written by Metallica as performed live with the San Francisco Symphony on S&M tab by Phil Boyle; phil@encycmet.com There are two ways to tune the guitar to play this song. The way the band has it tuned (or at least James) on the S&M video is: Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb (Dropped D down 1/2 step). The song can also be played in standard C# tuning. Music theory lesson for today: C# and Db are the same note. Tuning #1 low to high Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb (Dropped Db tuning) 1) Gb------------------------------------------- Db---------------5-0-3---------7-6-0-2-3-3--0 Ab---------------5-0-3---------7-6-0-2-3-3--0 Db--0--0-7~~0-6~~5-0-3---0-0-0-7-6-0-2-3-3--0 2) Gb----------------------- ---------- Db--------------6-7-6-5-0 three -3-5-3-2-0 Ab--------------6-7-6-5-0 times -3-5-3-2-0 Db--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0 then -3-5-3-2-0 3) Gb----------------------------------------------------------------- Db--0--0--3--3--5--5--0-----------6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7 Ab--0--0--3--3--5--5--0-----------6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7 Db--0--0--3--3--5--5--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7 "Don't you leave me father time" Tuning #2 down 1 1/2 steps (C# tuning) low to high C#, F#, B, E, G#, c# 1) E--------------------------------------------- B---2------------7---5---------------4-5--5--2 F#--2------------7---5---------9-7---4-5--5--2 C#--0--0-7~~0-6~~5-0-3---0-0-0-7-6-0-2-3--3--0 pm.... . ....... 2) E------------------------ ---------- B---------------8-9-8-7-2 three -5-7-5-2-2 F#--------------8-9-8-7-2 times -5-7-5-4-2 C#--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0 then -3-5-3-2-0 3) E------------------------------------------------------------------ B---2--2--5--5--7--7--2-----------8-9-8-7-2--2--5--5--7--7--9-9-9-9 F#--2--2--5--5--7--7--2-----------8-9-8-7-2--2--5--5--7--7--9-9-9-9 C#--0--0--3--3--5--5--0---0---0---6-7-6-5-0--0--3--3--5--5--7-7-7-7 "Don't you leave me father time." verse