The Memory Remains by Metallica


Tune all guitars 1/2 step down

It's a kind of hard song to play with all the solo's, but this is how it's played on the album
It's hard to tab, just listen to the song and then you'll find out.

  Intro (james)
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  PM     ...             ...             ...        .

  Riff A
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                                End Riff A   Rhy.fill 1A    Harm
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  Verse
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  Chorus rhy.fig1                 end fig 1       fill2 end
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  PM     ...              ...            ...                      ...            ...

        1.Time   end chorus   W/riff A
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  PM         ...

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  W/rhy.fill 1A
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  2.Time after chorus          -Rhy.fig 2                               end rhy.fig2
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  PM                                .         .         .

  Riff B
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  Played with rhy.fig 2 3 times and together with riff B 4 times during "na na na na"
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            end  The part where it goes "drift away fade away little...."with rhy.fig1
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  end on "memory remains"    part "ash to ash, dust to dust...."
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  PM                           .....................         ..............harmed

                            Last solo W/wah wah
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    harmed               PM ........

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  H = Hammer on
  P = Pull off
 FB = Full bend
 HB = Half bend
FBR = Full bend and then release
HBR = Half bend and then release
HBP = Half bend and then pull off
FBP = Full bend and then pull off
 PM = Palm mute