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Master of Puppets Guitar Tablature
Ok, it looks like you guys REALLY need this...
all the other tabs are way off...
...and because of that, i'll take you step by step
and yeah, it sounds better when you take out all mids before playing

Intro:
Use all downstrokes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2------12--11--10------------------------12--11--10----------------|
|-0------10--9---8-------0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10--9---8-----------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12--11--10-------|
|-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10--9---8--------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12--11--10-------|
|-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10--9---8--------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12--11--10-------|
|-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10--9---8--------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12--11--10-------|
|-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2-0-0-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10--9---8--------|

then quickly go to:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------(4~)----|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2~-----|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------(4~)----|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2~-----|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54--54---54---54-|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32--32-0-32-0-32-|


Verse (play 6 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|


"Taste me you will see" (1:17) (play 2 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0h4--54--0h4------------------0h4--0h4------------|
|-----------------0h2--32--0h2------------------0h2--0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|


right before chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----7-9-----9------------------------------8---------------------|
|-7-----5-7-7-9---9-10~~~---------10-9---------6-9-------------------|
|---0-0-------------------8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7---7-------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----7-9-----9------------------------------8---------------------|
|-7-----5-7-7-9---9-10~~~---------10-9---------6-9-------------------|
|---0-0-------------------8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7---7-------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----7-9-----9------------------------------8---------------------|
|-7-----5-7-7-9---9-10~~~---------10-9---------6-9-------------------|
|---0-0-------------------8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7---7-------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----7-9-----9----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----5-7-7-9---9-10~~~---------10-9-9-7-6--6------2--2----3--3----|
|---0-0-------------------8-8-8-8-8--7----------8-7--0--0----1--1----|
                                                     Master, Master
"Master of Puppets...":
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5------4-----2---7------5-----4----------9-----5-|
|-2------4------5---3--0-0-2-0-0-0---5------3-----2---2------7-----3-|
|-0--0-0-2--0-0-3-----------------------0-0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-0---|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-----5---------------------------------|
|-2--2----3--3--------2------5-----3--------2--2----3--3-------------|
|-0--0----1--1--------0--0-0---0-0----------0--0----1--1-------------|
  Master, Master                            Master, Master

Right before verse 2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------(4~)----|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2~-----|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1--------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54--54---54---54-|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32--32-0-32-0-32-|


Verse 2(play 4 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|


"Taste me you will see" (2:37) (play 2 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0h4--54--0h4------------------0h4--0h4------------|
|-----------------0h2--32--0h2------------------0h2--0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|


Chorus, same as above.

Pre-mid-solo, clean(play twice):
|-----------------0h2p0---3------------------------------------------|
|-------0-----3---------3-------3---3-----0-----0-------0-------0----|
|-----0-----2---2-------------0---0---0-------2-------2-------2------|
|---2-----0-----------------------------2-----------------0-1--------|
|---------------------------3---------------0-----0-2----------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------|


Middle solo distorted:
|----19-15----17-14-------------17-14----15-12-----------------------|}
|-17-------17-------15-15-15-15-------15-------13-13-13-13-----------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}play
                                                                      }twice
|-15-12----14-12h14p12-11-------------------11-12-14-----------------|}
|-------13----------------13-12-13-15-13-15--------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}


|----------------15----15-17----19-15-12-----------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-19----19-------19----------13~~------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------15-14----15-14---------------------------------------------|
|-15b-15b-------12-------12----------15------------------------------|
|---------------------------12-14-12-14b-14-12-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------14~~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-------12-12h14p12-11----14-12-11--------------------------------|
|----14-12----------------12----------10~~---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------15-11/12-11-------12//19----------------|
|----------------------------------------12-11-11//17----------------|
|--------------------9-10-12-----------------------------------------|
|-7-9-10~~-7-9-10-12-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----19-15----17-14-------------17-14----15-12-----------------------|}
|-17-------17-------15-15-15-15-------15-------13-13-13-13-----------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}play
                                                                      }twice
|-15-12----14-12h14p12-11-------------------11-12-14-----------------|}
|-------13----------------13-12-13-15-13-15--------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|}


then it goes to this part again, this time distorted:
|-----------------0h2p0---3------------------------------------------|
|-------0-----3---------3-------3---3-----0-----0-------0-------0----|
|-----0-----2---2-------------0---0---0-------2-------2-------2------|
|---2-----0-----------------------------2-----------------0-1--------|
|---------------------------3---------------0-----0-2----------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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--0--0--0--0--0---------------------|


play 3 times:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------6-6---------------6---------------6-6---------------6-|
|-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----2-2-3-2-2-2-3---2-2-3-2-2-2-3-----2-2-3-2-2-2-3---|


right before solo (let ring):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--------4--------2------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------2--------0------------------------------------------------|


Solo:
|-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-15p12----------12-|
|-------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-17p12----------12-15p12----------12-|
|-------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----------13-12-13----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19-19-19-17-17-17-15-15-15-14-14-14-17-17-17-15-15-15-14-14-14----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------17p15-----------------23b-23b-23b--24b-24b-24b------------|
|-17bb-17p15p14-------15p14-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------16-14~----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------10-8-7----8-7------7~~------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-----10-8----------------------------|
|-2-4-2b-4-3-2-2h4p2------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-2h4~-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-10p8p7-10p8p7-12p10p9-12p10p9-14p12p11-14p12p11-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-17p15-14-19p17-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----14-----14-----14-----14-19p14----14-19p14----14-19p14----14---------|
|-17b----17b----17b----17b----------17----------17----------17------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----14-----14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----------------|
|-17b----17b----17b----17b----18b----18b----18b----18b--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----16-----16-----17----17-----18-----18--22//////----------------|
|-19b----19b----20b----20----21b----21b-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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

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


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2----------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2----------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2----------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-5-5--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-3-5-------3--333-2-3-5-3-2-----2--333-2-3-5-3-2--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-2-3-5------------------------------3-2-0----------------3-2----|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54---|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32---|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-----3-----4-----3-----2-2-----2-----3------54---54---54--54---54---54-|
|-0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-----0-1---0-1---0-0--32-0-32-0-32--32-0-32-0-32-|


Verse 3(play 4 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|


"I will occupy" (7:05) (play 2 times):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0h4--54--0h4------------------0h4--0h4------------|
|-----------------0h2--32--0h2------------------0h2--0h2------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|

Chorus, same as above

finish with this 4 times:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5/7--87--5/7------------------5/7--5/7------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--65--3/5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5--3/5------------|

then:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-54---54---54-2--------------------------------------------------|
|-32-0-32-0-32-0--------------------------------------------------|
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