Below you will find the drum tabs for Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich. Tablature is originally constructed by Mike Van Kuiken.
Note - 6/8 means that there are six 8th notes in a measure.
6 H -----------------| repeat
--- S -----------------| 6x
8 B -----------------|
3 H -----------------|
--- S -----------------|
8 B -----------------|
6 H -----------------| repeat
--- S -----------------| 17x
8 B -----------------|
Pt 1: Still 6/8 time
|---------repeat-2x---------|
C -x-----------|-------------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
T -------------|-------------|-------------|
S -------o-----|-------o-----|-------o-----|
B -o-----------|-o---------o-|-o-----------|
________________________________________________________
|1. |2. |
C -x-----------|-------------|-x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x---|---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x---|
T -------------|-----------oo|-------------|-------------|
S -------o-----|-----o-o-----|-------o-o---|-----o-o--ooo|
B -o-----------|-oo-o--------|-o---------o-|-oo-o--------|
Pt 2:
C -x-----------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|
S -------o-----|
B -o-----------|
____________________________
|1.2.3. |4. |
C -----------x-|-------------|
H -x-x-x-x-x---|----repeat---|
S -------o-----|-------------|
B -o---------o-|-------------|
Pt 3:
C -x-----x-----|-x-----------|
H ---x-x---x-x-|---x-x-x-x-x-| repeat
T -------------|---o-----o---| 2x
S -------o-----|-------------|
B -o-----------|-o-----o-----|
3 C -x-----|
--- H ---x-x-|
8 B -o-----|
C -x-----------|-------------|
6 H ---x-x-x-x---|-x-x---------|
--- T -------------|-------o-o---|
8 S -------o--ooo|----ooo---ooo|
B -o-----------|-o-o---o-o---|
Pt 4: |---------repeat-2x---------|
C -x-----------|-------------|-------------|-x-----------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---x-x-x-x-x-|
S -------o-----|-------o-----|-------o-----|-------o-----|
B -o-----------|-o---------o-|-o-----------|-o---------o-|
Pt 5:
C -x-----x-----|
H ---x-x---x-x-|
S -------o-----|
B -o-----------|
______________________
|1.2. |3. |
C -x-----------|-x-----| ___
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|---x-x-| Note: |3. is in 3/8 time.
T ---o-----o---|-------|
B -o-----o-----|-------|
C -x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x---|-------------|
S -------o--o--|-o--o--o--o--|
F -----------o-|-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
B -o---------o-|-------------|
Pt 6:
|---------repeat-2x---------|
C -x-----------|-------------|-x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S -------@-----|-------@-----|-------o-----|-o---o-o---o-|
B -o-----------|-o-----------|-o------o-o-o|--------o-o--|
C -x-----------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|
S -------o-----|
B -o-----------|
______________________________________________________
|1. |2. |3. |
H -x-x-x-------|-x---x---x---x--xx--xx---|-------------|
t ---------o---|-------------------------|-------------|
T -----------o-|-------------------------|----repeat---|
S -------o-----|-------------o-----------|-------------|
F -------o-----|-------------------------|-------------|
B -o-----------|-o-----------------------|-------------|
C -x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x---x-----|
S -------o---o-|-o--ooo--oooo|
B -o-----------|-------------|
Pt 7: |--repeat-2x--|
C -x-----------|-------------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S -------o-----|-------o-----|-------o-----|
B -o-----------|-o---------o-|-o-----------|
C -x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-----------|
t -------------|---o---oo----|
T -------------|-----o---oo--|
S -------o-o-o-|--o-o-o------|
F -------------|-----------oo|
B -o-----------|-------------|
repeat Pt 2
Pt 8:
C -x-----x-----|
H ---x-x---x-x-|
S -------o-----|
B -o-----------|
______________________
|1.2.3.4. |5. |
C -x-----------|-x-----| ___
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|---x-x-| Note: |5. is in 3/8 time.
T ---o-----o---|-------|
B -o-----o-----|-o-----|
C -x-----------|-------------|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-------------|
S -------o-o-o-|-oooooooooooo|
B -o-----------|-------------|
Pt 9:
C -x-----------|-------------|-x-----x-----|-------------|-x-----x-----|
H ---x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x---|---x-x---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x---|---x-x---x---|
T -------------|-------------|-------------|-----------oo|-----------o-|
S -------o-----|-------o--ooo|-------o---o-|-o---o-o--o--|-------o--o--|
B -o-----------|-o-----------|-o--------o--|----o--------|-o---------o-|
C -------------|-x-----x---x-|-x-----------|
H -------------|---x-x---x---|-------------|
S -o--o--o--o--|-o-----o-----|-------------|
F -o-o-o-o-o-o-|-------------|-------------|
B -------------|-----------o-|-o-----------|
Nothing else matters is one of the best pieces by Metallica. No wonders that many fans have tried to play it on their own guitars. One successful example is Igor Presnyakov who has played it on acoustic guitar solo. Enjoy:
So close no matter how far
couldn’t be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don’t just say
and nothing else matters
trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
— chorus start —
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know
— chorus end —
so close no matter how far
couldn’t be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
— chorus start —
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know
— chorus end —
never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don’t just say
trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
— chorus start —
never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know
— chorus end —
so close no matter how far
couldn’t be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
no nothing else matters