"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)