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Frantic

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Frantic Tab

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Song: Frantic
Artist: Metallica
Album: St. Anger
Transcribed by: Jon (jon@moshpitfury.com)

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Here's "Frantic" from Metallica's new album St. Anger.
I'm not sure if this tab is suitable for printing because I
had to make the bars pretty wide.
I believe this tab is very accurate. You'll need to listen
to the recording of the song for the exact timing. If you're
not sure on a timing issue, just play it faster and that will
probably solve it. This song will definitely give you a work
out on speed picking and accuracy. But it's really fun to
play once you've got it!. Please email me with any comments,
questions, or corrections. Thanks and enjoy!!

Tuning is Drop D tuned down 1 whole step (Drop C).

      
1st=D 2nd=A 3rd=F 4th=C 5th=G 6th=C
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Key:

PM = Palm Mute
/ = Slide up
 = Slide down
p = Pull Off
h = Hammer on
^ = Staccato (note/chord played quickly then cut off [muted])

|*---------*|
|*---------*| = Repeat bars between "*" marks once.
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Intro
    Guitar 1
    PM------------>     PM------------>          PM------------>      PM----------->
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
F|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
C|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
C|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
 |                                                                                         |
 |Guitar 2                                                                                 |
D|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
F|*------------------^-------------------^----|-------------------^-------------------^---*|
C|-------------------7-------------------7----|-------------------7-------------------7----|
G|*------------------5-------------------5----|-------------------5-------------------5---*|
C|-------------------0-------------------0----|-------------------0-------------------0----|



 Guitar 1
   PM------------>      PM------------>         PM------------>       PM----------->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
|                                                                                         |
|Guitar 2                                                                                 |
|        PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->            PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|



 Guitar 1
         PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->            PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|
|                                                                                         |
|Guitar 2                                                                                 |
|        PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->            PM-    PM--->       PM-    PM--->   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|--18-15-000-17-000000-18-15-000-17-000000---|



 Guitar 2 (light distortion)                                              PM-------->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-17-17----17---|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


%
Riff A (Play 4 times)
 Guitars 1&2 (distorted)                                                  PM-------->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-17-17----17---|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|



Riff B
 Guitars 1&2
          PM-------->         PM-------->              PM-------->         PM-------->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|*-6--3---------------6--3-----------------|--6--3---------------6--3----------------*|
|--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0----|--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0----|
"if i could have my wasted days back..."


Riff B1
 Guitars 1&2
   PM----------------------------------------------------------->
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3---|--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|
|--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3---|--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---|
"do i have the strength..."


Riff B
 Guitars 1&2
          PM-------->         PM-------->              PM-------->         PM-------->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--6--3---------------6--3-----------------|--6--3---------------6--3-----------------|
|--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0----|--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0--6--3--0-0-0-0-0-0----|



 Guitar 2 (light distortion)                   Guitars 1&2 (distorted)
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-17-17----17---|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-17-17----17-----|
                                               "you live it or lie it..."

 Guitar 2 (light distortion)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--18-15-0-17-17----17-18-15-0-17-17----17---|



 Guitars 1&2
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
"my lifestyle determines my deathstyle..."



Pre-Chorus
 Guitar 1 (Clean)
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|-----------0--------------------0-----------||-----------0--------------------0-----------|
|*-------0------0----0--------0------0----0-*||*-------0------0----0--------0------0----0-*|
|-----6--------------------6-----------------||-----6--------------------6-----------------|
|*-8--------------------8-------------------*||*-8--------------------8-------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                          |
|Guitar 2 (light distortion)                                                               |
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------------*||*---/7------5------4-----------------------*|
|----6~~~~ ---3~~~ ---5~~~~ -----------------||------------------------5~~~ ---------------|
|*------------------------------------------*||*------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
"keep searchin' - keep on searchin'..."


Guitar 1 (Clean)
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|-----------0--------------------0-----------||-----------0--------------------0-----------|
|*-------0------0----0--------0------0----0-*||*-------0------0----0--------0------0----0-*|
|-----6--------------------6-----------------||-----6--------------------6-----------------|
|*-8--------------------8-------------------*||*-8--------------------8-------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                          |
|Guitar 2 (light distortion)                                                               |
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|*---13~~~ ---10~~ ---12~~~ ----------------*||*---/7------5------4-----------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------5~~~ ---------------|
|*------------------------------------------*||*------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
"keep searchin' - keep on searchin'..."
end Pre-Chorus



Chorus
 Guitars 1&2                PM---->                            PM---->
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|--18-18-18-18--15--17--17--0--0--0---18-18-18-18--15--17--17--0--0--0---
 "fran-tic tick tick tick tick tick tock..."


 Guitars 1&2                PM---->
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
 --18-18-18-18--15--17--17--0--0--0---18-18-18-18-15-15-15-15-17-12-12-12-12-12---|
 "fran-tic tick tick tick tick tick tock..."
end Chorus

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== Go back to "%" symbol and play to "#" symbol. Then continue below. ==
========================================================================


Bridge Riff [3:46] (Play 12 times. Played fast!!)
 Guitars 1&2
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--18p0-15p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-17-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|



Bridge Riff A [4:03] (Play 12 times. Play this fast too!)
 Guitars 1&2
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--6p0-3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|



 Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------*|
|--6-6-6-3-3-3-5----------6-6-6-3-3-3-5----------|
|*----------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------|
|                                                |
|Guitar 2                                        |
|  PM---------------------------------------->   |
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------*|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|



 Guitars 1&2                                                                            *----->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------*|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
"my lifestyle determines my deathstyle..."
* = Guitar 2 only


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== Pre-Chorus ==
================
==   Chorus   ==
================


Outro [5:15]
 Guitars 1&2-------------------------------->  Guitar 1
   PM->        PM->        PM->        PM->     PM->        PM->        PM->        PM->
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----^-----------^-----------^-----------^--|-----^-----------^-----------^-----------^--|
|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|
|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|
|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|--0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--0--|
                                             |                                            |
                                             | Guitar 2 starts riff C                     |

Riff C------------------------------------------------------------->
Guitar 2
|----------------------------|     |-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|     |-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|     |-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|3X   |-------------------------------|1X             
|----------------------------|     |-----------------------10------|
|--0--10-12--10-12-0-12-12---|     |--0--10-12--10-12-0-12----12---|


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== Both Guitars play Riff C 3 times ==
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture December Underg Average	#1 by December Underground at Mar 24, 1981 at 9:25 AM EST
	i see a lot of people say that rob's bass playing is influencial to the band when in actuallity, he didn't even record the bass part on the album. he did on the dvd but the bass you hear on the cd is bob rocks. rob wasnt even a part of the band yet when this was recorded. even then hes not really adding much different than bob did.

No Picture Jesse Professional	#2 by Jesse Garcia at Aug 15, 1982 at 10:09 PM EST
	st anger cd suck there old stuff is better

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#3 by Matt Cromwell at Jun 19, 1991 at 6:17 PM EST
	yea i think the only time kirk ever showed up to play was when they recorded all within my hands

No Picture Johan Average	#4 by Johan Soderberg at Aug 29, 1999 at 1:32 AM EST
	This song was actually written by Lars. It is about his fear of death. Source is the current issue of Guitar World.

No Picture NIK Average	#5 by NIK blaszczyszyn at Feb 24, 2004 at 7:12 PM EST
	It seems suggestive of James' personal struggles on overcoming his numerous adversities. His "wasted days" seemed awfully productive considering the quality of their music from 83-91', so I wouldn't call them wasted in that sense. This song is represenitive of the Metallica transition, now the songs have some kind of personal emotional edge to them and while agressive and hard, they lack certain qualities that distinguished Metallica before.

No Picture KISS is the gre Average	#6 by KISS is the greatest at Dec 18, 2005 at 3:05 AM EST
	The lyrics pretty much speak for themselves. In the part "Do I have the strength, or do I let go? " I think he is contemplating either carrying on treading through the supposed waters of worry or caving into death. The fast and furious riffs emphasize the frenetic nature of the song. It was interesting to watch the guys rehearsing on the bonus DVD... Robert Trujillo has definitely added his unique edge to the band. It's good to see the guys gettin back to their faster, harder shit, yet at the same time i hope they don't solely concentrate on it, as i think Metallica are responsible for some of the greatest rock ballads in the history of music, and i'd hate to see that dead and gone... KILL!!!

No Picture Mike Lead Player	#7 by Mike at Sep 9, 2006 at 3:17 PM EST
	lovin' this song