Enter Sandman - Verse & Chorus

Because most riffs in this song come in half a beat early rather than on the 1st beat of the bar there are repeat signs in places you would normally not have them. For example the "Verse" riff starts half a beat early and then repeat comes in half a beat early.

Take note of the palm muting in the verse (P.M.). Palm muting is where you place the underside of the palm of your hand on the strings near the bridge with your picking hand. This will deaden/mute the sound of the note.

Place you mouse over the tab below to see what fingers to use. As you can see it's the same as the fret numbers you're playing.

When playing the Pre-Chorus (or any riff in this song except the 1st intro riff) don't leave your fingers down, you want to sound out each note as a single note, not chords (don't be lazy).

Use common sense when it comes to finger positions, this riff is played over a 3 fret span so obviously use you 1st, 2nd & 3rd fingers. Start the pre-chorus riff off with your 1st finger.

At the end of riff 1 & 2 there are artificial harmonics played (A.H.5). These are a high pitch squeals made by fretting the notes normally and the harmonic is produced by adding the edge of the thumb to the normal picking attack. A high volume of distortion will allow for a greater variety of harmonics.

The 2nd time throught the main riff use "Riff 3" below.

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