Sad But True

Metallica

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Key: 
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

E|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

E|----------| 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--| | 
|                                                                



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 |  +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
E|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|--------------------------------------| 
|                                         

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-| 

E|----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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|                                                                                      

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

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

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

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

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


E|----------| 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|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
|                                                              



|  Q                +   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


E|-------| 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--| 



[Other]

   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----------*| 



************************************

| x    Dead note
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| b    Bend
| pb   Pre-bend
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
| ~    Vibrato
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Composition: James Hetfield and Metallica

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