Tabs for

"The Four Horsemen"

The Four Horsemen
written by Hetfield, Mustaine and Ulrich
as performed on Kill 'Em All
tab by Steve Gorenberg


I've put all note lengths below the measures, they are :
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eigth note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
l - long note ('fermate' sign)
x+y - play note with length x+y

/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with
1. eight notes (1 slash) or
2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or
3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)

R - in the tab denotes a rest.
x - an undefined or muted note.
[ 3 ] - a triplet

/ - slide up
/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X
\ - slide down
\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X
T - tap note
Harm - harmonic
A.H. - Artificial harmonic

inside bar :
p - pull off
h - hammer on
bx - bend string x notes up
bx r - bend string x notes up and release string

a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes
that occur in sheet music sometimes).

cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')

||-- --||
||-o o-|| - a repeat
||-o o-||
||-- --||

| X |
|-----| - X bar rest
|-----|
| |

|-----|
| % | - repeat previous bar
|-----|
|-----|


THE FOUR HORSEMEN
-----------------

204 bpm with triplet feel ( e e = q e )
[3]
Intro 2 times
|---------||-------|---|---|---------|---|---|-----------||
|---------||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|---------|---|---|---------o-||
|-3---5-3-||-o-7---|---|---|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-o-||
|---3-----||-------|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-------||
q q q q q h. w w q q q q w w q q q q

fig.1
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------7-------7-|-------7-5-5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-3-5-|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|
e e e q e e e q e e e q q q e e e q e e e q e e e q q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

end fig.1
|-----------------|-------------|---------||
|-----------------|---------5---|---------||
|-------7-------7-|-------7---7-|-3---5-3-||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-------|---3-----||
e e e q e e e q e e e q q q q q q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

Verses 1,2 Chorus
||-- |---------------|-----------------|
||-o play fig.1 2 times |---------------|-----------------|
||-o |-7-7-7-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
||-- |---------------|-----------------|
q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------|------7-7-8-9-|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-3-5-7-|-9-10---------|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-|-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
|---------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
q q q q q q q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]

2nd & 3rd time fill 1
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-5-5-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-3-3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-2-3-2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q

fill 1
|-----------------|
|-7-------7---7---|
|---5-5-5---5---5-|
|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e

fig.2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]

end fig.2 3rd time to coda
|-----------------|-----------------|---------| --||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------| play fig.2 o-||
|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-| o-||
|-----------------|-------------7-5-|---3-----| --||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q

fig.3
|---||-----| 6 |-----------||-----------------------|
|---||-----|-----|-R-R-------||-o---------------------|
|-7-||---R-|-----|-----8p7-7-||-o-7---------7---------|
|-0-||-0---| |-----------||-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
w e h.. q e e q q e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ] [ 3 ]

end fig.3 4 times
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------------|---------------o-||
|-7---------8\7--7-|-7---------7---------|-7---------8-8-o-||
|---0-0-0-0--------|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-------||
e e e e e s e. q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

half time (102 bpm) 164 bpm straight eights
fill A-------------------| 2/4 4/4
|-9-7---7-----------------|-/9-7---7-----|---R-----------||
|-----9---9-8-7-5-7---5-7-|------9---9-8-|-7-----R---R---||
|-------------------7-----|--------------|-----3---4---5-||
|-------------------------|--------------|---------------||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e e e
[ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ] [ 3 ]

8 times
||-------------------|-------------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0-----||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

Bridge 8 times
||-------------------|-------------------||
||-o-----------------|-----------------o-||
||-o-----------------|-------3---4---5-o-||
||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0-----||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

102 bpm
fill A 2 times

90 bpm
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-9\-|-------------------------|
|-0-0---------------------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-0-2-|
e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s

|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------R-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9/10-|
|-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------|
e e s s s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s e e s s s s

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-10-10-10-10-10/14-14-14-14----14-|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s

|-----------------------------------------||
|-17-17-17-17-17/21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21\-||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
e e s s s s s s s s s s e

Guitar solo I
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------4-5---------4-5-|---------4-5---------|--------------------|
|-----7-----5-5-5-7-----|-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-|-7----7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|-0-0-------------------|---------------------|-0--0---------------|
e e e s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e. s q e e s s s s

|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------5-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-4-4-4-4-0-4-|
|-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
e e s s s s e e s s e e e s s s s e e s s s s

|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-2-0--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------2-2-0-2-0-2/-|-/7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-0-5-|
|--------------------------|--0-0-0---------------------|
e e s s s s e s s s s e e s s s s s s e e s s s s

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----5-4-2-------------------|-2---2-0-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-0-|
|-3-3-------5-3-5-3-2-3-2-----|---------------------------|
|-------------------------3-2-|---0-----------------------|
e e s s s s s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-5-3-0-3-2-2-2-----|-------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|
|---------------------3-2-|-0-0-0-----------------------|
e s s s s s s e s s e e e s s s s s s e s s s s s s

|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------5---|-----------------5-7-----|-----------5-7-----------|
|-3-3---3-0-3-2-2-2---7-|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-----7-5-|-3-3-3-5-7-----2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------|
e e s s s s s s e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s s s e s s s s s s e e e

2/4 4/4
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----||
|---------------------7---|-----------|-----------------|---R-||
|-7---7-7-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-|-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|-2---||
|---0---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----||
e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s e e e e e e e e e q h.

triplet feel
204 bpm 102 bpm

play fig.3 4 times | play fill A 2 times ||

204 bpm
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|------|---|---|---------|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R---R---|-R-|-R-|-3---5-3-|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|
|-0----|---|---|---0---0-|---|---|---3-----|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|
e h.. w w q q q q w w q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q

|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||
|---R---R-|---R---R-|---R---R-|-3---5-3-||
|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---|---3-----||
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q

D.S. Verse 3 al Coda

Coda Guitar solo II
|---|| || ||-----------------|
|-R-|| play fig.3 4 times || play fig.3 8 times ||-----------------|
|---|| || ||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|
|---|| || ||-----------------|
w e e e e e e e e

|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-----|
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-----5-7-5-----7-5-|
|-------------7---|-----------------|-6-7---------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ 3 ]

|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----||
|-7-5-7-5-7-5---5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-----|-3---5-3-|---R-||
|-------------7---|-------------7-5-|---3-----|-0---||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q q q h.