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From: [email protected] (Brett Phillip Renike)

This is my version of The Thing That Should Not Be.
It's all from memory, so some of it may be wrong.
There is a fill (Riff 9) near the end of the song which I can't remember
how it goes, so if someone could tab it, I'd really appreciate it.

                 The Thing That Should Not Be
                          Metallica

   Riff 1:        Riff 2:
E-|-------------|-------------------------|
B-|-------------|-------------------------|
G-|.-----------.|.-----------------------.|
D-|.-----------.|.-----------------------.|
A-|--0--2-------|--0--2----1-----2-----3--|
E-|--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--|
E-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-
E----7-7-7---7-------3-3-3---3-------4-4-4---4--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-

Verse
=====

 Riff 6: (x 2)
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D--2--0-----------------------------(0)-- ...let ring
A--2--0-----------------------------(0)--
E--2--0-----------------------------(0)--

Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3 (x 2)
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3

Chorus
======

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---|
E|----------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--|
E--5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

              Riff 9:
E-----------|----------------------------------------|
B-----------|----------------------------------------|
G----6---6--|----------------------------------------|
D----6---6--|----------------------------------------|
A--5-6-5-6--|----------------------------------------|
E--5-6-5-6--|----------------------------------------|

E----------|--------------|------------------
B----------|--------------|------------------
G--2---3---|--------------|--2---3-------2---
D--2---3---|--( Riff 9 )--|--2---3---1---2---
A--0---1---|--------------|--0---1---1---0---
E----------|--------------|----------1-------

Riff 4 (x 4)
Verse
Chorus
Riff 9, Riff 8 (x 10)