The Call of Ktulu (originally "When Hell Freezes Over") by Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, and Mustaine Track no.8 - Ride the Lightning Dm Bb-dim C Dm || 2x| 2x| 2x| 2x|| ||---5---------5---|---6---------6---|---8----------8---|---5---------5-- ||-------6---5---6-|-------6-------6-|-------8--------8-|-------6-------6 ||-----7-----------|-----7-----9-----|-----9------9-----|-----7-----7---- ||-0-------7-------|-0-------8-------|-0-------10-------|-0-------7------ ||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------- ||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------- rhythm figure 1(clean tone 2x) Am-sus2 Eb-dim6 || 4x|| ||---------0------|---------0-------|| ||-------0---0----|-------0---0-----|| ||-----5------5---|-----5-------5---|| ||---7------------|---7-----------7-|| ||-0------------7-|-6---------------|| ||----------------|-----------------|| rhythm figure 2(clean) Dm Dm-aug Dm-6 Dsus7 || 5x|| ||-------1-|-------1-|-------1-|-------5-|| ||-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|-----3---|| ||---2-----|---3-----|---4-----|---5-----|| ||-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|| ||---------|---------|---------|---------|| ||---------|---------|---------|---------|| rhythm figure 3(still clean) repeat rhythm figure 1 second time with distortion D5 A5 Ab5 A5 B5 || || ||--------------|------------------|| ||--------------|------------------|| ||--------------|-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. |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- |---------------|-------------------------------------------------------- | KEEP WORKING AL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | | |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---------------------------------| |-12-10-94-0-5-7------------|-------------------------------------| 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).