Minus Human
by Metallica
Music and Words by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Tabber: Philipp Herzig pherzig@web.de
Date: 19.11.2002
Previously released on S&M, a very ugly, heavy and nice song.
Listen to the song many times to play it right
F = Full Bend
1/2 = Half bend
R = Release from Bend
H = Hammering
P = Pull Off
TRP = Tremolo Picking
X = Muffled Strings
~ = Vibrato
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
HA = Natural Harmonic starts
HE = Natural Harmonis ends
Riff A
~~~~ ~~~~ F ~~~~~E |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|H |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|G |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|D |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|A |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3---3-|E |-0---0---0---/7------0---6------3---0---3|-0---0---0---/7------6---0---2-------3---3-|
Riff B
E |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|H |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|G |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|D |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|
A|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|E|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|
E |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|H |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|G |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|D |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|
Riff B1
E |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------| H |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|G |-7---------7--------7-|------7-----13-/-14-\-13-\-12-|-7---------7--------7-|D |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|A |-5---------5--------5-|------5-----11-/-12-\-11-\-10-|-5---------5--------5-|E |-0------0--------0----|---0------0-------------------|--------0--------0----|
G |----7---------13-/-14---|D |------------------------|A |----5---------11-/-12---|E |-0---------0------------|
E |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|H |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|G |-7-------7-------7--|-----7--------13-/-14-\-13-\-12--10-/-12-\-10-\-9-|D |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|A |-5-------5-------5--|-----5--------11-/-12-\-11-\-10---8-/-10-\--8-\-7-|E |-----0-------0------|-0--------0---------------------------------------|
Riff C
E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
A |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|E |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|
E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
A |-------7---------7-------7---7---7-|E |-7--7--7---7--7--7-------7---7---7-|
Here?s the Song
GTR I = James Hetfield
GTR II = Kirk Hammet
Riff A (3 times)(GTR I & II)
Riff B (1 time) (both guitars)
Riff B & B1 (1 time) (Riff B: I; Riff B1: II)
Riff C (Chorus)(1 time) (both guitars)
Don?t you leave me, Father Time.
Take me with you.
Tell me, does your sun still shine?
Come squeeze the world and drip it down my throat again
Riff B (1 time) (both guitars)
Riff A (2 times)(both guitars)
You?ve got to breathe man, breathe.
(Comin? up for air) Breathe, man, breathe
(Comin up for ...... air)
Riff B & B1 (like above)
Riff C
Touch me so I think I?m here.
Skin my senses.
Barely breathing, minus human.
Please sqeeze the world and drip it down my throat again,
Riff B (like above)
Riff A (like above with same lyric)
Guitar Solo: (GTR II)(use wah as filter) HA3 3 HE 3 3 3 1/2 E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|H |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|G |-----------------------7-7-7--7-7-7----|---------------4----4-----------|D |-0-5-4--3-2.6-2.6----------------------|-0------0--0--------------------|A |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
HA 3 3 3 3 3 HE
D |--0-----0--0--0--0--5----5--5--5-|-5--5--5--4--4--4--3--2.6--2.6--2.6--2--2-|
TRP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRP~~~~~ F R~~~~~~~ E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|H |-----------------------|--------------------------------|G |-----------------------|--------------------------------|D |-2---------------------|-0--------4------4--------------|A |-----------------------|--------------------------------|E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-13-P-12-----13-P-12-----13-P-12-|--13-P-12-----13-P-12--12----12-P-10-|D |----------0----------------------|-------------------------------------|
Solo into Riff A (2X)
Kirk plays this bridge from solo to riff
(wah off) FE |---------------------------------|H |---------------------------------|G |---------------------------------|D |-12------------------------------|A |---------------------------------|E |----/7------0---6------3---0---3-|
You?ve got to breathe, man, breathe.
(Comin up for air)
Breathe, man, breahte
(Comin up for ...............)
Any corrections, problems etc. mail me pherzig@web.de
