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Master of Puppets
Artist:
Metallica
Album:
Master of Puppets (1986)
Music and lyrics by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich
Added on Monday, 26 January 2026
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Intro: 0:00 E5! | D5:C#5 C!! 0:03 0:13 Em | D:C# C | Em | Em - x4 0:22 0:31 0:40 Em - x23 | B5 | B5 0:50 E5!! 0:52 Em - x8 Verse 1: 1:01 Em End of passion play, crumbling away. Em I'm your source of self-destruction. Em Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear. Em Leading on your death's construction. 1:17 F#m Taste me, you will see, more is all you need. F#m | B5 Dedicated to how I'm killing you. Pre-chorus 1: 1:27 E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B D#5 B5 Come crawling E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Faster, obey your E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Master, your life burns E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 Faster, obey your E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. Chorus 1: 1:48 E5 G Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings, C5 B5 A5 Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams. D C5 B Blinded by me, you can't see a thing. E5 D5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. 2:02 E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. E5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. Instrumental: 2:10 Em - x3 | Em Em:B5 Em - x5 Verse 2: 2:20 Em Needlework the way, never you betray, Em Life of death becoming clearer. Em Pain monopoly, ritual misery, Em Chop your breakfast on a mirror. 2:37 F#m Taste me, you will see, more is all you need. F#m | B5 Dedicated to how I'm killing you. Pre-chorus 2: 2:47 E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B D#5 B5 Come crawling E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Faster, obey your E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Master, your life burns E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 Faster, obey your E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. Chorus 2: 3:08 E5 G Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings, C5 B5 A5 Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams. D C5 B Blinded by me, you can't see a thing. E5 D5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. 3:22 E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. E5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. E5!E5! F! F! Master, master! (Master! Master!) Instrumental: 3:33 3:43 3:52 4:01 Em: | D | Cadd9 | Asus2 B7 | B7/D#: - x4 Solo: 4:10 4:20 4:29 4:38 Em: | D | Cadd9 | Asus2 B7 | B7/D#: - x4 4:48 4:57 E5: | D5 | C5 | A5 B5 | D#5: - x2 5:06 E5 | E5 5:10 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 | F#5 G5 F#5 G5:C#5 - x3 Bridge: 5:20 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 Master, master, F#5 G5 F#5 G5:C#5 Where's the dreams that I've been after? F#5 G5 F#5 G5 Master, master, F#5 G5 F#5 G5:C#5 Promised only lies, 5:29 F#5 G5 F#5 G5 Laughter, laughter, F#5 G5 F#5 G5 :C#5 All I hear or see is laughter. F#5 G5 F#5 G5 Laughter, laughter, F#5 G#5 F#5 G5:C#5 Laughing at my cries. Instrumental: 5:38 G | G | F# | F# Solo: 5:42 Em | Em | Em | Em: - x2 5:51 Em | Em | Em | Em: Em | Em | Em | B: 6:00 F#m | F#m | F#m | F#m: F#m | F#m | F#m | F#m: | B5 6:09 Em | Em | Em | Em Em:B5 | E5 Em | Em | Em | Em 6:19 6:28 Em | Em C | E5 | E5 - x3 Em | Em C | E5 | E5!! | 5 6:39 Em - x9 Verse 3: 6:48 Em Hell is worth all that nat'ral habitat, Em Just a rhyme without a reason. Em Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days, Em Now your life is out of season. 7:05 F#m I will occupy, I will help you die, F#m | B5 I will run through you, now I rule you too. Pre-chorus 3: 7:15 E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B D#5 B5 Come crawling E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Faster, obey your E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 D#5 B5 Master, your life burns E5 D5 | E5 | E5:C5 B5 Faster, obey your E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. Chorus 3: 7:35 E5 G Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings, C5 B5 A5 Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams. D C5 B Blinded by me, you can't see a thing. E5 D5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. 7:49 E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. E5 C Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream. E5!E5! F! F! Master, master. Coda: 7:58 Em - x15 8:15 Em! | Em | E5!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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