Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be Chords & Tabs

 

The Thing That Should Not Be Chords & Tabs

Metallica Chords & Tabs

Version: 5 Type: Tab

The Thing That Should Not Be Tab

   
Band- Metallica
Song- The Thing That Should Not Be

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'acoustic'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Jamez dist. electric'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk dist. electric'

Intro
  Q=116
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E   W          +H     +Q.   E   W          +H     +Q.   E
|---|----------|----------------|----------|----------------|
|---|----------|----------------|----------|----------------|
|---|----------|----------------|----------|----------------|
|---|----------|----------------|----------|----------------|
|-2-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-|
|-0-|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---0-|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---0-|


                                                                         F#5
                                                       Gtr II
  W                  W                 W                  H        Q   E E
                                                                         |
                                                                         /

  Q.   E +Q   E E   +Q   E E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q   E E   +Q   E E +H
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-(5)---2-|-4----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-(5)-------|
|-2-----------2---|-(2)--2---(2)---0-|-2-----------2---|-(2)--2---(2)-------|
  H.          Q     +Q   Q   +Q.   E   H.          Q     +Q   Q   +H


  Gtr II
  PM--|      PM         PM               PM--|        PM
  E E E E Q  E E   +Q   E E +Q   E E     E E E E +Q   E E
|----------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------||o------------------|
|----------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------5-5----6-|-(6)----7-(7)--7---||--------5-(5)----6-|
|-4-3-4-3-3--4-4-|-(4)--4-5-(5)--5-2-||o-2-3-4-3-(3)--4-4-|
|-2-1-2------2---|------2----------0-||--0-1-2--------2---|
                                      |-Rhy Fig 1


       PM                   PM--|    PM---|         PM|       PM--|
  +Q   E E +Q   E E  3x     E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|--------------------||-||--------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------o||-||o-------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------||-||--------------------|----------------------||
|-(6)----7-(7)--7----||-||--------5-(5)-----6-|-(6)-----7-(7)--------||
|-(4)--4-5-(5)--5-2-o||-||o-2-3-4-3-(3)-3-4-4-|-(4)-3-4-5-(5)-3-4-2-o||
|------2----------0--||-||--0-1-2-------1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0--||
       end Rhy Fig 1-|   |-Rhy Fig 2                   end Rhy Fig 2-|


  PM----|   PM       PM--|   PM       PM--|   PM         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
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------7---7--|-3-------3---3--|-4-------4---4--|-------------------|
|---------7---7--|-3-------3---3--|-4-------4---4--|-1-1---------------|
|-9-9-9-9---9----|---5-5-5---5----|---6-6-6---6----|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-Rhy Fig 3                                              end Rhy Fig 3-|

  $
  W          +H     +Q.   E   W          +H     +Q.   E
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2--||
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---0-|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---0--||


 Verse
                                               <
                                 pm------------------|       pm
  w          +H     +q.   E   q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--|
|-rhy fig 4                                       end rhy fig 4-|

rhy fig 1 x2
rhy fig 4
rhy fig 1
rhy fig 3 x2


              pm    pm  pm--------------------|
  H    H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4----5----|-2-3-3-2-3-------|-----------------||
|-2----3----|-0-1-1-0-1-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-----------|-----------0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
            |-rhy fig 5           end rhy fig 5-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/the_thing_that_should_not_be_tab_ver_5.html ]
 2/4       4/4
  pm    pm              pm    pm  pm--------------------|
  E E E E   H    H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-3-3-2-|-4----5----|-2-3-3-2-3-------|------------------|
|-0-1-1-0-|-2----3----|-0-1-1-0-1-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------|-----------|-----------0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


  to coda-|
         to dbl. coda-|
 2/4       4/4
  pm    pm                        pm
  E E E E   H    H      H    q.   E
|---------|-----------|-------------|
|---------|-----------|-------------|
|---------|-----------|-------------|
|-2-3-3-2-|-4----5----|------4------|
|-0-1-1-0-|-2----3----|-3----2----2-|
|---------|-----------|-1---------0-|


rhy fig 1 x2

rhy fig 2 x2 d.s. al coda after 2nd time


  &
                         2/4
  H    H      H    H      +H
|-----------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----------|--------|
|-----------|-----------|--------|
|-4----5----|-4----5----|-(5)----|
|-2----3----|-2----3----|-(3)----|
|-----------|-----------|--------|


 guitar solo
 4/4
gtr ii plays rhy fig 5 x4
  gtr iii
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~
  q   e s  s h             +h            +e        a      q.
|-------9h12p9tr12-------|-(9tr12)-------(9tr12)-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------/19b21==21------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|



    ~~~~
                        |------6-------|  |------6-------|
   +q    e  t  t  t  t  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
|----------12-12-12-12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-|
|-(21)-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------x-------------------------------------------------|
|--------x-------------------------------------------------|



   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |--3--|
   s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  a      +e
|-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15b18==(18)r=|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    ~~~~
   +q.      +e    s  s  s  s  s  s  t  t  s
|----------------------------11-12-11h12p11-|
|-(15)-----(15)\-------11-12----------------|
|----------------11h12----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|



                                                              \2.5
                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  a  e.    s  +q       +q     +q     q.       +e
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-12-11--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------13-12--------------------------------|----------------0--------(0)--|
|-------------14-13--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------15-14--------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------15h16----15-(15)---|-(15)---(15)\-----------------|



   |---------7---------|  |---------7---------|  |---------7---------|  |--3--|
   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
|-16p13p12-16p==13p12-16p13p12-16p13p==12-16p13p12-16p13p12---16p13p12-16p13p12-(12)/-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



 2/4
         ~~~~
   q    +q
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-14---(14)---|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|
|-|         pm
|  E E   E  E
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2-3---3--2-|
|--0-1---1--0-|
|-------------|


   4/4
    gtr ii
      pm------------|                   pm------------|
    E E E E s s E E E     H    H      E E E E s s E E E
||---------------------||-----------|--------------------|
||o-------------------o||-----------|--------------------|
||---------------------||-----------|--------------------|
||--4------------------||-4----5----|-4-------2----------|
||o-2---0-2-3-2---3-2-o||-2----3----|-2---0-2---3-2-3-2--|
||----3---------3------||-----------|---3----------------|
                                    |-rhy fill 1      ---|

                        pm
  H    H      H    q.   E 
|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-------------||
|-4----5----|------4------||
|-2----3----|-3----2----2-||
|-----------|-1---------0-||

rhy fig 2 x4 d.s. al coda ii (&&)




 outro
  &&
  H    H 
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|------4----|
|-3----2----|
|-1---------|

rhy fill 1
rhy fig 5 repeat and fade