Metallica
“the thing that should not be”

PM= palm mute
b = bend
h = hammer on
p = pull
/ = slide

tuning: D A D G B E

intro: (clean)
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-0---2---------------0---2---------------|
D|-0---2---------------0---2---------------|

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

riff 1
part 1:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----------3-3------4-4------5-5-----|
A|-0--0-1-2-1-1------2-2------3-3-----|
D|-0--0-1-2--------2--------2---------|  
    |__PM__|   |_PM_|   |_PM_|

part 2:
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-----------3-3--------4-4--------5-5----|
A|-0-0-0-1-2-1-1--------2-2--------3-3----|
D|-0-0-0-1-2--------2-2--------2-2--------|
  |___PM____|     |_PM_|     |_PM_|
         

riff 2
part 1:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|10-7-7-7-10--10-10-6-3-3-3-6--6-6-7-4-4-4--7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|10-7-7-7-10--10-10-6-3-3-3-6--6-6-7-4-4-4--7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
     |_PM_|            |_PM_|         |_PM_|      |_____PM____|

part 2:
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--2-----------------------------------------------------|

riff 3: (clean)
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-0---2---------------------| 
D|-0---2---------------------|

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

riff 4:
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-2--------3--------|
A|-0--------1--------|
D|-------------------|
                       
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-0-5-6-5--6-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0-5-6-5--6-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
               |__________PM_________|

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

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

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

solo
rhythm guitar:
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

lead guitar: 
E|-7-h10p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |______________________________whammy pedal________________________________|


E|-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10-p7-h10|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
  |_____________whammy pedal_______________|

E|-p7-h10-p7-h10-------------------------------10-10-10-10-|
B|---------------/17-b19-~---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

E|14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |________________________________wah____________________________________|

E|-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------13-b16-----/19---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |______________________wah______________________|

E|--------------9-10--9-h10-p-9-------------------------|
B|--------9-10------------------10--9-------------------|
G|-9-h10------------------------------11-10-------------|
D|------------------------------------------12-11--8—7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|8-h9---8~--------/3----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

E|----------14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0/9--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
           |________________whammy pedal_______________|

E|-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10-14-p11-p10---------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------12---12~---|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
  |___________whammy pedal__________|

riff 5:
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6-7-|
A|-5-6-5-0-----0-11-----0-22-5-4-3-|
D|-5-6-5---3-5------3-5------5-----|

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

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6-7-|
A|-5-6-5-0-----0-11-----0-22-5-4-3-|
D|-5-6-5---3-5------3-5------5-----|

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

outro
part 1:
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-5-6-5-0-----0-11-|
D|-5-6-5---3-5------|

part 2:
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|