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Author/Artist: Metallica
Title: Bad Seed
Album: Reload
Transcribed by: Matthew Knott
Email: mattguitar1@hotmail.com
This is a great song, and no ones tabbed it yet, the whole
song including the solo is virtually 100%,
but ive got the measures in a totally
messed up way. So you will have to bear with this
If anyone has any comments/corrections feel free
to email me
tuning : Standard C#
C#, f#, b, e, g#, c#
(intro)
----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----
-------0--------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----
-------0--------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----
-------0--------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----
---------/-14--|-5h7-5-----------|-5/7v--5---------5-|-5/7-5-----------|-----
---------/-14--|-------7-5-3-0-0-|---------7-5-3-0-3-|-------7-5-3-0-0-|-----
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------5/7-5-|----------------------------------------------------------
-5/7v-5------5/7-5-|----------------------------------------------------------
--------7-5-3------|----------------------------------------------------------
(Main Riff)
--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------
--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------
--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------
--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------
-2-2--2--2--2-|-2------------|------------------------------------------------
-0-0--0--0--0-|-0-0-5b-0-3-5-|------------------------------------------------
("Bad") play a few times
(Fill)
-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------
-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------
-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------
-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------
-5-5--5--5--5----|-7-----------|----------------------------------------------
-3-3--3--3--3-/5-|---6v--6-5-0-|----------------------------------------------
(Verse)
-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------
-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------
-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------
---------5/7-5---|-------5/7-5---|-------5/7-5---|-------5-7b-5v-|------------
---2--2--5/7-5-2-|-2--2--5/7-5-2-|-2--2--5/7-5-2-|-2--/7---------|------------
-3-0--0--------0-|-0--0--------0-|-0--0--------0-|-0-------------|------------
During the verse change the last measure here a bit, ill leave that up to you.
(Spoken Part)
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--
-----------------|----------------5-|-----------------|--------------5/7-5-|--
-5/7-5-----------|-5/7v-5---------5-|-5/7-5-----------|-5/7v-5-------5/7-5-|--
-------7-5-3-0-0-|--------7-5-3-0---|-------7-5-3-0-0-|--------7-5-3-------|--
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--
(Chorus)
I-------------------|------------------|---------------12b-|-----------------|-
I---------------12b-|--------------12-|---------------15b-|-------------15-|-
I---------------14b-|--------------14-|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-5-5---5---5-------|------------------|-5-5---5---5-------|-----------------|-
I-3-3---3---3-0-----|------------------|-3-3---3---3-0-----|-----------------|-
I p.m p.m
I
I-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-
I-5-5---5---5-----2-|--2---------------|-5-5---5---5-----2-|--2--------------|-
I-3-3---3---3-0---0-|--0-0-5b--3--5----|-3-3---3---3-0---0-|--0-0-5b-5-0-3-5-|-
p.m p.m
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I---------------15b-|--------------15-|---------------------------------------
I---------------14b-|--------------14-|---------------------------------------
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-5-5---5---5-------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-3-3---3---3-0-----|------------------|---------------------------------------
I p.m
I
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-5-5---5---5-----7-|------------------|---------------------------------------
I-3-3---3---3-0---5-|------6v--6--5--0-|---------------------------------------
p.m
-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------
-------------------|--14b-------------|------------------|--------------------
-12b---------------|--14b-------12----|-12---------------|--------------------
------------14v----|---------------14-|------------14v---|--------------------
-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------
-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------
Kirk plays this over the 2nd chorus
(Solo)
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-------------------|----------------12-|--b---------------|------------------
-/19--------12v----|----------------12-|--b---------12-14-|------------------
-------------------|-14p12----12h14v---|------/12h14-------|------------------
-------------------|-------14----------|-------------------|------------------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
Hold this ‘12’ note through to the next bar
12
-------------------|-------------------|-----------12--14b-|------------------
-------------------|-----15-15b--------|-------12b-12--14b-|------------------
-14b-v-------12-14-|-14b----14b--------|-12----12b---------|------------------
-------12h14-------|-------------------|----14-------------|------------------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
-12----------12h15p12-|----15-15p12----17-17-15p12----12-|--------------------
-12-14-12-------------|-15----------15-------------15----|--------------------
----14-12-------------|----------------------------------|--------------------
----------14----------|----------------------------------|--------------------
----------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------
----------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------
--------12------------|-12b-12-----12-12-----12-15-12h14p12----12-12-15v-|----
-12-15b----15-12-15bv-|-15b----15b-------15b----------------15-12-12-----|----
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----
----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----
-12h14p12----12-12---------x-----|-12-----------------------------------------
----------15-12-12-15v-----x-12b-|-12-----------------12-----------------12---
-----------------------------14b-|----14p12----12-14b----14p12----12-14b------
---------------------------------|----------14-----------------14-------------
---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
-------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-15-14-|-12----12h15p12----12-12-------------------|--------------------------
-------|----14----------14----12----12-14-12v------|--------------------------
-------|-------------------------14-----------14--|--------------------------
-------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------
(Interlude)
------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|--------
------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|--------
-----5-7-7b-------|---5-7-7b-7-5v-|-----5-7-7b-------|---5-7-7b-7-5v-|--------
-7-7--------7v-7v-|-7-------------|-7-7--------7v-7v-|-7-------------|--------
------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|--------
------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|--------
------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|-------
------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------8-8v-|-------
-----5-7-7b-------|---5-7-7b-7-5v-|-----5-7-7b-------|---5-7-7/9------|-------
-7-7--------7v-7v-|-7-------------|-7-7--------7v-7v-|-7--------------|-------
------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|-------
------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------|-------
-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---
-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---
--------17-19-19b--------|----17-19-19b-19-17--|--------17-19-19b--------|---
-/19-19-----------19/19-|-19-------------------|-/19-19-----------19/19-|---
-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---
-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
----------------20-20--|------20v-----20v-----20v-----20-|------------------
----17-19-19/21---------|-/21v-----21v-----21v-----21v-----|------------------
-19---------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
When Kirk plays this part, James plays the part below.
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
-----8--8-------8--8--|------8v------8v------8v------8--|------------------
-/9----------/9---------|-/9v------9v------9v------9v------|------------------
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------
That’s about it really, just play the main riff again for the outro.
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