Metallica
Thorn Within
written by Hetfield, Ulrich & Hammett
as performed on Load
tabbed by: Steve Gorenburg


Tune all guitars down 1/2 step

  HI-HAT
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|-----------|--5----(5)--5-----5----(5)--5-|

  HALF TIME FEEL
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|-5---5-5-5-5----5-5--5----5-5-5-0-3-0--3/5--5-5-5-5---5-5--5--5-5-5-

END HALF TIME FEEL
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  BASS FIG 1                              END FIG 1
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|--------------------------------------------------------| 3x's
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-3--3--2--0-|

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|----4---3----2-(2)--7--(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)---------|
|-2----2----2--------0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-----0-3-|

  1,2 VERSES
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|----------7------------------------------9----------------------------
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|-3/5---5-----5--5---5-5-5-0-5-0-5/7--7-7----7--(7)--X-7-7/8-7\3--3----

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--5-----5\4----------4---4----------9----------------4-------------7---
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-----3-------2--2-2----2----2/7-7-7---7-7\0-3-2--2-2----0-3--3/5--5--5-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------5-----------
-------------------------9---9------9----------------------------------
-5---5-5-5-0-5-0-5/7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7--7-7-7-8-7\5--3--3-3----3-0-3-2--

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--------4--------------------------------------------------|
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--2-2-2---2-0-3-2/7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|

  CHORUS W/ BASS FIG 1 (3x's)

  BASS FIG 1A              END FIG 1A
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|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-5-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-0-3-3-2-0-|

  BASS FIG 2                        END FIG 2
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|-3-3--X-X-3-3-0-2-3-3--X-X-3-3-0-2-3-3--0-3-3-0-|

    HALF TIME FEEL   1 TIME

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|-7---(7)---(7)---(7)--------------------------------------------------
|-0---(0)---(0)---(0)-------0-3-0--3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0-3/5-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-3-0--3-3-X-X-3-3-0-2-3-3--X-X-3-3-0-2-3-0-2-3--

                                     GUITAR SOLO
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-----------------------------------|--------7----------7---------------
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-0-2--3-3--X-X-3-3--3-3-3--3-0-3-0-|-3-5--5---5-5--5-5----0-5-0--5/7---

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------9--------9-----9-----9----------5-------------4----------------9-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7----7-7-7-----7-----7-----7\3-3-3---3-3-3\2-2-2---2-2-2/7--7-7-7---

                   3 VERSE
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------4---------|---------7----------------------------9----------------
----------------|---------------------------------------------9-7-------
-7\2------0-3-0-|--3/5--5-----5-5--5-5-5-0-5-0-5/7-7-7-----7-------10-7-

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------5---------------4------4------------------------------
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-7H8-7H8--7\3-3-3----3-3--3\2-2-2----2-2----/7-7-7-7-7-5H7-7-7-7-5-5-5--

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-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|

    BASS FIG 2
                    OUTRO W/ BASS FIG 1 (4x's)
    W/ BASS FIG 1A
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                                     |-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-5-3-|
     ...........2x's..........
     BASS FIG 1A   BASS FIG 1B
                                BASS FIG 1A

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|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-5-3-2----(2)-----(2)/-|