Creeping Death

Metallica

    Creeping Death
by Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton and Hammett
as performed on Ride the Lightning
tab by Phil Boyle; phil@encycmet.com


1a)
D------------9------------9\7             ------------
A------------7------------7\5 4times then --7--5--4--2
E--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----             --5--3--2--0
  pm........    .........                   ..........

1b)
D-------------9------------9\7
A------------10-----------10\9 (last 2 times on lead guitar)
E--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-----


2)
D------2---2--2---2---2h3p2h3p2p0   -5-7-5
A------2---2--2---2---2h3p2h3p2p0   -3-5-3
E--0-0---0------0---0------------   ------
  pm....................              right before the verse then back into first 
Slaves, Hebrews born..                part
  

3)
D---------------------------------------
A--------5--------5---------------------
E--0--0--3--0--0--3--0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2
 pm....     ....     ...................
400 years


4)
D--2---5-7---10-9---5-7---10-12-9----5-7--10-9--5-7--------
A--2---3-5---8--7---3-5---8--10-7----3-5--8--7--3-5---5-7-5
E--0--------------------------------------------------3-5-3
So let it be written                                  I'm creeping death


5)
G---------------------------------------2---2--2---2----2--5
D------2---2--2---2---2h3p2h3p2p0-------2---2--2---2----2--5
A------2---2--2---2---2h3p2h3p2p0---0-0---0------0------0--3
E--0-0---0------0---0---------------------------------------
solo riff (first part, then into riffs 3 and 4)


6)
D--9---------10-7-9---------12-10-9---------10-7-9
A--7---------8--5-7---------10-8--7---------8--5-7
E----0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-------
    pm......        .......         .......
Die by my hand


7a) ^V        ^V         ^V         ^V
e-------------------------------------------
B--15-13-12---12----13---15-13-12---12----13
G----------------14--------------------14---
D-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------

7b) ^V      ^V      ^V       ^V
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--10-8-7---7---8---10-8-7---7---8---------------------------------------
G-------------9----------------9-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------9-7-5-4---5-4-2-5---9-7-5-4---5-4-2-5
A-----------------------------------7-5-3-2---3-2-0-3---7-5-3-2---3-2-0-3
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
right before end