ACTIVITY
The Thing That Should Not Be
THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1986 Album MASTER OF PUPPETS)
Transcribed by Zac B. for www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
D5 E5
0 0 x x x x 2 2 x x x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'James'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Kirk (dist.)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'James(dist.)'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
H.. E W +H.. E W +H.. E
|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-----------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0--|
|-----------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0--|
Gtr III
PM
Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-2----1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|-2----1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|
|-2---------2---|-(2)--2---(2)---0-|-2---------2---|-(2)--2---(2)---0-|
H. Q +Q Q +Q. E H. Q +Q Q +Q. E
PM--| PM PM PM-----
E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E 4x
||-----------------|-------------------||-|
||o----------------|------------------o||-|
||--------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)------||-|
||--------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)------||-|
||o-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-o||-|
||--0-1-2------2---|------2---------0--||-|
-------| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------||
||o----------------|---------------------o||
||--------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)--------||
||--------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)--------||
||o-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-o||
||--0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0--||
PM------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
$
D5
Gtr II
W W W H.. E
|
/
Gtr I
W +H.. E W +H.. E
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-||
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-||
1st,2nd Verse
E5 D5 E5
W +H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I Gtr III
W +H.. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)----0-|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2---(2)----0-|
H. Q +Q Q +Q. E
D5
W W W H.. E
|
/
Gtr I
PM--| PM PM PM------| PM PM PM
E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-----|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-----|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)---0-|
|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-0-1-2------2---|-------2---------0-|
E5 D5 E5
W +H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
W +H.. E Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)----0-|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2---(2)----0-|
H. Q +Q Q +Q. E
PM--| PM PM PM
E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|---------5---5--|----------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|
|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|
PM------|
E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|---------5---5--|----------------|
|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|
|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|
|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|
PM------| PM--|
E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-2----3----|-----------------|
|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|
|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
2/4 4/4
PM------------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|-----------------|
|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|
To Coda
2/4 4/4
PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q E H H H Q. E
|-----------------|--------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------|-2----3----|------2------|
|-----------------|---6----|-2----3----|-1----2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6--5-|-0----1----|-1----0----0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6--5-|-----------|-1---------0-|
PM--| PM PM PM------| PM PM PM
E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|
|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|
D.S. al Coda
PM--| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------||
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------||
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-||
|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-||
&
Gtr II
W H Q. S S
|-----------|---------------7h10-||
|-----------|--------------------||
|-----------|--------------------||
|-----------|--------------------||
|-----------|--------------------||
|-----------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| H H +H E E E E
|-----------|--------------------||
|-----------|--------------------||
|------2----|-(2)----------------||
|-1----2----|-(2)-------6-6------||
|-1----0----|-(0)----5--6-6-5----||
|-1---------|--------5--6-6-5----||
Guitar Solo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E
|-7tr10-7tr10-9tr6-8tr5-7tr4-6tr3-5tr2-4tr1-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-6-----------------------------------------|
|-6-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
|-6-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E Q. +Q S S S S
|-3tr0---------------------10-10-10-10-|
|------/17b19======(17)r---------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------6--6----------|
|-0------0-----0-0---5---6--6-----5----|
|-0------0-----0-0---5---6--6-----5----|
|----------------------------------16:8------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p10-14p11p|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------0----|
|--6-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------0----|
~~~~
|---------7---------| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S E +Q. +E
|-10-14p11p10---14p11p10-14p11p10-----------------------|
|---------------------------------13b16r(13)-----(13)--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------6-6--------|
|--0----------0-----------0--------0------5--6-6---5----|
|--0----------0-----------0--------0------5--6-6---5----|
S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|--------------9-10--9h10p=9-------------------------|
|--------9-10----------------10--9-------------------|
|--9h10----------------------------11-10-------------|
|----------------------------------------12-11--8--7-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|-------------12-14-12h14p12-------------------------|
|-------13-14----------------14-13-------------------|
|-13h14----------------------------15-14-11-10-------|
|--6-------------------------------------------12-11-|
|--6-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0-----0-----0----|
|--6-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0-----0-----0----|
E E E E E E E E
~~~~~~
a E. S +H +Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-8h9----8-(8)-------(8)----|
|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------6--6------|
|---0--0----0--0-5-6--6---5--|
|---0--0----0--0-5-6--6---5--|
3.5 1.5____________________
|---------7---------| |-----------7-----------|
H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------14p11p10-14p==11p10-14p11p10-----14p11p==10-14p11p|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6----0-0-0--0----------0-----------0--------------0----------|
|-6----0-0-0--0----------0-----------0--------------0----------|
3.5 3.25/
~~~~~~~~~
|----------7-----------| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S +E Q +Q
|-10-14p11p10------14p11p10-14p11p10-(10)-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------12---(12)-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------6---6------|
|--0-------------0-----------0---------0-------5-6---6--5---|
|--0-------------0-----------0---------0-------5-6---6--5---|
~~~~
+H. Q W W W
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-(12)-----------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------| PM------------|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E H H E E E E S S E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|---2------------------|-2-----------------|-2----3----|-2------------------|
|---2------------------|-2-----------------|-2----3----|-2------------------|
|---0------0-1-0---1-0-|-0-----0-3-1-0-1-0-|-0----1----|-0-----0-5-1-0-1-0--|
|------3-5-------3-----|---3-5-------------|-----------|---3-5--------------|
Gtr III
PM--| PM| PM| PM--|
H H H Q. E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------|-------------||----------------|---------------------|
|-----------|-------------||----------------|---------------------|
|-2----3----|------2------||-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|
|-2----3----|-1----2------||-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|
|-0----1----|-1----0----0-||-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-|
|-----------|-1---------0-||-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|
PM--| PM| PM| PM----------| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-|
|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-|
W W W W
PM--| PM| PM| PM--|
E E E Q E E E +E E E E +E E E E W +H.. E
|----------------|---------------------||----------|--------------|
|----------------|---------------------||----------|--------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------||----------|--------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)-----0-||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
|-0-1-2----1-2---|-----1-2-------1-2-0-||-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
3rd Verse
D5 E5 D5
Gtr II
W H.. E W +H.. E
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr I
W +H.. E W +H.. E
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----------|----------|--------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
PM--| PM PM PM
Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)----0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|
|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2---(2)----0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|
H. Q +Q Q +Q. E
D5 E5 D5
W H.. E W +H.. E
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr I
PM--| PM PM PM
E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E W +H.. E
|----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-----|----------|--------------|
|-------3------4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-----|----------|--------------|
|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)---0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
|-0-1-2------2---|-------2---------0-|-2--------|-(2)--------0-|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
PM--| PM PM PM
Q. Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E E E E Q. E E +Q E E +Q. E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------3------4-|-(4)----5-(5)-----|
|-2------1--------2-|-(2)-----3-(3)----0-|-0-1-2-1------2-|-(2)----3-(3)---0-|
|-2-------------2---|-(2)---2---(2)----0-|-0-1-2------2---|------2---------0-|
H. Q +Q Q +Q. E
PM------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
PM------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|---------5---5--|-6-------6---6--|-7-------7---7--|-4p0---------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|-6-3-3-3-6-3-6--|-7-4-4-4-7-4-7--|-4p0-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
|-7-7-7-7---7----|---3-3-3---3----|---4-4-4---4----|-----1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|
2/4 4/4
PM--------------------|
H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|
|-2----3----|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|
|-2----3----|---6-6---6-------|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|
|-0----1----|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|
|-----------|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|
2/4 4/4
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-2----3----|------2----|
|---6-6---6-------|-----------------|---6-6---|-2----3----|-1----2----|
|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-0----1----|-1----0----|
|-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-6-6-5-|-----------|-1---------|
Outro
PM------------| PM--------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|-------------------||------------------|------------------||
|-------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-2-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-2-----------------||----6-6---6-------|------------------||
|-0-----0-5-1-0-1-0-||o-5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|---3-5-------------||--5-6-6-5-6-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
0