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Minus Human
                                  by  Metallica

Music and Words by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich

Tabber: Philipp Herzig             pherzig@web.de
Date: 19.11.2002

Previously released on S&M, a very ugly, heavy and nice song.
Listen to the song many times to play it right

	F	=	Full Bend
	1/2	=	Half bend
	R	=	Release from Bend
	H	=	Hammering
	P	=	Pull Off
	TRP	=	Tremolo Picking
	X	=	Muffled Strings
	~	=	Vibrato
	/	=	Slide up
	\	=	Slide down
	HA	=	Natural Harmonic starts
	HE	=	Natural Harmonis ends

Riff A

                 ~~~~        ~~~~          F                       ~~~~~
E |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
H |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3---3-|
E |-0---0---0---/7------0---6------3---0---3|-0---0---0---/7------6---0---2-------3---3-|

Riff B


E |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
H |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
G |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
D |----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|
E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5-|-0---------0--------0-|

A|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|
E|-----0---0---6-H-7---X---X-|


E |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
H |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|
E |-0---------0--------0-|-----0---0---6-H-7---6---5---3-H-5---3---2--|

Riff B1

E |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
H |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
G |-7---------7--------7-|------7-----13-/-14-\-13-\-12-|-7---------7--------7-|
D |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
A |-5---------5--------5-|------5-----11-/-12-\-11-\-10-|-5---------5--------5-|
E |-0------0--------0----|---0------0-------------------|--------0--------0----|

G |----7---------13-/-14---|
D |------------------------|
A |----5---------11-/-12---|
E |-0---------0------------|

E |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
H |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
G |-7-------7-------7--|-----7--------13-/-14-\-13-\-12--10-/-12-\-10-\-9-|
D |--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A |-5-------5-------5--|-----5--------11-/-12-\-11-\-10---8-/-10-\--8-\-7-|
E |-----0-------0------|-0--------0---------------------------------------|

Riff C

E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|

A |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|
E |-0------0-------0-----|-0----0---6-H-7---6---5----|

E |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
H |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|
E |-0------0---------0-|-3------3-------3-|-5------5-------5-----|

A |-------7---------7-------7---7---7-|
E |-7--7--7---7--7--7-------7---7---7-|

Here?s the Song

GTR I = James Hetfield
GTR II = Kirk Hammet

Riff A       (3 times)(GTR I & II)

Riff B       (1 time) (both guitars)

Riff B & B1  (1 time) (Riff B: I; Riff B1: II)

Riff C	     (Chorus)(1 time) (both guitars)
Don?t you leave me, Father Time.
Take me with you.
Tell me, does your sun still shine?
Come squeeze the world and drip it down my throat again

Riff B	     (1 time) (both guitars)

Riff A	     (2 times)(both guitars)
You?ve got to breathe man, breathe.
(Comin? up for air) Breathe, man, breathe
(Comin up for ...... air)

Riff B & B1  (like above)

Riff C
Touch me so I think I?m here.
Skin my senses.
Barely breathing, minus human.
Please sqeeze the world and drip it down my throat again,

Riff B       (like above)

Riff A	     (like above with same lyric)

Guitar Solo: (GTR II)(use wah as filter)
    HA3        3   HE       3      3                 3    1/2
E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
H |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-----------------------7-7-7--7-7-7----|---------------4----4-----------|
D |-0-5-4--3-2.6-2.6----------------------|-0------0--0--------------------|
A |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

		          HA 3         3        3           3           3  HE
D |--0-----0--0--0--0--5----5--5--5-|-5--5--5--4--4--4--3--2.6--2.6--2.6--2--2-|

   TRP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  TRP~~~~~  F      R~~~~~~~
E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
H |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2---------------------|-0--------4------4--------------|
A |-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-----------------------|--------------------------------|

G |-13-P-12-----13-P-12-----13-P-12-|--13-P-12-----13-P-12--12----12-P-10-|
D |----------0----------------------|-------------------------------------|



Solo into Riff A (2X)
Kirk plays this bridge from solo to riff

(wah off)		       F
E |---------------------------------|
H |---------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------|
D |-12------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |----/7------0---6------3---0---3-|

You?ve got to breathe, man, breathe.
(Comin up for air)
Breathe, man, breahte
(Comin up for ...............)


Any corrections, problems etc. mail me pherzig@web.de