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                               M E T A L L I C A

                                       -

              T H E   T H I N G   T H A T   S H O U L D   N O T   B E
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                                MASTER OF PUPPETS
               (c) Elektra/Music For Nations/Vertigo Records (1986)
                             http://www.metallica.com/


                                D Standard Tuning
                                     D G C F

                                  Tempo = 56 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4



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                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                          Version 1.0 [25th September 2012]

                                   Date Tabbed
                               25th September 2012
                             -----------------------

                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 (/)       -  Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From
 /         -  Slide Up to/Up From
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
 5h7       -  Hammer-On
 7p5       -  Pull-Off
 *         -  Staccato Notes (Bring the indicated note(s) to an abrupt end)
 |__[1,2]  -  Alternate Endings



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Part 1: Guitars 1, 2 & 3                                  [ Time 00:00 - 01:02 ]
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Rest for 3 bars


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-2-------0-|

|-------------
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|--0-1-2-----2

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0-||



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Part 2:                                                   [ Time 01:02 - 01:32 ]
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||------------
||------------
||------------
||--2---2--2-2

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--2---2--2-2-0

-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|--2-2-2-2-2-

--------------
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2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

--------|
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|--0-1-2-----2

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2-----2-------

--|
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|-------------
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|--2-2-2-2-2-2

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Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light

Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free



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Part 3:                                                   [ Time 01:32 - 02:08 ]
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||------------
||------------
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||--7--7--7--7

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--5-----5- \-1
-----7--------

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--3--3--3-----

------|
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---1--|
3-----|

|-------------
|-------------
|--2----------
|-----4--4--4-

--------------
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-2-----2------
----4------4-4

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|4|-----------

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Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea

Great old one
Forbidden sight
He searches, hunter of the shadows is rising

Immortal

In madness you dwell



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Part 4:                                                   [ Time 02:08 - 02:34 ]
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Part 5: Repeat Part 2 with the following variations       [ Time 02:34 - 03:04 ]
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||------------
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||--2---2--2-2

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--2---2--2-2-0

-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|--2-2-2-2-2-

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2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

------------|
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|-------------
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|--------3----
|--0-1-2-----2

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-4-----5---5--
-----2-------0

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-|--0-1-2-----

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--4-----5---5-
2-----2-------

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0-|

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|--2--2-2--2-2

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-|--2-2-2-2-2-

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|-------------
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-4-----5---5--
-----2-------0

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Crawling chaos underground
Cult has summoned twisted sound

Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death



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Part 6: Repeat Part 3 with the following variation:       [ Time 03:04 - 03:43 ]
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Replace the final bar with the following:


|-------------
|-------------
|--2----3-----
|------------1

---------| |--
---------|2|--
----2----|/|--
---------|4|--

--------------
--------------
(2)----0-1-1-0
--------------

-| |
-|4|
-|/|
-|4|



Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea

Timeless sleep
Has been upset
He awakens
Hunter of the shadows is rising

Immortal

In madness you dwell



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Guitar Solo Backing:                                      [ Time 03:43 - 04:13 ]
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||------------
||------------
||--1---------
||----0-0-0-0-

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0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

--------| |
--------|*|
0-1-1-0-|*| x 4
--------| |

|-------------
|-------------
|--2-----0--2-
|-----3-------

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--------------
-3-2----3--2--
-----3--------

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--------------
2-----0--2--5-
---3----------

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3-2--3--2--|
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|-------------
|-------------
|--2----3----2
|-------------

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-----------2--
-----0--2----3
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----------|---
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-2--3--2--|--2
----------|---

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----3---------
---------1----

------||
------||
2-----||
----0-||



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Part 7: Repeat Part 4                                     [ Time 04:13 - 04:39 ]
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Part 8: Repeat Part 2                                     [ Time 04:39 - 05:09 ]
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Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons, death may die

Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be



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Part 9: Repeat Part 3 with the following variation        [ Time 05:09 - 05:45 ]
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Replace the last bar with the following:


|-------------
|-------------
|--2----3-----
|------------1

---------||
---------||
----2----||
---------||



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Part 10:                                                  [ Time 05:45 - 06:38 ]
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| |-----------
|3|-----------
|/|--2----3---
|4|-----------

--------------
-------------2
-2-----0--2---
----3---------

--------------
--------------
-3-2--3--2--0-
--------------

----------||
----------||
-1--1--0--||
----------||


| |-----------
|4|-----------
|/|--1--------
|4|----0-0-0-0

--------------
--------------
--------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

---------| |
---------|*|
-0-1-1-0-|*| Repeat until fade
---------| |



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End
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Tab summary:        Part 1
                    Part 2
                    Part 3
                    Part 4
                    Part 5
                    Part 6
                    Guitar Solo Backing
                    Part 7
                    Part 8
                    Part 9
                    Part 10

                    END

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