Metallica – Sad But True tab

this should be pretty accurate.


Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'James Hetfield - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Kirk Hammett - Lead w/dist'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Fils - dist electric'

Intro
    Q=86                                           1.
   4/4
    Gtr I
             PM--|                          PM--|
H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E W||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--0-0-0-|-1------------o||||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
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| Gtr II| PM--|| H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E H. Q||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--------|---------------||||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)-/7-6-5-|-3tr5----------||||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--------|-----------x\-o||||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
2. 2/4 Gtrs I, II E E Q H E E S S S S|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------||-5-----------|-------------||-3-----------|-------------||-1-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-||-------------|-------------|
4/4 PM| PM| ~~ Q +S S E E S S S S S S 3x Q +S S E E S S S E.||----------------------------||-------------------------|||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|||----------------------------||-------------------------|||----------------------------||-------------------------|||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5----|||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||-0--(0)---0-0------------|
PM| PM| ~~~~~~~~~ Q +S S E E S S S S S S 3x Q +S S E E S S S E. +H +E S S S E.||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|||o--------------------------o||-----------------------|----------------------|||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5---|||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||-0--(0)---0-0----------|----------------------|
~~~ PM| +E +E +Q +E E S S S S Q +S S E E S S S S S S|-------------------------------||----------------------------|||-------------------------------||o--------------------------o|||-------------------------------||----------------------------|||-------------------------------||----------------------------|||-(5)b7==(5)r(5)--(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o|||-------------------------------||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--|| |-Riff A end Riff A-|
Verse 1 & 2 $ PM----| PM--------------| PM------|
E E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S 4x||----------------------|--------------------||||o---------------------|-------------------o||||----------------------|--------------------||||----------0-----------|-------3------------||||o---------0-----------|-------1-----------o||||--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|| |-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
Chorus 1 & 2 Gtrs I, II PM----| PM---------| PM--- E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|||---0-----0----------------0-0-|---0--0------------------------|||-Rhy Fig 2
| Gtr III| W +H. +Q||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-10b12=======================|=(10)r================(10)-----|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-Fill 1A
| Gtr IV| H H +H Q +Q||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o----------------8b10r========|==(8)---------8b10=====(8)-----|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-Fill 1B
----------| PM----------| PM
|-3-| E E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------|||---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o|||------------3--------3---3--3-3-|---3---3---------0-1-1-0--||
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| +H Q +Q +W|--------------------------------|--------------------------|||-(10)---------10b12====(10)-----|-(10)r-------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------||
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| +H +H +W|--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--(8)r========(8)---------------|--(8)\-------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------||
To Coda Gtrs I, II PM| PM| Q +S S E E S S S S S S Q +S S E E S S S S S S||----------------------------||--------------------------||||o--------------------------o||--------------------------||||----------------------------||--------------------------||||----------------------------||--------------------------||||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----||||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||-0--(0)---0-0---------3p0-||
PM| ~~ Q S S E E S S S E. Q S S E E S S S S S S Q +S S E E S S S E.|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|------------------------||-2--x---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-2--2---2-2-5p0-1p0-----|-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5---||-0--x---0-0----------|-0--0---0-0---------3p0-|-0--(0)---0-0-----------|
D.S. al Coda & PM----|
+H +E E S S S S Q +S S E E S S S S S S|----------------------||--------------------------|||----------------------||--------------------------|||----------------------||--------------------------|||----------------------||--------------------------|||-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||-2--(2)---2-2-----0h1p0---|||----------------------||-0--(0)---0-0-0-3-------3-||
Interlude Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E a H +E E E E a H +E E E E a H|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||---/7-6-5-5s=2--------|-(2)s7-6-5-5s3-----|-(3)s7-6-5-5s=2--------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr I| PM| PM|| H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||-2----------(2)-2-2-2-|--3-------------3--|--2----------(2)-2-2-2-||-0----------(0)-0-0-0-|--1-------------1--|--0----------(0)-0-0-0-||----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ +E E E E E E E E a H +E E E E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||---------------/9-8-7-|-7s2-----(2)--9-8-7---||-(2)-7-6-5--3---------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------|
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| H +E E E E a Q Q +E E E E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||--3--------(3)-/7-6-5-|-5s2---------/7-6-5---||--1--------(1)--------|------0--(0)----------||----------------------|----------------------|
2/4 Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~PM--------| ~~~~~~~~~~PM--------|
a H +E S S S S S S H +E S S S S S S E E Q H Q E E|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|---------3s==|||-7s3-----(3)-------------|-2-----(2)-------------|-3-----------|---------4s==|||-------------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
| | Gtrs I, II | PM-----------| PM--------|
| a Q Q +E S S S S S S Q Q +E S S S S S S E E Q H E E S S S S|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-3-----------|-------------|||-5s3---------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------|||------1--(1)-------------|----0--(0)-------------|-------------|---x-x-x-x-x-|||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo 1 4/4w/Riff A x3 ~~ ~~ H E S S S S E Q S S S S T T E. +S S S S|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-12--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------||-13--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------||-------------14\-12-14-----------------|-14------14-12----12h14p12------(12)\----12-14-||---------------------------------------|---------------14---------------------14-------||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~ S S S S a E. +S T T S S S a E. +S|------------------------------------------------------||-12---------------------------------------------------||-12---------------------------9p7p6-------------------||----14-12----12h14------(14)\-------9-7-7s9-----(9)\--||----------14------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
S T T S S S S S S a Q E E|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-4h5p4---4----------------------------||-------7----7--5-4-5---------9s==5/---||---------------------5s7--------------||--------------------------------------
| | PM-----------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-2---------(2)---2-----2-5-5----------||-0---------(0)---0-----0-----0-0-3--5-|
~~~ |----3-----|
S S T T T T S S S T T S T T T T T T T T S S E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------12-15p12-15p12-------12---12-15p12-------12h15p12----12h15p12---------------||-14b16----------------14b16---------------14b16----------14----------14-12---------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------14-14---||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM---------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2-------------------(2)------------2-----------2-----------5p====0-----1p=0------||--0-------------------(0)------------0-----------0-----------------------------3p0-||-Riff B
~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|--------------------------------------------------||-------12-----------------------------------------||-------12----14--12-------------------------------||-12h14----14--------14-12-------------------------||--------------------------14-12s10-12-10----------||--------------------------------------------------|
| | PM------------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--2----------(2)-----2-----2-----------0h1p0------||--0----------(0)-----0-----0-----0--3--------3----| end Riff B-|
~~ S +S S +S T T T T S S S +S S S E S S|------------------------------------------------------------------------||-14b15r(14)-14b15r(14)------------------------14b15r(14)-------12-------||-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)p12----12-14-14b16r(14)-12----12-------||-------------------------------------14---------------------14----14-12-||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM--------| PM----
| E E S S E E E E S S|------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||--2----------2----------3----------3-----------3----------2--------2--2-||--0----------0----------1----------1-----5-----1----------0--------0--0-||-----------------------------------------3------------------------------||-Riff C end Riff C-|
w/Riff C x3 ~~~~~ S +S S S +S S S +S S S +S S E. S|--------------------------------------------------------------------||-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)---------------||-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16------||-----------------------------------------------------------------12-||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------6-------| |-------6--------| |--------6--------| |-------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------12-12-13-12-13-15-15---15-||------------------------------12----12-14-12-14-14b15---------------------------||----------12----12-14-12---14----14---------------------------------------------||-14-12-14----14-----------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6--------| |------6-------|
T T T T S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S|-12h15p12----12-12-12-15p12---12-12-12-12-15p12------------------------------|||----------15------------------------------------15p13----13-15p13----13-15---|||------------------------------------------------------14----------14---------|||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus 3w/Riff 1A + 1B both x2 Gtrs I, II PM----| PM---------| PM--- E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|||---0-----0----------------0-0-|---0--0------------------------|
----------| PM----------| PM
|-3-| E E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--------------------------|||---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------|||---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o|||------------3--------3---3--3-3-|---3---3---------0-1-1-0--||
Guitar Solo 2w/Riff B x2 Gtr III ~ ~~ E S S E S S H E S S +S S S S T T S Q.|-------------------------------|-----0-----------0-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-------3b5==(3)r---3-0-------------------------||-------------------------------|-2b4-------------------2pb4r(2)p0--------------||-2-2p0--2----2p0-2-------------|----------------------------------2------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~ E E E E E. +S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||-4b7-4b7--4b7---4b7-4b7r==(4)-0--------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||--------------------------------2------|-14-----------------14----------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S S S E Q|----------12--------------12-------12----------------------||-------12----15b17==(15)r----15b17----15b17-(15)\----------||-14b16-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM------| ~~~~
| Q +S S E E S S S E.|-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||--2------------------(2)------2--------2----------5p0-5-5--||--0------------------(0)------0--------0-------------------|
Gtrs I,II 2/4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ +H +E S S S E. +E +E Q +E E S S S S E E S S S S|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5--|-(5)b7r(5)-(5)--(5)-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-||---------------------|--------------------x-x-x-x-x-|-------------|
Verse 3 4/4 Gtrs I, II Rhy Fig 1 -------| PM--------------| PM PM|
E E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||---------0-----------|-------3---3---3-||---------0-----------|-------1---1---1-||-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0---|
Rhy Fig 1x2 Chorus 4 Rhy Fig 2, Riff 1A, Riff 1B all x2
Gtrs I, II PM| PM------| PM----------| PM| E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|-------------2-------|----------------------||-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2----------||-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-0-5-5-5-5--||-0-0-------------0-0-|-0-0-----------------|---------3---3-3-3-3--|
Outro PM| PM |-3-| E E E E E E E S S E Q +S S E E S S S S S S 3x|---------------------||----------------------------|||---------------------||o--------------------------o|||---------------------||----------------------------|||-----5-5-5-5---------||----------------------------|||-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3---||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o|||-3-3---------0-1-1-0-||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q +S S E E S S S E. +W +H +E E S S S S Q Q H|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*||-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*||-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*||-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-|-2----------*||-0--(0)---0-0----------|------------|----------------------|-0----------*|
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