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                             The Metal - Tenacious D
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Tabbed by: LeFlo
Tuning: Standard EADGBe / Drop D DADGBe

Check out my video for more explicit timing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvHKtGN_fTQ&feature=youtu.be
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For this song, you have two possibilities: either you play it in Drop D entirely (but
you're going to have some
problems with the clean part), or you play the first part in standard E and quickly
switch to Drop D (something
which you may have to practice) when the vocals leave definitively. I'll tab this with 
the 2nd option.

As for the sound, I personally tune my guitar to C tuning and get it back in E with a
capo on 4th fret. This is
to achieve that typical flappy metal sound thanks to looser strings, which fits pretty 
well to the song.

Part I: Main riff

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-2---2-2-----2h3p2p0h2p0h2h3p2p0-|-2---2-2-----3p2p0-2--------|
E|-0---0-0-3p0-0-------------------|-0---0-0-3p0-0--------------|

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------5\3-2p3p2p0-2h3p2p0|
A|-2---2-2-----2h3p2p0h2p0h2h3p2p0-|-3---3----------------------|
E|-0---0-0-3p0-0-------------------|-1--------------------------|

Play this riff once for the intro and 4 times for the first verse.

Part II:

e|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|-2---2-2-----2-2-------|-2---2-2-----2-2----------|
E|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0-------|-0---0-0-3p0-0-0------\\--|
                                                ^ scratch your pick on the low E string

                                        |let ring.....................|
e|------------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
G|-9--7--9--7--9-10-|-9--7--9--7--12-11-|10------------|--------------| ---|
D|-9--7--9--7--9-10-|-9--7--9--7--12-11-|10------------|--------------| ---|
A|-7--5--7--5--7-8--|-7--5--7--5--10-9--|8-------------|--------------| ---|
E|------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------| ---|
                                                                         | x2
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|  ---|
B|-12h13p12--12--12h13p12--12~-----|-12h13p12--12--12h13p12--12~-----|  ---|
G|---------14--14--------14--------|---------14--14-------14---------|  ---|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Part III:

The strumming pattern is the same all this part long.


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-8----8--7----7--5----5--7----7--|-8----8--7----7--5----5--7-5-3-5-|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0----|----0-------0-------0------------|
D|---9---9---7---7---5---5---7---7-|---9---9---7---7---5---5---------|
A|-7---7---5---5---3---3---5---5---|-7---7---5---5---3---3---5-3-2-3-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------<12>---|
B|-1----1--3----3----------0-----0-|-1----1--3----3----------0--0-------------|
G|----0-------0---------0-0---0-0--|----0-------0---------0-0--0--------------|
D|---2---2---4---4---2-2-2---2-2---|---2---2---4---4---2-2-2--2---------------|
A|-0---0---2---2----2-2-----2------|-0---0---2---2----2-2---------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0------------------------|

###
If those fast triplets are hard to you (like they are to me, hah!),
you can continue the picking pattern on the E chord like this:
e|-----------------0---------------|----------------------------<12>---|
B|-1----1--3----3-------0--0----0--|-1----1--3----3--0----0--0---------------|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0----|----0-------0-------0--------------------|
D|---2---2---4---4---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---4---4---2---2-----------------|
A|-0---0---2---2-------2---2---2---|-0---0---2---2-------2---2---------------|
E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0-----------------------|
###

Part IV:
Same as Part I (repeat main riff 5 times)

Part V:
This is where you switch to Drop D.

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-3---2---6---5---9---8---|-0-----0-3---2---6---5---9-------|
D|-0-----0-------------------------|-0-----0---------------------12\-|
   ^ let ring

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|---------5-4----------------------------|     x2
D|-0-0-----5-4---0---0--------------------|
A|-0-0-----3-2---0---0------2h3p2p0p2p0---|
D|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-2h3-----------3p2|
       PM.    PM  PM  PM

   [6th]
e|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|    x2
D|-------3-2-------2-3-|-------------------|
A|-------3-2-------2-3-|-------3-2-6-5-9-8-|
D|-0000003-2-0000002-3-|-000000------------|
   PM....    PM....      PM....

e|------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------------------------|--------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------0----|-------------------0------|
A|-2p0-3p0-2p0-------------0----|----0h2p0-0---0----0------|
D|-------------3p0-2h3p2p0-0----|-2h3-----3-2h3-3h2-0------|