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The Thing That Should Not Be Tabs

(ver. 2)
Metallica
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)
            
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