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Enter Sandman - Metallica
Transcribed by Ashish H.
Bombay,Aug-2001

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PM = palm mute(starting from notes under P)
\ or / = slide (generally down unless indicated with a \u)
x3 = play the riff 3 times altogether & so on
/\/ = vibrato

Guitar 1
     Clean (let ring)                                   (Enter Guitar 2
     Riff 1-----------|                                     with Riff 1)
                                                            w\ wah & hold
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|-------0------------|---0------------|---0------------|--------------0-|
|-----2--------------|-2--------------|-2--------------|--------------2-|
|---------1-0---2----|-----1-0---2----|-----1-0---2----|----------------|
|---0-------------0--|-------------0--|-------------0--|----------------|

                                                        w\ wah & hold
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|----------------|---0------------|---0------------|--------------0-|
|----------------|-2--------------|-2--------------|--------------2-|
|----------------|-----1-0---2----|-----1-0---2----|----------------|
|----------------|-------------0--|-------------0--|----------------|


                                           (bring in the distortion
                                     starting from the last power chord)
                                                             (end riff 1)
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|
|----------------|-2--------------|-2--------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|-----1-0---2----|-----1-0---2----|-----1-0---2--2-|
|----------------|-------------0--|-------------0--|--------------0-|


Guitar 2
Riff 2
 PM--------|      PM---------|     PM---------|     PM---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------\7--|-------------\7-|-------------\7-|-------------\7-|
|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
Riff 3
x4 (This means that the riff is to be played 4 times altogether)

PM---|         PM----|  
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------\7--------------3-|
|-0--0------6--0--0--0--1-|


Guitar 2
Riff 4
x7
PM--|           PM--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------\7------------3-|
|-0--0----6--5--0--0--1-|


Guitar 2
PM--|           PM--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---------------------2-|
|-------\7------------2-|
|-0--0----6--5--0--0--0-|


Both guitars
Riff A (main riff)
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------2---|-2--------------------------2---|
|-2----\7--------------------2---|-2----\7--------------------2---|
|-0---------6--5/\/-----0----0---|-0---------6--5/\/-----0----0---|


Riff A(contd.)      PM       PM--------------------|   (end of riff A)
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----------------------5--|----------------------------|
|-2----\7-----------------5--|-----4-------4---5---4---2--|
|-0---------6--5/\/--0----3--|-0---2---0---2---3---2---0--|


Bring in the vocals
Riff B
PM---------------|       PM-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------3--|----------------------3--|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0---1--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--|


Riff B(contd.)          |---First time only----||----Second time only---|
PM---------------|       PM--------------|      PM----------------|  (end) 
|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|--------------------5--|----4-----4--5--4--2--||----4-----4--5--4------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0---3--|-0--2--0--2--3--2--0--||-0--2--0--2--3--2--2---|



Riff C
Half -time feel
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------2----------------|------2----------------|
|---4------------4------|---4------------4------|
|---------3--2\/--------|---------3--2\/--------|
|-------------------2---|-------------------2---|

                           I ain't really sure 'bout
                           that last note . I generally
                           slide it up from around that
Riff C(contd.)             fret .           (end of Riff C)
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|------2----------------|------2-----------------|
|---4------------4------|---4--------------------|
|---------3--2\/--------|---------3--2\/---------|
|-------------------2---|--------------------9/u-|


Chorus
Riff D
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|--4----4----3----2-|--4----4----3----2-|
|--2----------------|--2----------------|

 Riff D(contd.)       Hold chord for one bar
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------4----2-|------------------------|
|--4----4----3----2----2-|------------------------|
|--2-------------------0-|------------------------|


 Riff D(contd.)       Hold chord for one bar
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------4----2-|------------------------|
|--4----4----3----2----2-|------------------------|
|--2-------------------0-|------------------------|

     PM--------------|   (end of riff D)
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------2-|
|--5-----4-----4--5--4--2-|
|--3--0--2--0--2--3--2--0-|


Next is the lead . Will do it if somebody mail's me for it.

Rhthym behind the lead
Play riff A 2 times except for the last bar which is played as shown

PM-----------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----4-----4--5--4----|
|--0--2--0--2--3--2--2-|

Then play riff C
And finally riff D minus the last bar.


For "Now I lay me down to sleep " part
play Riff 1 for 8 times
Then play this four times

Half time feel
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------2--------4------|
|---4-----3--2---------|
|------------------2\/-|

Then bring in riff C
& off to chorus.

After playing the chorus once play first bar of riff A 4 times
& then play riff A as it is

Next play riff 4 for 4 times(while guitar 2 plays riff 1 till end)
Then play riff 3 for 4 times
And finally play riff 2 till end.