The Thing That Should Not Be Metallica
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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 [25tb 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
||---------------------||----------------------------| ||-- ----||----------------------------| ||-- ----||--------3-----4-----5---5---| ||-------------------0-||--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|--------3-----4-----5---5---| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-|--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|--------3------4------5--------| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-|--0-1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-0-| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------3------4------5------------|----------5---5--1-------1---1--| |--0-1-2----1-2----1-2----1-(2/7)-0-|--7-7-7-7---7------3-3-3---3----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--2-----------2-----2----------------------------| |-----4--4--4-----4------4-4-1--1--1--1--1--1--0--| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |--2----------------0-|--2----------------0-||
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Part 2: [ Time 01:02 - 01:32 ]
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||---------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------------------------|----------------------------------| ||--2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|--------3-----4-----5---5---| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-|--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |--2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-10\ 0-| |----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-||
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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||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| ||--------------5-----5- \-1-----------1-----1--| ||--7--7--7--7-----7----------3--3--3-----3-----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--2-----------2-----2----------------------------| |-----4--4--4-----4------4-4-1--1--1--1--1--1--0--| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--------------5-----5- \-1-----------1-----1--| |--7--7--7--7-----7----------3--3--3-----3-----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--2-----------2-----2----------------------------| |-----4--4--4-----4------4-4-1--1--1--1--1--1--0--| | |--------------------| |----------------------------------| |3|--------------------|4|----------------------------------| |/|--2----3----0-1-1-0-|/|--1-----------------------0-1-1-0-| |4|--------------------|4|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| | |--------------------| |----------------------------------| |3|--------------------|4|----------------------------------| |/|--2----3----0-1-1-0-|/|--1-----------------------0-1-1-0-| |4|--------------------|4|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
[]
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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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||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||--------3-----4-----5---5---|--------3-----4-----5---5---| ||--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-|--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------3------4------5--------|--------3------4------5--------| |--0-1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-0-|--0-1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-0-| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------|| |--2----------------0-|--2----------------0-||
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Part 5: Repeat Part 2 with the following variations [ Time 02:34 - 03:04 ]
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||---------------------------|--------------------------------------| ||---------------------------|--------------------------------------| ||---------------------------|--------------------------------------| ||--2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- /11\-0-| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|--------3-----4-----5---5---| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-|--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-| |----------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------------| |--2--2-2--2-2--2---2--2-2-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-12\-0-| |----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |--------3-----4-----5---5---|| |--0-1-2-----2-----2-------0-||
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|-----------------|4| |--2----3---------2----|/|--(2)----0-1-1-0-|/| |------------1---------|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-----------------------0-1-1-0-|*| x 4 ||----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| | |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |--2-----0--2--3-2----3--2--2-----0--2--5-3-2--3--2--| |-----3------------3-----------3---------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------------2------------|-----------------------|| |--2----3----2-----0--2----3-2--3--2--|--2----3---------2-----|| |---------------3---------------------|------------1--------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---------2----|| |------------1---------||
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Part 10: [ Time 05:45 - 06:38 ]
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| |-------------------------------------------------|| |3|------------------------2------------------------|| |/|--2----3----2-----0--2----3-2--3--2--0--1--1--0--|| |4|---------------3---------------------------------|| | |----------------------------------| | |4|----------------------------------|*| |/|--1-----------------------0-1-1-0-|*| Repeat until fade |4|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| |
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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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