I have looked at the solo's for Master of Puppets that are on this site and none of them quite match up to the complexity and quality that Kirk and James actually play. So I can assure you this is the solo of all solos, and it is tabbed 100% perfectly. I'll give you the extra information that will help and enlighten you. I put time codes by the different sections/parts of the solo so you don't get confused, so you need the CD, or the Mp3 whatever and should be listening and learning at the same time. I'll try to make this is simple as possible but remember, this is not a simple guitar peice, so I hope that most of you can handle it. It's actually not so bad after practice. If you don't already know this, Kirk uses a 24 fret guitar, and James uses a 22 fret. I have tabbed the roles of both Guitars. GUITAR 1 = James GUITAR 2 = Kirk It's that simple, now onto the solo. (Note: The symbols key is at the bottom of this tab) ================================================================= It starts out with a "breakdown" of the song. TIME CODE: 3:33 approx. V--note is still ringing GUITAR 1 (clean, let ring) | |---------|---------0h2p0-----3-|--|----------------| |---------|-----3---------3-----|--|----3---3-----0-| |-------0-|---2---2---------2p0-|-(0)-0---0---0-----| |-----2---|-0-------------------|---------------2---| |---2-----|---------------------|--3----------------| |-0-------|---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------| |-(0)---0---(0)---0---|-(0)---0-----| |-----2---------2-----|-----2-------| |---------------------|--1----------| |--0------0--2------2-|-------------| |---------------------|---------3---| Now this riff I just showed you continues to play through out the break down until the solo starts. =================================================== TIME CODE: 3:52 This is James and Kirk playing together, remember GUITAR 1 IS JAMES AND GUITAR 2 IS KIRK. | GUITAR 1 ||-----19-19----|-20-17-----------------20-17----|-19--15-------------19-15----| ||o-20-------20-|-------19-19-19-19-----------19-|--------17-17-17-17-------17-| ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| | | GUITAR 2 ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o----22-20----|-22-19-----------------22-19----|-20--17-------------20-17----| ||--21-------21-|-------19-19-19-19-----------19-|--------17-17-17-17-------17-| ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-17--15h17p15-14-----------14----|-14--15-17-19-----|| |-----------------17-16--17----17-|-----------------o|| |---------------------------------|------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------||(play 2x) |---------------------------------|-----------------o|| |---------------------------------|------------------|| | |---------------------------------|------------------|| |-19--17h19p17-16-----------------|-16--17-19-20----o|| |-----------------17-16--17-19-17-|------------------||(play 2x) |---------------------------------|------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------o|| |---------------------------------|------------------|| ================================================ TIME CODE: 4:10 Now this is the first solo. It's much slower paced than the second solo. It's pretty simple, enjoy. GUITAR 2 (Kirk w/ distortion) ~~ <-- vibrato |--------------|-15--------15-17---15------19-15-12h15p12-| |-17-----17-19-|--------19--------------19----------------| |--------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------|------------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ |----------------------------------------|-15-14----15-14------------------------| |-13--------(13)-15b17r(15)-(15)b17r(15)-|-------12-------12h15p12----(12)-------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------12-14-| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| V---b = bend, r = release | ~~ |----|------------------------------------------|-----------| |-15-|------------------------------------------|-----------| |-14b16r(14)-(14)b16r(14)-(14)b16r(14)-12----12-|-----------| |-----------------------------------------14----|-14-----12-| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------| |-----------------------------------------------|-----------| ~~~ ~~ |--------------------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-12---14-12--11--------14-12-11h12p11-|--------------------------| |----------------12--------------------|-10--------9-10-----9-10--| |--------------------------------------|--------12----------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------------| OK, now remember that riff up there ^^ with the TIME CODE at 3:52' Play that riff again (James and Kirk together) twice then come back down here. ========================================= We are now at the heavy breakdown. It's the first riff I showed you but with distortion and palm muting. It's simple enough. TIME CODE: 4:47 GUITAR 1 PM------------| ||----------|---------0h2p0-----3-| ||o---------|-----3---------3-----| ||--------0-|---2---2---------2p0-| ||------2---|-0-------------------| ||o---2-----|---------------------| ||--0-------|---------------------| PM----------------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------|| |-----3---3-----0-|-----0-------0---|-----0----o|| |---0---0---0-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------|| |-------------2---|-----------------|-1---------||(play 2x) |-3---------------|-0-----0-2-----2-|----------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------3---|| Now it changes up, just keep with it, if your at this point so far, your doing pretty damn good. TIME CODE: 5:06 GUITAR 1 PM------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| PM--------------------------------| |--------------------|-------------------|| |o-------------------|------------------o|| |--------------------|-------------------||(play 6x) |--------------------|---------------6---|| |o-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-|-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4--o|| |--2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----|-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----|| V---Pick scraping |--------------------------------|-|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-|--------------------------------| |-4---------(4)---------3--------|-|--------------------------------| |-5---------(5)---------4--------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| |-5---------(5)---------4--------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| |-3---------(3)---------2--------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| ================================================ Ok ladies and gentlemen, this is were the real fun begins. The guitar solo. It's a heavy one, and blistering fast. I've got it down note by note so if your up to it, lets go. TIME CODE: 5:42 GUITAR 2 |-17p12--------------12-17p12--------------12-| |---------13-12-13--------------13-12-13------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-17p12--------------12-15p12--------------12-|-17p12--------------12-17p12--------------12-| |---------13-12-13--------------13-12-13------|---------13-12-13--------------13-12-13------| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-17p12---------12-12-15p12----|-----19---19-17-17-17-17-15-15---15-14-14-14-14-| |---------13-12-------------13-|-/17--------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-17-17---17-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-----------| |------------------------------------15-15-17--| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------17h19\------|--------------------| |-17b19r==(17)b19r(17)b19==(17)r-17p15p==14----------17-|-15-14--------------| |-------------------------------------------------------|---------16-14\-----| |-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| V---ARTIFICIAL HARMONIC WITH BENDING. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, LOOK IT UP. | |-[13]---(13)----(13)-(13)---(13)-(13)--(13)-|-(13)------(13)-(13)(13)-(13)-(13)-------| |--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------2---4--| |--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------| |---------------------------|-------------| |-2b4==(2)r-4-3-2-0s2-------|-------------| |---------------------4-2---|-2h4-(4)-----| |-------------------------2-|-------------| |---------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-15-13-12----13-12-------|----------12-(12)12-12-12-12-12-12--| |----------14-------14-12-|-11-12-14---------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------12----------12-------------| |-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-13----15-15-13----15-13h15-15-| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-14-------14-------15-15-------|-17-------19-17---------17----------19-17---------| |----17-15----15-17-------17s19-|----20-19-------19---19----21-19-19-------19-19---| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-17----------19-17-------17----------19-17-------|-14-----(14)--14--------------14| |----21-19-19-------19-19----21-19-19-------19-19-|-17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r---| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------14--19p14----------------19p14---14-----(14)--| |-17b19==(17)r-17\-17b20==(17)r-------------17b18==(17)r---------17b19==(17)r-| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------14--------------14--------------14-14-14--------------14-14----| |-17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r----------17b19==(17)r----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------15--------------15--------------15--------------15-| |-18b20==(18)r----18b20==(18)r----18b20==(18)r----18b20==(18)r----| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------17--------------17--------------18--------------18-| |-20b22==(20)r----20b22==(20)r----21b23==(21)r----21b23==(21)r----| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |--------------19--------------19-22b24==|=(22)-------(22)r---------| |-22b24==(22)r----22b24==(22)r-----------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------------|--------------------------| ========================================== Now that is that .. heres what is left. TIME CODE: 6:09 GUITAR 1 AND GUITAR 2 PM--------------------------------------------------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||(play 2x) ||------3-----3-----|-3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----4----|| ||o-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----2-2-|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3-----2---o|| ||--0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-|-1-0-0-1-0-0-----|-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-|-1-0-0-1-0-0------|| PM--------------- -----------------------| PM--- |-----------------| |------------------|------------------| |-----------------| |o-----------------|------------------| |-----------------| |------------------|------------------| |-----------------| |----------------2-|-4-5--------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |o---------2-3-5---|-----3--(3)---3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--0-2-3-5---------|------------------| ---------------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------||(play 2x) |-3-2-3-5-3-2-----|-------------------o|| |-------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| PM------------------------------------| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------0-|-2-4--------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------4-2-|-4-5-2--(2)---2-2-|-2-0-2-4-2-0-----|-----------------| |---------2-3-5---|-----3--(3)---3-3-|-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-2-|-----------------| |-0-2-3-5---------|------------------|-------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| PM------------------| PM| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------| |-----------------|-----5--(5)-------|-----------------|------------| |---------------0-|-2-4-5--(5)-------|-----------------|-4----------| |-------------4-2-|-4-5-5--(5)-------|-----------------|-2------5-5-| |---------2-3-5---|-----3--(3)---3-3-|-3-2-3-5-3-2-----|-2------3-3-| |-0-2-3-5---------|------------------|-------------3-2-|-0----------| PM-------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-------2---------| |-5-4-5---5-4-2-4-| |-3-2-3-5-3-2-----| |-------------3-2-| ================================================ The next part of the song is the main riff. But I have just tabbed the entire breakdown and solo part's for you. SYMBOL KEYS: PM---| = Palm muting ~~~~ = Vibrator b = bend r = release (5) = note is ringing from previously playing the note = = doesn't mean anything, just to organize the tab / or \ = slide up or down s = slide between notes [] = artificial harmonics h = hammer p = pull off ||o = repeat riff THE END