Sad but True Tabs & Lyrics by Metallica
Sad but True
guitar tabs lyrics
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
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||
||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--2-2-2-|-3-------------||
||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--0-0-0-|-1------------o||
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--|
| H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E H. Q
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o----------------|------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)--------|---------------||
||--2----(2)-2-2-2-|-3-------3--|-2----(2)-/7-6-5-|-3tr5----------||
||o-0----(0)-0-0-0-|-1-------1--|-0----(0)--------|-----------x\-o||
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------||
2.
2/4
Gtrs I, II
E E Q H E E S S S S
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-5-----------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-------------|
|-1-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-|
|-------------|-------------|
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.
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5----|
||--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.
||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5---|
||--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
|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||o--------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||----------------------------||
|-(5)b7==(5)r(5)--(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||
|-------------------------------||--0--(0)---0-0---------3p0--||
|-Riff A end Riff A-|
Verse 1 & 2
$
PM----| PM--------------| PM------|
E E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S 4x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||----------------------|--------------------||
||----------0-----------|-------3------------||
||o---------0-----------|-------1-----------o||
||--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
Chorus 1 & 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
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|
||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|
||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|
||---0-----0----------------0-0-|---0--0------------------------|
||-Rhy Fig 2
| Gtr III
| W +H. +Q
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-10b12=======================|=(10)r================(10)-----|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-Fill 1A
| Gtr IV
| H H +H Q +Q
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------8b10r========|==(8)---------8b10=====(8)-----|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-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
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------||
|---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o||
|------------3--------3---3--3-3-|---3---3---------0-1-1-0--||
|
| +H Q +Q +W
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(10)---------10b12====(10)-----|-(10)r-------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +H +H +W
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--(8)r========(8)---------------|--(8)\-------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
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
||----------------------------||--------------------------||
||o--------------------------o||--------------------------||
||----------------------------||--------------------------||
||----------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----||
||--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.
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--x---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-2--2---2-2-5p0-1p0-----|-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5---|
|-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
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|----------------------||--------------------------||
|-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-||-2--(2)---2-2-----0h1p0---||
|----------------------||-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
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---/7-6-5-5s=2--------|-(2)s7-6-5-5s3-----|-(3)s7-6-5-5s=2--------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM| PM|
| H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-2----------(2)-2-2-2-|--3-------------3--|--2----------(2)-2-2-2-|
|-0----------(0)-0-0-0-|--1-------------1--|--0----------(0)-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E a H +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------/9-8-7-|-7s2-----(2)--9-8-7---|
|-(2)-7-6-5--3---------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| H +E E E E a Q Q +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3--------(3)-/7-6-5-|-5s2---------/7-6-5---|
|--1--------(1)--------|------0--(0)----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
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
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|---------3s==||
|-7s3-----(3)-------------|-2-----(2)-------------|-3-----------|---------4s==||
|-------------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-----------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
|
| 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
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-3-----------|-------------||
|-5s3---------2-3-5-3-5-3-|-2---------2-3-5-3-5-2-|-------------|-------------||
|------1--(1)-------------|----0--(0)-------------|-------------|---x-x-x-x-x-||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------||
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
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-12--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------|
|-13--------------------12-12-12b12.5---|-----12----------------------------------------|
|-------------14\-12-14-----------------|-14------14-12----12h14p12------(12)\----12-14-|
|---------------------------------------|---------------14---------------------14-------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~
S S S S a E. +S T T S S S a E. +S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------9p7p6-------------------|
|----14-12----12h14------(14)\-------9-7-7s9-----(9)\--|
|----------14------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
S T T S S S S S S a Q E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4h5p4---4----------------------------|
|-------7----7--5-4-5---------9s==5/---|
|---------------------5s7--------------|
|--------------------------------------
|
| PM-----------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-2---------(2)---2-----2-5-5----------|
|-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
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------12-15p12-15p12-------12---12-15p12-------12h15p12----12h15p12---------------|
|-14b16----------------14b16---------------14b16----------14----------14-12---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------14-14---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------(2)------------2-----------2-----------5p====0-----1p=0------|
|--0-------------------(0)------------0-----------0-----------------------------3p0-|
|-Riff B
~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------12-----------------------------------------|
|-------12----14--12-------------------------------|
|-12h14----14--------14-12-------------------------|
|--------------------------14-12s10-12-10----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------|
| Q +S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------(2)-----2-----2-----------0h1p0------|
|--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
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14b15r(14)-14b15r(14)------------------------14b15r(14)-------12-------|
|-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)-14b16r(14)p12----12-14-14b16r(14)-12----12-------|
|-------------------------------------14---------------------14----14-12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM----
| E E S S E E E E S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------2----------3----------3-----------3----------2--------2--2-|
|--0----------0----------1----------1-----5-----1----------0--------0--0-|
|-----------------------------------------3------------------------------|
|-Riff C end Riff C-|
w/Riff C x3
~~~~~
S +S S S +S S S +S S S +S S E. S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)-12-14b15r(14)---------------|
|-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16r(14)-12-14b16------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------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
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------12-12-13-12-13-15-15---15-|
|------------------------------12----12-14-12-14-14b15---------------------------|
|----------12----12-14-12---14----14---------------------------------------------|
|-14-12-14----14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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
|-12h15p12----12-12-12-15p12---12-12-12-12-15p12------------------------------||
|----------15------------------------------------15p13----13-15p13----13-15---||
|------------------------------------------------------14----------14---------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|--------------------2----------|
||-----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----2------2-2-|
||o----------3-3-0-3----2-------|--------3-3-0-3-----0------0-0-|
||---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
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---2--2-2-2----2----------------|---------5-5-5-5----------||
|---0--0-0-0-5--0-----5---5--5-5-|---5---5-3-3-3-3---3-3---o||
|------------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.
|-------------------------------|-----0-----------0-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------3b5==(3)r---3-0-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-2b4-------------------2pb4r(2)p0--------------|
|-2-2p0--2----2p0-2-------------|----------------------------------2------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~
E E E E E. +S S E. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
|-4b7-4b7--4b7---4b7-4b7r==(4)-0--------|----12-12-12--12-14----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
|--------------------------------2------|-14-----------------14----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S S S E Q
|----------12--------------12-------12----------------------|
|-------12----15b17==(15)r----15b17----15b17-(15)\----------|
|-14b16-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------| ~~~~
| Q +S S E E S S S E.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------(2)------2--------2----------5p0-5-5--|
|--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
|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
|-(5)----(5)-5p0-5-5--|-(5)b7r(5)-(5)--(5)-----------|---x-x-x-x-x-|
|---------------------|--------------------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
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------0-----------|-------3---3---3-|
|---------0-----------|-------1---1---1-|
|-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
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------2-------|----------------------|
|-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2----------|
|-----3-3-0-3-2-------|-----3-3-0-3-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-0-5-5-5-5--|
|-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
|---------------------||----------------------------||
|---------------------||o--------------------------o||
|---------------------||----------------------------||
|-----5-5-5-5---------||----------------------------||
|-5-5-3-3-3-3---3-3---||o-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-1p0-----o||
|-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
|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
|-----------------------|------------|----------------------|------------*|
|-2--(2)---2-2-5p0-5-5--|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-x-x-x-x-x-|-2----------*|
|-0--(0)---0-0----------|------------|----------------------|-0----------*|
