Metallica — Ride The Lightning

Metallica Ride The Lightning written by: Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton and Mustaine as performed on Ride The Lightning Transcribed by Chris Binding Bass Riff1 --------------| --------------| --------------| |--0-----0------0------0--| Bass Riff2 --------------| --------------| ----7--------| |--0-----0-------------0--| Bass Riff3 ---------------------| ---------------------| |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| ---------------------| Bass Riff4 ---------------| ---------------| |--1--------1--------------| |-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--| Bass Riff5 -----------| -----------| --0-----3--| |--2---0---2-----2-----| Bass Riff6 ---| ---| |--------3--2--| |--2-----------| Bass Riff7 ---------------| ---------------| |--1--------1--------3--2--| |-----0--0-----0--0--------| Bass Riff8 ---------------| ---------------| ---------------| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| Bass Riff9 ---------------| ---------------| |--2--------4--------------| |-----2--2-----2--2--2--2--| Bass Riff10 --------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------| |--4---3--2---4---------------------------4---3--2---4--------------------| -----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0--| Bass Riff10 (cont.) ------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------| |--2--2---------------------------------------------------4---3--2---4--| |--------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------| Bass Riff10 (cont.) ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---8---7--6---8--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| ------------------------------------------------------| Bass Riff11 ------------------------------| ------------------------------| ------------------------------| |--0---------0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--0--| Bass Riff12 -----------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| |--7--6--5----3--------------------------------------| ------2--3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--0--| Bass Riff13 --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| Bass Riff13 (cont.) --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| Bass Riff13 (cont.) --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| Bass Riff14 ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| |--7--6--5----3---3--3---3--3---3--3---0--2---2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| ---------------------------------------------------------| Bass Riff15 ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| ----------3----3--3--------------------------------------| |--0----0--0----0--3---------------0--2--3--5----5--5----5--5----5--| Bass Riff16 -----------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| -----------5---5--5--5-------------------------------------| |--2---2--2--2---2--5----------------2--4--5---7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| Bass Riff17 -----------------| -----------------| -----------------| |--5--5--5------3--3------1--| Bass Riff18 -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7----8----7--| Bass Riff19 --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| Bass Riff19 (cont.) --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| Bass Riff20 --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------| ---------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| Bass Riff21 -----------| -----------| |--7--6--5----3-/------| --------0--| Bass Riff22 ----------------------------| ----------------------------| |--1--------1--------3--2--1------3--2--| |-----0--0-----0--0---------------------| Bass Riff23 ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| -0---3---------------------0------| |--2---0---2---2-------------2---0---2---2-0--| Bass Riff24 --------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------| -0---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--2-------------0-------------------------| |--2---0---2---2----------------------2---0---2---2-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| Bass Riff25 ----------------------| ----------------------| ----------------------| |--0------0------0-------0--0--0--| How it`s played: Bass Riff1 x 4 Bass Riff2 x 1 Bass Riff1 x 1 Bass Riff3 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 8 Bass Riff5 x 4 Bass Riff6 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff8 x 3 Bass Riff9 x 1 Bass Riff10 x 1 Bass Riff5 x 4 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff8 x 3 Bass Riff9 x 1 Bass Riff10 x 1 Bass Riff11 x 1 Bass Riff12 x 3 Bass Riff13 x 1 Bass Riff12 x 3 Bass Riff14 x 1 Bass Riff15 x 6 Bass Riff16 x 4 Bass Riff17 x 1 Bass Riff18 x 4 Bass Riff19 x 2 Bass Riff20 x 1 Bass Riff13 x 1 Bass Riff12 x 4 Bass Riff13 x 1 Bass Riff12 x 2 Bass Riff21 x 1 Bass Riff1 x 1 Bass Riff2 x 1 Bass Riff1 x 1 Bass Riff3 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 7 Bass Riff22 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff4 x 3 Bass Riff7 x 1 Bass Riff8 x 3 Bass Riff9 x 1 Bass Riff10 x 1 Bass Riff5 x 4 Bass Riff23 x 2 Bass Riff24 x 2 Bass Riff25 x 1

  Intro/outro:
  e-|-7-8-------5-7------------------------|
 B-|-7-8-------3-5------5-7------8-5------|
 G-|--------------------2-4---------------|
 D-|-----------------------------0-2------|
 A-|--------------------------------------|
 E-|--------------------------------------|

 Riff 1:
     P.M.   P.M....
 e-|-------------------|
 B-|-------------------|
 G-|-------------------|
 D-|-------------------|
 A-|-/8-----/8---------|
 E-|-/6-0-0-/6-0-0-0-0-|

 Riff 2:
           P.M
 e-|-------------------|
 B-|-------------------|
 G-|-------------------|
 D-|-----------2-----5-|
 A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3-|
 E-|-2---0---2---2-2---|

 Add 1:
 e-|--------|
 B-|--------|
 G-|--------|
 D-|-4------|
 A-|-4------|
 E-|-2------|

 Add 2:
 e-|-------|
 B-|-------|
 G-|-------|
 D-|-5---4-|
 A-|-3---2-|
 E-|-------|

 Riff 3:
     P.M   P.M....|
 e-|-------------------|
 B-|-------------------|
 G-|-------------------|
 D-|-/5-----/5---------|
 A-|-/3-----/3---------|
 E-|----2-2----2-2-2-2-|

 Chorus:
           P.M...........|         P.M.........|
 e-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 D-|-6---5-4---6-----------------6---5-4---6-------------------|
 A-|-4---3-2---4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---3-2---4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2br-|
 E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff 4:
       P.M |.|     |.....|   |-------|
 e-|-------------------------------------------------|
 B-|-------------------------------------------------|
 G-|-------------------------------------------------|
 D-|-987---5-----4---------------------------------|
 A-|-765---3-----2-5-----------5-2-----------5-2---|
 E-|-------0---0-0---3---0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0---|

 Riff 5:
   P.M...|   |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
 e-|-----------------------------------------------------------
 B-|-----------------------------------------------------------
 G-|-----------------------------------------------------------
 D-|---------5---------------5---------------4---------------4-
 A-|-4-4-4-4-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
 E-|-----------------------------------------------------------

 P.M.......|   |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------3---------------3---------------2---------------2-
 -2-2-2-2-2-2-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
 ---------------------------------------------------------------

 P.M....|   |.........|   |..........|   |..........|
 -------------------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------------------|
 ---------3---------------3---------------5---------------8---|
 -1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-6-6-6-6-6---|

 Riff 6:
       P.M.
 e-|----------------|
 B-|----------------|
 G-|---------5------|
 D-|-987---5------|
 A-|-765---3------|
 E-|-------0--------|

 Add 3:
 e-|--------|
 B-|--------|
 G-|-4------|
 D-|-4------|
 A-|-2------|
 E-|--------|

 Riff 7:
         P.M    |...|
 e-|----------------------------------|
 B-|----------------------------------|
 G-|-------------5--------------------|
 D-|-2-----------5--------------------|
 A-|-2-----------3---3-----5/---7-7---|
 E-|-0-------0-0-----3-3-3-3/---5-5---|

 Riff 8:
      P.M....|   |......|         |.|   |.|   |.|
 e-|----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-|----------------------------------------------------------|
 G-|----------------------------------------------------------|
 D-|-------------7--------------------------------------------|
 A-|-4-----------5-----------7/---7---7-------7-------7-------|
 E-|-2---2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5/---5---5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|

 Riff 9:
 e-|----------------------------------------|
 B-|----------------------------------------|
 G-|----------------------------------------|
 D-|----------------------------------------|
 A-|-7---7---7------5---5------3------------|
 E-|-5---5---5------3---3------1------------|

 Riff 10:
   P.M...................................|
 e-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 D-|-------------------------------------------4---5---4---|
 A-|---------4-5-----------4-5-----------4-5---2---3---2---|
 E-|-0-0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-0-2-3---------------|

 Riff 11:
   P.M....|   |.........|   |.........|   |.........|
 e-|------------------------------------------------------------
 B-|------------------------------------------------------------
 G-|------------------------------------------------------------
 D-|---------5---------------5---------------4---------------4--
 A-|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
 E-|------------------------------------------------------------

 P.M........|   |..........|   |.........|   |..|
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -------------3---------------3---------------2-------
 -2-2-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-
 -----------------------------------------------------

 P.M.....|  |..|
 -----------------|
 -----------------|
 -----------------|
 ---------2-------|
 -0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
 -----------------|

 Riff 12:
   P.M....|   P.M........|   P.M........|   P.M.......|
 e-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 D-|---------10--------------10--------------7---------------8-|
 A-|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|
 E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|

 Add 4:
 e-|-------------|
 B-|-------------|
 G-|-------------|
 D-|-5---4---3---|
 A-|-3---2---1---|
 E-|-------------|

 Riff 13:
 e-|------------------------|
 B-|------------------------|
 G-|------------------------|
 D-|-----------2-----5------|
 A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3------|
 E-|-2---0---2---2----------|

 Riff 14:
 e-|---------------------|
 B-|---------------------|
 G-|---------------------|
 D-|-----------2---------|
 A-|-4---2---4-0-4---2---|
 E-|-2---0---2---2---0---|

 Riff 15:
                 P.M.   |.|   |.|   |.|
 e-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
 D-|-----------2-----5-------5-------5-------5-------54---|
 A-|-4---2---4-0-4---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-32---|
 E-|-2---0---2---2-----------------------------------------|

 Add 5:
   P.M.......... .|
 e-|-----------------|
 B-|-----------------|
 G-|-----------------|
 D-|-----------------|
 A-|-----------------|
 E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

 That was all the riffs, lads!
 This will show you when to play them:

 Intro x4
 Riff 1 x12
 Riff 2 x4
 Add 1 x1
 Add 2 x1
 Riff 1 x4
 Add 2 x1
 Riff 1 x4
 Add 2 x1
 Riff 3 x4
 Chorus x1
 Riff 3 x2
 Chorus x1
 Riff 2 x4
 Riff 1 x4
 Add 2 x1
 Riff 1 x4
 Add 2 x1
 Riff 3 x4
 Chorus x1
 Riff 3 x2
 Chorus x1
 Riff 4 x4
 Riff 5 x1
 Riff 4 x3
 Riff 6 x1
 Add 3 x1
 Riff 7 x4
 Riff 8 x4
 Riff 9 x1
 Riff 10 x4
 Riff 11 x2
 Riff 12 x1
 Riff 11 x1
 Riff 12 x1
 Riff 4 x4
 Riff 5 x1
 Riff 4 x3
 Riff 6 x1
 Riff 1 x12
 Add 4 x1
 Add 1 x1
 Riff 1 x4
 Add 1 x1
 Riff 1 x4
 Add1 x1
 Riff 3 x4
 Chorus x1
 Riff 3 x2
 Chorus x1
 Riff 2 x4
 Riff 13 x1
 Riff 14 x1
 Riff 13 x1
 Riff 14 x1
 Riff 15 x1
 Riff 14 x1
 Add 5 x1
 Riff 15 x1
 Riff 14 x1
 Add 5 x1
 Outro x1

 Lyrics:
 Guilty as charged, but damn it, it ain`t right.
 There`s someone else controlling me.
 Death in the air. strapped in the Electric chair.
 This can`t be happening to me.
 Who made you god to say:
 "I`ll take your life from you"?

 Flash before my eyes, now it`s time to die.
 Burning in my brain, I can feel the flames.

 Wait for the sign, to flick the switch of death.
 It`s the beginning of the end.
 Sweat chilling cold as i watch death unfold,
 consciousness, my only friend.
 My fingers grip with fear. What am I doing here?

 Flash...

 Someone help me! Oh, please god help me!
 They`re trying to take it all away.
 I don`t want to die!

 Time moving slow, the minutes seem like hours.
 The final curtain call I see.
 How true is this? Just get it over with.
 f this is true just let it be.
 Wakened by the horrid scream.
 Freed from this frightening dream.

 Flash...