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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 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 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) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 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) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 4) G-------------------------------- D-----------------9-8-8-8-8-8-8/9 A-7-7-7-7-6-7-6-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6/7 E-5-5-5-5-4-5-4-5---------------- pm..................... distorted (2:25) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 5) e--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5 B--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3 G--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5 D--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0 A------------------------------------ E------------------------------------ (2:37) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 6a) 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 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 6b) 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) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 6c) D-------------------------------------------------------- A--5-------3-5-6-6-------3-5-6-7-------5-6-8-8-----8-6-5- E--3-3-3-3-------4-4-4-4-------5-5-5-5-------6-6-6------- (3:47 for c) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 7) G---------------------------------------------------------- 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---------------------------------------------------------- Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 8) G--12--12-14-15-14-12-----12-14-15-14-12-----12-14-15-14-12-----12-14-15-14-12 D---------------------13-----------------14-----------------15---------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------- pre-solo Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 9a) James 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...... ... ....... . 9b) Kirk e------------------------------------------------------------ B--12-10-10-10--10h12---------12---12-10-10-10--10h12-------- G---------------------11h12-9-------------------------11h12-9 D------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------ post solo(6:55) distorted Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 10) 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 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. ___________________________________________ 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. 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