Tabs for
Sad But True
by Hetfield and Ulrich
as performed on Metallica
tab by Phil Boyle; phil@encycmet.com
Tune all guitars down 1 step
1)
d------------------------------------
A------------------------------------
F--2--2-2-2-3--3-2-------------------
C--2--2-2-2-3--3-2--7-6-5-3h5p3h5p3h5
G--0--0-0-0-1--1-0-------------------
D------------------------------------
intro
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full
2) ^ V
C--2--2-2------------- -----------------------
G--2--2-2--5p0-1p0---- -5p0-5-5~~~~~5p0-5-5---
D--0--0-0----------3p0 -----------------------
main riff before verse
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3)
C-------------0-------------------3----
G--2-2--2-2-2-0-2-2--2-0-2-2--2-2-1-2-2
D--0-0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0-0
pm.......... ................. ...
verse riff
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4a)
C----------3-0-3-2------------3-0-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-3---2--
G----------3-0-3-2------------3-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-5-0-5
D--0-0-0-0---------0--0-0-0-0---------------------3---3
pm....... .......... .........
4b)
C-------------5-5-5-5p0----
G--5--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3p0-3-2
D--3--3-3-3-3-----------1-0
pm..........
chorus
4c)
d--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-5--6-3-5-3-------------
A--5--6-3-6-5--6-3-6-5--6-3-5-3-------------
F-------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------5-5-5------
G--------------------------------3-3-3---3-2
D--------------------------------------0-1-0
chorus lead
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5)
d------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------5-4-3-----5-4-3----
F--------------2---------3----------------2---------3--
C--------------2-7-6-5---3-7-6-5------------2---------3
G------1p0-----0-------7-1-------8---------------------
D--3p0-----3p0-----------------------------------------
6)
C--2-3-5-3-2h3p2--2-3-5-3-2-3
G----------------------------
D----------------------------
interlude
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7)
F----------3-2-3-2----------3-2-3-2
C----------3-2-3-2----------3-2-3-2
G--0-0-0-0----------0-0-0-0--------
D----------------------------------
during the ending of the solo
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------------------------------------------------------------
solo pt 1
d---------------------------------------------
A--12--------12-12----------------------------
F--11--------12-12------------12--------------
C------12-14-------14---12-14----14-12----12~~
G--------------------------------------14-----
D---------------------------------------------
pt2
d-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
F-----------12-------9p7p6----------------------
C-----12-14----14~~--------7h9~~9h10p9p7p0-----9
G--14--------------------------------------7~~~-
D-----------------------------------------------
pt3
d-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----12-15p12----12-15p12----12-15p12-----------12---------------
F--14----------14----------14-----------12-------12---------------
C------------------------------------------14-14----14-12---------
G---------------------------------------------------------14-12-10
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
(this part is just a little too quick for me, but it's close)
pt4 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
d-----------------------------------------------------------
A--14-14----------------14-------12--------14-12-14-12-14-12
F--14-14-14-12----12-14-14-12----12-----12-14-12-14-12-14-12
C--------------14-------------14-----14---------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
pt5
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------12-15
A-----------------------------------------------12-13----12-13-15-13-15------
F-----------------------------12----12-14-12-14-------14---------------------
C-----------12----12-14-12-14----14------------------------------------------
G--14-12-14----14------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^
d--15-13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12----------------------------------
A------------------------------15-12----15-12----15-12----15-15
F------------------------------------14-------14-------14------
C--------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
solo 2 ^ AH*******
d-----------------0-------------------------
A---------------0---3-0---------------------
F-------------2---------2-0----4-4-4-4-4-0--
C--2-0-2-0-2~~--------------2~~------------2
G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------12----12----12---
A-------12-12--12-12--12-12-12-----12----15----15----15
F-------12-12--12-12--12-12-12--14---------------------
C--//14------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------