Metallica 
Ecstacy of Gold 
written by Ennio Morricone 
as performed by The San Francisco Symphony on S&M 
arrangement for guitar by Phil Boyle; [email protected] 
 
 
adaption for guitar; standard tuning 
 
 
rythm guitar: 
1a) Amin                       Cmaj                       Dmin  Fmaj 
e------------------------- t ------------------------ t -1------1 
B--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-- w -3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-- w -3------1 
G------2-----2-----2-----2 i -----5-----5-----5-----5 i -2------2 
D------------------------- c ------------------------ c -0------3 
A------------------------- e ------------------------ e --------- 
E------------------------- - ------------------------   --------- 
adaption of the piano part (0:34) 
cleanmelody guitar 
1b) Harm 
e----------------------------------------------- 
B---------5~~~-8-5~~~---5--------5----5--------- 
G---------------------7---7-5--7---7----7------- 
D-------7---------------------------------7-7~~~ 
A--12------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------- 
adaption of the muted horn melody riff at the beginning (0:34)melody guitar 
1c) 
e-----12~~~-15-12~~~----12-----------12-----12--------- 
B--------------------15----15-13--15----15-----15------ 
G--14---------------------------------------------14-14 
D------------------------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------ 
adaption of the violin part (1:21) 
rythm guitar 
2a) Amin                       Gmaj                       Cmaj   Bdim7 
e------------------------- t ------------------------ t -0--------- 
B--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-- w -0-----0-----0-----0---- w -1------2-2 
G------2-----2-----2-----2 i ---0-----0-----0-----0-- i -0------4-3 
D------------------------- c -----0-----0-----0-----0 c -2------4-4 
A------------------------- e ------------------------ e -3------2-2 
E-------------------------   ------------------------   ----------- 
adaption of the piano part (0:58) 
cleanmelody guitar 
2b) Harm 
e--------------7-------------------------------- 
B---------5~~~---8~~~-5-8-5----5-8-5--8-----5~~~ 
G---------------------------7-----------5-7----- 
D-------7--------------------------------------- 
A--12------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------- 
adaption of the muted horn melody riff (0:58)melody guitar 
2c) 
e-----12~~~-19-15~~~-12-15-12-----12-15-12--15-------12 
B-----------------------------15---------------13-15--- 
G--14-------------------------------------------------- 
D------------------------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------ 
adaption of the violin part (1:34) 
rythm guitar 
3a) 
e------------------------------------------------------ 
B--1------5-------------------------------------------- 
G--2------5------7------------10----------------7-----7 
D--2------5------7------------10------------6-9---10--- 
A--0------3------5------------8----12-10--7------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------ 
riff 3a is the lower string section (1:45) 
still cleanmelody guitar 
3b) 
e------------------------------------5------4-7-10-8--10 
B----5~~~-8-5~~~---5--------5------5---8--5------------- 
G----------------7---7-5--7------5---------------------- 
D--7---------------------------7------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------------- 
riff 3b is the higher melody (1:45) 
rythm guitar 
4a) 
G--2--2-------2-----2--5--5-------5-----5--7--7-------7-----7--10 
D--2--2-------2-----2--5--5-------5-----5--7--7-------7-----7--10 
A--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8- 
E---------------------------------------------------------------- 
riff 4a is when the full orchestra comes in (2:02) 
crunchmelody guitar 1 
4b) 
e-----12-------15-12---------17------20-17------- 
B-------------------------15--------------------- repeat 
G--14-------------------------------------------- 
D------------------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------ 
riff 4b) is the strings (higher melody) in the "echo" part of the melody 
(2:02)melody guitar 2 
4c) 
e---------------------------------5--------8-5--- 
B-----------5---------8-5------------------------ 
G-------------------------7-----7---------------- repeat 
D---------7-------------------------------------- 
A-----------------------------------------------0 
E------------------------------------------------ 
riff 4c) is the brass (lower melody) in the "echo" part of the melody 
(2:02) 
 
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