THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE 



"The Thing That Should Not Be" by Metallica

Transcribed by Chris Binding

(c) Metallica



I'm pretty sure that this song is drop D tuned, like guitar.

Bass Fig1

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

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

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





Bass Fig2

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

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

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





Bass Fig3

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--7-7-7-7-10-7-10---6-3-3-3-6-3-6---7-4-4-4-7-4-7---4-1-1-1-1-1-1--|





Bass Fig4

|------------|

|------------|

|------------|

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

Let ring 





Bass Fig5

|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------|

|--0----1-----------------------------------------------|

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





Bass Fig6

|--------------------|

|--------------------|

|--0----1---------0--|

|------------1-------|





Bass Fig7

|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|

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





Bass Fig8

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|--5--6--5-----3--5---------3---------3--5------------------------|





Bass Fig9

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

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

|-----3--5-----------------|





How it's played:

Guitar Intro

Bass Fig1 x 4

Bass Fig2 x 2

Bass Fig3 x 1

Bass Fig4 x 4

Bass Fig1 x 2

Bass Fig4 x 2

Bass Fig1 x 1

Bass Fig3 x 2

Bass Fig5 x 2

Bass Fig6 x 1

Bass Fig1 x 2

Bass Fig2 x 2

Bass Fig4 x 4

Bass Fig1 x 2

Bass Fig4 x 2

Bass Fig1 x 1

Bass Fig3 x 2

Bass Fig5 x 2

Bass Fig6 x 1

Bass Fig7 x 4

Bass Fig8 x 1

Bass Fig9 x 1

Bass Fig6 x 1

Bass Fig2 x 4

Bass Fig4 x 4

Bass Fig1 x 2

Bass Fig4 x 2

Bass Fig1 x 1

Bass Fig3 x 2

Bass Fig5 x 2

Bass Fig6 x 1

Bass Fig9 x 1

Bass Fig7 x Fadeout