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The Four Horsemen

Tonalidad G Dificultad Intermedio

The story behind

Metallica wrote The Four Horsemen as the second song on their album Kill 'Em All. The lyrics, which speak about the end of the world and the Apocalypse, are based on the four horsemen from the book of Revelation. The original song was called The Mechanix, and was written when Dave Mustaine was part of the band. After Mustaine left, the song was renamed Mechanix for the first Megadeth album. Later, James Hetfield rewrote the lyrics and Kirk Hammett added a guitar solo in the middle. That part was only played in a few concerts, such as at the Lyceum in London or at the Orion Music & More festival. The song also appeared in X-Men: Apocalipsis and in Stranger Things. Many fans see it as a metaphor about the band itself, as if they were the horsemen of the Apocalypse. ↓ Skip to chords
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Intro
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B|-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---7-5--| |----------------------------------------------------------5h7--|
A|--3-5-5-3--| |--7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-----5h7------|
E|----3------| |--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---7-6-0---0---0---0---7-6----------|
Verse
E|---------------------------| |-------||-------||----------------|
B|---------------------------| |-------||-------||----------------|
G|---------------------------| |-------||-------||----------------|
D|--------9-------9-------9--| |--7-7--||--5-7--||--12-9-5---7-5--|
A|--------7-------7-------7--| |--5-5--||--3-5--||--10-7-3-5-5-3--|
E|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----| |-------||-------||---------3------|
Chorus
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-7-7-5-5-4-----9-9-7-7-4-5-4-5--|
Bridge
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------10/9-9-------------10-10--|
A|------------------------8/7-9--------------8--8--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-5---5----------------------7-5---5-----------|
E|------7---7-5-7-5-3-5-3-0--5-3-----7---7-5-7-----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-6-7----------3-2-0-2-------5---6---7--------|
A|--3-4-5------0-2---------------3---4---5--------|
E|---------0-0-------------0-0-0---0---0----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------4---------2---------4----------2----------|
D|--2-2---2---------2---------2----------2--------|
A|----------2-5-5-----5-3-3-----3-2-2------2------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Solo
E|----------------------------------------15b17--15--12--15--14~-------|
B|---15b17--15b17---15b17r15---15--12--15------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----7------------9---7---------------10--9--7------------------------|
B|--------10---7------------10--9--8----------------7h10------7h10-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------7-7--7--------7-7----------7-7-7-----|
B|----------------------------------------7-7--7--------7-7----------7-7-7-----|
G|----9--7--6h7--6-----------------7/9-------------7/9-----------7/9-----------|
D|------------------7----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------7~~------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10b12--10p7-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------9--7------7--9b11--9p7------7~~-----------------------|
D|---------------------9----------------9------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------7--8p7------7--8--8/10--10/12--12/14--14/15--15~~|
B|----7---8---7-------7---8---7h8p7------7--8--10----------10--------------------------------------|
G|---------------9-------------------9-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--17b19-17b19-15-17p15-14-15p14\12-14p12--|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
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E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15-14-12-14-12-10-12-10-8-10-8---8-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------9---9-7-9-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------9---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------10-17---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------10-7-7--|
E|----------------------------------------------12----12------|
B|--------------------8---8-10-8-10-12-10-12-15----15---------|
G|--------7---7-9-7-9---9-------------------------------------|
D|--9-7-9---9-------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--15p2-12-12-15p12-12-12-12-15p12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15p12--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------15-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--15p12-12h15p12----12-15p12-12--|
B|-----------------15--------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
B|--------15-------------------15----------------15-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----14-12---------12h14-12p11h12p11----11----------------------------|
D|-----------14-12---------------------14----14--12p11h12p11\9--11p9\7--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Solo
E|---------------------------------------12-15-12----12-17-12----|
B|--------------------------------14--15----------15----------15-|
G|-----------------------14----14--------------------------------|
D|--------------14----13----12-----------------------------------|
A|-----14----13----12--------------------------------------------|
E|--13----12-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----12-15-12----12-17-12----12-15-12----12-17-12----12-15-12----12-17-12-----|
B|--15----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----12-15-12----12-17-12----12-15-12----12-17-15----12-15-12----12-17-12------|
B|-15----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
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A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15p14p12------------15p14p12----12----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------14----14-12-14-12----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------14-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------18-18-18-18-18-18h21p18--21b-21b-|
G|-----------------------12----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------12-14-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------12-14-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--12-14-15-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--18-20-21-20-18----19------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------21----21-20-21-20-18---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-------------------17-----------15-----------17--------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
From the album
Kill ’Em All

Kill ’Em All

Metallica · 2016 · Track 0

Details
Tonalidad G
Duración 7:12
Compositor Dave Mustaine / James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich
Álbum Kill ’Em All
Año 2016
ISRC USEE19900912
Credits
Música Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
Did you know
Aphrodite's Child released "The Four Horsemen" in 1972, within the album 666. The song follows the same idea as the album: it is based on the Book of Revelation. It is one of the most played songs on soft rock radio. The lyrics move between the religious and the apocalyptic, as if telling a story of the end of the world. The band gets into the theme with a soundtrack that mixes psychedelic rock and darker elements. The song doesn't just stay on the idea, but lives it, as if recording a scene from a movie.

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