The Thing That Should Not Be Chords
by Metallica
The Thing That Should Not Be by Metallica is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Use dropped D - tuning
Riff 1: Riff 2:
E-|-------------|-------------------------|
B-|-------------|-------------------------|
G-|.-----------.|.-----------------------.|
D-|.-----------.|.-----------------------.|
A-|--0--2-------|--0--2----1-----2-----3--|
D-|--0--2-------|--0--2--------2-----2----|
Riff 3: (x 4) Riff 4:
E---|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B---|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G---|.-------3-----4-----5------.|.-------3------4------5--------.|
D---|.-------3-----4-----5------.|.-------3------4------5--------.|
A-0-|--0-1-2-1-----2-----3----0--|--0-1-2-1------2------3------0--|
D-0-|--0-1-2-----2-----2------0--|--0-1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-0--|
Riff 5:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G--5-------5---5---1-------1---1---2-------2---2----------------------
D--5-------5---5---1-------1---1---2-------2---2----4-----------------
A----7-7-7---7-------3-3-3---3-------4-4-4---4------4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
D----7-7-7---7-------3-3-3---3-------4-4-4---4--------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
Verse
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Riff 6: (x 2)
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D--2--0-----------------------------(0)-- ...let ring
A--2--0-----------------------------(0)--
D--2--0-----------------------------(0)--
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3 (x 2)
Riff 1, Riff 2, Riff 3
Chorus
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Riff 5 (x 2)
Riff 7:
E|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|.-2---3-----6---6---------------------------6---.|-2---3-------2---|
D|.-2---3-----6---6---------------------------6---.|-2---3---1---2---|
A|--0---1---5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5--|-0---1---1---0---|
D|----------5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5--|---------1-------|
Riff 3 (x 2)
Riff 4 (x 2)
Verse
Chorus
Riff 8: (x 4)
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G----6---6--------------------------|
D----6---6--------------------------|
A--5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D--5-6-5-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Riff 9:
E-----------|----------------------------------------|
B-----------|----------------------------------------|
G----6---6--|----------------------------------------|
D----6---6--|----------------------------------------|
A--5-6-5-6--|----------------------------------------|
D--5-6-5-6--|----------------------------------------|
E----------|--------------|------------------
B----------|--------------|------------------
G--2---3---|--------------|--2---3-------2---
D--2---3---|--( Riff 9 )--|--2---3---1---2---
A--0---1---|--------------|--0---1---1---0---
D----------|--------------|----------1-------
Riff 4 (x 4)
Verse
Chorus
Riff 9, Riff 8 (x 10)