Tabs for

"The Thing That Should Not Be"

Band: Metallica
(Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton)


This is my version of The Thing That Should Not Be.
It's all from memory, so some of it may be wrong.


The Thing That Should Not Be

Metallica

Drop D tuning

Riff 1: Riff 2:

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


Riff 3: (x 4) Riff 4:

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


Riff 5:

E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G--5-------5---5---1-------1---1---2-------2---2----------------------
D--5-------5---5---1-------1---1---2-------2---2----4-----------------
A----7-7-7---7-------3-3-3---3-------4-4-4---4------4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
D----7-7-7---7-------3-3-3---3-------4-4-4---4--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-



Verse

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Riff 6: (x 2)

E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D--2--0-----------------------------(0)-- ...let ring
A--2--0-----------------------------(0)--
D--2--0-----------------------------(0)--


Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3 (x 2)
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3


Chorus

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Riff 5 (x 2)

Riff 7:

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

Riff 3 (x 2)
Riff 4 (x 2)

Verse

Chorus


Riff 8: (x 4)
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G----6---6--------------------------|
D----6---6--------------------------|
A--5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D--5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Riff 9:
E-----------|--------------------|
B-----------|--------------------|
G----6---6--|--2-----------------|
D----6---6--|--2--------0--------|
A--5-6-5-6--|--0------0---1-0-1-0|
D--5-6-5-6--|-----3-5------------|



Riff 4 (x 4)

Verse

Chorus

Riff 9, Riff 8 (x 10)


...AND BACK FOR ALL