Low Man's Lyric - Metallica
Words and Music by Hetfield and Ulrich
Notes in () play very quietly
Intro (x2)
Enter synth (Riff B) on second time
1, 2, 3, 1 Humming..............................................
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Synth arranged for guitar
Riff A
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Riff B
«My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins»
A G D/A E G
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Riff B
«Theres a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain»
A G D/A E G
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Riff C
«I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away»
H P
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Riff C
«So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins»
H P
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Riff D
«The thrash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm»
Am Em Am Em
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Riff E
«And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn»
Am G C B
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Riff D
«So as i write to you
Of what is done and to do»
Am Em Am Em
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Riff E
«Mabye you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low mans is due ......... Please forgive me»
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Riff F
«My eyes seek reality
my fingers feel for faith »
Riff F
A G D/A E G
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Riff F
«Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste»
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Am G F F+4
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Riff G
«So low the sky is all I see»
Am G F F+4
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Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff F
And I cry, to the alley way
Confess all to the rain
Riff F
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I've broken, to match my face
Riff D
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
Riff E
And I can't bare to see
What I've let me be
So wicked and worn
Riff D
So as I write to you (yeah)
Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Riff E
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Riff G
Riff G
So low the sky is all I see
Riff G
All I want from you is forgive me
Riff G
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Riff G
Though he just wants right back out again
Riff B
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Outro
Humming.........................................fade out
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Play this with the strings completely muted and pluck the stings
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