Sad But True - Metallica
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
this should be pretty accurate.


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



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

| 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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Song info
Sad But True
Metallica
2001
  • Rock
  • Heavy Metal
  • Thrash
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