Chords for How To Really REALLY Play Enter Sandman! (Retraction Video)
Tempo:
104.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
Em
E
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Hey guys, what's up?
It's Mike here from the Art of Guitar.
Here with a retraction video.
It's kind of ironic.
I made a video entitled
You're probably playing Enter Sandman wrong and the whole time I was playing it wrong.
I hate to admit it, but I don't want to give you guys false information and have you run with it.
I feel kind of bad.
The video had about 17,000 views, but there's a lot of people who said,
Oh, it sounds better this way, and I still I feel bad,
but I had to pull it because it's not the way James Hadfield actually plays it.
I thought I had it figured out because the old way I used to play it from a book that I had a long time ago
said to go like this.
[A]
[Em] I'm like, that can't be right because that high note dies when you do that.
Because watch.
[Bb] [A] See how you have to move your first finger to hit this last note of the riff?
So I thought I had it figured out because I heard a G ringing out through the whole thing.
And that's what this note is right here.
So I thought why don't I just play open G and let that ring out while I do the rest.
[Em] So I figured this was correct.
[Em] [A] [Em]
That made [E] so much sense and it actually sounded better to me.
And a lot of people on the website were like, yeah, it sounds great.
I'm gonna do it that way.
And I feel so bad because I had a couple comments that said, you know what?
That's not correct actually.
Here's how he really does it.
And they explained it like middle finger actually goes here, pinky [Am] goes here, and it sounded so bizarre to me.
So I wanted to make sure that I was giving you guys all the right information.
So I went on YouTube and I watched some Metallica videos, some live videos of them playing it.
And it was funny, the first video I saw was like an extreme close-up of James's left hand
playing it the way the person told me on the comment.
And I'm like, oh wow, that's just like an obvious, here's what it is.
You know, almost like James is telling me himself.
So let me show you guys how it really goes.
And I'm pretty sure 100% that this is correct now that I've seen multiple videos of James doing it this way.
Do this one time.
Take your pinky and put it on the fifth [Em] string, seventh fret.
That's going to be the E note that we use there.
And for the G, we're going to use our middle finger.
So that's going to be on the fourth string, fifth fret right here.
So we have this weird like backwards power chord looking thing using very strange fingers.
I wouldn't have thought to do that because this feels so much easier.
And when you play other Metallica songs like Orion, they do this often.
So doing this just seems really bizarre, but it's the way it is.
OK, so right off the bat, if you play the sixth string, fifth and fourth strings.
OK, sounds right.
Now to hit the last two notes, which, by the way, are both on the sixth string,
sixth fret and fifth fret.
Check this out.
You take your ring finger and play the sixth fret,
and then your first finger plays the fifth fret.
So it's kind of this really strange left hand exercise almost because utilizing every finger
and you still have to move.
It's kind of a weird feeling at first.
So check this out.
[E] [A] [E]
So the pinky and the middle finger stay down the entire time,
and that's how you get those notes to ring out really well.
And the only fingers that are going to move are the ring
and the first finger on the sixth fret and the fifth fret.
OK.
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
So this just proves that you're never done with your journey.
You know, even after all these years, even after thinking I figured it [B] out,
there's still complexities to these songs that have me baffled sometimes.
But when I do eventually learn the right way,
whether it's through YouTube comments or through just time and experimentation,
it's a great feeling to know that the songs that I like to play
have so much depth that sometimes it could take a lifetime to figure them out,
even if they seem very basic.
I think I told you guys I used to play one incorrectly.
I used to go
[G] [Em] until I realized [A] I had to let the notes ring out.
[Bm] [G] [D] And it made so much more sense.
I did [Ab] that for [A] years the wrong way until I finally did it the right way.
So it's a good feeling today.
I appreciate everybody sending me comments and letting me know where I've gone wrong.
I really want to do these songs justice.
Pardon the [E] pun, because I'm such a big Metallica fan.
So sorry about that.
I'm always trying to improve myself so that I can bring you guys the best information.
And thanks for keeping me honest on that kind of stuff.
And I'm going to continue to investigate every riff that I teach you guys.
I'm always looking for the the best ways to do things.
And right now we're busy putting out the the play along tracks,
which are a lot of fun to actually create and to bring to you guys.
So be sure to check them out on the Art of Guitar dot com.
I'm also putting a few of them up on the channel on YouTube.
So check those out.
They're a lot of fun right now.
I'm putting out some basic ones,
but some really complex fun ones are coming out to to challenge you a little bit more.
And
It's Mike here from the Art of Guitar.
Here with a retraction video.
It's kind of ironic.
I made a video entitled
You're probably playing Enter Sandman wrong and the whole time I was playing it wrong.
I hate to admit it, but I don't want to give you guys false information and have you run with it.
I feel kind of bad.
The video had about 17,000 views, but there's a lot of people who said,
Oh, it sounds better this way, and I still I feel bad,
but I had to pull it because it's not the way James Hadfield actually plays it.
I thought I had it figured out because the old way I used to play it from a book that I had a long time ago
said to go like this.
[A]
[Em] I'm like, that can't be right because that high note dies when you do that.
Because watch.
[Bb] [A] See how you have to move your first finger to hit this last note of the riff?
So I thought I had it figured out because I heard a G ringing out through the whole thing.
And that's what this note is right here.
So I thought why don't I just play open G and let that ring out while I do the rest.
[Em] So I figured this was correct.
[Em] [A] [Em]
That made [E] so much sense and it actually sounded better to me.
And a lot of people on the website were like, yeah, it sounds great.
I'm gonna do it that way.
And I feel so bad because I had a couple comments that said, you know what?
That's not correct actually.
Here's how he really does it.
And they explained it like middle finger actually goes here, pinky [Am] goes here, and it sounded so bizarre to me.
So I wanted to make sure that I was giving you guys all the right information.
So I went on YouTube and I watched some Metallica videos, some live videos of them playing it.
And it was funny, the first video I saw was like an extreme close-up of James's left hand
playing it the way the person told me on the comment.
And I'm like, oh wow, that's just like an obvious, here's what it is.
You know, almost like James is telling me himself.
So let me show you guys how it really goes.
And I'm pretty sure 100% that this is correct now that I've seen multiple videos of James doing it this way.
Do this one time.
Take your pinky and put it on the fifth [Em] string, seventh fret.
That's going to be the E note that we use there.
And for the G, we're going to use our middle finger.
So that's going to be on the fourth string, fifth fret right here.
So we have this weird like backwards power chord looking thing using very strange fingers.
I wouldn't have thought to do that because this feels so much easier.
And when you play other Metallica songs like Orion, they do this often.
So doing this just seems really bizarre, but it's the way it is.
OK, so right off the bat, if you play the sixth string, fifth and fourth strings.
OK, sounds right.
Now to hit the last two notes, which, by the way, are both on the sixth string,
sixth fret and fifth fret.
Check this out.
You take your ring finger and play the sixth fret,
and then your first finger plays the fifth fret.
So it's kind of this really strange left hand exercise almost because utilizing every finger
and you still have to move.
It's kind of a weird feeling at first.
So check this out.
[E] [A] [E]
So the pinky and the middle finger stay down the entire time,
and that's how you get those notes to ring out really well.
And the only fingers that are going to move are the ring
and the first finger on the sixth fret and the fifth fret.
OK.
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em]
So this just proves that you're never done with your journey.
You know, even after all these years, even after thinking I figured it [B] out,
there's still complexities to these songs that have me baffled sometimes.
But when I do eventually learn the right way,
whether it's through YouTube comments or through just time and experimentation,
it's a great feeling to know that the songs that I like to play
have so much depth that sometimes it could take a lifetime to figure them out,
even if they seem very basic.
I think I told you guys I used to play one incorrectly.
I used to go
[G] [Em] until I realized [A] I had to let the notes ring out.
[Bm] [G] [D] And it made so much more sense.
I did [Ab] that for [A] years the wrong way until I finally did it the right way.
So it's a good feeling today.
I appreciate everybody sending me comments and letting me know where I've gone wrong.
I really want to do these songs justice.
Pardon the [E] pun, because I'm such a big Metallica fan.
So sorry about that.
I'm always trying to improve myself so that I can bring you guys the best information.
And thanks for keeping me honest on that kind of stuff.
And I'm going to continue to investigate every riff that I teach you guys.
I'm always looking for the the best ways to do things.
And right now we're busy putting out the the play along tracks,
which are a lot of fun to actually create and to bring to you guys.
So be sure to check them out on the Art of Guitar dot com.
I'm also putting a few of them up on the channel on YouTube.
So check those out.
They're a lot of fun right now.
I'm putting out some basic ones,
but some really complex fun ones are coming out to to challenge you a little bit more.
And
100% ➙ 105BPM
A
Em
E
G
Bb
A
Em
E
Hey guys, what's up?
It's Mike here from the Art of Guitar.
Here with a retraction video.
It's kind of ironic.
I made a video entitled
You're probably playing Enter Sandman wrong and the whole time I was playing it wrong.
I hate to admit it, but I don't want to give you guys false information and have you run with it.
I feel kind of bad.
The video had about 17,000 views, but there's a lot of people who said,
Oh, it sounds better this way, and I still I feel bad,
but I had to pull it because it's not the way James Hadfield actually plays it.
I thought I had it figured out because the old way I used to play it from a book that I had a long time ago
said to go like this.
_ [A] _
_ [Em] _ I'm like, that can't be right because that high note dies when you do that.
Because watch.
[Bb] _ [A] _ See how you have to move your first finger to hit this last note of the riff?
So I thought I had it figured out because I heard a G ringing out through the whole thing.
And that's what this note is right here.
So I thought why don't I just play open G and let that ring out while I do the rest.
[Em] So I figured this was correct. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em]
That made [E] so much sense and it actually sounded better to me.
And a lot of people on the website were like, yeah, it sounds great.
I'm gonna do it that way.
And I feel so bad because I had a couple comments that said, you know what?
That's not correct actually.
Here's how he really does it.
And they explained it like middle finger actually goes here, pinky [Am] goes here, and it sounded so bizarre to me.
So I wanted to make sure that I was giving you guys all the right information.
So I went on YouTube and I watched some Metallica videos, some live videos of them playing it.
And it was funny, the first video I saw was like an extreme close-up of James's left hand
playing it the way the person told me on the comment.
And I'm like, oh wow, that's just like an obvious, here's what it is.
You know, almost like James is telling me himself.
So let me show you guys how it really goes.
And I'm pretty sure 100% that this is correct now that I've seen multiple videos of James doing it this way. _
Do this one time.
Take your _ pinky and put it on the fifth [Em] string, seventh fret.
That's going to be the E note that we use there.
And for the G, we're going to use our middle finger.
So that's going to be on the fourth string, fifth fret right here.
So we have this weird like backwards power chord looking thing using very strange fingers.
I wouldn't have thought to do that because this feels so much easier.
And when you play other Metallica songs like Orion, _ they do this often.
So doing this just seems really bizarre, but it's the way it is.
OK, so right off the bat, if you play the sixth string, fifth and fourth strings.
_ OK, sounds right.
Now to hit the last two notes, which, by the way, are both on the sixth string,
sixth fret and fifth fret.
Check this out.
You take your ring finger and play the sixth fret,
and then your first finger plays the fifth fret.
So it's kind of this really strange left hand exercise almost because utilizing every finger
and you still have to move.
It's kind of a weird feeling at first.
So check this out.
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
So the pinky and the middle finger stay down the entire time,
and that's how you get those notes to ring out really well.
And the only fingers that are going to move are the ring
and the first finger on the sixth fret and the fifth fret.
OK.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ So this just proves that you're never done with your journey.
You know, even after all these years, even after thinking I figured it [B] out,
there's still complexities to these songs that have me baffled sometimes.
But when I do eventually learn the right way,
whether it's through YouTube comments or through just time and experimentation,
it's a great feeling to know that the songs that I like to play
have so much depth that sometimes it could take a lifetime to figure them out,
even if they seem very basic.
I think I told you guys I used to play one incorrectly.
I used to go _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ until I realized [A] I had to let the notes ring out.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] And it made so much more sense.
I did [Ab] that for [A] years the wrong way until I finally did it the right way.
So it's a good feeling today.
I appreciate everybody sending me comments and letting me know where I've gone wrong.
I really want to do these songs justice.
Pardon the [E] pun, because I'm such a big Metallica fan.
So sorry about that.
I'm always trying to improve myself so that I can bring you guys the best information.
And thanks for keeping me honest on that kind of stuff.
And I'm going to continue to investigate every riff that I teach you guys.
I'm always looking for the the best ways to do things.
And right now we're busy putting out the the play along tracks,
which are a lot of fun to actually create and to bring to you guys.
So be sure to check them out on the Art of Guitar dot com.
I'm also putting a few of them up on the channel on YouTube.
So check those out.
They're a lot of fun right now.
I'm putting out some basic ones,
but some really complex fun ones are coming out to to challenge you a little bit more.
And
It's Mike here from the Art of Guitar.
Here with a retraction video.
It's kind of ironic.
I made a video entitled
You're probably playing Enter Sandman wrong and the whole time I was playing it wrong.
I hate to admit it, but I don't want to give you guys false information and have you run with it.
I feel kind of bad.
The video had about 17,000 views, but there's a lot of people who said,
Oh, it sounds better this way, and I still I feel bad,
but I had to pull it because it's not the way James Hadfield actually plays it.
I thought I had it figured out because the old way I used to play it from a book that I had a long time ago
said to go like this.
_ [A] _
_ [Em] _ I'm like, that can't be right because that high note dies when you do that.
Because watch.
[Bb] _ [A] _ See how you have to move your first finger to hit this last note of the riff?
So I thought I had it figured out because I heard a G ringing out through the whole thing.
And that's what this note is right here.
So I thought why don't I just play open G and let that ring out while I do the rest.
[Em] So I figured this was correct. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em]
That made [E] so much sense and it actually sounded better to me.
And a lot of people on the website were like, yeah, it sounds great.
I'm gonna do it that way.
And I feel so bad because I had a couple comments that said, you know what?
That's not correct actually.
Here's how he really does it.
And they explained it like middle finger actually goes here, pinky [Am] goes here, and it sounded so bizarre to me.
So I wanted to make sure that I was giving you guys all the right information.
So I went on YouTube and I watched some Metallica videos, some live videos of them playing it.
And it was funny, the first video I saw was like an extreme close-up of James's left hand
playing it the way the person told me on the comment.
And I'm like, oh wow, that's just like an obvious, here's what it is.
You know, almost like James is telling me himself.
So let me show you guys how it really goes.
And I'm pretty sure 100% that this is correct now that I've seen multiple videos of James doing it this way. _
Do this one time.
Take your _ pinky and put it on the fifth [Em] string, seventh fret.
That's going to be the E note that we use there.
And for the G, we're going to use our middle finger.
So that's going to be on the fourth string, fifth fret right here.
So we have this weird like backwards power chord looking thing using very strange fingers.
I wouldn't have thought to do that because this feels so much easier.
And when you play other Metallica songs like Orion, _ they do this often.
So doing this just seems really bizarre, but it's the way it is.
OK, so right off the bat, if you play the sixth string, fifth and fourth strings.
_ OK, sounds right.
Now to hit the last two notes, which, by the way, are both on the sixth string,
sixth fret and fifth fret.
Check this out.
You take your ring finger and play the sixth fret,
and then your first finger plays the fifth fret.
So it's kind of this really strange left hand exercise almost because utilizing every finger
and you still have to move.
It's kind of a weird feeling at first.
So check this out.
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
So the pinky and the middle finger stay down the entire time,
and that's how you get those notes to ring out really well.
And the only fingers that are going to move are the ring
and the first finger on the sixth fret and the fifth fret.
OK.
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ So this just proves that you're never done with your journey.
You know, even after all these years, even after thinking I figured it [B] out,
there's still complexities to these songs that have me baffled sometimes.
But when I do eventually learn the right way,
whether it's through YouTube comments or through just time and experimentation,
it's a great feeling to know that the songs that I like to play
have so much depth that sometimes it could take a lifetime to figure them out,
even if they seem very basic.
I think I told you guys I used to play one incorrectly.
I used to go _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ until I realized [A] I had to let the notes ring out.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] And it made so much more sense.
I did [Ab] that for [A] years the wrong way until I finally did it the right way.
So it's a good feeling today.
I appreciate everybody sending me comments and letting me know where I've gone wrong.
I really want to do these songs justice.
Pardon the [E] pun, because I'm such a big Metallica fan.
So sorry about that.
I'm always trying to improve myself so that I can bring you guys the best information.
And thanks for keeping me honest on that kind of stuff.
And I'm going to continue to investigate every riff that I teach you guys.
I'm always looking for the the best ways to do things.
And right now we're busy putting out the the play along tracks,
which are a lot of fun to actually create and to bring to you guys.
So be sure to check them out on the Art of Guitar dot com.
I'm also putting a few of them up on the channel on YouTube.
So check those out.
They're a lot of fun right now.
I'm putting out some basic ones,
but some really complex fun ones are coming out to to challenge you a little bit more.
And