The Thing That Should Not Be - Metallica
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Tuning: D Tuning, D G C F
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M E T A L L I C A
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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
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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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Part 2: [ Time 01:02 - 01:32 ]
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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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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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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:
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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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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:
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Part 10: [ Time 05:45 - 06:38 ]
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-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
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