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------------| 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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------| 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A|----------------------------------| E|-5-555555555555555222222220h200h2-| (2 and 0, not 20) B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|-77777777777777773333333333333333555555555555555522222222-| B|----------------------------------------------------------| | 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|-------------------------------| | G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-1010-----------1010----------------------------------------------| 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A|-------------------------------------------------8888887-| E|-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-5h8-4h7-4h7-4h7-4h7---------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| Legend ------ | / = slide up | \ = slide down | h = hammer-on | p = pull-off