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/ Metallica / Garage Inc. (1998) / Crash Course In Brain Surgery guitar tab

From: fitch@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (TRAVIS FITCH)

                                    METALLICA

                          CRASH COURSE IN BRAIN SURGERY

Words and music by: Raymond Phillips, John Burke Shelley and Anthony Bourge

From the Elektra recording: The $9.98 Garage Days ReRevisted, E.P.

Transcribed by Travis Fitch 

An excellent song, so I've tried to include as much information as possible
below (the guitar solo is missing, but I am working on that, I won't post it
for a while, but if you e-mail me on the above address, I could get it to
you within a day or 2 of recieving your message, might just motivate me a tad
bit more) The TAB might seem a little difficult to understand at first, but I
sugget that you print it out and read through a couple of times, just to get
a feel for the song and the way the TAB is written out (sorry if there are
any mistakes present, which knowing the way I type, there probably are).
You'll have to listen to the song again anyway, to get a feel for the timing,
anyway I've had enough for now, so any fixes, mistakes, comments et cetera,
don't be afraid to let me know

Enjoy
GaT..

The song is in 4/4 at around 185 - 190 bpm

"Drop D" tuning (low to high: D A D G B E)


 Bass and drums (4 bars)
           Gtrs 1 & 2 w/heavy distorsion
Intro
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|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------|--------------------3--4--|--5--------------------|
|---------|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6--7--|

|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
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|--------------------------|--------------------2--|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------2--|-------------|
|--------------------3--4--|--5-----------------0--|-------------|
|--0--1--2--5--6--7--------|-----5--6--7--5--6-----|-------------|



                                                   (x4)
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|--2--0-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~-----0--1-----|
|-----------------|--5--2--------0--1-----|


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||*--h---------------------------------*||--2--0-----------|
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|------------~~~--------0-----------|--1---------------------------------|
|--------5--2-----------0-----------|--1-----------------------x--x--17--|
                                                                                

                                (x4)
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||*--h-----------------------------*||
||--/2--------2--------2--------2---||
||---2/-------2--------2--------2---||
                  

             Start of verses 1 & 2 (see below)
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|----------||--/2------------2--------2--------2-----|
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|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2--|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2----|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2----|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2----------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2----------2--|
                                                                                

                                                                                
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|



|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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|-----h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


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|--3--0-------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0-------|--12---------|--12---------12--------12--12--12--12-----12\---|


|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h--------------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2-----------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/----------2--------2--------2--|



|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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|--------------------------------|----------------------------------*||
|--h-----------------------------|--h-------------------------------*||
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2----------2--------2---||
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2----------2--------2---||


 Interlude
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|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~-----0--1--|
|-----------------------|-----5--2--------0--1--|


                                    (x4)
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||*------------------------------------*|
||*--h---------------------------------*|
||--/2------------2--------2--------2---|
||---2/-----------2--------2--------2---|


|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--2-----0-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------2-----0-----|---------~~~--|--0--------------|--1-----------|
|--------------------------|--5-----2-----|--0--------------|--1-----------|


|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|--2-----------------|-----------------|--2-------------------|
|--2-----------------|-----------------|--2-------------------|
                                                                                

                                                                                
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|-----------------|--0-----2-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--0-----2-----------|-----------------|


|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|--2--2-------------------|--2/-----------|
|--2--2-------------------|--2/-----------|


 Guitar Solo
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|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----h-------------------------------|------h-------------------------------|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|
|---3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|----3-/-5--------5--------5--------5--|


|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------~~~-----------|--------------------|
|--5--3---------~~~--|--------------------|
|-----------5--3-----|------~~~------~~~--|
|--------------------|--0--5-----0--1-----|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|

                                                                             
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--0--------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------2--0-----|---------~~~~~~--------0--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--5-----2--------------0--------|-------------------|


  Bass Solo
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||---0----------------------------|
||---0----------------------------|
                                                                                


|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------5-------------------0--|--------------5-------------------0--|
|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|--5-----7-------------0-----2--------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                                                                   

 Verse 3             
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|                                                                                


|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|--2--0-----------|--------------------|
|-----------2--0--|------~~~----0---1--|
|-----------------|--5--2-------0---1--|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--h-----------------------------|--h-----------------------------|
|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|-/2--------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|--2/-------2--------2--------2--|
                                     
                                           
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----h--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|-0--2-------2--------2--------2--|


|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|--2--0----------|------~~~--|------------|-----------|--------------------||
|----------2--0--|--5--2-----|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2--------------||
|----------------|-----------|--0---------|--1--------|--2--2-------(2)\---||


Verse 1
Look inside and you will see the words are cutting deep inside my brain.
Thunder burning, quickly burning.
Knife of words is driv'n me insane.
Insane!
Yeah!

Verse 2
Raven black is on my back.
He showed me how to neutralise the knife
Show to me, in surgery, the art of fighting words to conquer life.
Conquer life!
Yeah!

Verse 3
Now the wicked lance of fear is drivn' from my heady mountain brain.
Crash course in brain surgery has stopped the bloddy knife of words again.
Yeah!	Yeah!	Yeah!


Also when ever you come across Figure A as depicted below, it should be
replaced with Figure 1A (below)

Figure A
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----h--------------------------|
|-/2-------2--------2--------2--|
|--2/------2--------2--------2--|

Figure 1A
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---h------------------------------|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|
|-0-/-2-------2--------2--------2--|

================================================================================
==                           TABLATURE EXPLANATION                            ==
================================================================================

----------                            ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron                   ----(8)--- Ghost Note
----------                            ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff                    ----------

----------                            ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up                   -----x---- Dead Note
----------                            ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down                 ----------

----------                            ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato                    ||*----*||
----------                            ||*----*||
----------                            ||------||






Metallica albums
2003 St. Anger
1998 Garage Inc.
1997 Reload
1996 Load
1991 Metallica (Black Album)
1988 And Justice For All
1987 Garage Days Re-Revisited
1986 Master of Puppets
1984 Ride The Lightening
1983 Kill'em All
Garage Inc. tabs
01Free Speech For The Dumb tabbass tab
02It's Electric tabbass tab
03Sabbra Cadabra tabbass tab
04Turn The Page tabbass tab
05Die Die My Darling tabbass tab
06Lover Man tabbass tab
07Mercyful Fate Medley tabbass tab
08Astronomy tabbass tab
09Whiskey In The Jar tabbass tab
10Tuesday's Gone tabbass tab
11The More I See tabbass tab
12Helpless tabbass tab
13The Small Hours tabbass tab
14The Wait tabbass tab
15Crash Course In Brain Surgery tabbass tab
16Last Caress / Green Hell tabbass tab
17Am I Evil tabbass tab
18Blitzkrieg tabbass tab
19Breadfan tabbass tab
20The Prince tabbass tab
21Stone Cold Crazy tabbass tab
22So What tabbass tab
23Killing Time tabbass tab
24Overkill tabbass tab
25Damage Case tabbass tab
26Stone Dead Forever tabbass tab
27Too Late Too Late tabbass tab

 

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