The Call of Ktulu
Metallica
The Call of Ktulu (originally "When Hell Freezes Over")
by Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine and Burton
as performed on Ride the Lightning
1)
e---5---------5--- ---6---------6--- ---8----------8--- ---5---------5---
B-------6---5---6- -------6-------6- -------8--------8- -------6-------6-
G-----7----------- -----7-----9----- -----9------9----- -----7-----7-----
D-0-------7------- -0-------8------- -0-------10------- -0-------7-------
A----------------- ----------------- ------------------ -----------------
E----------------- ----------------- ------------------ -----------------
intro play each part 2 times
2)
e---------0----------------0-------
B-------0---0------------0---0-----
G-----5-------5--------5-------5---
D---7----------------7-----------7-
A-0-------------7--6---------------
E----------------------------------
(0:32)
3)
e-------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5-
B-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3---
G---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----
D-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------
A---------|---------|---------|---------
E---------|---------|---------|---------
These are played both clean and then later with distortion
(0:46)
4)
G------------------------------
D---------------9-8-8-8-8-8-8/9
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6/7
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------
pm.....................
distorted
(2:25)
5a)
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-2-------0-2-3-3-------0-2-3-4-------0-2-3-5-------3-2-0-
E-0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1-------2-2-2-2-------3-3-3-3-------
distorted
5b)
D---------------------------------------------------------
A-2-------0-2-3-3-------0-2-3-4-------0-2-3-5-------5-3-2-
E-0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1-------2-2-2-2-------3-3-3-3-------
distorted
(3:20 for a and b)
5c)
D--------------------------------------------------------
A--5-------3-5-6-6-------3-5-6-7-------5-6-8-8-----6-5-3-
E--3-3-3-3-------4-4-4-4-------5-5-5-5-------6-6-6-------
(3:47 for c)
6)
e------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------7------
D-7---7-9-10-9-7----7-9-10-9-7----7-9-10-9-7-----7-9-10-9-7--------
A----------------8-------------9-------------10--------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat this pattern with 12 on the G string as the start, and of
course the final note will be 13 on the B.
7)
G--------------------------------
D-----------------9--------------
A--5-4-4-4--5-2-2-7--5-4-4-4--5-2
E--3-2-2-2--3-0-0----3-2-2-2--3-0
pm...... ... ....... .
post solo(6:55) distorted
8)
G----------------------
D--7--5--7--3--7--10--7
A--5--3--5--1--5--8---5
E----------------------
after clean intro and the kettle drums
___________________________________________
solo:
All the 21's are bent up a whole step (2 frets)
E------------------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17--21-17-
B-17-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-17-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-21-17--17-21-17---------------------------------------------------
G------20--------20-17--17-20-17------------------------------------
D---------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17---------------------
A------------------------------------20--------20-17--17-20-17------
E---------------------------------------------------21--------21-17-
E-12-10-9--10-9-----9-----------------------------------------------
B--------12----12-10-12-10-9-12-10-9--------------------------------
G-----------------------------------11-9-13-11-9--11-9-----9--------
D-----------------------------------------------12----12-11-12-11-9-
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-12-11-9----11-9-------11------------------------------------------
A---------12------12-11----12-11-9-12-11-9----11-9-------9----------
E------------------------------------------12------12-10---12-10-9--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------4h5h7----5-7-14t715t717t7-----------------
A-------------------4h5h7-------5-7---------------------------------
E-12-10-9\\\4-0h5h7-------------------------------------------------
Play this a few times.
E-------10/20-16---
B----10----------17
G-10---------------
D------------------
A------------------
E------------------
All the 21's are full step bends up.
E--20-16---20-16---20-16---20-16------21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-20-
B--------17------17------17-----17/19-------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-18-21-20-18-20-19-17-20-19-17-18-17-15-18-17-15-15-13-12-15-13-12-
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-13-12-10-13-12-10-10-9-7-10-9-7-8-7-5-8-7-5-8-5-------------------
B-----------------------------------------------8-5-5-8-5----------
G---------------------------------------------------7-----7-5-5-7-5-
D------------------------------------------------------------7------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-7-5-5-7-5---------------------------------------------------------
A----7-----7-5------------------------------------------------------
E-------------8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------12-5-7-13-5-7-14-5-7-15-5-7-16-5-7-17-5-7-18-5-7---
D---------5-7-9-----------------------------------------------------
A------5-7----------------------------------------------------------
E-10-8-5------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------19-5-7-20-5-7-21-5-7-22-5-7-23-5-7-24-5-7-24--------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------