Metallica - The Call of Ktulu - Guitar Tab | Lesson | Cover | Tutorial

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0:00 A
1:51 B
3:16 C
3:30 D
3:44 E
3:58 F - Solo
4:54 G
5:08 H
5:22 I
5:36 J
5:50 K
6:01 L
6:11 M
6:25 N
6:56 O
7:23 P
7:56 Q
8:29 R

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

This early Metallica song has Mustaine and Burton written all over it. Awesome instrumental. Ride the Lightning is my favourite Metallica album overall. I love how Kirk doubled the leads on most of his songs back then. For this one I used several different live performance videos to help figure out who plays what. Kirk plays some parts differently and I tried to highlight that with the Charvel. For the solo, Kirk plays the arpeggios in an uncommon way but I duplicated that as best I could. For the descending scalar run, it’s a little unclear what happens position wise because the live performances are a bit spotty for this part, either the camera wasn’t on Kirk or he just goes off on the wah. So I tried to play this part as logically as I could. Kirk gets a lot of flak but he was on fire on this album. James slightly switches up how the clean outro is played. It’s almost exactly like the first time but there is a different note being played. Hope you enjoy digging into this one!

[@ibapofficial]

Mr tabs

[@oli9881]

the very end of A (60) sounds like the intro to hangar 18

[@allboutthemojo]

You've got amazing skills to be able to learn this and so many other's perfectly 👌

[@ethanhunt5961]

Merci beaucoup pour vos efforts, votre talent, votre passion qui est partagé avec la communauté de musiciens. Peut-on voir un jour une chaine KZbin Mr. Tabs pour guitare bass avec cette même qualité ? Merci infiniment.

[@Markleadguitar]

Oh yeah. If you strum those ascending arpeggiated chords, they're the into to Hangar 18, which I'm sure you know... but it's very interesting how you have two absolute classics with the same shord structure and they sound so different.

[@JRon_Music]

Thanks for this Hangar 18 cover.

[@emilioooooooooooooo]

I didn't realize how similar they were until I saw the tabs!

[@morningstar3188]

Like all die hard Metallica/Megadeth fans, i get it, but Ktulu>hangar 18 still 😂

[@AcidifiedMammoth]

​@@morningstar3188Disagree. Both are pretty good and not comparable in what they're trying to achieve imo.

[@mastermckado6196]

After all Dave wrote the ktulu intro, I think, correct me if I'm wrong

[@BromanderInChief]

@@mastermckado6196pretty much the intro, that’s it. Specifically the 2nd part of the intro that leads into the distorted section

[@konstantinosrodopoulos9454]

who doesnt love a metallica cover

[@VEV-cu6no]

Dave mustaine

[@outrider18]

@@VEV-cu6no xD

[@avysri]

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[@KadenLevon]

Mr tabs! A couple years ago I saw your videos and thought it was so cool. I wanted to play just like your videos. So I dedicated a lot of time and I’ve come very far thanks to your inspiration and help! Never stop making these 🤘

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

Rock on!

[@nelloV-iz1ei]

You inspire me too to progress in guitar. I was only doing the accoustic one, until I saw your videos that make me more curious, and that's how I'm now able to play tornado of souls, and ride the lightning(with the solos)🤘

[@thelolguy007]

It’s gotten to the stage that I won’t learn a song until you cover it 🤣🤷‍♂️. Love your videos. The format is the best 🙌🎸

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

Glad to help!

[@benkogan1579]

My favorite Megadeth song!

[@TheNyxCabin]

Chill out. Dave only wrote the chord progression.

[@simonyu3240]

😂😂😂

[@TheNyxCabin]

@@_LuxStein fr

[@Grooby__]

sigh theres always that one Dave fan

[@TheNyxCabin]

@@Grooby__ yeah

[@mattevans060972]

What only nine minutes long and published 11 days after the last video? Mr Tabs is slacking again.

[@laffelson4549]

"Only 9 minutes long"

[@zeevrucht6042]

@@laffelson4549nice pfp

[@jeffher23]

Yeah this is as easy as click record, nailing the tone and the song on one run and randomly smashing a keyboars to get an accurate tab.

[@Skurvybirdy]

lol. smh mr tabs its really not cool to upload a high quality video 11 days after the last one came out.

[@primushimself604]

I hope this was a sarcastic comment.

[@user-jj4mk5ld3y]

I have been watching you since 2021, To see how much you have grown is pure bliss. Thank you for these covers

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@ibapofficial]

@@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons new songs needed

[@DavidLivorsi]

Awesome! I've been wanting this song. One of the all-time great metal instrumentals!

[@HammerTheChord]

Nice! I’ve been waiting for this from you for a while. Now I gotta learn it.

[@dabois6890]

Been waiting for this one for so long! Finally!

[@iruhigashikata]

FINALLY, I CAN PLAY THIS BANGER

[@salvadoralvarezmcanally8626]

My friend!!! The tone. The tempo the everything just perfect!!! Abrazo Mexicano!!! 🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻

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[@dunguete6666]

That's what I needed to hear today, thanks Mr Tabs

[@kaerdehilt]

video i've been looking for

[@metalrockpunk]

Awesome cover, I've been waiting for this one.

[@shadicgamer2124]

finally this awesome instrumental of all time❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@TheNyxCabin]

Awaited this one!

[@HammerFang]

Yesterday I started reading Call of Cthulhu for the first time (novel), now this... It's a sign

[@TheRichie213]

Awesome!!! Great choice!

[@PawpawJamz]

Absolute perfection. One of their best. 🍻

[@Matt-tw3oz]

Fantastic cover! I did not see this one coming. Excellent choice!

[@PearlJamaholic]

One of my favorite Metallica tunes, I never had the patience to sit down and try to learn this since the opening riff always gave me such a tough time for some reason. This has inspired me to pick up the guitar and practice this until I finally nail this song.

[@alexkarthick]

Beautiful! ❤

[@MetalCorpss]

Metallica!! Great intro. The clean tone sounds exactly the same as the original!

[@GameOverAus]

AMAZING 🤘

[@gabonpvp2367]

This man the goat for doing this bro

[@raysheppard2214]

Sick playing dude

[@user-rc7wm7ib5e]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT PLAYING (MR.TABS) I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUR EXCELLENT TEACHING 🎸🎼🎶👍😎THANKS YOUR A TRUE MUSICIAN 🎸🎼🎶.BOB!!!

[@FrostGalactic]

You're the best !

[@thibautlebel2159]

Wonderful, thank you !

[@Mycatisweird]

Thanks for the vid

[@lovenailpolish3]

This is awesome, love it thank you!

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

Glad you like it!

[@Snake-filledChimp]

Ahh, back when Metallica used to make great interesting, great music. Those were the days. Killer playing 👌

[@ZER0X_ZR]

Mr tabs a year ago i tasked myself to learn to play guitar its been an amazing journey thank you

[@facundodominguez3762]

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[@violetabadjakova]

Really cool with the violin effect! Awesome cover!

[@hammingus]

YES!!! That's just freakin' awesome!! A HUGHE THANKS!

[@philipvargas2605]

Grave Cthulhu devour me... I've been playing the main riff (bar 68) wrong for YEARS! Love your stuff as always man.

[@yasmeenpulido28]

It sounds just like the instrumental! Amazing! 😃

[@mariopflaum9990]

Great Song, we love to see Metallica!!

[@3rdcoastnyucka]

That opening is trickier than I thought it would be.

[@syntaxcoyote]

Very well done. Love the guitar choices on this one... makes it super easy to keep track of which parts are James and which ones are Kirk.

[@Raphi-ED]

Thank you for this tutorial. For me your videos are ideal to learn songs and i wanted to learn this for a long time :)

[@babaabba9348]

so much appreciation

[@Kevin_OKeefe]

Excellent work. One of Kirk’s best solos… if not the best.

[@TheNyxCabin]

I agree!

[@Oween-21174]

You really provide a service for the community 👍

[@user-ec7my1um4w]

I always watch your videos and practice. I've just started playing the guitar, but I'll do my best! これからも色々な曲を聴きたいです！

[@frankpfau9054]

as usual awesome work! and it makes me happy, because it’s the confirmation that i play this one right 😎

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

Perfect!

[@Death.Attack.]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS IV been searching for some mall of ktulu tab for years

[@RandomAcousticMan]

He's at 754K subs... Lets raise that to 1 million he is the best eacher ever!🤘

[@brianmccormick8328]

Great performance.

[@NIZZ_RAT]

ive been asking for you to do this for ages

[@erickaphin8861]

really nice

[@primushimself604]

Can you transcribe Lack of Comprehension by Death?

[@Urecuu]

thank you;eee

[@ziggen78]

Grazie grazie!!🔝💯💥

[@DomBernal]

Also love your videos man I been playing guitar for almost 3 years and I cant even play good like you. Keep up the work man Love your videos👍👍

[@jasonsheppard7428]

3 years isn’t a lot of time! Keep it up. No matter how good you are there’s always something new to learn!

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[@patatafrita222]

THANKSSS

[@ricardo69302]

Essa é lado B do Metallica! Parabéns.

[@gansior4744]

Leta fuckin go. That's what I needed

[@dustinbrummett3774]

The fingering on them ascending rhythm parts is the hardest part of this song. Sick sounding and very underrated technique wise.

[@davidebracaliofficial]

Davvero bravissimo

[@Olysterz]

Wow ! 100% !

[@jaimebolanos7485]

Omyy,finally

[@SomeCanine]

You can tell Dave wrote most of the chord progressions on the song. Dave has always been a fan of walking up the chords one note at a time.

[@bombado34]

amazing ! tanks; more metallica and iron maiden

[@andrewgr16]

I learned this song (wrong in a few parts apparently) back in 1989 when I was about a year into playing guitar. Couldn’t play the solo at the time but learned it later. Brings back a lot of memories. I’ll play it later tonight. This time I’ll learn it correctly. 😂

[@justinrocheleau3055]

Now I need the same video for bass

[@nelloV-iz1ei]

Thank you to listen my idea ! Even if i know that other person people have surely propose this song too.🤘

[@rbsoliveira]

Muito massa!!!! valeu!

[@mikebaliardo]

Nooooiiiiceeeeeeee

[@stststststst9603]

Just heard it live two days ago ❤

[@zacharyluhman9022]

Hell yeah

[@DeweyJHall1]

Is Mr. Tabs really flexing an 84' Gibson explorer on us while playing Ktulu? Love it!!

[@jasonsheppard7428]

I wish it was mine. Belongs to my friend Cody. It’s a hell of a guitar!

[@DeweyJHall1]

@@jasonsheppard7428 man, I'd love to get to play one, one day. Would like to get ahold of the reissue if Gibson would ever release more than one a month lol

[@jasonsheppard7428]

@@DeweyJHall1 I no was surprised with how nice it is to play. Very comfortable neck

[@DeweyJHall1]

@@jasonsheppard7428 that's awesome. I can't wait to eventually try one

[@gavinfriel2308]

Wait a minute, Mr tabs already made a hangar 18 video

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[@JorgePoblete-ui3tu]

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[@user-fs8no2dv2n]

好棒！很喜歡MetallicA

[@Diamondolphin]

sickk

[@Thrasher-xe8zd]

Bar 28 and 29 . Mustaine chord pattern that resurfaces and expands in the Megadeth classic Hanger18 .

[@PaulDario82]

Classic? Lol

[@podeckl]

Another awesome song. Learning guitar with you is the best❤❤❤. Please, please do judas priest - rock hard ride free.

[@cancelbubble6535]

The EET TABS guitar is back for an absolute epic! Cool Charvel but Fender missed the boat on that one, they should have blacked the entire thing out (matching headstock and an ebony fretboard). Anyone ever see Metallica play this one live (I mean in person)? I've yet to see that myself, which has always surprised me, it's an amazing piece.

[@jasonsheppard7428]

That’s actually my purple Charvel! Patrick worked his magic and blacked it out haha. Such an awesome tune, hey? A little repetitive but with riffs this sweet, why not repeat them?

[@Mr.Tabs.Guitar.Lessons]

I never done such a thing. That's an extremely rare finish of Charvel.

[@cancelbubble6535]

@@jasonsheppard7428 Completely fooled me on the finish, looked absolutely legit to me.

[@jasonsheppard7428]

@@cancelbubble6535check out the Charvel webpage. Looks identical to the actual black model (USA Select SoCal).

[@sebastianlopez8669]

lets go

[@antekb3496]

To bring the balance to the force you could now cover a Megadeth song (A tout le monde/the sick the dying and the dead, ect)

[@johnyoh6107]

0:44 is literally the intro to hanger 18.

[@deadly5528]

Coincidence? I think not

[@martincontreras2093]

mustaine show them the chords when he was in metallica

[@mutantkoffee]

Same chords

[@robertramirez1082]

And In My Darkest Hour.

[@tfletcher650]

Riding the Lightning 🌩

[@desynchronize-nation4264]

Can you do wherever I may roam by Metallica? Great cover btw!

[@lk0512]

Lol, just when I was starting to learn the solo from this song on a different video, I saw this video. Crazy

[@user-yj6dl2gv2m]

hi, I've been learning to play from your videos for a very long time and I really like them, please make a video of Yngwie Malmsteen fire and ice, thank you in advance!

[@papoulo264]

i love you

[@danilomodesti363]

BEST METALLICA SONG

[@Jöe-877]

Best instrumental song for me

[@mk_2121]

Please do when the sun meets the sky by Eric Johnson the live version

[@8x2dkdc]

PLEASE DO WHEREVER I MAY ROAM, I'M BEGGING!

[@doncorleone8656]

🤘🎸🤘

[@Filipecastro1987]

now we need Fight fire!