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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 03:46:14 +0200
From: bernd.egl@freenet.de
Subject: m/metallica/nothing_else_matters_acoustic.tab

Metallica
"Nothing Else Matters"
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammet)

Tabbed by: bernd.egl@freenet.de
Questions, comments, corrections ? Mail me !

Arranged for single accoustic guitar.
I know that it's not correct in every way, but... it works :)
This is how they play it on their "Accoustic Radio Tour 1997"...
well... almost, hehehe. I also included the lyrics at the bottom, but I think 
you all know the text (you should).

p = pull off
h = hammering
~ = vibrato/hold note
x = this string is not played
() = notes in brackets are played very softly
v = downstroke
^ = upstroke

Standard Tuning (E;A;D;G;B;e)

It's easier to play this one by fingerpicking,
and it's not as difficoult as it seems.

So here we go...


Intro (clean)

e---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------


e---7-7------7p0---------7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5p0------------------
B-------0--------0-------------------------5----5-7p5~-p0---
G---------0--------0---0---------------------5--------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------0--------------
E-----0--------------0--------------------------------------

                                                                      
e---------0-----------------3-----p0-----------5-----p0----------12-----------
B-------5----5--5--5----5-----5-------7----7-----7------------12----(12)------
G-----5------5--5--5--5---5-----5-----7--7---7-----7-------12-----------(12)--
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---0--------0--2--3------------------5---------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------0--------------------


e---------0-----------0-----------0---------------- 
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0--------------
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0-------0------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0-----------0(heavy)---


Let the heavy-played ‚0' on the E-string ring and continue with this
Note that there's no break between the ‚0' and this...

e--------(0)-----------------------(0)-----------------
B---------8-------7------5----------8-------7------5---
G-------9---------7------5--------9---------7------5---
D-----9---------7------5--------9---------7------5-----
A---7---------5------3--------7---------5------3-------
E---------------------------0--------------------------

                                                                    Em
e-----------7----5--------3--------3--------2--------------0--------0---
B-----------8------7--------5--------3--------4----------0---0------0---
G---------9----------7--------5--------4--------2-(p0)-0-------0----0---
D-------9-----------------------------------------------------------2---
A-----7--------------------------3--------2-------------------------2---
E---0----------5--------3----------------------------0-----------0--0---


Wow! That's it with the intro. After a moment of silence and a stupid 
conversation, they play this...


Verse (still clean)
                   D  D  D  C
e-------------3p0--2--2--2--0--- R
B-----------0------3--3--3--1--- E
G---------0--------2--2--2--0--- P
D------------------0--0--0--2--- E
A------------------x--x--x--3--- A
E---3-2-0----------x--x--x--x--- T this through the whole verse.
                   v  ^  v

          So close, no matter how far...


End of verse
                     Em
e-------------0------0---
B-----------0---0----0---
G---------0-------0--0---
D--------------------2---
A--------------------2---
E---3-2-0------------0---

...else matters


After the 3rd verse, they play this

                     C  A  D  D      D D D D D D  C  A  D D
e-------------0------0--0--2--2--|---2-2-2-2-2-2--0--0--2-2---|---
B-----------0---0----1--2--3--3--|---3-3-3-3-3-3--1--2--3-3---|---
G---------0-------0--0--2--2--2--|°--2-2-2-2-2-2--0--2--2-2--°|---
D--------------------2--2--0--0--|°--0-0-0-0-0-0--2--2--0-0--°|---
A--------------------3--0--x--x--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--3--0--x-x---|---
E---3-2-0------------x--x--x--x--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x-x---|---
                     v  v  v  ^      ^ v ^ v ^ v  v  v  v ^
...else matters                    never cared for what they...
						Repeat this, till...


    D D D D
e---2-2-2-2--2-------
B---3-3-3-3----3-----
G---2-2-2-2------2---
D---0-0-0-0----------
A---x-x-x-x----------
E---x-x-x-x----------
    ^ v ^ v
...but I know...


That's the point when James plays the small clean solo (as described beneath).
In the background Kirk plays the ‚verse'.


James' Solo (clean)

e---12-----14-----15-----17-----8-----8---------------8-------
B------12-----12-----12-----12----5-----5-------5---5---5-----
G-----------------------------------5-----5---5---5-------5---
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------0-----------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------


e---0------0----0------0----7-7~--7-7~--- (you can also play
B-----1------1----3------0---------------  --12-12~--12-12~-- here)
G-------0-----------2--------------------
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------- Play the solo 2 times.


Then they play the ‚verse' and the ‚chord thing' which they've played
after the 3rd verse.

After the verse Kirk plays in the background something like that:
(Instead of the distortion, play the chords heavy!!)

       Em Em Em Em Em Em Em D  D  D  C
e--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0---|--
B--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--1---|--
G--|°--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0--°|--
D--|°--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--2--°|--
A--|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x--x--x--3---|--
E--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x--x--x--x---|--
       v  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v                                        

And James plays his distorted solo.
You wonder where James' solo is ? Well, I don't know.
I couldn't figure it out (sorry). But on accoustic guitar it sounds shit 
anyway. If someone has a good interpretation of the solo,
please mail it to me!! Or you take the solo from the original version, which 
is already posted at olga.net


At the end of the song, Kirk plays (clean again):

e---------0-----------0-----------0----7-7-----7p0-----------
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0------0-------0---------
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0--------------0-------0---0---
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0------------0-------------0-----



e--|--7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5-p0-0-----0-----------0-----|--
B--|-------------------------0---0-------0---0---|--
G--|°----------------------0-------0---0--------°|--
D--|°-------------------------------------------°|--
A--|---------------------------------------------|--
E--|---------------------0-----------0-----------|-- Repeat this and end on...


e---7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5-p0-0---
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--------------------------
E--------------------------


And that's it !! Hope you enjoyed it !! I did !!


Remember that this is my interpretation of the accoustic version
of NEM. There are some differences to the original recording on the
Black Album of Metallica.
Watch out for the accoustic version, feat. Chris Isaak, Jerry Cantrell,
Les Claypool, Pepper Caynen and others... it really kicks ass!

Any response to this is welcome. Please note that this was a lot of work.

bernd.egl@freenet.de

Other tabs for this song:

COMMENTS:

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jolien	September 15, 2002, 14:51
what's hammering? and pull off? is there someone who can help me???? please??????

cleon	December 10, 2002, 23:13
hammering is when you are really going at it, and pulling off is the old south quik draw. (Pregnancies are expensive, ya know.)

rahul	April 4, 2003, 14:22
i do not know how to read tabs. i sthere any site which converts tabs into guitar notes

Ross	April 4, 2003, 23:38
this tab is awesome dude! this is like the first tab on this site ive found which is actually right!!

Pelo :-)	April 8, 2003, 21:28
Nice with an acoustic alternativ... Do you have more? Plese mail the to me.

jreese24	April 10, 2003, 10:13
...tab kicks ass, good work mang

Jreese24	April 10, 2003, 10:24
...tab kicks ass, keep 'em coming mang

keon	April 13, 2003, 1:17
awsome work man this song rocks but if anyone can find out the solo (there some parts different from the original) e mail me that would be great. once again man this is awsome.

tyrone	April 27, 2003, 17:31
perfect on the intro. gotta love it when someone posts a good tab. and for all u gay people askin how to read tabs and stuff.... what the hell u wastin ur time lookin up tabs for? get some damn lessons fools!

Noura	May 14, 2003, 23:35
Very nice tab dude. But if someone could possible send me the song or tell me where to download it that would help a ALOT Peace Out

TS	June 25, 2003, 17:58
Finally an acoustic tab on this song! thnx alot man;) If you got any more coming, feel free to mail them ;) TS

alex	June 29, 2003, 2:21
I still don't understand what hammering and pulloff is. Can someone explain it to me?

kaplan	July 26, 2003, 0:06
The tab is pretty nice but i think that it as the same old problem of nothing else matters tab. The solo is rong... who ever want's the real solo e.mail me. pretty nice work anyway :)

Jim	August 31, 2003, 22:10
Alex man, hammering is when slam ur finger (left hand) on 2 the string instead of pickin' it, and pull off is when u pull ur finger (left hand) off the string instead of pickin' it. (If ur a left handed guitarist then "left hand" means right hand). Neway wicked tab by the way, but solo would be handy. Nice Work!

chris	September 1, 2003, 2:14
this is the best acustic tab ever on any tab site. dude nice work and make more tabs that actually are CORRECT (unlike the other dudes)!!!

bali	September 1, 2003, 14:49
well it ud be better if u also supply the lyrics this site ud do a lot better with lyrics

Mile Kitovic	September 1, 2003, 22:57
tab kick legs

hadi	September 5, 2003, 2:01
it is the best site of tab of ben harper

Axe	September 15, 2003, 9:59
Could someone please tell what´s hammering,pulling off, vibrating or bending? Mail me please.

Oscar Jiménez	September 18, 2003, 1:54
Desde México Te falto el solo que toca como a la mitad de la cancion y esta de poca madre

J20	September 20, 2003, 8:48
men,this tab is realy great!! it's so accurate..

alberto	September 22, 2003, 17:27
You are good !! this ´s awesome

Dark Phoenix	September 28, 2003, 11:28
Well Done Mate Nice Tab

Somebody out there	October 1, 2003, 20:36
Great work. Can you give tips on how to write tabs ? plz

slaven	October 22, 2003, 20:56
Wow! This is good stuff, guys! Well done!

alex	November 30, 2003, 21:03
wow.there is very very very very good!!!!!

erwin	December 1, 2003, 10:54
I like this one, it's very good.it sounds great, keep up the good work!

BlackmetalDude	December 2, 2003, 18:30
dude this is pretty hard i'm going nuts(if you know what I mean

orga.Lords_`n0x!ng

December 9, 2003, 18:36

I have one simple question:

Everywhere I find only these 'cryptic ASCII' tabs.

How do I read them? Is there a explaination online/or a manual?

I would be pleased to play all this songs, so answer me please.

PS: My email will be updated, because GMX perhaps will not take it anymore...
I will get an own email server
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ADVERT: JOIN US! WE NEED MIDSKILLED PLAYERS! PLEASE!
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jizz	December 10, 2003, 3:26
your tab is close, but a little off your 7p5p0p at the first is actually 5p3s2 just a few little things like that are wrong but i have the black album book so i cheated good job on the tab

jimmy	December 22, 2003, 5:28
hey you guys that just started playing guitar probably shouldn't be looking up metallica tabs asking questions like whats a hammer on or how do you read this. i don't want to offend anyone but if you don't know this take some lessons.

Clive	December 29, 2003, 20:10
tab is great but it is not so heavy........ i like some more difficult

ADooM

December 31, 2003, 22:24

Jimmy, u dont need to get lessons becouse u dont know what hammering and so on is,
The first tab i was trying to learn was actually this, and now ( many months after i started ) i can play this song pretty good, so instead of taking lessons which cost money, just ask in places like this, or a friend if u have!, by the way, the tab is not hard to learn, i thought it was pretty easy... so dont give upp in the beginning all u "starters"!

Viet_Boy	January 10, 2004, 0:25
Wow this tab sound really cool...well done man...!

Korono	January 15, 2004, 2:51
it's a good tab, but there may be a few mistakes. Revise it and compare it to other peoples' tabs. Also, Rahul, you're a lair. You don't know notes. If you know notes, you can learn tab by yourself... Hell, you don't even need nteos for it.

freak	January 16, 2004, 20:54
this is totally bogus really you all get another tab this one's wrong

capt willie	January 17, 2004, 22:57
this tab is good it gave me wood when i played it correctly for the first time

Magnus	February 9, 2004, 16:16
This is the best guitar tab ever made! i love this song! I canot find a better song ever! You must know this! It's best!!!! :-()

tin	February 21, 2004, 11:32
I Love this tab!!!!!!!!!!!! And i love youuuuu AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KEEP IT GOING DUDE THIS KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SUCK MY CHAS CHAS CHA THIS TAB IS CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!! later m8t.

JaSh**	February 25, 2004, 23:34
Diosssss!! q buena es la jodida cancion

Candice	April 27, 2004, 1:00
WOW awesome job dude i love this song and you really no how to ply guitar good job good job

Oin	May 20, 2004, 9:08
I've seen a lot of better tabs than this one, this one's not complete!

john w hasani	June 6, 2004, 20:01
hello this is a great big wonderfull beatifull seek crazy sexy and I dont know what to say another word for this maestro song I play this song in band and we like very much love from madakaskari,

jared	July 11, 2004, 19:27
i must admit very ery good song but rather easy to play if you have the tabs for one plz send them to me

maxime	November 9, 2004, 2:43
s'est le BEST site de tab que jai jamais trouvé tout y est thanks guys!!!

james	March 1, 2005, 18:15
what no one evan looks at thrugh this song is there is 2 guitars dumbasses

pim	February 11, 2006, 21:56
this tab is nice

sarah	March 8, 2006, 16:33
hi! this is a kickass song!!and i love it! good job

tanga	June 23, 2006, 20:07
esta cancion es una rechimba todo bien perros

el flaco	June 23, 2006, 20:11
esta cancion es la mas chimba de todas pero que gonorrea mas mal hecha a`prendan a escribir canciones sapos

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