Don't Tread on Me

Don't Tread on Me

written by Hetfield and Ulrich

as performed on Metallica





 Rhy. Fig 1---------------------------------------------------------------|

 12/8 time                              two guitars

 p.m. -|            p.m. -|             p.m. ------| (cont muting pattern)

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||------------------|------------------|-------9-9-9----------------------|

||------------------|------------------|-9-9-9-2-2-2--9/11----------------|

||-2-2-2-----2-2----|-2-2-2-----2-2----|-2-2-2--------2/4---12-----7------|          

||-0-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-0-----0-0----|---------------------5-----0------|



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||-------9-9-9-9/11------------------|------121212--11------------------|

||-9-9-9-2-2-2-2/4----13-------------|121212-5-5-5---4-----12-----------|

||-2-2-2---------------8-----9-------|-5-5-5----------------5-----12----|          

||---------------------------7-------|-----------------------------5----|



6/8 time             12/8 time

p.m.---------------| let ring--------------------------| w/Rhy Fig 1 (3x)

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||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||------------------|----9------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||---------10-10-10-|-9--2--9---------|(9)--------------|-----------------|

||10-10-10--3--3--3-|-2-----2---------|(2)--------------|-----------------|          

||-3--3--3----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



                     Rhy. Fig. 2

                     p.m.--|    p.m.---|    p.m.-----| (sim.)

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||------------------|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------|

||------------------|-2-2-2-1---3-2---2-1---3-|-2-2-2-1---3-2---3/5---3-|

||------------------|-0-0-0-----1-0---0-----1-|-0-0-0-----1-0---1/3---1-|

                                     (end Rhy Fig 2)  w/Rhy Fig 2 (2x)

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||-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------------|-----------------|

||-2-2-2-1---3-2---2-1---3-|-2-2-2-1---3-2---3/5---3-|-----------------|          

||-0-0-0-----1-0---0-----1-|-0-0-0-----1-0---1/3---1-|-----------------|



                   Riff A    w/slide

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||----------------|---------/12-\-11--9-|(9)----/12\11-9-9-|------/12-\-11-9-|

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||----------------|-0-------------------|------------------|-0---------------|

                    Don't tread on me



        (end Riff A)  Rhy Fig 3

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||(9)----/12\11-9-9-||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||------------------||--2-2-2----2--2---|-2-2-2----3--3---|-4-4-4----5--5---|          

||------------------||--0-0-0----0--0---|-0-0-0----1--1---|-2-2-2----3--3---|

                     Liberty or...



      (end Rhy Fig 3) w/Rhy Fig 2

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||---------------7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||-6-6-6----7--8-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|          

||-4-4-4----5--6---7-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                          Never begins...



                                       w/Rhy Fig 2 (1st 2 bars only)

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||------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------|

                               ...rage.                               Say, 

                                                    Rhy Fig 4

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||-------4---------------|-------2-----------------|-------------------------|

||-2-222-2-2-2-222-5-2-2-|-2-222-0-2-2-------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|          

||-0-000---0-0-000-3-0-0-|-0-000---0-0-6-0-5-0-3-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|

 don't tread on me                                              So  be  it



                                                        (end Rhy Fig 4)

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||---------------------2---|-8---8---8-8-8---8--8-|---------------2--3-|

||-2---2-2-2-2-2-------0---|-5---5---5-5-5---5--5-|-5---5-----6---0--1-|          

||-0---0-0-0-0-0---2-3-----|----------------------|-3---3-----4--------|

            threaten no more        to secure peace               war



 w/Rhy Fig 4 (1st 3 bars only)

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||--------------9---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||----------7/9-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5--5--5-5--5----|          

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--3-3--3----|



                        |--------------------------------------------------

                        |1.

                         w/Rhy Fig 2 & Riff A

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||-2-222-5-2-222-5-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|          

||-0-000-3-0-000-3-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



--------------------| |--------------------                 Guitar Solo

                    | |2.                              FINE|w/Rhy Fig 2 (2x)

                    | |                     6/8 time        12/8 time

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||------------------||---------------------|---------------|tr~~~tr~~~tr~~~tr~~|

||-----------------o||---------------------|---------------|12(0)11(0)12(0)11(0|

||-----------------o||---------------------|---------------|-------------------|

||------------------||-5-555-5---8--5---3--|---------------|-------------------|          

||------------------||-3-333-3---6--3---1--|---------------|-------------------|

                                         Don't tread on me!

                                                                         1/2

                                F    F                                     F

||--------------------------|-----------12--------F-12|----------------------

||---------------/12--11-10\|-15^--15^-----15-12--12--|-15-------------------

||-12-(0)-11-(0)------------|-------------------14^---|---12---------H---14^-

||--------------------------|-------------------------|-----14-12--12-14-14^-

||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------14----------          

||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------



                         1/2                           1/2

                   F       F    F    F           F       F    F    2

----P-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

(14)-12---------|---12---14^-----12-----------|---12---14^------12----------|

(14)-12---------|14^--12-14^--14^--14^-12~~~~~|14^--14-14^--14^--14^-12~~~~~|

---------14~~~~~|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|          

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       F      H P P       H P P    P           H P

||---15^--15141514121412------------------------------|----------------------

||----------------------14151412-1412\1012------------|14-12---14-12---14-12-

||----------------------------------------14-121412---|14-12---14-12---14-12-

||--------------------------------------------------14|-----14------14-------

||----------------------------------------------------|----------------------          

||----------------------------------------------------|----------------------



               P                                                     

------------|1712-12-12------------------------------------|----------------

------------|----------17-12-12-12-----P-------------------|----------------

------------|---------------------12-1712121212----P-------|----------------

-14-14~~~~~~|----------------------------------121712121212|-----------H----

------------|----------------------------------------------|12-17-12\1012-10          

------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------



                        H P  ph   P   p h      P  ph     H P

----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

----------------------|-----------------------------------------13------|

------------12--------|9129-----1310------11-129-------101310---13---14-|

---------------14~~~~\|----10910----111011------1091010------11---------|

---10--12/14----------|-------------------------------------------------|          

-12-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

                                                          H      F     F

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||-16-14----16-14----17-15----17-15----|---19----17-----1517---16^---17^--|

||-16-14----16-14----17-15----17-15----|16----19--------------------------|

||-------16-------16-------17-------17-|----------------------------------|

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     F

||-22^-------~~~~~--|-------------------------|-------------------------|

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||------------------|-------------------------|-------2-----------------|

||------------------|-2-222-5-2-2---222-5-2-2-|-2-222-0-2-2--P-----P----|          

||------------------|-0-000-3-0-0-0-000-3-0-0-|-0-000---0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-|



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||-------------------------|-------2-----------------|-----------------------|

||-2-222-5-2-2-2-222-5-2-2-|-2-222-0-2-2------P---P--|-2-222-5-2-2-2-222-5-22|          

||-0-000-3-0-0-0-000-3-0-0-|-0-000---0-0-6-0-5-0-3-0-|-0-000-3-0-0-0-000-3-00|



 Chorus

 w/Rhy Fig 4 

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||--------------9---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||----------7/9-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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          So be it        threaten...     to secure peace          ...war



 w/Rhy Fig 3      F             1/2  F

||------------------|-----------------|---H----------------|

||-----------F------|-----------17^15^|-1517----\-14-12-12-|

||-12---\----|\-----|-----------------|-----------14-12-12-|

||-12---\---14--12^-|(12)-------------|--------------------|

||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|          

||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

      Liberty or...



   1/2  1/2   1/2

     F    F     F          D.S. (take 2nd ending) al Fine

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||------------------------|-----------------|   ^^^

||-14^--14^---14^---12-\--|-------------9---|   What this means is go back to 

||-14^--14^---14^---12-\--|---------7/9-----|   the repeat, take 2nd ending

||------------------------|-----------------|   again, and then stop at Fine.

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                   tail.          So be it,