Band: Metallica
Song: The Day That Never Comes
Album: Death Magnetic (2008)
Bassist: Robert Trujillo
Tuning: Standard
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:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uXvMpJW6_U
Intro
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-5--5--5-5-|-5--5--5-5-|-5--5----5-|-5--5--5-5-|
B|-----------|-----------|-------5---|-----------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-----------7-8-7-8-10\---|
E|-5--5--5-8-------------5-|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|--------------3--5-|
E|-5\---3---0--------|
B|-------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------3-3-2---|
E|-5-5--5-5-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0-------3-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------3--3-3/5-5-|
E|-5--5-8\-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------5-7\----------------2----------|
A|----5h7----------------------3-3-3-2---|
E|-5-----------3-3--3-3-0-0--0---------3-|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------3-3-2---|
E|-5--5\-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0-------3-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------3-3-2---|
E|-5--5-5-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0-------3-|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
E|-5--5-5-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0---------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
Chorus
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------3-3---3-3\-| x3
E|-5--5-8-5\-3--3-5-3\-0-0-0-0-0-----0------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------7-7---3-3---3-3\-|
E|-5--5-8-5\-3--3-5-3\-0-0-----0-----0------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-------023356-------|
A|----023------7------|
E|-014--------------3-|
B|----------------5---|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------5h7-5h7-|
E|-5-5--5\-3-3--3---3-3--3\-0-5-5---------|
B|----------------5-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------10h12--12-10-----|
E|-5-5--5\-3-3--3---3-3--3/--------------12\-|
B|----------------5--------------------------|
Verse 2
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------3-3-2---|
E|-5--5\-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0-------3-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------3--3-3/5-5-|
E|-5--5\-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|----7--------------------2----------|
A|------7-------------------3-3-3-2---|
E|-5------5-3-3--3-3-0-0--0---------3-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
E|-5--5\-3-3-3-5-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------3-3---3-3\-| x2
E|-5--5-8-5\-3--3-5-3\-0-0-0-0-0-----0------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------7-7---3-3---3-3\-| x2
E|-5--5-8-5\-3--3-5-3\-0-0-----0-----0------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------023356---------------------------------------023356-|
A|----023------7-----023------023------3-----2-----023-------|
E|-014------------014---3--014---5--014---014---014----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0--0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0--15\-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------2-1-----------------|
E|-0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3-----0-0-0-0-0-33320-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------2-1-----------------|
E|-3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3-----0-0-0-0-0-33320-|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------2-1-----------------|
E|-3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3-----0-0-0-0-0-33320-|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------2-1-----------|
E|-3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3-0-3-----0-0-0-0-0-|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-2-2--5-2-5--2-2--5-2-5--2-2-5-2-5-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5--7--4--7--9--5--9--10--7--10-10-10--10-10-10\-|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------|
D|-------023356--|
A|----023--------| x2
E|-014-----------|
B|-------------5-|
Interlude
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-7777777777778-7-7-|-7777777777778-7-7-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
| x2
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-777777h8p7--777777h8p7--777777h8p7---6-|
E|------------------------------------0-6-|
B|--------------------------------------4-|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-7777777777778-7-7-|-7777777777778-7-7-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-12-7--7-7-7-8-5\--5-5-5-5-5-5\-3-2-|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-10--10-10-10-7--9--9-9-9-5--7--7-7-7-3-|
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-10-77--8-55--7-33-5-22-0-33-0-77-0-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------| x2
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0--0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-777-7-7-5-7-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8-8-8-88888-7--7-7-7-7-77777777-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-8-88-888-00h8-00h8-00h7-77777777-7-7-|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0--0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0-33-0-77-00---|
B|----------------------------------------------5-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------5-----------|
A|---------------------5---5h7-5-----|
E|-7-5-----7-5-----5-7-----------7-5-|
B|-----8-5-----8-5-------------------|
| x2
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------5---------|
A|---------------------5-----------|
E|-7-5-----7-5-----5-7---------7-5-|
B|-----8-5-----8-5---------3-5-----|
Guitar solo
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005/12-12\5-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-555555555555555555555555-5-6-|
B|------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------14p12h14p12-17\-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-3-3-3/-----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-5-555555555555555222222220h200h2-| (2 and 0, not 20)
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-77777777777777773333333333333333555555555555555522222222-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
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G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|-14141414141414-| (14, not 1 and 4)
B|----------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-0-|
B|-------------------------------|
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G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1010-----------1010----------------------------------------------|
E|------10-12-1212-----10-12-1212-10h121212121212121212121212121212-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(10 and 12, not 1 and 2 or 1 and 0)
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-8-8-88888888-8-8-7-7-77777777-7-7-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-8-8-88888888-8-8-7-7-77777777-3/7-|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-8-88888888888777777777777-|
B|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-888888888800h800h800777777777777-|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--0--0-0-0-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------| x2
E|-8--8-8-8\--0--0-0-0--7--7-7-7\--32103210-| (2, 1 and 0, not 21 or 10)
B|------------------------------------------|
Outro
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----8-7\-------| x2
E|-8-7------3-2-0-|
B|----------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-5--5-5-5-----------------------| x2
E|----------2--2-2-2--------------|
B|-------------------3-2-1--3-2-1-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----8-7\-------|
E|-8-7------3-2-0-|
B|----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------8888887-|
E|-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-4h7-4h7-4h7-4h7---------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
Legend
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| / = slide up
| \ = slide down
| h = hammer-on
| p = pull-off
