The Thing that Should not Be.
written by Hetfield, Ulrich and Hammett.
as performed on Master of Puppets.
tab by: Brett Phillip Renike; bprenike@socs.uts.EDU.AU 
Resource: lepper-messiah's METALLICA page.
          http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/venue/5471/ 


This is my version of The Thing That Should Not Be.
It's all from memory, so some of it may be wrong.
There is a fill (Riff 9) near the end of the song which I can't remember
how it goes, so if someone could tab it, I'd really appreciate it.

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