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About Master of Puppets chords
Guitar chords, tabs and chord shapes for Metallica — Master of Puppets are on this page. The track is in Em, 104 BPM, 8:35 long, released on the album Master of Puppets (Remastered) (1986).
Chords used: Em, C
The song's original key is Em. If it does not suit your voice, move the chords a semitone up or down with the transpose buttons and take them from Em to any key you like; the shapes are redrawn for the new key.
The song uses 2 different chords and counts as beginner on guitar; no barre chords are needed, all of them play in open position.
Master of Puppets ukulele chords
Ukulele shapes (G-C-E-A, fret string): Em 0402 · C 0003. All first-position, no barre. Use the tuning selector on the page to switch the fretboard to ukulele. Easy songs to play on ukulele.
Repeated patterns: Em (210 bars), Em C – Em (8 bars), Em C – C Em – C (3 bars), C – C Em (2 bars). Most frequent changes: Em → C (7×), C → Em (7×).
The track runs 8:35. Entries: vocals 1:00.
In the tabs: Rhythm guitar: frets 1–4, 53 notes per minute; Lead guitar: frets 2–4, 8 notes per minute; Bass: frets 2–7, 24 notes per minute; Drums: 421 hits per minute (ride 1652, kick 1025, snare 842).
Lyric mode: Practise Master of Puppets in lyric mode with the original recording: the lyrics move word by word in sync with the chords above them. If the key does not fit your voice, transpose it and loop any section.
Metallica chords · Master of Puppets (Remastered) album
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Chord map of Master of Puppets
Where each progression sits in the recording. Times are from the track; use them to jump to a part and loop it.
| Time | Chords | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Em · C | 10 bars | |
| Em | 41 bars | |
| Em · C | 8 bars | |
| Em | 164 bars |
How to play Master of Puppets by Metallica
Start with the chords. Master of Puppets uses 2 different chords; Em is held longest — about 98% of the song — so it is the one to make comfortable first. All of them are open shapes — no barre, no capo needed.
Then the changes. The change that repeats most is Em → C (7 times), followed by C → Em (7 times). Drill that pair on its own before the song: the chords change roughly every 36.8 seconds (2 changes per minute), so each change needs to be ready in plenty of time — this is a relaxed song. See faster chord changes.
Strumming. At 104 BPM this is a medium song; a good starting pattern is D . D U . U D U (classic pop). Play along with the song and land your downstrokes on the kick drum. More in strumming patterns.
Practise with the page. Turn on lyric mode and loop the chorus; play the loop at a slower tempo until it is clean, then at full speed. The song is in Em; if it sits wrong for your voice, use the transpose buttons — see transposing.
How to play the chords in Master of Puppets
Finger numbers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Strings are named from the thickest (low E) to the thinnest (high E).
- Em: index finger on the 2nd fret of the A string; middle finger on the 2nd fret of the D string; let the low E, G, B, high E strings ring open; strum all six strings.
- C: ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string; middle finger on the 2nd fret of the D string; index finger on the 1st fret of the B string; let the G, high E strings ring open; strum from the A string down.
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