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The Thing That Should Not Be

Metallica
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Tab4

Bass1

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

Moderate Rock Q = 116

4/4

Gtr I

H.. E W +H.. E W +H.. E

E|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
B|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
G|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
D|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
A|-----------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0--|
D|-----------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0--|

Gtr III

PM

Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
G|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
A|-2----1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|-2----1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|
D|-2---------2---|-(2)--2---------0-|-2---------2---|-(2)--2---------0-|

PM--| PM PM PM-----

E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E x4

E||-----------------|-------------------||
B||o----------------|------------------o||
G||--------3------4-|-(4)----5----------||
D||--------3------4-|-(4)----5----------||
A||o-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-o||
D||--0-1-2------2---|------2---------0--||

-------| PM| PM| PM--|

E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E||-----------------|----------------------||
B||o----------------|---------------------o||
G||--------3------4-|-(4)-----5------------||
D||--------3------4-|-(4)-----5------------||
A||o-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-o||
D||--0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0--||

PM------|

E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
G|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
A|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
D|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|

$

D5

Gtr II

W W W H.. E

|

/

Gtr I

W +H.. E W +H.. E

E|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
B|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
G|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
D|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)----------||
A|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-||
D|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-||

1st, 2nd Verse

E5 D5 E5

W +H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr I Gtr III

W +H.. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3--------0-|
D|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2----------0-|

D5

W W W H.. E

|

/

Gtr I

PM--| PM PM PM------| PM PM PM

E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5---------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5---------|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-------0-|
D|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-0-1-2------2---|-------2---------0-|

E5 D5 E5

W +H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr III

W +H.. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3--------0-|
D|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2----------0-|

PM--| PM PM PM

E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q

E|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|---------5---5--|----------------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|
D|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|

PM------|

E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q

E|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|---------5---5--|----------------|
D|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|
A|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|
D|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|

PM------| PM--|

E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E

E|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-2----3----|-----------------|
D|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|
A|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
D|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|

2/4 4/4

PM------------| PM--|

E E E E E E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|

To Coda

2/4 4/4

   PM------------|

E E E E E E E E E Q E H H H Q. E

E|-----------------|--------|-----------|-------------|
B|-----------------|--------|-----------|-------------|
G|-----------------|--------|-2----3----|------2------|
D|-----------------|---6----|-2----3----|-1----2------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6--5-|-0----1----|-1----0----0-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6--5-|-----------|-1---------0-|

PM--| PM PM PM------| PM PM PM

E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
B|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|
D|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|

D.S. al Coda

PM--| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM--|

E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||
B|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||
G|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------||
D|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------||
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-||
D|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-||

&

Gtr II

W H Q. S S

E|-----------|---------------7h10-||
B|-----------|--------------------||
G|-----------|--------------------||
D|-----------|--------------------||
A|-----------|--------------------||
D|-----------|--------------------||

Gtr III

H H +H E E E E

E|-----------|--------------------||
B|-----------|--------------------||
G|------2----|-(2)----------------||
D|-1----2----|-(2)-------6-6------||
A|-1----0----|-(0)----5--6-6-5----||
D|-1---------|--------5--6-6-5----||

Guitar Solo

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E E E E E E E E

E|-7tr10-7tr10-9tr6-8tr5-7tr4-6tr3-5tr2-4tr1-|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-6-----------------------------------------|
A|-6-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
D|-6-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E Q. +Q S S S S

E|-3tr0---------------------10-10-10-10-|
B|------/17b19======(17)r---------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------6--6----------|
A|-0------0-----0-0---5---6--6-----5----|
D|-0------0-----0-0---5---6--6-----5----|
   |----------------------------------16:8------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

E|-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------0----|
D|--6-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------0----|

~~~~

   |---------7---------|  |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S E +Q. +E

E|-10-14p11p10---14p11p10-14p11p10-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------13b16r(13)-----(13)\--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------6-6--------|
A|--0----------0-----------0--------0------5--6-6---5----|
D|--0----------0-----------0--------0------5--6-6---5----|

S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S

E|--------------9-10--9h10p=9-------------------------|
B|--------9-10----------------10--9-------------------|
G|--9h10----------------------------11-10-------------|
D|----------------------------------------12-11--8--7-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S

E|-------------12-14-12h14p12-------------------------|
B|-------13-14----------------14-13-------------------|
G|-13h14----------------------------15-14-11-10-------|
D|--6-------------------------------------------12-11-|
A|--6-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0-----0-----0----|
D|--6-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0-----0-----0----|

E E E E E E E E

~~~~~~

a E. S +H +Q

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-8h9----8-----------(8)\----|
D|----------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|------------------6--6------|
A|---0--0----0--0-5-6--6---5--|
D|---0--0----0--0-5-6--6---5--|

\3.5 \1.5____________________

              |---------7---------|  |-----------7-----------|

H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

E|------------14p11p10-14p==11p10-14p11p10-----14p11p==10-14p11p|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6----0-0-0--0----------0-----------0--------------0----------|
D|-6----0-0-0--0----------0-----------0--------------0----------|

\3.5 \3.25/

~~~~~~~~~

   |----------7-----------|  |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S +E Q +Q

E|-10-14p11p10------14p11p10-14p11p10------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------12------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------6---6------|
A|--0-------------0-----------0---------0-------5-6---6--5---|
D|--0-------------0-----------0---------0-------5-6---6--5---|

~~~~

+H. Q W W W

E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
G|-(12)-----------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
     PM-----------------------------------|                 PM------------|

E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E H H E E E E S S E E E

E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
G|---2------------------|-2-----------------|-2----3----|-2------------------|
D|---2------------------|-2-----------------|-2----3----|-2------------------|
A|---0------0-1-0---1-0-|-0-----0-3-1-0-1-0-|-0----1----|-0-----0-5-1-0-1-0--|
D|------3-5-------3-----|---3-5-------------|-----------|---3-5--------------|

Gtr III

PM--| PM| PM| PM--|

H H H Q. E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E|-----------|-------------||----------------|---------------------|
B|-----------|-------------||----------------|---------------------|
G|-2----3----|------2------||-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|
D|-2----3----|-1----2------||-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|
A|-0----1----|-1----0----0-||-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-|
D|-----------|-1---------0-||-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|

PM--| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM--|

E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
B|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-|
D|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|

W W W W

PM--| PM| PM| PM--|

E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E W +H.. E

E|----------------|---------------------||----------|--------------|
B|----------------|---------------------||----------|--------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------||----------|--------------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-----------||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3---------0-||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
D|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|

3rd Verse

D5 E5 D5

Gtr II

W H.. E W +H.. E

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr I

W +H.. E W +H.. E

E|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
B|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
G|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
D|-2--------|-(2)----------|----------|--------------|
A|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
D|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|

E5

E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W W

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr III

PM--| PM PM PM

Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
A|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3--------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|
D|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2----------0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|

D5 E5 D5

W H.. E W +H.. E

| | | |

/ / / /

Gtr I

PM--| PM PM PM

E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E W +H.. E

E|----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
G|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5---------|----------|--------------|
D|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5---------|----------|--------------|
A|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
D|-0-1-2------2---|-------2---------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|

E5

E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W W

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr III

PM--| PM PM PM

Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E

E|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5---------|
A|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3--------0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-------0-|
D|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2----------0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|

PM------|

E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
G|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
A|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
D|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|

PM------|

E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
G|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
A|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
D|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|

2/4 4/4

                         PM--------------------|

H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H

E|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|
G|-2----3----|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|
D|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|
A|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|
D|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|

2/4 4/4

             PM--------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H

E|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|------2----|
D|---6-6---6-------|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|-1----2----|
A|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|-1----0----|
D|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|-1---------|

Outro

     PM------------|               PM--------------------|

E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x6

E|-------------------||------------------|------------------||
B|-------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
G|-2-----------------||------------------|------------------||
D|-2-----------------||----6-6---6-------|------------------||
A|-0-----0-5-1-0-1-0-||o-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
D|---3-5-------------||--5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||

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