The official tuning for this song is Standard Eb, but I translated it to Drop D
for those of you who only do Standard and Drop D. Listen to the CD for timing.
Fixxxer
As performed on "ReLoad"
Music by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich
Lyrics by James Hetfield
Drop D tuning
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend
r release
x muffled strings
~ vibrating
/ slide up
\ slide down
James Guitar 1
Kirk Guitar 2
James' Intro
Distorted guitar w/ wah pedal, repeat a bunch of times
Kirk's Intro 1 (x4)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
Kirk's Intro 2 (x5, last 3 times w/o muffled strings)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
Both guitars End intro
Distortion, wah pedal off
Both guitars Main riff (x4)
On the third time, Kirk goes off into this
Both guitars Verse Part 1 (x2)
Both guitars Verse Part 2 (x2)
Kirk End verse
Clean guitar
James' Chorus (x2)
Distortion
Kirk's Chorus (x2)
Clean guitar
Both guitars end chorus on this
Distortion
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Both guitars Interlude
Distortion
Play this twice
Then continue with this
SLIDE SOLO
James
Distortion
Open on this Then this twice
Then he plays the main riff three times
Kirk
James
Kirk
GUITAR SOLO
James Part 1 (x4)
James Part 2
Kirk (All 18s are 16s bent to 18s)
Wah-pedal!
POST SOLO
Kirk
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
Play this x3 Then this
Wah pedal off, distortion on
Kirk's Bridge (x6)
Clean guitar
James' Bridge (x6)
Distorion
Chorus
Kirk's Outro part 1 (x4)
Clean guitar
James' Outro part 1 (x4)
Distortion
Ending
Both guitars
Distortion
That's it.
Song Structure:
Note...Names in parenthesees who plays lead guitar
James' Intro (Continue playing under Kirk's)
Intro part 1 (Kirk)
Intro part 2 (Kirk)
End Intro
Main riff
Verse
Chorus (James)
Main riff
Verse
Chorus (James)
Interlude
Slide solo (Kirk)
Guitar solo (Kirk)
Post solo
Bridge (James)
Chorus (James)
Outro (James)
Ending
Peace.
for those of you who only do Standard and Drop D. Listen to the CD for timing.
Fixxxer
As performed on "ReLoad"
Music by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich
Lyrics by James Hetfield
Drop D tuning
h hammer on
p pull off
b bend
r release
x muffled strings
~ vibrating
/ slide up
\ slide down
James Guitar 1
Kirk Guitar 2
James' Intro
Distorted guitar w/ wah pedal, repeat a bunch of times
e[-10b12---------------------------------13b15-----
B[-------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Intro 1 (x4)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[------4h6-4~~~-----------------------------------------
A[-6~~~--------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Intro 2 (x5, last 3 times w/o muffled strings)
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[--------4----------------------------------------------
A[-4h6~~~---6~~~----x---x--xxxx--------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars End intro
Distortion, wah pedal off
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2-------------------------------------------
D[-------------4h6---------------------------------------
Both guitars Main riff (x4)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------3h4--------------
A[-1-1--6p4-6~~-------7~~--1-1--6p4-6~~-----4~~~---------
D[-1-1----------7p6-7------1-1---------------------------
On the third time, Kirk goes off into this
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------1h3-------------
D[------4p3-4~~~------6~~~------4p3-4~~~-----3~~~--------
A[-1-1----------4p3-4------1-1---------------------------
D[-1-1---------------------1-1---------------------------
Both guitars Verse Part 1 (x2)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-3h4-x-8-8-x-4p3-x-8-8-x-3h4-x-8-8-x--3h4p3------------
A[-----x-6-6-x-----x-6-6-x-----x-6-6-x--------4~~~-------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars Verse Part 2 (x2)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-1h2-x-6-6-x-2p1-x-6-6-x-1h2-x-6-6-x--1h2p1------------
A[-----x-4-4-x-----x-4-4-x-----x-4-4-x--------2~~~-------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk End verse
Clean guitar
e[-----------------------------------------------------
B[-----------2-----------------------------------------
G[-----------------------------------------------------
D[----1--4---------------------------------------------
A[-----------------------------------------------------
D[-1---------------------------------------------------
James' Chorus (x2)
Distortion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[---------4h6-6b8r6-4----------4h6-6b8r6-4--------------
A[-1----4h6-------------4----4h6-------------------------
D[-1--------------------4--------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-6-------4h6-6b8r6-4----4----------3-------------------
A[-4----4h6---------------2----------1-------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Kirk's Chorus (x2)
Clean guitar
e[------------------------------------------------------
B[---------2-------------2------------------------------
G[----------------------------------6-------------------
D[---1--4----------1--4-----------6---6-----------------
A[------------------------------4-----------------------
D[-1-------------4--------------------------------------
e[------------------------------------------------------
B[------------------------------------------------------
G[-----4--------3---------------------------------------
D[---4---4----3---3-------------------------------------
A[-2--------1-------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------------------
Both guitars end chorus on this
Distortion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2-------------------------------------------
D[------------4h6----------------------------------------
Main Riff
Verse
Chorus
Both guitars Interlude
Distortion
Play this twice
e[---------------------------
B[---------------------------
G[--------11-----------------
D[-11-13--11-13---xx---------
A[-11-13-----13---xx---------
D[---------------------------
Then continue with this
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[--------11------------11-----------11------------------
D[-11-13--11-13--11-13--11-13--11-13-11-13---------------
A[-11-13-----13--11-13-----13--11-13----13---------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
SLIDE SOLO
James
Distortion
Open on this Then this twice
e[----------------]----------------------------------------------
B[----------------]----------------------------------------------
G[----------------]----------------------------------------------
D[----------------]---------------------------------------5h6----
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2----]-3-3--8p6-8~~~-----9~~~--3-3--8p6-8~~~-----6--
D[------------4h6-]-3-3-----------9p8-------3-3------------------
Then he plays the main riff three times
Kirk
e[-------------------------------21\---------------------
B[-8/10----8/10----8/10----8/10--------------------------
G[-8/10----8/10----8/10----8/10--------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-8/11----8/11--14\13--8/11------------8/11-------------
B[-8/11----8/11---------8/11------------8/11-------------
G[----------------------------11\10/11--------11\--------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-----------------------------------10/11---------------
G[-11\10/11-----------/13--11\10/11--------10\-----------
D[-----------11\10/11------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-14\13/14-------------16\------------------------------
B[------------14\13/14-----------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
James
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-1-1--6p4-6~~~-----7~~~--------------------------------
D[-1-1-----------7p6-------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-1-1--6p4-6--1-1--6p4-6----7p9-7-----13p11-13----------
D[-1-1---------1-1---------------------------------------
Kirk
e[-------------------------------------11\10/11----------
B[---------------------------11\10/11--------------------
G[-----11\10/11-----11\10/11-----------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
GUITAR SOLO
James Part 1 (x4)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[------4------------------------------------------------
D[-4-6--4-6-----4h6-6b8r6-4~~~---------------------------
A[-4-6----6--4h6-----------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
James Part 2
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[------4---------------4--------------------------------
D[-4-6--4-6--------4-6--4-6----------1-------------------
A[-4-6----6--xxxx--4-6----6--xxxxxx--1-------------------
D[-----------xxxx------------xxxxxx--1-------------------
Kirk (All 18s are 16s bent to 18s)
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-16b18-18-18-16b18-18-18-16b18-18-18-16b18-14b16-------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
Wah-pedal!
e[--------------18b20b21-16-]----------------------------
B[-16b18-14b16--------------]----------------------------
G[--------------------------]------11h13-13b15r13-11-----
D[--------------------------]-11h13----------------------
A[--------------------------]----------------------------
D[--------------------------]----------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[------11h13-13b15r13-11------11h13-13b15r13-11---------
D[-11h13------------------11h13--------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-13b15r13-11-13b15r13-11-13b15r13-11-------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-------16----------------------16----------------------
B[-16-18----18~~~~---------16-18----18~~~~---------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-13b15-13b15-13b15-------------------------------------
D[-------------------13~~~~~~~---------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------------------------------------------------------
POST SOLO
Kirk
Clean guitar w/ wah pedal
Play this x3 Then this
e[--------------]-----------------------------------------
B[--------------]-----------------------------------------
G[--------------]-----------------------------------------
D[-----4h6-4~~~-]----4h6b8r6-4~~-----4--------------------
A[-6~~~---------]-6~~------------4h6---6--xxx-------------
D[--------------]-----------------------------------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[------4-----4-6b8r6-----4------------------------------
A[-4h6~~--6~~---------4h6----4h6-2h4-1h2-----------------
D[---------------------------------------4h6-------------
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------------------
D[-----4---11h13-13p11--11-11-13-----4---11h13-13p11-----11-13p11----
A[-4h6--6------------------------4h6--6---------------13----------13-
D[-------------------------------------------------------------------
Wah pedal off, distortion on
e[-------------------------]------------------------------
B[-------------------------]------------------------------
G[-------------------------]------------------------------
D[-----4-------4-------4---]------------------------------
A[-4h6---6-4h6---6-4h6---6-]-4h6-2h4-1h2------------------
D[-------------------------]------------4h6---------------
Kirk's Bridge (x6)
Clean guitar
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[--------2-------------------2--------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[---1--4----------------1--4----------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-1-------------------1---------------------------------
James' Bridge (x6)
Distorion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-------4h6-6b8r6-4--------4h6-6b8r6-4------------------
A[-1--4h6-------------1--4h6-----------------------------
D[-1------------------1----------------------------------
Chorus
Kirk's Outro part 1 (x4)
Clean guitar
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[--------2---------------------2------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[---1--4------------------1--4--------------------------
A[-------------------------------------------------------
D[-1---------------------1-------------------------------
James' Outro part 1 (x4)
Distortion
e[--------------------------------------------------------
B[--------------------------------------------------------
G[--------------------------------------------------------
D[-------4h6-6b8r6-4--------------------------------------
A[-1--4h6--------------1---4h6-2h4-1h2--------------------
D[-1-------------------1---------------4h6----------------
Ending
Both guitars
Distortion
e[-------------------------------------------------------
B[-------------------------------------------------------
G[-------------------------------------------------------
D[------------------------------------------1-1----------
A[-4h6-2h4-1h2------1-1---6p4-6~~------7~~--1-1----------
D[-------------4h6--1-1----------7p6-7------1-1----------
That's it.
Song Structure:
Note...Names in parenthesees who plays lead guitar
James' Intro (Continue playing under Kirk's)
Intro part 1 (Kirk)
Intro part 2 (Kirk)
End Intro
Main riff
Verse
Chorus (James)
Main riff
Verse
Chorus (James)
Interlude
Slide solo (Kirk)
Guitar solo (Kirk)
Post solo
Bridge (James)
Chorus (James)
Outro (James)
Ending
Peace.
