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The Shortest Straw Bass Tab by Metallica

The Shortest Straw bass tab by Metallica

Bass Tab 

Song: The Shortest Straw
Artist: Metallica
Album: ...And Justice For All (1988)
Bassist: Jason Newsted
Submitted by Ingo

Standard tuning (EADG)

🏷Legend:
r = rest
h = hammer on
p = pull off
\ = slide down
X = muted strike
s = 16th note (appears above bar)
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

INTRO (Pt 1):
                  ss
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-r-------------01|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                  ss        ss                        ss        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-r-----------01|-0-r---010-3---1-|-0-r-----------01|-0-r---010-----1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                  ss        ss                        ss         s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-------------01|-0-r---010-3---1-|-0-r-----------01|-0-r----00-1-0---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


INTRO (Pt 2; Play first 2 staffs, in sequence, x2):

                ss                                  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                ss                                  ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

(Play after 2nd play-through above):
                ss
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-0-1-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


PRE-VERSE:
   4/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-r-------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                          s  s  s  s                          s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                          s  s  s  s                          s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|-------7---------|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-05-05-|-0-5-----6--5--3-|-3-3-33-03-02-01-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 1:
    ss  ssss  s  s        ssss  s  s        ssss  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-00--00000-01-01-|-0---000r0-03-03-|-0---00000-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss ss s s         ss ss s  s        ss ss s  s        sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00000-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22r22r25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22005--4--3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22r22r25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                  (x2)
                          s  s  s  s     s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|---------23202320|-----------2-3---|-------0-2320232-|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-0---------|-0---0-0-r-----0-|-2-3-3-----------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:
                ss                                  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                ss                                  ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--00-0-0--0|-0-1-0---0-3-X---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

                ss                                  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                ss                                  ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


PRE-VERSE:
                          s  s  s  s                          s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                          s  s  s  s                          s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|-------7---------|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-05-05-|-0-5-----6--5--3-|-3-3-33-03r02r01r|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 2:
        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000r3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r22r22-25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                  (x2)
                          s  s  s  s     s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:
                              ssssssss                            ssssssss
G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|-------0-23202320|-----------2-3---|-------0-23202320|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-----------|-0---0-0-0-----0-|-2-3-3-----------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:
                ss                             s       s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0--0--0-0--0|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

           s       s                                ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--0--0-0--0|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

                ss                                  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                ss                                  ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


INTERLUDE:

   4/4                    s  s  s  s                          s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s   6/4  ss  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


GUITAR SOLO:
        ss    s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-000-0-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):
              s  s              s  s              s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-r-------01-01-|-r---------03-03-|-r---------01-01-|-0-r-----3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

    s s ss ss ss ss   s s ss ss ss ss   s s ss ss ss ss   s s ss  s  s  s (Play after 2nd time)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r22r22r|-3r3r33r33r33r33r|-4r4r44r44r44r44r|-5r5r550-5r-4r-3r||-r-------2-r-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3:
                ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0-----0-0---|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                                    ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0-----0-0---|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


GUITAR SOLO 2:
                ss                                  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                ss                                  ss   9/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-0-r---------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 &


VERSE 3:
        ssss  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss ss s  s    s s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r22r22-25-25-|-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                  (x2)
                          s  s  s  s     s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:
                              ssssssss                            ssssssss
G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|-------0-23202320|-----------2-3---|---------23202320|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-----------|-0---0-0-0-----0-|-2-3-3-0---------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 4:
                ss                             s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0--0--0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

           s    ss                                  ss   6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--0--0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-X---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

   4/4          ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-r-1-0-r-----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:
        ssss  s  s        s  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        ss  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s        s  s  s  s   5/4  ss  s  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &

        ssss  s  s
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------7-7-\-r-|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-r-----0-0---r-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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By using our bass tabs, you’ll not only learn to play "The Shortest Straw" by Metallica with accuracy and style, but you'll also elevate your overall musicianship. Explore our full archive of bass tabs for more songs, skills, and inspiration.

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