The Shortest Straw

Metallica

Tom: E

(intro)

|--------|------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|--------|------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------|
|--------|------------|---------------------|------------|--------------3-----|
|---2--3-|-2-----2--3-|-2----2--3--2--5---3-|-2-----2--3-|-2---2--3--2--3---3-|
|---2--3-|-2-----2--3-|-2----2--3--2--5---3-|-2-----2--3-|-2---2--3--2--1---3-|
|---0--1-|-0-----0--1-|-0----0--1--0--3---1-|-0-----0--1-|-0---0--1--0------1-|



|------------|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-2-----2--3-|-2--2--3--2--5---3-|-2-----2--3-|-2---2--2--3--2-|
|-2-----2--3-|-2--2--3--2--5---3-|-2-----2--3-|-2---2--2--3--2-|
|-0-----0--1-|-0--0--1--0--3---1-|-0-----0--1-|-0---0--0--1--0-|


(rhy fig 1)

||--------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||*-------------------------|------------------3-|---------------------|
||*--2--3--2----------------|-2--3--2----2--5--3-|---3--2--------------|
||---2--3--2----------------|-2--3--2----2--5--1-|---3--2--------------|
||---0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0-|-0--1--0----0--3----|---1--0--0--0--0-0-0-|




|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------3----|---------------------|--------------------3-|
|-2--3--2----2--3--5-|---3--2--------------|-2--3--2----2--5----3-|
|-2--3--2----2--1--5-|---3--2--------------|-2--3--2----2--5----1-|
|-0--1--0----0-----3-|---1--0--0--0--0-0-0-|-0--1--0----0--3------|



                       |1.-------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------*||
|---3--2----2--------------|-2--3--2----2--5---5--*||
|---3--2----2--------------|-2--3--2----2--5---5---||
|---1--0----0--0--0--0-0-0-|-0--1--0----0--3---3---||


|2.        end rhy fig 1

|---------------------|------------|------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|------------|------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|------------|------------------------|-----------|
|-2--3--2----2--5---5-|----4----3--|-2--2--3----------------|-2--2----3-|
|-2--3--2----2--5---5-|----4----3--|-2--2--3----------------|-2--2----3-|
|-0--1--0----0--3---3-|----2----1--|-0--1--0----0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0----1-|


(rhy fig 2: end rhy fig 2)

||------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------||
||*----------------------------------------------*||
||*-2------8--7b8--8--------------------2-3--2-3-*||
||--2--/7------------7------------------2-3--2-3--||
||--0-------------------0--0--0-0--0-0--0-1--0-1--||

[--palm mute--]


|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----8--7b8--8-------------------2--2--5--5--|
|-2-/7------------7-----------------2--2--5--5--|
|-0------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--|

[-----palm mute-----]


|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------8--7--8-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--7--7--|
|---/7-----------7--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--7--7--|
|-0-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--5--|

[-----palm mute-----]


--------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------------||
---------3--2h3p2p0-------------------------------||
------2-----------------5--5--5--5--4--4--4--3--3-||
---0--------------------5--5--5--5--4--4--4--3--3-||
0-----------------------3--3--3--3--2--2--2--1--1-||

[-----palm mute-----]

(played during verses. play this twice, then go to the next riff)

||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--3--3-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--5--5-----2----
||------2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--3--3-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--5--5-----2----
||------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--1--1-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--3--3-----0----

[-------palm mute-------][-------palm mute-------]  [-]


-----------------------||
-----------------------||
----------------------*||
-2--2--2--2--5--4--3--*||
-2--2--2--2--5--4--3---||
-0--0--0--0--3--2--1---||

[-palm mute-]


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--5--5----4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--7--7-----4--4--4--4---
-4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--5--5----4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--7--7-----4--4--4--4---
-2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--3--3----2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--5--5-----2--2--2--2---

[-------palm mute-------][-------palm mute-------][----------]


------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
---4--4--4---5--5-----4--4--4--4----4--7--6--5--||
---4--4--4---5--5-----4--4--4--4----4--7--6--5--||
---2--2--2---3--3-----2--2--2--2----2--5--4--3--||

[-palm mute-] [---palm mute---]


|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4--4--4--4--------------------|
|-4--4--4--4--2h3p2p0--2h3p2p0--|
|-2--2--2--2--------------------|
|-------------------------------|



|----r-----r--------------------------------------|
|----e-----e--------------------------------------|
|-9--s--9--s--9--10-----4-5-----------------------|
|-9--t--9--t--9--10-----4/5-----2h3p2p0--2h3p2p0--|
|-7-----7-----7--8------2-3-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



---r-----r----------------------------------------||
---e-----e----------------------------------------||
---s-----s--9-10-----4-5--------------------------||
7--r--7--r--9/10-----4/5-----2h3p2p0-----2h3p2p0--||
7-----7-----7-8------2-3--------------------------||
5-----5-------------------------------------------||


(right here, go back and play the part marked as the intro, because it is also
The riff played behing the chorus)

(then)

||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||----2-----3--2h3p2-----|-----2-----3--2h3p2----|----2--4--5--7-7--7--|
||-2-----2------------2--|--3-----3-----------3--|-4-------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|



|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--7---------7----|-----2-----3--2h3p2----|-----2-----3--2h3p2-----|
|-----5-4-5----4--|--2-----2-----------2--|--3-----3------------3--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------|



|---------------------|----------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|----------------------|--------------||
|-----2--4--5---7--7--|--7-------------------|---9p5--------||
|--4------------------|------5--4--5--4---3--|--------------||
|---------------------|------------5--4---3--|--trem bar----||
|---------------------|------------3--2---1--|--------------||


(guitar solo)

ah

|------------------------------|--------------------------14--|
|-----2.5/--2.5/---2.5/--------|----1/------1/----14h15-------|
|--9---------------------------|--9-----7----14---------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------w/ bar------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|



|-17p15p14-------12-15p14p12----------14p12-------------12-------------12-|
|----------15----------------14p12h15-------15p13p12h13----15p13p12h13----|
|-------------16----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


nh.......................|

|-7----------------------|-------12----------------------14p12h14----12----------------|
|----7-------------------|----------15p12-------12h15p12----------15----------12h15p12-|
|-------7-----5--5--5--5-|-14b16----------14b16-------------------------14b16----------|
|----------7--5--5--5--5-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|


ah

|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14p12----12---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------15----15p14p12----14p12------12-|-14b16-11b12-------------------------|
|----------------------14---------14----|-------------13b14-12b13-11b12-------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------13b14-|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


ah

|----------------------------19-|-22p20p19-------22p20p19-------19-------------------------|
|--------------------------20---|----------22-22----------20-20----22p20p19-22p20p19-------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------20b21-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13-11b12-9b10-12-~-~-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|



|----19-------------------------------------------------------|
|-20----22p20p19-22p20p19-------20p19----------19-------------|
|-------------------------21-21-------21p19-19----21p19----21-|
|-------------------------------------------------------22----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p19-------19p17----------17p15-------15p13p12----12-|
|-------21p19-------19p18p17-------17p16----------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|



|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-17p12-15p12-14p12------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------14p12-14b16------------|-11----10----9----8---7---6---5---4---|
|---------------------------------------12-|----12----11---10---9---8---7---6---5-|
|------------------------------------14----|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|



|----------------------------|---------------------------7------10--12--|
|----------------------------|------------------------8-----11----------|
|-3---3---2---1---2p0--------|--------------7--10--9--------------------|
|---4---4---3---2-----2p0-2--|--------9--8------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-7--10------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|

pm......................................|


|--15--------------|-9p6---9p6---9p6-9p6---9p6---9p6-|
|-------------------|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|



|-10p7---10p7---10p7-10p7---10p7---10p7-|-12p7---12p7---12p7-12p7---12p7---12p7-|
|------8------8-----------8------8------|------9------9-----------9------9------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|



|-12p9----12p9----12p9-12p9----12p9----12p9-|---------------------------|
|------10------10-----------10------10------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----4------5---4-h5p4-----|
|-------------------------------------------|--4------4--------------4--|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|



|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----4------5---4-h5p4-----|-----4---6--7---9-9--9-|
|--5------5--------------5--|--6--------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|



|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|--9----------------------|-----------------|
|-------7--6--7---6----5--|--------3--------|
|-------------7---6----5--|--------3--------|
|-------------5---4----3--|--------1--------|


(W/ rhy fig 1)
(Shortest straw        pulled for you)
(Shortest straw        pulled for you)
(Shortest straw        pulled for you)
(Shortest straw        shortest straw has been pulled for you)


|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----17b18-~-~--|-(17)---------------------|-17b20--17b19----------------|
|----17b19-~-~--|-(17)--17b19r17p15-17p15--|-----------------17b20r17p15-|
|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|



|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-17b18-r17--15----17--17--15-----|-15--17--17p15------15-----------|
|-17b19-r17--15----17--17--15-----|-15--17--17p15------15-----------|
|------------------------------17-|---------------17-------17--15---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|



            <
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------1-------------|
|---------------|----------2-------------|
|--17----(17)---|--x-------2-------------|
|---------------|----------0-------------|
        vol. knob swell


(letra)
The shortest straw
Suspicion is your name
Your honesty to blame
Put dignity to shame
dishonor
Witchhunt modern day
Determining decay
The blattand disarray
disfigure
The public eyes' disgrace
Defying common place
Unending paper chase
unending
deafening
painstaking
reckoning
This vertigo it doth bring

Shortest straw
Challenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Shortest straw has been pulled for you

The accusations fly
Discrimination, why?
Your inner self to die
intruding
Doubt sunk itself in you
It's teeth and talons through
Your living catch 22
deluding
A mass hysteria
A megalomania
Reveal dementia
reveal
secretly
silently
certainly
In vertigo you will be

Shortest straw
Chalenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you

Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Shortest straw has been pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Pulled for you
Shortest straw
Shortest straw has been pulled for you

Behind you, hands are tied
Your being, ostracized
Your hell is multiplied
upending
The fallaout has begun
Oppresive damage done
Your many turned to none
To nothing
You're reaching your nadir
Your will has disappeared
The lie is crystal clear
defending
Channels red
One word said
blaclisted
With vertigo make you dead

Shortest straw
Chalenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witchhunt riding through
Shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you
Pulled for you