Creeping Death tab by Metallica (Ver. 3)

Difficulty: Advanced

Tempo = Fast Rock = 184 bpm
    Intro
    (Ryth Fig 1)         (end Ryth Fig 1)

E|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-------------------9----------------9-7----     (2x)
A|-------------------9----------------9-7----
E|-------0-0-0-0-0---7----0-0-0-0-0---7-5----



 w/Ryth Fig 1 (once)

||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||-------------------|-----------|------------------|----------||---------|
||o-------------%----|-------%-}-|------------------|-----%-}-o||-}-------|
||o-------------%-9--|-9--9--%-}-|-----------%-9--7-|-7-7-%-}-o||-}-------|
||----------------10-|-10-10-----|-----------%-10-9-|-9-9------||---7-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0--------|----------||---5-3-2-|
         ~~~~~~~             ~~~~~


 (Ryth Fig 3)        (end Ryt Fig 3)(Ryth Fig 4)   (end Ryth Fig 4)
                     x8                x4
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||------------------|----------------------||-------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||o-----2-----2---2-|-----2---------------o||o------------|-----------------o||
||------2-----2---2-|-----2---2-3-2-3-2-0--||-----5-----5-|------------------||
||--0-0---0-0---0---|-0-0---0--------------||-0-0-3-0-0-3-|-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
                  H P P

 You then play Ryth Fig 3 four times, and then continue.



 |---|---|---|---------|
 |---|---|---|---------| The singing starts. Keep playing Ryth Fig 3
 |---|---|---|---4-6---| until the singing stops (16 bars later) then
 |-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-4-6-4-| start playing Ryth Fig 4 four times.
 |-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-2-4-4-|
 |-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-----2-|
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~


 Chorus

  E5     C5 D5    F5             G5          @

 ||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
 ||---|-------------|---|------|---|-------------|---------|---|-------------|
 ||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12\-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
 ||-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-/10-12\-|-7-|-7-------5-7-|
 ||-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-/8--10\-|-5-|-9-------3-5-|
 ||---|---0-0-0-----|---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---------|---|---0-0-0-----|
  ~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~     ~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~

                       w/Ryth Fig 3 (twice)

 ---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---||
 ---|------|---|-------------|---|---------|---|| Go back up to the part where
 -7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-|| the singing starts
 -7-|-7/10-|-9-|-9-------5-7-|-7-|-7-4-6-4-|-4-||
 -5-|-5/8--|-7-|-7-------3-5-|-5-|-5-2-4-2-|-2-||
 ---|------|---|---0-0-0-----|---|---------|---||
 ~~~~~~   ~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~


 Lotsa solo stuff. Damned fast, but not hard. Usual pentatonic minor soloing.


 Bridge
 (Half Time Feel)

 (This is the "Die, by my hands..." part)

 Each chord is a half note, except the E which is 4 quarter notes using only
the bottom string. The progression is like this:

 E5 E E E E F5 D5 E5 E E E E G5 F5 (x3)

 Then it's Ryth Fig 3 for 6 bars. On the sixth bar, another gutair plays the
following:

 |-----------|
 |-----------| Go back to where the singing originally started. Play it
 |-[~3~]-7\--| through with the third verse, and when you hit the @ sign,
 |-2-3-5-7\\-| go to this next part.
 |-2-3-5-5\\-|
 |-0-1-3---\-|


 Ryth Fig 9

 -----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
 -----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
 -----------------|-------|-------------------|-------||
 -----2-----2---2-|-2-2-2-|-----2-----2-----3-|-3-0-0-||
 -----2-----2---2-|-2-2-2-|-----2-----2-----3-|-3-0-0-||
 -0-0---0-0---0---|-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0---|-------||
        ~~~~~            ~~~~~

 (Following Can be played by 2 guitars, one high, one low, but one can do it)


 w/Ryth Fig 9

    /\                   x3
 ||---/--\--------|----|------/\---------|------||
 ||--15--15-13-12-|-12-|-12-12--12----13-|-13---||
 ||o-14--14-12-11-|-11-|-11-11--11-14-12-|-12--o||
 ||o--------------|----|-----------14----|-----o||
 ||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
 ||---------------|----|-----------------|------||
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~      ~~~~~~~
                                   x3
 --------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
 --------------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
 -----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
 -----9--7-5-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---5-|-5-||o-5-9-5-7-4-|-4-|-4-5-4---4-|-4-o||
 -----7--5-3-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-3-|-3-||--3-7-3-5-2-|-2-|-2-3-2-0-2-|-2--||
 -0-0----------|---|-----------|---||------------|---|-----------|----||
       ~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~

      Something for 4 bars... Probably one of the above riffs.

 Ryth Fig 2 (twice) Then it's free time.

 Then it's 4 chords, with a slight retard:

 -----|-----|---|
 -----|-----|---|
 -*---|-----|---|
 -*---|-----|-2-|
 ---7-|-5-5-|-2-|
 ---5-|-3-2-|-0-|
       Trill

 Now, in the Exact same bar where the E5 Trill starts, this scale starts, with
 two guitars.

  |-------------|-------------|-14-15--14----|-------------|----------|----|
  |-------------|-------16-17-|--7--8---7-17-|-16----------|----------|----|
  |----------14-|-16-17--8--9-|------------9-|--8-17-16-14-|----------|----|
  |-14-16-17--7-|--9-10-------|--------------|----10--9--7-|-17-16-14-|-14-|
  |--7--9-10----|-------------|--------------|-------------|-10--9--7-|--7-|
  |-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----|
                 ~~~~~        ~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
                   H          H    P P

 And of course, it ends with 2 hard E5 chords, and a slide to nothing.