Low Man’s Lyric
By Metallica
>From Re-Load
Low Man Lyric
Tab by Travis Niesen

Tune Down Half Step

Riff 1 (Intro and Verse)

e——-0—————–0————–0————0——-0——–
B———2—————-2———–3—3————0——-0——
G————2—————-0——2———2———————–
D—2——————0———–0———————————–
A-0——————2————————————————-
E—————–3——————————–0——-3———–

My eyes seek reality

Riff 2
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bear to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn

So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
cause low man is due please forgive me!!!!

Strum Chords from riff 1

Riff 2

Strum chrods from riff 1

Riff 3

e———————————————————————-
B——-1————-0—————–0——————————
G—–2—2———2—2——–2–0h2—2—————————-
D—2————-2—————————————————-
A-0————-0——————————————————
E—————————-1—————————————–

Strum chrods from riff 1

Riff 2

Strum chrods from riff 1

Riff 3

End with riff 1

Well that’s it!!! I beleive this is one of the best ones on
Re-load and I hope METALLICA decides to do more of them. Anyways, the
song is all there so have fun with it.
Travis Niesen

Slither
As recorded by Metallica on “Reload”

Transcription by Matt Rasmussen
PLEASE send any comments to mattrasmussen@mail.utexas.edu

All guitars tune down 1 half step – Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

H hammer on
P Pull off
B Bend
p.m. palm mute
sim. similar – play the rest of the notes with similar style

Intro

Guitar I
“Don’t go looking…” “Don’t set…” “Haven’t I seen you….”

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

Guitar II

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

Guitar I

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---------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--8-----5------
---7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----8-----5------
---0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0-----6--0--3--0---

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. sim.
Guitar II

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------------------------------2--------------------------9--8--7------
------------------------------2--------------------------9--8--7------
------------------------------0--------------------------7--6--5--0---

Guitar I
Riff A

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---------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--8-----5------
---7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----8-----5------
---0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0-----6--0--3--0---

Guitar II

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---------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--9--8--7------
---7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----9--8--7------
---0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0-----7--6--5--0---

Guitar I
“Ohhh, watch the puppets dancin’ …..”
Riff B

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---2---5-----7--8--5--8--2---5------7--8--5--8--2---5------7--8--5--8--2---
5---8---5--4--2---
---2---5-----7--8--5--8--2---5------7--8--5--8--2---5------7--8--5--8--2---
5---8---5--4--2---
---0---3--0--5--6--3--6--0---3---0--5--6--3--6--0---3---0--5--6--3--6--0---
3-0-6---3--2--0---

Guitar II

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---2---5-----------------2---5------------------2---5------------------2---
5---8---5--4--2---
---2---5-----------------2---5------------------2---5------------------2---
5---8---5--4--2---
---0---3--0--5--6--3--6--0---3---0--5--6--3--6--0---3---0--5--6--3--6--0---
3-0-6---3--2--0---

Guitar I
“See you crawlin’……”
Riff C

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-----3--x-x------3--x--x------3--x-x------3--x--x---------
-----3--x-x------3--x--x------3--x-x------3--x--x---------
---0-1--x-x--x-0-1--x--x--x-0-1--x-x--x-0-1--x--x--0--0---

Guitar II

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-----3-----------3------------3-----------3---------------
-----3-----------3------------3-----------3---------------
---0-1---------0-1----------0-1---------0-1--------0--0---

Guitar I

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-----3--x-x------3--x--x------3--x-x------3--x--x-------------
-----3--x-x------3--x--x------3--x-x------3--x--x-------------
---0-1--x-x--x-0-1--x--x--x-0-1--x-x--x-0-1--x--x--0--0---0---

Guitar II
Tremolo picking………………………..

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---5-----------6------------8------------10-------------------
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Guitar I
“Don’t go looking for snakes you……”
Riff D

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

Guitar II

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

Guitar I
“haven’t i seen you..” “there ain’t no…”

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---7-6-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-------2-------2--4-3-2--4-2-----
---7-6-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-------2-------2--4-3-2--4-2-----
---5-4-3-3-3-3-2-1-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--2-1-0--2-0-----
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Guitar II

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

Guitar I
Riff E

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--------5--7B--5---------------5--7B--5--------------5--7B--5--8-----5----

–

-----/7------------7--------/7------------7-------/7------------8-----5----

[–]

---0------------------0--0-------------------0--0---------------6--0--3--0-

[–]
Guitar II

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[–]

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--------5--7B--5---------------5--7B--5--------------5--7B--5-------------

–

-----/7------------7--------/7------------7-------/7------------7----------

[–]

---0------------------0--0-------------------0--0------------------0--0--0-

[–]

Solo:
Play this a whole bunch of times

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--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
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then play riff Riff B a couple of times.

Outro Solo:

Guitar I

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---------5--7-----------5--7-----------5--7-----------5---
---7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7-----------7-/7------
---0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0------

Guitar I
Riff F

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---5-5-5-5-4-3-2-------2-------2--4-3-2--4-2-----
---5-5-5-5-4-3-2-------2-------2--4-3-2--4-2-----
---3-3-3-3-2-1-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--2-1-0--2-0-----
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Here are the Riffs with the song.

Intro:
Don’t go looking for snakes you might find them
Don’t send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven’t I seen you here before ?

Riff B:
Ohhh, watch the puppets dancin’
Yeah, see the clowns fall down
Hey, tie your tap shoes tightly
Yeah, and wear them into town

Riff C:
See you crawlin’…
See you crawlin’ in…

RIff D:
Don’t go looking for snakes you might find them
Don’t send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven’t I seen you here before ?
There ain’t no heroes here…no….no more

Hey hey hey
Riff B:
Oooh, play the game so nicely
Oh, check, its your move now
Yeah, we’re standing in this jungle
Yeah, with serpents I have found

Riff C:
See you crawlin’…
See you crawlin’ in…

Riff D:
Don’t go looking for snakes you might find them
Don’t send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven’t I seen you here before ?
Have your heroes disappeared?

Solo

Riff C:
See you crawlin’….
See you crawlin’ in….

Riff D:
So don’t go looking for snakes you might find them
Don’t send your eyes to the sun you might blind them
Haven’t I seen you here before ?
No there ain’t no heroes here…….no no

Outro:
Haven’t I seen you here before ?
No there ain’t no heroes here.

Don’t go looking for snakes you might find them…
Haven’t I seen you here before?
Have your heroes disappeared?

Don’t send your eyes to the sun you might blind them…
James plays Riff E a couple times here.