------|
|-----------------15s14-|-(14)--------(14)\---|
|-12s11---15s=4---------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM--------|
| W +H E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--2--------------------|--(2)----3-3---3---3-|
|--0--------------------|--(0)----1-1---1---1-|
end Rhy Fig 4-|
w/Rhy Fig 4
~~~~~~
H H +H +Q. E H +H W
|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|-15b17----15b17=====|=(15)----(15)r-----12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------12-|-12----(12)\----|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. S S H +Q Q +E +E E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|
|-15b17---15-15-15b17=====|=(15)--15--(15)r(15)---12-12-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
H +H W
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|-12----(12)\----|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Gtr II, III
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0--------|
|-Rhy Fig 5 end Rhy Fig 5-||Gtr II plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5
w/Rhy Fig 5 x3
PM PM PM PM----| PM PM PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2-----2---|---2-------3-----|-2-----2-----2---|---2-----3-3-3-3-|
|-0---0-0---0-0---|-0-0---0-1-------|-0---0-0---0-0---|---0---0-1-1-1-1-|
PM| PM PM PM-------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|
|-----------------|-------------3---|
|-3-2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----|
|-1-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------|
---------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------x--10\--||
|
|-| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|---2-----2-----2-|------2-----------3----------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0-------0---1----/13\--||
Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Q Q E S S E E +E Q E +Q Q
|-----------------------12-12-12--------|------------------------------------|
|-15b17---15b17---15b17----------15b17==|=(15)r-15b17---15b17==(15)---15r\---|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12-|
|----------------15----------15----------15----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12-17-12----12--|
|-------15----------15----------15----------15-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
~~
H Q. E H +E E S S S S
|-17b19-------17b19======17-|-17-------(17)s12s==x--0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19-0-0-17-0-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-17-0-0-16-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-7h8p7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
TP
S S S S S S S S H H H
|-12-0-0-0-8-0-7-8---------|-19\-------/19\-------|
|------------------8S======|=19\-------/19\-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
W E +S S E E +E S S S S E
|--------------------|------------------19-19-20-20-19-|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2b4================|=2r(2)p0-------------------------|
|--------------------|---------2-2-(2)/----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q E Q. H
|-22b24---22b24---22b24---22b24---|-19---------19\-----||
|---------------------------------|----20------20\-----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------||
Gtr II, III
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0----|
|Gtr III plays 1 bar of Rhy Fig 5
Rhy Fig 5 + Rhy Fig 1 (last 8 bars - Gtr II, III for last 4)
Chorus
Rhy Fig 2
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E Q. E +E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|-10----10-(10)-10-10\--|
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|--8-----8--(8)--8--8\--|
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H +E E E E H +E E E E H +E E E E W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------||
|-2----(2)-------|-4----(4)-------|-5----(5)-------|------||
|-0----(0)-0---0-|-2----(2)-2-0-2-|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|-3----||
|------------3---|----------------|----------------|-1----||
PM PM PM PM----|
+H +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------0-*|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------3---*|
|-(3)--------------|---2-----2-----2-|---2-------3-----*|
|-(1)----(1)S=12\--|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0---0-1-------*|
