Metallica – Sad But True (Guitar Tab)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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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
e||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
B||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||
G||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||
D||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||
A||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--0-0-0-|-1------------o||
E||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
|
 |   Gtr II
 |            PM--|
 |   H    +E  E E E   H.      Q    H    +E   E E E   H.        Q
e||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
B||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||
G||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--------|---------------||
D||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)-/7-6-5-|-3tr5----------||
A||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--------|-----------x\-o||
E||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||

   2.
                2/4
   Gtrs I, II
   E E Q  H      E E S S S S
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-5-----------|-------------|
D|-3-----------|-------------|
A|-1-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-------------|-------------|

    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.
e||----------------------------||-------------------------|
B||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
G||----------------------------||-------------------------|
D||----------------------------||-------------------------|
A||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5----|
E||--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.
e||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
B||o--------------------------o||-----------------------|----------------------|
G||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
D||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
A||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5---|
E||--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
e|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||o--------------------------o||
G|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
D|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
A|-(5)b7==(5)r(5)--(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||
E|-------------------------------||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||
                                 |-Riff A          end Riff A-|
[Verse 1 and 2] $ PM----| PM--------------| PM------|
    E E S S E E E E S S   E E E E E E E S S  4x
e||----------------------|--------------------||
B||o---------------------|-------------------o||
G||----------------------|--------------------||
D||----------0-----------|-------3------------||
A||o---------0-----------|-------1-----------o||
E||--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
 |-Rhy Fig 1                   end Rhy Fig 1-|
[Chorus 1 and 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
e||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|
D||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|
A||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|
E||---0-----0----------------0-0-|---0--0------------------------|
||-Rhy Fig 2

|   Gtr III
|    W                             +H.                  +Q
e||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||o-10b12=======================|=(10)r================(10)-----|
G||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-Fill 1A

|   Gtr IV
|    H             H               +H          Q        +Q
e||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||o----------------8b10r========|==(8)---------8b10=====(8)-----|
G||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |-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
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------||
A|---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o||
E|------------3--------3---3--3-3-|---3---3---------0-1-1-0--||
|
 |  +H           Q        +Q         +W
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
B|-(10)---------10b12====(10)-----|-(10)r-------------------o||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
 |  +H          +H                   +W
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
B|--(8)r========(8)---------------|--(8)\-------------------o||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
[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
e||----------------------------||--------------------------||
B||o--------------------------o||--------------------------||
G||----------------------------||--------------------------||
D||----------------------------||--------------------------||
A||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----||
E||--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.
e|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-2--x---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-2--2---2-2-5p0-1p0-----|-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5---|
E|-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
e|----------------------||--------------------------||
B|----------------------||--------------------------||
G|----------------------||--------------------------||
D|----------------------||--------------------------||
A|-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||-2--(2)---2-2-----0h1p0---||
E|----------------------||-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
e|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|---/7-6-5-5s=2--------|-(2)s7-6-5-5s3-----|-(3)s7-6-5-5s=2--------|
A|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
 | Gtr I
 |                  PM|                                         PM|
 | H          +E  E E E    H.            Q     H          +E  E E E
e|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-2----------(2)-2-2-2-|--3-------------3--|--2----------(2)-2-2-2-|
A|-0----------(0)-0-0-0-|--1-------------1--|--0----------(0)-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|

  ~~~~~                     ~~~~~~~~~~
   +E  E E E  E   E E E   a H     +E   E E E
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------/9-8-7-|-7s2-----(2)--9-8-7---|
D|-(2)-7-6-5--3---------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
|
 |  H        +E   E E E   a Q  Q  +E   E E E
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|--3--------(3)-/7-6-5-|-5s2---------/7-6-5---|
A|--1--------(1)--------|------0--(0)----------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
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
e|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
B|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|---------3s==||
G|-7s3-----(3)-------------|-2-----(2)-------------|-3-----------|---------4s==||
D|-------------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------||
A|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
| | 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
e|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
B|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-3-----------|-------------||
D|-5s3---------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------||
A|------1--(1)-------------|----0--(0)-------------|-------------|---x-x-x-x-x-||
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
[Guitar solo 1]
  4/4
 w/Riff A x3
    ~~                                      ~~
    H           E   S  S  S  S  E           Q   S   S  S  S  T  T  E.      +S    S  S  S
e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-12--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------|
G|-13--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------|
D|-------------14\-12-14-----------------|-14------14-12----12h14p12------(12)\----12-14-|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------14---------------------14-------|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

                                            ~~
    S  S  S  S  a  E.      +S   T T S S S a E.    +S
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12---------------------------------------------------|
G|-12---------------------------9p7p6-------------------|
D|----14-12----12h14------(14)\-------9-7-7s9-----(9)\--|
A|----------14------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

   S T T S S  S  S S S a Q     E   E
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-4h5p4---4----------------------------|
D|-------7----7--5-4-5---------9s==5/---|
A|---------------------5s7--------------|
E|--------------------------------------
| | PM-----------|
| Q         +S  S E     E S S S S S  S
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-2---------(2)---2-----2-5-5----------|
E|-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
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12-15p12-15p12-------12---12-15p12-------12h15p12----12h15p12---------------|
G|-14b16----------------14b16---------------14b16----------14----------14-12---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------14-14---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM---------|
| Q                   +S       S     E           E           S     S     S  S  S S
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-------------------(2)------------2-----------2-----------5p====0-----1p=0------|
E|--0-------------------(0)------------0-----------0-----------------------------3p0-|
|-Riff B

                                        ~~~
   S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12-----------------------------------------|
G|-------12----14--12-------------------------------|
D|-12h14----14--------14-12-------------------------|
A|--------------------------14-12s10-12-10----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
| | PM------------|
|  Q          +S   S  E     E     S  S  S S S S
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----------(2)-----2-----2-----------0h1p0------|
E|--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
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14b15r(14)-14b15r(14)------------------------14b15r(14)-------12-------|
G|-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)p12----12-14-14b16r(14)-12----12-------|
D|-------------------------------------14---------------------14----14-12-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM--------| PM----
|  E          E          S          S     E     E          E     E  S  S
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----------2----------3----------3-----------3----------2--------2--2-|
A|--0----------0----------1----------1-----5-----1----------0--------0--0-|
E|-----------------------------------------3------------------------------|
|-Riff C                                                      end Riff C-|

 w/Riff C x3
                                                            ~~~~~
    S     +S   S  S     +S   S  S     +S   S  S     +S   S  E.      S
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)---------------|
G|-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------12-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------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
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------12-12-13-12-13-15-15---15-|
G|------------------------------12----12-14-12-14-14b15---------------------------|
D|----------12----12-14-12---14----14---------------------------------------------|
A|-14-12-14----14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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
e|-12h15p12----12-12-12-15p12---12-12-12-12-15p12------------------------------||
B|----------15------------------------------------15p13----13-15p13----13-15---||
G|------------------------------------------------------14----------14---------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[Chorus 3]
 w/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
e||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|
D||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|
A||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|
E||---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
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------||
A|---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o||
E|------------3--------3---3--3-3-|---3---3---------0-1-1-0--||
[Guitar solo 2]
 w/Riff B x2
   Gtr III
                   ~                                                ~~
   E S S  E    S S H               E   S S    +S   S S S T     T  S Q.
e|-------------------------------|-----0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------3b5==(3)r---3-0-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-2b4-------------------2pb4r(2)p0--------------|
D|-2-2p0--2----2p0-2-------------|----------------------------------2------------|
A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

                                  ~~
   E   E    E     E   E.    +S  S E.        E  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
G|-4b7-4b7--4b7---4b7-4b7r==(4)-0--------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
D|--------------------------------2------|-14-----------------14----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

    S     S  S  S      +S    S  S     S  S      S   E   Q
e|----------12--------------12-------12----------------------|
B|-------12----15b17==(15)r----15b17----15b17-(15)\----------|
G|-14b16-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | PM------| ~~~~
|  Q                  +S    S  E        E          S S S E.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2------------------(2)------2--------2----------5p0-5-5--|
E|--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
e|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
G|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
D|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
A|-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5--|-(5)b7r(5)-(5)--(5)-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-|
E|---------------------|--------------------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
e|---------------------|-----------------|
B|---------------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-----------------|
D|---------0-----------|-------3---3---3-|
A|---------0-----------|-------1---1---1-|
E|-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
e|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------2-------|----------------------|
D|-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2----------|
A|-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-0-5-5-5-5--|
E|-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
e|---------------------||----------------------------||
B|---------------------||o--------------------------o||
G|---------------------||----------------------------||
D|-----5-5-5-5---------||----------------------------||
A|-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3---||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||
E|-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
e|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
B|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
G|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
D|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
A|-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-|-2----------*|
E|-0--(0)---0-0----------|------------|----------------------|-0----------*|
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