METALLICA - THE CALL OF KTULU
Music by James Hetfield,Lars Ulrich,Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine	
Transcribed By Niclas Buss

By popular demand,the CALL OF THE KTULU.
Most of it was written by Dave Mustaine, by the way.

Tempo=140

Rhy Fig 1      play each part twice

E---5---------5---|---6---------6---|---8----------8---|---5---------5---||            -----|
B-------6---5---5-|-------6-------6-|-------8--------8-|-------6---5---5-||            --6--|
G-----7-----------|-----7-----9-----|-----9------9-----|-----7-----------|| play twice -----|
D-0-------7-------|-0-------8-------|-0-------10-------|-0-------7-------||            --0--|
A-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||      	   -----|
E-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||            -----|

Rhy Fig 2       play it four times 

E---------0------|---------0-------|
B-------0---0----|-------0---0-----|
G-----5------5---|-----5-------5---|
D---7------------|---7-----------7-|
A-0------------7-|-6---------------|
E----------------|-----------------|

 Rhy Fig 3 (Dave Mustaine Used this again  in the intro to Hangar 18)                         
E-------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5-|
B-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|
G---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----| play this 4 times 
D-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|
A---------|---------|---------|---------|
E---------|---------|---------|---------|

E------------------|
B--1-------1-------|
G--2-------2-------| Play Four Times
D--2-------1-------| With Rhy Fig 2
A------------------|
E------------------|
 <<<<<MF   <<<<<<MF
 Swell w/Volume Knob.


Guitar III :
 
  D D D D  D D D D D D D D D D D\Sl.
PM----------------------------| 
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------------------------| Play Four Times With
D--------------------------| Rhy Fig 3 and guitar II
A--5-------7-------8-------|
E--------------------------|
  <<<<MF <<<<<<MF <<<<<MF

 Rhy Fig 4:
  A5         E5    D#5      E5 D#5 
                       	 						 Rhy Fig 5
E---------0------|---------0-------| 				|-----------------|------------------|
B-------0---0----|-------0---0-----|				|-----------------|------------------|
G-----5------5---|-----5-------5---|				|-------------9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-9/11-|
D---7------------|---7-----------7-| Play this 4 times	|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-9/11-|
A-0------------7-|-6---------------| With Rhy Fig 4		|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7/9--|
E----------------|-----------------|				|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------|
 PM---------------------------------|                        
  w/Distortion

  Rhy Fig 6:
  Dm           Dm(#5)       Dm6            Dm7

  Rhy Fig 7:
  Dm Dm Dm Dm  Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm6 Dm7 Dm7 Dm7 Dm7

E-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------5-|
B--------3----|--------3----|--------3----|--------3----|
G-----2-------|-----3-------|-----4-------|-----5-------| play this 4 times 
D--0----------|--0----------|--0----------|--0----------|
A-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 PM------------------------------------------------------|

w/Rhy Fig 4 & 5

A5    E5  D#5     E5  F#5  Play Four Times

w/Rhy Fig 6 & 7 (4 times ,fourth time with fill 1)

Fill 1
w/wah wah
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0h3p0h2p0--|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 8
 A5                   E5 D#5             E5      F#5
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------| play this  4 times
D----------------------9--8-----------8--9--9--9/11-|
A-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7/9--|
E-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------------|
                            PM---------|

w/Rhy Fig 6 (4 times ,fourth time fill 2)

Fill 2
w/Wah wah
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-h8p5h7p5h8p5h7p5/12p9h10p9h12p9h10p9/13p10h12p10h13p10h12p10/15p12h14p12hx\---|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------\--|
           
w/Rhy Fig 8 (4 times)

w/Rhy Fig (4 times, fourth time with fill 3)

Fill 3 
w/Wah wah                          pick slides
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0-----------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------x/--x/--x/--x/--x/--x/--x/--x/---|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 9

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  Play twice
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-2-----------0-----2--3--3-----------0--2--3--4-----------0-----2--3--5-----------3--2------|
E-0--0--0--0-----0--------1--1--1--1-----------2--2--2--2-----0--------3--3--3--3--------3---|
   PM-------|               PM------|            PM------|              PM--------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
D-7---7--9--10--9---7------7--9--10--9---7------7--9--10---9---7-------7--9--10------10----| Play this twice  with Rhy Fig 9
A----------------------8--------------------9---------------------10-----------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13--------|
G-/12~~-12--14--15---14---12-------12--14-15---14---12------12--14--15--14---12-------12--14--15------15----| Play this twice with 
D-----------------------------13~~~---------------------14~~---------------------15~~~----------------------| Rhy  Fig 9 B
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Rhy Fig B
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this twice
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-5-----------3-----5--6--6-----------3---5---6--7-----------------5--6--8-----------6--5------|
E-3--3--3--3-----3--------4--4--4--4-------------5--5--5--5--8--5-----------6--6--6--------6---|
    PM------|               PM------|              PM------|   PM          PM------|

 Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 8 (4 times)

  full/------------------------------------------|  full/---------------------------|  ½/-\       full       full      full        full
E-----------------------------------------------------20^-----20^----20^--(20)---20^---20^-----17---------------------------------------
B--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^-20^-20^-20^~~-20^-(20)p17-----------------------------------------------20^--20p17-20^--20p17-20^--20p17-20^-
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
        full      full       full       full
E----------------------------------------------------20-17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-20p17-20^--20p17-20^--20p17-20^--20p17-20^--20p17--------20-17----17-20-17-----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------19----------19-17----17-19-17-----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------19----------19-17----17-19-17-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19----------19-17-----17-19-17----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-----------20-

           w/Rhy Fig 6 (4 times)
E----------12-10-9----10-9-------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------12------12-10---12-10-9-12-10-9----10-9------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------11------11-9-13-11-9----11-9-------9-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------12------12-11---12-11-9-12-11-9----11-9-------9-----------------
A-17----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12------12-11---12-11-9-12-11-9-
E----17---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                               full   full  full    full  full|----\  grad release
                                                                             T      T      T      T      T          \Trill~~~~~~
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------5-7-7^--14p7^--15p7^--17p7^--15p7^--17p7^*-------5-(7)--------
D------------------------------------------------------4/5-7p5---5-7------------------------------------------------------------7--
A----11--9-------9-------------------------------4h5h7---------7-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-12-------12-10---12-10-9-12-10-9-x-4~~~~--h5h7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*=Pull off and bend simultaneously


     w/Rhy Fig 8 (4 times)
E-------------10/17-13----------10/17-13----------10/17-13----------10/17-13-----17-13----17-13----17-13----17-13----17-13----17-13-------
B----------10----------15----10----------15----10----------15----10----------15--------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-17-
G-------10----------------10----------------10----------------10--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--(7)/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

         /-------------------------------------------------------|
    full/                                             /----------\
E------20^--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^--20^-------------20-19-17-20-19-17-------17-19-19-17----17---19--17--19--17------19--17-
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-19-------------19---------------------20----------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                w/Rhy Fig 6 (4 times)
E------17~~~~~~--20p19p17-20p19p17-18p17p15-18p17p15-17p16p14-17p16p14-15p13p12-15p13p12-13p12p10-13p12p10-12p11p9-12p11p9-10p9p7-10p9p7-
B-20-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

																			T	   T    T
E-8p7p5-8p7p5--8--5-----5--8--5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------8-----------8--5-----5--8--5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------7-----------7--5-----5--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------7-----------7--5-----5--7--5-----5----------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------7-----7--5----------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7/8--5h8p5h8p5-10p8p5h8-10p8-10p8p5h8-
																			*
*=Tap w/edge of pick

  T    T                                 T     T          T     T          T     T         T     T       T      T    T       T     T
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------13p10-13p7h10p7-14p10-14p7-10-15p7h10-16p7-16p10p7-17p10-17p7h10p7
G----------------7--5-----5--7--5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------7-----------7/10--12p10-12p10p7h10-12p10-12p10p7/-------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-10p8-10p8p5h8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  T     T        T      T         T     T     T
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B-18p10-18p7h10-19p7h10-19p7h10p7-20p10-21p7-22p10-7-----|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------x\--|
A------------------------------------------------------\-|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 8 (4 times)

Rhy Fig 6 (4 times)


E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------| play this 4 times
D----------------------------------------------|
A-2-----------0-----2--3--3-----------0--2--3--|
E-0--0--0--0-----0--------1--1--1--1-----------|
   PM-------|               PM-------|

E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------| play this 4 times
A-4-----------2-----4--5--5-----------2--4--5--|
E-2--2--2--2-----2--------3--3--3--3-----------|
    PM------|               PM------|

E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------| play this 4 times
A-5-----------3-----5--6--6-----------3--5--6--|
E-3--3--3--3-----3--------4--4--4--4-----------|
    PM------|               PM------|

E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------| play this 4 times
D----------------------------------------------|
A-7-----------5-----7--8--8-----------5--7--8--|
E-5--5--5--5-----5--------6--6--6--6-----------|
    PM------|               PM------|

Rhy Fig 10
  A5      E5 D#5       A5          E5 D#5           A5      E5 D#5    A5         E5 D#5
                          Trem bar\\\\\\\\\2                          Trem bar\\\\\\\\\slack
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------0-------(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
D----------9---8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-7--------7---6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-5--------------------------------------------------------------------------0------(0)--------|


E---------0------|---------0-------|
B-------0---0----|-------0---0-----|
G-----5------5---|-----5-------5---| play this with Rhy Fig 10
D---7------------|---7-----------7-| (4 times)
A-0------------7-|-6---------------|
E----------------|-----------------|
PM----------------------------------|

                                           play 3 times
E-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------5-|		|-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-------3----(3)-------|
B--------3----|--------3----|--------3----|--------3----|		|--------3----|--------3----|--------3-------5-----------------|
G-----2-------|-----3-------|-----4-------|-----5-------| then 	|-----2-------|-----3-------|-----4-------4--------------------|
D--0----------|--0----------|--0----------|--0----------|		|--0----------|--0----------|--0-------------------------------|
A-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|		|-------------|-------------|----------------------------------|
E-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|		|-------------|-------------|----------------------------------|
 PM------------------------------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 11
  G5 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5   G5   E5   E5   E5           G5 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5   G5   E5    E5       end Rhy Fig 11 
                                     full                				    full
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------15^~~~~~~~~~~---|
G-------------------------------------14^~~~~~~~~--------------------------------------------------|   play 4 times
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-12-10h12p10-----10-----12----------------------------12-10h12p10-----10------12-----------------|
G-12-11h12p11-12--11-----12---10h12----7----9----------12-11h12p11-12--11------12---10h12---------| one Guitar Play This Twice
D-------------14--------------12h14----5----9----------------------14---------------12h14----9----| with Rhy Fig 11
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10---|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

																				
E-10--9h10p9-------9-----10-----------------------------10--9h10p9-------9------10-----------------|
B-12-10h12p10-12--10-----12---10h12----------8----------12-10h12p10-12--10------12---10h12---------|  Two Guitars Play This 
G-12-11h12p11-12--11-----12---10h12----11----9----------12-11h12p11-12--11------12---10h12----7----|  With Rhy Fig 11
D-------------14--------------12h14----12----9----------------------14---------------12h14----9----|
A--------------------------------------10-----------------------------------------------------10---|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

																	   rit.
E-10--9h10p9-------9-----10-----------------------------10--9h10p9-------9------10------------------------------------------------
B-12-10h12p10-12--10-----12---10h12----------8----------12-10h12p10-12--10------12---10h12-----------------7---7---(7)------------
G-12-11h12p11-12--11-----12---10h12----11----9----------12-11h12p11-12--11------12---10h12----7------------7---7---(7)-----7---7--
D-------------14--------------12h14----12----9----------------------14---------------12h14----9------------9---9---(9)-----9---9--
A--------------------------------------10-----------------------------------------------------10---------------------------5---5--
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------(7)---------------|
D---------(9)---------------|
A---------(5)---------------|
E---------------------------|
             >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Rhy Fig 1
   with

E-5---------------------------------6---------------------------------8---------------------------------5--6---
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

E-5---------------------------------6---------------------------------8---------------------------------5--6---
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rhy Fill 1						Rhy Fill 1
 Trill~~~~~~~~~~
E---5-(6)---------|-----------------|	E----5---------------5---------------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|	B-----------6-----------5---6--------------|
G-----------------|--drum-fill------|	G--------7--------7---------7--------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|	D--0-----------7------------0--------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|	A------------------------------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|	E------------------------------------------|

Tempo=90
												  w/Fill 4 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------||
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------||
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------||
D--7---5---7---3---7--10---7------(7)--------7---5---7---3---7--10---7---|--(7)---------------|--7-----7\---||
A--5---3---5---1---5---8---5------(5)--------5---3---5---1---5---8---5---|--(5)---------------|--5-----5\\--||
E--------------------------------------------------------------------/---|---/----------------|----------\--||
							                           /       /
											   /       /
Fill 4 

E-------------------------|-----------------||
B-------------------------|-----------------||
G-------------------------|-----------------||
D-------------------------|-----------------||
A-------------------------|-----------12\---||
E--3\1/3/5\3/5/6\5/6/8\6/8|/10--------10\\--||
   / / / / / / / / / / / /   /            \
   / / / / / / / / / / / /   /            
   / / / / / / / / / / / /   /            

"Place the pistol down, give the gun
a spin, soon as the spinning stops, 
now the game starts in." -Dave Mustaine