NOTHING ELSE MATTERS - METALLICA
Music and Words By: James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich

Written to tab from the "METALLICA Songbook" by: Niclas Buss
 
6/8 time                                                         
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    <.NH.>
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		 Guitar II													P      	<NH>\\\\\\\\\\\
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	So close ,no matter  how far
						 
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     Couldn't be much more from the heart

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	    Forever trusting  who we are

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	    And Nothing Else Matters

2nd verse w/Rhy.Fig 2 
 Rhy.Fig 3 (w/Distortion*)
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 *=Distortion appelies to both gtars.

	      Never opend my -  self this way
						 
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        Life is ours, we live it our way

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	   All these words I Don't just say

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	    And Nothing Else Matters

3rd Verse w/Rhy.Fig 2
Rhy.Fig 4(Guitar II)
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 (Clean tone)
	    Trust I Seek and  I Find in you
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	      Every day for us something new
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	      Open mind for a different view

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			         *=Synth arr.for.gtr.
					
	  And nothing else matters


Rhy.Fig 5 (Chorus)

D   D  D  D  Dsus4 D    Dadd2    D | C       A      |D    D  D   D  D  Dsus4 D    Dadd2    D |       
    Never carded   for  what they  | do             |       Never  cared     for what they   |

Rhy.Fill 2				  w/Rhy.Fig 1 & Rhy.Fill 1
C       A       | D    D  D   D   Em            |                  |(end Rhy.Fig5)                 
know            |oh    but   I   know           |                  |

 Rhy.Fill 1*
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(*=Synth arr. for gtr.)

4th versew/Rhy.Fig 2

	So close no matter how far
	Couldn't be much more from the heart
	Forever trusting who we are
	And nothing else matters	

C   A

w/Rhy Fig 5	
								 Rhy.Fill 2
	Never Cared For what they do			E-------------------|-------------|--------|
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	Never cared for what they know		G-------------------|----------7--|---9----|
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	Oh but I know					A----3-7-------7----|------5------|--------|
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*=Gtr. II notated to left of slashes										     Sl.  Sl.
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5th Verse
w/Rhy.Fig 2 & 3

	I never opened my self this way
	Life is ours, we live it our way
	All these words I don't just say
	And nothing else matters (w/Rhy.Fig 2A)

6th Verse
w/Rhy.Fig 2 & 4

	Trust I seek that I find in you
	Ev'ry day for us something new
	Open mind for a diff'rent view
	And nothing else matters

 C       A

Chorus 
w/Rhy.Fig 5 (1st 4 bars only)

	Never cared for what they say
	Never cared for games they play

w/Rhy.Fig 5								
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	Never cared for what they do			E-------------|------5----|
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	Never cared for what they know		G-------------|-----------|
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	Oh, and I know           			A-------------|-----------|
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  E  E  E  E  E  E  E5    E5    E5               *=Synth arr. for guitar
 PM...............................|
                    Yeah, yeah

Guitar solo
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										PM....|

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7th Verse 
w/Rhy.Fig 2 (1st 6 bars only)
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         So close no matter how far                Couldn't be much more from the heart             Forever trusting who we are

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            No, Nothing else matters
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