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Metallica-Enter Sandman - BPM - 99

[Intro- No drums]
[E]

[Chug section - Just bass drum]
[E5] Random stabs then build on bass drum to riff

[Riff 1 - Full drums]
[E5] [E5] ([A#]) [Asus2] x 3
[G Riff 1]
(repeat)

[Verse 1]
[E5/Em]
Say your prayers, little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone [G Riff 1]
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
'Til the sandman, he comes [G Riff 2]

[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times]
[F#m] [B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open
[F#m] [B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight

[Chorus]
[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m] [B5]
En [F#m] [B5] ter [E5]night
[F#m] Take [B5] my 
Hand [E5] (stop)
Off to never never land

[Riff 1]
[E5] [E5] ([A#]) [Asus2] x 3
[G Riff 1]
(repeat)

[Verse + Verse Riff]
[E5] Somethings wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of Snow White [G Riff 1]
[E5] Dreams of war, dreams of liars
Dreams of dragon's fire
And of things that will bite [G Riff 2]

[Prechorus]
[F#m] [B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open
[F#m] [B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight

[Chorus]
[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m] [B5]
En [F#m] [B5] ter [E5]night
[F#m] Take [B5] my 
Hand [E5] (stop)
Off to never never land

[Bridge - over E riff - played lightly?]
Now I lay me down to sleep
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
I pray the Lord my soul to take

[F#m Riff]
Hush, little baby, don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head

[Chorus]
[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m] [B5]
En [F#m] [B5] ter [E5]night
[F#m]Grain [B5] of [E5]sand [B5]

[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m] [B5]
En [F#m] [B5] ter [E5]night
[F#m] Take [B5] my 
Hand [E5]

[Riff and then repeat chorus until you end it]

[E5] (stop)
Off to never never land
[End]
[Notes]

[Intro - BPM 123 - No drums for first 4 then bass drum on all beats for next 4]
e|---0------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5~~~~~~~----------------5----------------------| x 8 total
A|-------7----------0------------7-----------0--7-----------|
E|---0----------6~~~~~-------0-----------6(ring)------------|

[Then variation on intro riff with bass drum - fuller riff - with random stabs]

[FULL DRUMS - Full intro riff with G to F# section with full drums x 2]

[Full Intro Riff - Fuller chords for acoustic]
<-------3x------------->
e|-0----0-----0--------0-|----------------------------------|
B|-0----0-----0--------x-|----------------------------------|
G|-x----x-----0---3----2-|----------------------------------|
D|-2----2-----2---x----2-|----------------------------------|
A|-2----2-----2---1----0-|-----5------4-------4---5---4-----|
E|-0----0----(3)--0----x-|-----3---0--2---0---2---3---2-----|

[Verse Riff]
e|-0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-x--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3----|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1----|

[G Riff 1]
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--X-----4-----4--5--4--2--|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--X--0--2--0--2--3--2--0--|

[G Riff 2]
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--X-----4-----4--5--4--5--|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--X--0--2--0--2--3--2--3--|

[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times]
[F#m]
Sleep with one eye open etc
e|---------------     ---------------
B|---------------     ---------------
G|---------5s4---     --------------
D|--4------5s4--- x 3 4--------------
A|--4------3s2---     4--4--4--4--2--3--4-
E|--2------------     2--2--2--2--0--1--2-
Dr  B xxS      S      S  S  S  S  S  B  S  B  B - F#5 starts on offbeat but bass drum does not follow 

[Chorus - F# with some E5 at end of some phrases - Play 355 with upstroke so can really hammer this]
[use fretting finger to mute any string as necessary above the fretted string]
[F#m]Exit light
e|--2------------------|
B|--2------------------|
G|--x----------5-s-4---|
D|--4----------5-s-4---|
A|--4----------3-s-2---|
E|--2------------------|
Enter [E5]night 
e|--2-----------------0|
B|--2-----------------0|
G|--x----------5-s-4--x|
D|--4----------5-s-4--2|
A|--4----------3-s-2--2|
E|--2-----------------0|
[F#m] Take my [E5]hand
e|--2-----------------0|
B|--2-----------------0|
G|--x----------5-s-4--x|
D|--4----------5-s-4--2|
A|--4----------3-s-2--2|
E|--2-----------------0|
[Drums and music stop]
We're off to never-never land


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Backstreet Boys-I Want It That Way - BPM - 99

[Intro - No drums]
[Em] [Em] [C] [G]
 yeah
[Em] [Em] [C] [G]
 
[Verse]
You are [Em] my [C] fire [G] 
The one [Em] desi [C] re [G] 
Believe [Em] when [C] I [G] say
[Em] I want [Em] it [D] that [G] way (drums in)
But we [Em] are [C] two [G] worlds a [Em] part
Can't [C] reach [G] to your [Em] heart
When [C] you [G] say
That [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
 
[Chorus]
Tell me [C] why
(Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache)
Tell me [C] why
(Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) 
(Tell me [C] why)
I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say
( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
 
[Verse]
Am I [Em]       your [C] fi [G] re
Your one [Em]        des [C] ire [G] 
Yes I [Em] know, it's [C] too [G] late
But [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
 
[Chorus]
Tell me [C] why
(Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache)
Tell me [C] why
(Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) 
(Tell me [C] why)
I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say
( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
 
[Bridge]
[Em] Now I can see that we're fa [G/D] lling apart
From the [C] way that it used to [Am] be, ye [D] ah
No ma [Em] tter the distance I [G/D] want you to know
That [C] deep down inside of [D] me... (Drums stop)
 
[Verse]
You are [Em]      my [C] fire [G] 
The one [Em]      desi [C] re [G]
(* higher, ** even higher) 
You [C] are
*You are, *you [D] are, (goes higher) you [G] **are are
[Em] 
 
[Chorus]
[D] (stop) Don't wanna hear you (full drums)
[D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache
[D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mist [F#m] take
[D] I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say
[F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
 
[Chorus]
Tell me [D] why
Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache
Tell me [D] why
Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take
Tell me [D] why
I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say
[F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way

Tell me [D] why
Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache
[D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take
Tell me [D] why
I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say (drums stop)
[F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way

Cause, [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way

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