The Call of Ktulu
by Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine and Burton
as performed on Ride the Lightning


Rhy Fig 1

||----5---------5---|---5---------5---|---6---------6---|---6---------6---|
||--------6---5---6-|-------6---5---6-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6-|
||*-----7-----------|-----7-----------|-----7-----9-----|-----7-----9-----|
||*-0-------7-------|-0-------7-------|-0-------8-------|-0-------8-------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

							 __________________
							|1.		   |
							      end Rhy Fig 1
|---8----------8---|---8----------8---|---5---------5---|---5---------5----||
|-------8--------8-|-------8--------8-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------6--||
|-----9------9-----|-----9------9-----|-----7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----*||
|-0-------10-------|-0-------10-------|-0-------7-------|-0-------7-------*||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||



 	        Rhy Fig 2		end Rhy Fig 2
					      4 times
|-------------||----------0------|---------0--------||
|--0----------||--------0---0----|-------0---0------||
|-------------||*-----5------5---|-----5-------5---*||
|--0----------||*---7------------|---7-----------7-*||
|-------------||--0------------7-|-6----------------||
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||
 

 Rhy Fig 3			end Rhy Fig 3
				      4 times
||--------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5--||
||------3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3----||
||*---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----*||
||*-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------*||
||----------|---------|---------|----------||
||----------|---------|---------|----------||


||--------------|------------------||
||--------------|------------------||
||--------------|-9-8-8-8-8-9-9/11-||
||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-6-6-6-6-7-7/9--||
||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|------------------||
||--------------|------------------||
rhythm figure 4(distorted)



||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------7----||
||7--7-9-10-9--7|---7-9-10-9--7|---7-9-10-9--7|----7-9-10----10||
||--------------|8-------------|9-------------|10--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||                                                             ||
||                                                             ||
||E5             F5             F#5           G5               ||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||-2-------0-2-3|-3-------0-2-3|-4-------0-2-3|-5-------3-2----||
||-0-0-0-0------|-1-1-1-1------|-2-2-2-2------|-3-3-3-3-----3--||
rhythm figure 5(distorted)

Repeat this pattern with 12 on the G string as the start, and of
course the final note will be 13 on the B. 


|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |
|G5 F#5                                                                   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--4-4-4----5-|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--4-4-4----5-|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--2-2-2----3-|---------------------------------------------------------|





post solo(6:55) distorted

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--7--5--7--3--7--10--7-|
|--5--3--5--1--5--8---5-|
|-----------------------|
after clean intro and the kettle drums

All the bends are bent up a whole step (2 frets)


|------------------------------|21^21^21^21^21^21^21^21^21^17--21^17-|
|-17-21^21^21^21^21^21^21^21^17|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-21-17--17-21-17--------------|-------------------------------------|
|------20--------20-17--17-2017|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------20-------|-20-17--17-20-17---------------------|
|------------------------------|------20--------20-17--17-20-17------|
|------------------------------|---------------------21--------21-17-|


|-12-10-9--10-9-----9----------|-------------------------------------|
|--------12----12-10-12-10-9-12|10-9---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----11-9-13-11-9--11-9-----9---------|
|------------------------------|----------------12----12-11-12-11-9--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-11-9----11-9-------11-----|-------------------------------------|
|---------12------12-11---12-11|--9-12-11-9----11-9-------9----------|
|------------------------------|------------12------12-10---12-10-9--|

                                      P T  PT  PT  P
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-5-7|----5-7-14-715-717-7-----------------|
|-------------------4-5-7------|-5-7---------------------------------|
|-12-10-9\\\4-0-5-7------------|-------------------------------------|


Play this a few times.
(use strict sweep picking throughout)
        T                T                 T              T
|----10-20-16---------10-20-16-----|----10-20-16-------10-20-16------|
|--10--------17----10----------17--|--10--------17---10---------17---|
|10-------------10-----------------|10-------------10----------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--20-16---20-16---20-16---20-16---|--21^21^21^21^21^21^21^21^21^20-|
|--------17------17------17-----17/|19------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-18-21-20-18-20-19-17-20-19-17--18|17-15-18-17-15-15-13-12-15-13-12|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-13-12-10-13-12-10-10-9-7-10-9-7-8|7-5-8-7-5-8-5-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------8-5-5-8-5----------|
|----------------------------------|----------------7-----7-5-5-7-5-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------7------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7-5-5-7-5-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---7-----7-5----------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8-10-5|8-10-5-8-10-8-5-10-5-8-10-5-8---|

                  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------12-5-7-13-5-7-14-5|7-15-5-7-16-5-7-17-5-7-18-5-7---|
|---------5-7-9--------------------|--------------------------------|
|------5-7-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10-8-5---------------------------|--------------------------------|

    T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H  T P H 
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19-5-7-20-5-7-21-5-7-22-5-7-23-5-7-24-5-7/24--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
                                       Let ring..............
Note: if you dont have a 24th fret, use a grace note bend to get
that pitch on the 21st or 22nd fret(whichever is easier).