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The Shortest Straw by Metallica

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The Shortest Straw
       From Metallica's ...And Justice For All album.

Tabbed by Paul Halvorson

pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3-----5------------


pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----5-----3------------
pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3-----5------------


pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3--3--3--3---------


pm pm
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2-----------|-------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2-----------|-------------------------------------------------------
-0---0-----0-----3--3--|-------------------------------------------------------


Riff #1
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-------8--7/8--------------------------------3--3--|---------------------------
----7----------7-----------------------------3--3--|---------------------------
-0----------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1--|---------------------------
Riff played right before verse      Riff during verses
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
-------3--2--3--0---------------|----------------------------------------------
----2---------------------------|-----------------------------3--3-------------
--------------------------------|-----------------------------3--3-------------
-0------------------------------|--------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1-----0--0----


---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------5--5--------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------5--5--------------------------------------------------|---------
0--0--0--0--0--3--3-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----5-----3-----1--------|---------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5--------------------------------------7--7---------
------------------------5--5--------------------------------------7--7---------
2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----3--3--------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5---------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5---------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5---------------------------------------------------
2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----3--3--------------2--2--2--2-----7--5--3---------------



============================================================================
==                  ==            TABLATURE
EXPLANATION              ==
===============================================================================

----------                       ----------
----5h8--- Hammero n          ----(8)--- Ghost Note
----------                       ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff               ----------

               The Shortest Straw
       From Metallica's ...And Justice For All album.

Tabbed by Paul Halvorson

pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3-----5------------


pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----5-----3------------


pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3-----5------------


pm pm       pm pm         pm pm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-2---2-----2---------2---2-----2--2--2------2---2-----2------------------------
-0---0-----0---------0---0-----0--0--0------0---0-----0-----3--3--3--3---------


pm pm
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2-----------|-------------------------------------------------------
-2---2-----2-----------|-------------------------------------------------------
-0---0-----0-----3--3--|-------------------------------------------------------


Riff #1
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-------8--7/8--------------------------------3--3--|---------------------------
----7----------7-----------------------------3--3--|---------------------------
-0----------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1--|---------------------------


Riff played right before verse      Riff during verses
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
-------3--2--3--0---------------|----------------------------------------------
----2---------------------------|-----------------------------3--3-------------
--------------------------------|-----------------------------3--3-------------
-0------------------------------|--------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--1--1-----0--0----


---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------5--5--------------------------------------------------|---------
---------------5--5--------------------------------------------------|---------
0--0--0--0--0--3--3-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----5-----3-----1--------|---------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5--------------------------------------7--7---------
------------------------5--5--------------------------------------7--7---------
2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----3--3--------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5---------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5---------------------------------------------------
------------------------5--5---------------------------------------------------
2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----3--3--------------2--2--2--2-----7--5--3---------------



===============================================================================
==              TABLATURE EXPLANATION              ==
===============================================================================

----------                       ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron          ----(8)--- Ghost Note
----------                       ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff               ----------

----------                   ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up          -----x---- Dead Note
----------                   ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down        ----------

----------              ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato     ||*----*||
----------              ||*----*||
----------              ||------||

Rhythm:
 w = whole note      W = dotted whole
 h = half note       H = dotted half
 q = quarter note     Q = dotted quarter
 e = eighth note      Chord diagramE MajorE = dotted eighth
 s = sixteenth note    S = dotted sixteenth
 ^ = triplet

===============================================================================
==      Created with a shareware version of the BUCKET 'O TAB      ==
==         tablature creation software for Windows         ==
==              For more information:              ==
==             email: [email protected]             ==
==   US Mail: The Bucket, 3176-B5 Summit Square Dr., Oakton, VA 22124   ==
===============================================================================

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