Tabs for
Astronomy
written by the Blue Oyster Cult
as performed by Metallica on Garage Inc
tab by Phil Boyle, Jon Franco, and Ville Loukonen; phil@encycmet.com
tune all guitars down 1/2 step
drum intro
1)
eb--0-0-0-0-0------
Bb--0-0-0-0-0-0----
Gb--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-0
Db--2---2---2------
Ab--2--------------
Eb--0--------------
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2)
eb--0--2--0--2--0--
Bb--0--3--1--4--0--
Gb--4--2--0--4--4--
Db--2--0--2--4--2--
Ab--2-----3--2-----
Eb--0--------------
Clock strikes twelve
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3)
eb--0--3--0--2
Bb--1--3--1--4
Gb--0--0--0--4
Db--2--0--2--4
Ab--3--2--3--2
Eb-----3------
Like something on the four winds
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4a) James
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------------------------------
Db--9-7----7-------9-7----7-------9-7----7-------9-7----7-----
Ab------10---10-9~~----10---10-7~~----10---10-9~~----10---10-7
Eb------------------------------------------------------------
4b) Kirk
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--5-----------------------------5---------------------------
Gb----7-5-7-5-5h7~~5-4----5----5~~--7-5-7-5-5h7~~5-4----5~~7~~
Db---------------------7----7------------------------7--------
Ab------------------------------------------------------------
Eb------------------------------------------------------------
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5)
Gb--9----9---9-----5-5~-----7---7---7---9-9
Db--9----9---9-----5-5~-----7---7---7---9-9
Ab--7----7---7-----3-3~-----5---5---5---7-7
Eb--7--0-7-0-7-0-0-3-3--0-0-5-0-5-0-5---0-0
pm.. ... . ...
"Call me casanova"
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6)
Gb-7-5-7--7-7
Db-7-5-7--7-7
Ab-5-3-5--5-5
Eb-----------
"Never warms"
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7)
eb--19-17----17-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------20----20-17--12-10----10------------------------------------------------
Gb---------------------------12----12-9-------------------------------------------
Db---------------------------------------9-7----7-------9-7----7------------------
Ab-------------------------------------------10---10-7------10---10-7--2-0---0----
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-0
after never warms part
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8a) Kirk
eb--15---------12------------------------------------------12-14-10-12-14-15-17
Bb------13--15---------10-12-----10-12~~12h13p12--12-13-15---------------------
Gb-----------------12---------12-----------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8b) James *****************************
eb--15------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------12-------------------------------------------------------------
Gb------12--14---------11-12--------9~~~~~~-----------------------------------
Db-----------------14---------10--9-------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------7-7-6-6-5-5-4-3-2-2-3-3-4-5-6
Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*= similar to artificial harmonics, rest finger above the string while
picking and sliding down the neck before going into riff 5
pre solo
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