Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

Metallica
"Nothing Else Matters"
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammet)


Arranged for single accoustic guitar.

p = pull off
h = hammering
~ = vibrato/hold note
x = this string is not played
()= notes in brackets are played very softly
v = downstroke
^ = upstroke

Standard Tuning (E;A;D;G;B;e)

Intro (clean)

e---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------


e---7-7------7p0---------7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5p0------------------
B-------0--------0-------------------------5----5-7p5~-p0---
G---------0--------0---0---------------------5--------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------0--------------
E-----0--------------0--------------------------------------

                                                                     
e---------0-----------------3-----p0-----------5-----p0----------12-----------
B-------5----5--5--5----5-----5-------7----7-----7------------12----(12)------
G-----5------5--5--5--5---5-----5-----7--7---7-----7-------12-----------(12)--
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---0--------0--2--3------------------5---------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------0--------------------


e---------0-----------0-----------0----------------
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0--------------
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0-------0------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0-----------0(heavy)---


Let the heavy-played ‚0' on the E-string ring and continue with this
Note that there's no break between the ‚0' and this...

e--------(0)-----------------------(0)-----------------
B---------8-------7------5----------8-------7------5---
G-------9---------7------5--------9---------7------5---
D-----9---------7------5--------9---------7------5-----
A---7---------5------3--------7---------5------3-------
E---------------------------0--------------------------

                                                                    Em
e-----------7----5--------3--------3--------2--------------0--------0---
B-----------8------7--------5--------3--------4----------0---0------0---
G---------9----------7--------5--------4--------2-(p0)-0-------0----0---
D-------9-----------------------------------------------------------2---
A-----7--------------------------3--------2-------------------------2---
E---0----------5--------3----------------------------0-----------0--0---


Wow! That's it with the intro. After a moment of silence and a stupid
conversation, they play this...


Verse (still clean)
                   D  D  D  C
e-------------3p0--2--2--2--0--- R
B-----------0------3--3--3--1--- E
G---------0--------2--2--2--0--- P
D------------------0--0--0--2--- E
A------------------x--x--x--3--- A
E---3-2-0----------x--x--x--x--- T this through the whole verse.
                   v  ^  v

          So close, no matter how far...


End of verse
                     Em
e-------------0------0---
B-----------0---0----0---
G---------0-------0--0---
D--------------------2---
A--------------------2---
E---3-2-0------------0---

...else matters


After the 3rd verse, they play this

                     C  A  D  D      D D D D D D  C  A  D D
e-------------0------0--0--2--2--|---2-2-2-2-2-2--0--0--2-2---|---
B-----------0---0----1--2--3--3--|---3-3-3-3-3-3--1--2--3-3---|---
G---------0-------0--0--2--2--2--|°--2-2-2-2-2-2--0--2--2-2--°|---
D--------------------2--2--0--0--|°--0-0-0-0-0-0--2--2--0-0--°|---
A--------------------3--0--x--x--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--3--0--x-x---|---
E---3-2-0------------x--x--x--x--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x-x---|---
                     v  v  v  ^      ^ v ^ v ^ v  v  v  v ^
...else matters                    never cared for what they...
                        Repeat this, till...


    D D D D
e---2-2-2-2--2-------
B---3-3-3-3----3-----
G---2-2-2-2------2---
D---0-0-0-0----------
A---x-x-x-x----------
E---x-x-x-x----------
    ^ v ^ v
...but I know...


That's the point when James plays the small clean solo (as described beneath).
In the background Kirk plays the ‚verse'.


James' Solo (clean)

e---12-----14-----15-----17-----8-----8---------------8-------
B------12-----12-----12-----12----5-----5-------5---5---5-----
G-----------------------------------5-----5---5---5-------5---
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------0-----------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------


e---0------0----0------0----7-7~--7-7~--- (you can also play
B-----1------1----3------0---------------  --12-12~--12-12~-- here)
G-------0-----------2--------------------
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------- Play the solo 2 times.


Then they play the ‚verse' and the ‚chord thing' which they've played
after the 3rd verse.

After the verse Kirk plays in the background something like that:
(Instead of the distortion, play the chords heavy!!)

       Em Em Em Em Em Em Em D  D  D  C
e--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0---|--
B--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--1---|--
G--|°--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0--°|--
D--|°--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--2--°|--
A--|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x--x--x--3---|--
E--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x--x--x--x---|--
       v  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v                                       

And James plays his distorted solo.
You wonder where James' solo is ? Well, I don't know.
I couldn't figure it out (sorry). But on accoustic guitar it sounds shit
anyway. If someone has a good interpretation of the solo,
please mail it to me!! Or you take the solo from the original version, which


At the end of the song, Kirk plays (clean again):

e---------0-----------0-----------0----7-7-----7p0-----------
B-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0------0-------0---------
G-----0-------0---0-------0---0--------------0-------0---0---
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E---0-----------0-----------0------------0-------------0-----



e--|--7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5-p0-0-----0-----------0-----|--
B--|-------------------------0---0-------0---0---|--
G--|°----------------------0-------0---0--------°|--
D--|°-------------------------------------------°|--
A--|---------------------------------------------|--
E--|---------------------0-----------0-----------|-- Repeat this and end on...


e---7-8-7h8p7p5-7p5-p0-0---
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--------------------------
E--------------------------