"Hit the Lights"

Hit the Lights

written by Hetfield and Ulrich

as performed on Kill 'Em All





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

|-----|

|-----|





intro 144 bpm



4/4             2/4   4/4

|---|---------|-----|--------|-----|

|---|---------|-----|--------|-----|

|-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-|-7------|-----|

|-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-|-0------|-2---|

  l   q q q q   q q   l        l

  /                            /

  /                            /



|---------------------------------------------|-------||

|---------------------------------------------|-------||

|-2-0-2-0---2-0-2-4-4-4-2-4-4-4-4-2-0-0-------|---R---||

|---------2-----------------------------2-----|-------||

  t t t t s t t t t t t t t t t t t t t l



160 bpm                            fig.1

|  4  |------|------|------|------|-------------------------|

|-----|---R--|---R--|---R--|---R--|-------------------------|

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

|     |------|------|------|------|-------------------------|

        e h..  e h..  e h..  e h..  e s s s s s s e s e s e



|---------------------------|-------------------------|

|---------------7-5---5-----|-------------------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7---6-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-5-0-3-|

|---------------------------|-------------------------|

  e s s s s s s s s s e s e   e s s s s s s e s e s e



                            Verse 1

                   end fig.1  fig.2                   end fig.2

|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------|

|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-3-3-4-||-5-5-7-----------|-5-5-5-3--2----|

|---------------------------||-------3-3-3-3-0-|-------------2-|

  e s s s s s s s s s e s e    e q e e s e s e   e q e e. e. e



play fig.1, fig.2, first two bars of fig.1



                                      Chorus

                                      fig.3          7/8    end fig.3

|---------------------|-------------||---------------|---------------|

|---------------------|-------------||---------------|---------------|

|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------3-2---||---R-------R---|-----R---3-----|

|-0-------------------|-3-2-3-----3-||-5---5-3-5---5-|-3-5---5----3--|

  e e s s e e s e s e   q q q q q q    e e q s s e q   s s e q e. e.

                        [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



play fig.3 two times more



4/4

|---------------|---||

|---------------|---||

|---R-------R---|-R-||

|-5---5-3-5---5-|---||

  e e q s s q e   w



Interlude : play fig.1



Verse 2 : play fig.2, fig.1, fig.2, first two bars of fig.1



|---------------------|-------------||

|---------------------|-------------||

|---7-7-7-7-----------|-------3-2---||

|-0---------0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-3-----3-||

  e e s s e e s e s e   q q q q q q

                        [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



Chorus 2 : play fig.3 3 times



|---------------|---||

|---------------|---||

|---R-------R---|-R-||

|-5---5-3-5---5-|---||

  e e q s s q e   w



Interlude 2 : play fig.1



Verse 3 : play fig.2, fig.1, fig.2, first two bars of fig.1



|---------------------|-------------||

|---------------------|-------------||

|---7-7-7-7-----------|-------3-2---||

|-0---------0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-3-----3-||

  e e s s e e s e s e   q q q q q q

                        [ 3 ] [ 3 ]



Chorus 3 : play fig.3 4 times



        4/4            7/8          4 times

|-----||-------|---|---|-----------------||

|-----||-o-----|---|---|-7--5----------o-||

|-----||-o---R-|-R-|-R-|-------7-6-5---o-||

|-5-3-||---5---|---|---|-------------8---||

  h h      e h.. w   w   e. e. e e e e



Guitar solo

4/4

||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

||-o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

||-o---R---R---R-----------|---R---R---R-----7-7-|---R---R---R-----------|

||---7---7---7---7-7-10-10-|-7---7---7---7-7-----|-7---7---7---7-7-10-10-|

     e s e s e s s e e  e    e s e s e s s e e e   e s e s e s s e e  e



7/8            8 times

|------------------||

|-9--7-----------o-||

|-------9-8-7----o-||

|-------------10---||

  e. e. e e e e



 4/4

||-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

||-o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

||-o---R---R---R---------|---R---R---R-----5-5-|---R---R---R---------|

||---5---5---5---5-5-8-8-|-5---5---5---5-5-----|-5---5---5---5-5-8-8-|

     e s e s e s s e e e   e s e s e s s e e e   e s e s e s s e e e



7/8            2 times

|-----------------||---------------|---------------|

|-7--5----------o-||-7--5----------|-7--5----------|

|-------7-6-5---o-||-------7-6-5---|-------7-6-5---|

|-------------8---||-------------8-|-------------8-|

  e. e. e e e e      e. e. e e e e   e. e. e e e e



|-----|------|-----|-----|-------||

|-----|------|-----|-----|-------||

|-----|------|-----|-----|-----R-||

|-5---|-(5)--|-(5)-|-(5)-|-5-5---||

  w      w      w     l    q q h

  /      /

  /      /