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Band: Metallica Song: Sad But True Album: Metallica (1991) Bassist: Jason Newsted Tuning: D tuning Note: I made this tab based on the bass master track of the song, so you can be completely sure that this tab is 100% correct. You can hear the bass master track here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofTvBRgQbo Also note that during the pull-offs part and the outro there is another bass track with distortion over the clean track, here is what the bass with distortion plays: Pull-offs/Outro Last note played F|--------| F|----| C|--------| C|----| G|--------| G|----| D|--------| D|----| A|-5--5-5-| A|-5\-| Intro F|---------------|------------| C|---------------|------------| G|---------------|------------| D|-5--5-5-5-6--6-|-5--5-5-5-6-| A|---------------|------------| F|-------------------------|-------------| C|------------8h10-8-7---8-|-------------| G|-------------------------|-------------| D|-5--5-5-5-6----------6---|-5--5-5-5-6\-| A|-------------------------|-------------| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x3 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|----------------| C|----------------| G|--------5-0-5-5-| D|-0--0-0---------| A|----------------| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x3 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|--------| C|--------| G|--------| D|-0--0-0-| A|--------| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x2 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| Verse 1 F|--------------|----------------| C|--------------|----------------| G|--------5-----|----------------| D|-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|--------------|----------------| F|-----------------|----------------| C|-----------------|----------------| G|-----------5-----|----------------| x3 D|-00-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|-----------------|----------------| Chorus F|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|--------8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-00-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|----------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|-----5h7-| D|-3h5-----| A|---------| F|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|-----8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|-------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x3 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|----------------| C|----------------| G|--------5-0-5-5-| D|-0--0-0---------| A|----------------| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|--------| C|--------| G|--------| D|-0--0-0-| A|--------| Verse 2 F|--------------|----------------| C|--------------|----------------| G|--------5-----|----------------| D|-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|--------------|----------------| F|-----------------|--------------------| C|-----------------|--------------------| G|-----------5-----|--------------------| D|-00-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-6-5-3-| A|-----------------|--------------------| F|--------------|----------------| C|--------------|----------------| G|--------5-----|----------------| D|-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|--------------|----------------| F|-----------------|----------------| C|-----------------|----------------| G|-----------5-----|----------------| D|-00-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|-----------------|----------------| Chorus F|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|--------8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-00-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|----------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|-----5h7-| D|-3h5-----| A|---------| F|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|-----8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|-------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|---------| D|-0-7-6-5-| A|---------| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x2 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|---------------------| C|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|-0--0-0-00-5/6\5\3-5-| A|---------------------| F|---------------------------------| C|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|---------------------------------| F|---------------------------------| C|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| x2 D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|---------------------------------| F|-------------------| C|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-| A|-------------------| Guitar solo F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| x3 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|------------------| C|------------------| G|--------5-----5---| D|-0--0-0-----------| A|----------555---5-| F|--------------------| C|--------------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----| D|-0--0-0---------3p0-| A|--------------------| F|---------------------| C|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|-0--0-0-00-5/6\5\3-5-| A|---------------------| F|---------------------------------------------------------------------| C|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-5-5-66-3-6-5-5-5-5-5-66-3-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-3-6-5-5-55-5-5-6-3-6-5-5-55-| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|-----8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|-------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|-----5h7-| D|-3h5-----| A|---------| F|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|-----8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|-------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|---------| D|-0-7-6-5-| A|---------| F|--------------------|-----------------| C|--------------------|-----------------| G|--------5p0-1p0-----|-----------------| x2 D|-0--0-0---------3p0-|-0--0-0----------| A|--------------------|--------55-6-3-5-| F|--------| C|--------| G|--------| D|-0--0-0-| A|--------| Verse 3 F|--------------|----------------| C|--------------|----------------| G|--------5-----|----------------| D|-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|--------------|----------------| F|-----------------|--------------------| C|-----------------|--------------------| G|-----------5-----|--------------------| D|-00-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-6-0-6-| A|-----------------|--------------------| F|--------------|----------------| C|--------------|----------------| G|--------5-----|----------------| D|-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|--------------|----------------| F|-----------------|----------------| C|-----------------|----------------| G|-----------5-----|----------------| D|-00-0-0-00---0-0-|-00-0-0-0-6-0-0-| A|-----------------|----------------| Chorus F|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|----------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|--------8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-00-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|----------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|-----5h7-| D|-3h5-----| A|---------| F|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| C|-------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|-----8-5-8-7-|---------8-5-8-------------------------------------| D|-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3---------0-| A|-------------|-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1---| | F|---------| C|---------| G|---------| D|-0-7-6-5-| A|---------| Outro F|-----------------| C|-----------------| G|-----------------| x2 D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-| A|-----------------| F|------------------------| C|------------------------| G|-----5h7-5h7-5h7\-------| D|-0-0--------------0-0-3-| A|------------------------| F|-----------| C|-----------| G|-----------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-| A|-----------| F|---| C|---| G|---| D|-0-| A|---| Legend ------ | / = slide up | \ = slide down | h = hammer-on | p = pull-off