Ronnie
written by Hetfield, and Ulrich
as performed on Load
tab by Phil Boyle;
tune all guitars down 1/2 step
1) ^ ^V
eb-------------------------------3-----------------3-----------
Bb---------------1---------------3--------------1--3--3p1---1-3
Gb-----0-2~--0-2~-----0-2~---0-2~-----0-2~--0-2~----------2----
Db-------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--0------0--------0------0--------0-----0--------------------
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------
All semi-artificial harmonics
James played this song on his Fender Telecaster with a b-bender (same
as Unforgiven II and other songs) which made it easier to do these types
of bendy parts.
2)
eb--------------------------
Bb--------------------------
Gb----2---2---2-----------2-
Db----------------0h2p0-----
Ab--0---0---0---3-------3---
Eb--------------------------
3) including part of riff 2)
Db--...--0h2-5--4----3-5-x-x-7
Ab--...3-----3--2--0-3-5-x-x-5
Eb--...--------------1-3-x-x--
4a)
eb------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------------
Gb--4---2-x-x-x-2-4---4---2-x-x-x-2-4-----0-
Db--2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2---2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-0-2---
Ab------------------------------------------
Eb------------------------------------------
Story starts...
4b)
eb-----------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------
Gb--4---2-x-x-x-2-4---4---2-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-5
Db--2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2---2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-0-0-5
Ab----------------------------------------3
Eb-----------------------------------------
Never talks...
This song is extreemly difficult to piece out because there are so many
different lines happening. There's also a lot of scratching happening
to get the southern rock type feel
5)
Gb----------------------------------------
Db--7-7-5-x-x-x-5-7--7-7-5-x-x-x-5-7/5-5/4
Ab--5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5--5-5-5-x-x-x-5-5/3-3/2
Eb----------------------------------------
Now they all pray
6) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
eb----8-8--------------------------
Bb--8-----8-8-5---------7-7-7-7----
Gb--------------5-----5-7-7-7-7-5-7
Db----------------5-7--------------
Ab---------------------------------
Eb---------------------------------
first little solo part after "miles and miles and miles."
The spoken part is basically riff 1)