The Thing That Should Not Be Bass Tab

Master Of Puppets Tabs:

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Artist:   MetallicA
Title:    The Thing that Should Not Be
Album:    Master of Puppets

My second tab WOOT. One of my mates helped me tab this one (he plays guitar 
and loves 
MetallicA more then me) so some of the credit goes to him. We think it sounds 
pretty 
close to right (of course cos its perfect :P ). Long Live MetallicA.

A x# at end of line = play whole lane that many times.
A x# at top of a part of line means play that part that many times.

!For this song near the end of the verse there is an *. This is where you change 
to
Part 2 and Part 3 for Verses 2 and 3 respectively.!

Intro
                                                        x4
|---|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-|---PAUSE FOR----|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-|----7-BEATS-----|----------------||-------1-------2-|------3----------|
|---|----------------|--------------0-||-0-1-2-------2---|----2---------0--|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------1-------2-|------3----------|   x2
|-0-1-2-----1-2---|--1-2-----1-2-0--|

|--------- ---- ---|----------------|
|--------- ---- ---|----------------|
|--------- ---- ---|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-10-7-10---|6-3-3-3-6-3-6---|
                                                  x2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-4-4-4-7-4-7---|4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2---------------|--------------0-|


First, Second and Third Verses

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|  x2
|2---------------|--------------0-|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|------1-------2-|------3---------|  x2
|0-1-2-------2---|----2---------0-|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|  x2
|2---------------|--------------0-|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|------1-------2-|------3---------|
|0-1-2-------2---|----2---------0-|

|------------------|----------------|----------|
|------------------|----------------|          |
|------------------|----------------|          |
|7-7-7-7-10-7-10---|6-3-3-3-6-3-6---|          |   
                                               x2 - Play whole part though twice 
|----------------|----------------|            |
|----------------|----------------|            |
|----------------|----------------|            |
|7-4-4-4-7-4-7---|4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------1-------|----------------|
|----------------|5-6---5-6-0-0-0-|

|----------------|---|--------|---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-2-|--------|-4-|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-4-|--------|-4-|0-------1-------|----------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---|5-6---5-|---|----------------|5-6---5-6-0-0-0-|
          
                                                   *                       
|----------------|---|--------|---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-2-|--------|-4-|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-4-|--------|-4-|0-------1-------|--------0-------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---|5-6---5-|---|----------------|1-------------0-|
           
                  x2                                  x2
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------1-------2-|------3----------||-------1-------2-|------3----------|
|-0-1-2-------2---|----2---------0--||-0-1-2-----1-2---|--1-2-----1-2-0--|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|  x2
|2---------------|--------------0-|

Verse

(This Verse doesnt get played all the way to end, it switches to Part 2 where 
the
* is.) 

Part 2
*                                   Solo (Guitar)               
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------0-------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------| x4
|1---------------|--------5-6---5-||-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-5-6---5--|
 
(this is 1 and 0) (this is 3,1,0)                   (this is 5,1,0)
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0-----0-10--1-0-|0-----0-310-1-0-|0-------1-------|0-----0-510-1-0-|
|--3-5-----3-----|--3-5-----------|----------------|--3-5-----------|
                                                         
                                                     x4
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|0-------1-------|--------0-------||-------1-------2-|------3----------|
|----------------|1-------------0-||-0-1-2-----1-2---|--1-2-----1-2-0--|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|  x2
|2---------------|--------------0-|

Verse

(Like Second verse, this gets played to the * then come to this part for ending)

Part 3                                           x6 and Fade on 7,8 and 9
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------0-------|0-----0-510-1-0-||-----------------|-----------------|
|1---------------|--3-5-----------||-5-6---5-6-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/metallica/152493.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Atticus Average	#1 by Atticus Crowley at Mar 18, 2006 at 10:24 AM EST
	This is Metallica's second song based on H.P. Lovercraft's works. Also check out "The Call of Ktulu".

No Picture Chris Badass	#2 by Chris Phillips at May 1, 2006 at 4:56 AM EST
	is it: Not dead which eternal lie stranger eons Death may die or: That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with aeons even death may die? I cant find my Master... CD. And Live in my attic, although what you said would work, in Call of the Cthulhu several of the cult members that worship and wish to revive the Cthulhu are refered to as hybrid children (a racial comment).

No Picture Tom Rhythm Player	#3 by Tom at May 18, 2006 at 6:45 PM EST
	When I first heard this song, I was like "Uh, James, where are you coming from on this one man" cuz I'd never read H.P. Lovecraft's story. Once I read it, it turned a weird ass heavy song into a kick ass heavy song. I like the S&M version, but cuz the symohony backing it makes it even more sadistic. Plus Jaymz vocal is a bit more insane on S&M

No Picture Average	#4 by KitCat at Jun 24, 2006 at 3:07 AM EST
	Kick ass song, Killer solo, one of my fav Metallica songs. Love the S&M version.

No Picture van Wanna Be	#5 by van laurel at Aug 14, 2006 at 12:24 AM EST
	bad ass song, cool on s&m. about h.p. lovecraft's "shadow over innsmout"

No Picture Smellson Wanna Be	#6 by Smellson at Dec 30, 2006 at 2:00 AM EST
	This song also has to do with the absence of Jaymz parents throughout most of his life, and how people need that support in their life.