THE STRUGGLE WITHIN - METALLICA
Words and Music By: James Hetfield And Lars Ulrich

Written to tab from the "METALLICA Songbook" by: Niclas Buss

Tempo=144

                 Intro (drums)
								  Guitar I				 Fill 1(Gtr. IV)
E---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|		|------------7--8-|-8h10~~~~~~~~~~-|
B---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|		|-----------------|----------------|
G---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------4\--|		|-----------------|----------------|
D---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------4\--|		|-----------------|----------------|
A---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------2\--|		|-----------------|----------------|
E---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|		|-----------------|----------------|


Guitar II
 E5 E5    E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5    E5 E5    E5 E5 E5   E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 D5 D5   D5 D5   B5\
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar III					          3rd time w/Fill 1
E-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|--*-------------------|
B-----------------------|-7--8--7------------|-7--8-------7----7--8-|-10/7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G-------------7---------|-7--8--7------------|-------9--------------|----------------------| play 3 times
D------/7--9--5----9----|--------------------|------------9---------|-----------------9----|
A------/5--7-------7----|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------9----|
E-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------7----|
										         *=Gtr II notated to left of slashes
 E5 E5  E5 E5 E5 E5 E5  E5 E5  E5 E5
					   Grt. II			 Fdbk.
E----------------------|----------12----------|-(12)----(12)~~~~~~(12)\--|
B----------------------|----------------------|------------------------\-|
G----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
D----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
A----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
E----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|

Tempo=180 

Guitar II
Rhy.Fig 1         
E-----------|-------------|
B-----------|-------------|
G-----------|-------------| (end Rhy.Fig  1)
D-2--2----2-|-2--2--2--2--|
A-2--2----2-|-2--2--2--2--|
E-0--0----0-|-0--0--0--0--|
 PM---------------------|

w/Rhy.Fig 1 (4 times)

1st verse

  E5
Reaching out for something you've gottta feel
                      E5  E5  E5 E5   E5   E5
You're Clutching to what you had thought was real

Gtrs. I&II
            Rhy.Fig 2
 E5 E5  E5 | E5  E5  G5    E5  E5 E5 | E5 E5 F#5/G5 | E5 E5  E5  | E5 E5 F#5/G5 | E5  E5   E5 | 
PM-----------------|      PM----------------|             
  		 Kicking at a dead horse  pleases you	             No way     of show'in your

						(end Rhy.Fig 2) Rhy.Fig 3
 E5 E5 G5  | E5 E5   E5 | E5 E5 F5	| E5 E5   E5  | E5 E5 F#5/G5 | E5 E5    E5  | E5 E5 F#5/G5
            PM-----------------|      PM------------------|        PM-------------------|
 Gratitude                             S         -   so man  -  y things you don't wanna  do
																	
 E5 E5   E5 | E5  E5  G5   |  E5  E5       E5 | E5 E5 G5   | E5 E5   E5 | E5 E5 F5  | E F5  E F5 | (end Rhy.Fig 3)
PM------------------|       PM-----------------------|      PM-----------------|
	       What is    it   what have you got  to   lose?

Rhy.Fig 4
 E5  E5   E5  |  E5  E5 F#5/G5 | E5  E5   E5 |  E5 E5 F#5/G5 | E5  E5    E5   | E5 E5  G5  | E G5 E G5 | (end Rhy.Fig 4)
PM---------------------|        PM-------------------|        PM----------------------|
		    what the hell                  what is   it   you think you're  gonna find
(what the hell)

 E5  E5   E5  | E5 E5 G5 | E5 E5  E5 | E5  E5  G5  | E5 E5    E5 E5 E5 G5   | E  G5 E G5 |          |
PM-------------------|    PM------------------|     PM----------------|               
		   Hypocrite 		  boredom sets  in - to the boring mind 
 (Hypocrite)  

Half Time Feel  

Guitar I
Rhy.Fig 5A									          (end Rhy.Fig 5A)
E------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G------------------------|-------------------|------------4h5----|------------4h5----|
D------5--5-------5/7----|-3--3-------5/7----|-5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|
A------5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|-5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|
E------3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|-3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|
      PM                  PM                  PM                  PM

Guitar II
Rhy.Fig 5B										    (end Rhy.Fig 5B)
E------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D------5--5-------5/7----|-3--3-------5/7----|-5--5-------5/7----|-3--3-------5/7----|
A------5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|-5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|
E------3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|-3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|
      PM                  PM                  PM                  PM

Chorus (Gtrs I&II)
Rhy.Fig 6					   
 			     (end Rhy.Fig 6)
 F#5               | E5              |
			It suits you fine
(struggle within)				

w/Rhy.Fig 6 (3 times)	
			
			Your ruin				Your seal your own coffin			  The struggling within
(struggle within)			(struggle within)					  (struggle within)


 w/Rhy.Fig 5B
 Rhy.Fig 5C	(guitar I)								    (end Rhy.Fig 5C)
E------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B------------------------|-------------------|------------3/5----|------------3/5----|
G-----------------4h5----|------------4h5----|-------------------|-------------------|
D------5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|-5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|
A------5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|-5--5--------------|-3--3--------------|
E------3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|-3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|
      PM                  PM                  PM                  PM

 w/Fill 2								(end Half Time Feel)      Fill 2           rake
E------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|	|------------------|--------------|------------------|
G------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|	|------------------|----3h5-------|-(5)--------(5)\--|
B------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|	|------------------|--x-----------|----------------\-|
D------2--------2--------|-(2)--------------------|-(2)--------------------|	|------2------2----|-x------------|------------------|
A------2--------2--------|-(2)--------------------|-(2)--------------------|	|------2------2----|--------------|------------------|
E------0--------0--------|-(0)--------------------|-(0)--------------------|	|------0------0----|--------------|------------------|
      rit.   						   Fdbk. (pithc B)

 w/Rhy.Fig 1 (2½ times)
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| *=Let Fdbk.ring as chord decays
D-----(2)---------|-(2)-----------|-(2)-----------|-(2)-----------|-(2)------------|
A-----(2)---------|-(2)-----------|-(2)-----------|-(2)-----------|-(2)------------|
E-----(0)---------|-(0)-----------|-(0)-----------|-(0)-----------|-(0)------------|
 *a tempo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

2nd verse							 Rhy.Fill 1 (Gtrs. I&II)
w/Rhy.Fig 2   						|-----------------------------|
								|-----------------------------|
	Home is not a home, it becomes a hell	|-----------------------------|
	        *Rhy.Fill 1				|------2------2------4--------|
	Turning it into a prison cell			|------2------2------4--------|	*=Subtitute Rhy.Fill 1
								|------0------0------2--------|
								    PM----------|
	  w/Rhy.Fig 3(1st 9 bars only)

    	Advantages are taken not handed out
	While you struggle inside your hell    ow

	w(Rhy.Fig 4 (2 times)
	(Reaching out) reaching out
	Grabbing for something you've gotta feel
	(Closing in) closing in
	The pressure up on you is so unreal

Half Time Feel
w/Rhy.Figs 5A&5B

Chorus 															
w/Rhy.Fig 6 (4 times)						  Fill 3               rake           a tempo	Fdbk.(15ma)
									E----------------------|-------------|------------|------------------|
	(Struggle within) ,It suits you fine		B----------------------|---3h5-------|-(5)~~~~~~~~|~(5)~~~~~~~~(5)\--|
	(Struggle within) ,Your ruin				G----------------------|--x----------|------------|----------------\-|
	(Struggle Within) ,Your seal your own coffin	D------2------2--------|-x-----------|------------|------------------|
	(struggle within) ,Struggling within		A------2------2--------|-------------|------------|------------------|
									E------0------0--------|-------------|------------|------------------|
w/Rhy.Figs 5B&5C													 Fdbk. (Pitch G#)
	
Guitar I w/Fill 3					Fdbk. (Pitch B)     a tempo (end Half Time Feel)
E----------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
B----------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
G----------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
D------2------2--------|-(2)------------|-(2)------------|-(2)-----------|
A------2------2--------|-(2)------------|-(2)------------|-(2)-----------|
E------0------0--------|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|-(0)-----------|
						  			   (vocal: Struggle)

Guitar solo

Rhy.Fig 7 (Gtrs.I&II)				(end Rhy.Fig 7)
 E5 E5      E5 E5 E5//G5        E5 E5     E5 E5 E5//G5 
PM------------------|          PM-----------------|        Rhy.Fig 7 (3 times)

  Full------------------------------------------------|    Full-------------------|    Full/---\   |
E----12-----12-----12-----12--|----12--12----12--12----12-|----12--12----12--12----12-|-17^-------17^~~~~~-----|
B-15^-x--15^---15^----15^-----|-15^-------15^-----x-15^---|-15^-------15^-----x-15^---|------------------------|
G-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------x\--|
D-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------\-|
A-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
E-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|

E-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G-/10p8p7-10p7p0-10p8p7-|-10p8p7p0-------10p8p7-------|-10p8p7--------------------|---------------------------|
B-----------------------|----------9p7p0--------9p7p0-|--------9p7p0-9p7p0--------|---------------------------|
D-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------9p7p0--|-9p7p0---------------------|
A-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-------10---7-------(7)/14-|
E-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Rhy.Fig 8
  G5  G5      G5  G5  G5/Bb5        G5  G5      G5  G5  G5/Bb5  
PM----------------------|           PM--------------------|		  w/Rhy.Fig 8 (3 times)

E-17--19--15--19--14--19------19--|-----19------19--14--19--15--19-|-19p17p15-17p15p14h15-14----14---------|
B-------------------------17------|-15------17---------------------|-------------------------17----17-15-14|
G---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
		
																   Full
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bh15p14-----14--15--17/19--x--8/-|-15-18p15---14h17p14----18p15----17p14-----|-18p15----17p14---18-18^-18----|
G-------16-----------------------|----------x----------16-------16-------16--|-------16-------16-------------|
D--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

								    Half Time Feel 
								    w/Rhy.Fig 6(4 times)
 1/4   1/4   A.H.              A.H. (A.H. pitch Ab) w/Wah
E------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B------------------------|------------------------|--------14--14---14--14--|------(14)--14----14------14----------|
G-------------3----------|-------3----------------|--------14--14---14--14--|------(14)--14----14------14----------|
D-5^p0--5^p0-----5--3----|-3--5-----5--------(5)/-|-------------------------|--------------------------------16p14-|
A----------------------5-|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|

					  Full                                
E-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------14-----16-------------|-----14--17p14-----------------16^-½----|-(16)-------------------16^|
G------(14)----16--14------14-|-16^-----------16--14------14--16^-Full-|-(16)---14----------14--16^|
D-16-------------------16-----|-----------------------16---------------|--------------16-----------|
A-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|

								      Full/----------\/---\/		w/Rhy.Fig 8
E----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------18p15----15-------------------------|
B-½----(16)------------------|----------------------------|-------17---------------|------------18----18-15-18p15----15-------|
G-Full-(16)---14-------------|---------------14----14-16^-|-(16)---------(16)~~~~~~|------------------------------18----17-15-|
D-------------------16----16-|-(16)----14h16----16--------|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
										(vib. lower note only)

						    G5 G5        G5   G5  G5  Ab5/Bb5      G5   G5    G5 G5 G5  Ab5	
						   PM-----------------------|             PM------------------|

E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------15----15--------(15)\--|
G-17p15-15-15-------------------------|-------------------------------------|--17---15----15--------(15)\\-|
D-------------17-15-17p15----15-------|-------------------------------15h17-|-(17)-----------------------\-|
A-------------------------17----17-15-|-17p15-13-15p13----13--15/17---------|------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|----------------15-------------------|------------------------------|

       E Ab5 E Ab5    G5  G5 G5  G5 Ab5    E Ab5 E Ab5      G5  G5  G5
      PM    PM       PM------------|

				(Wah off)				     A.H.
  w/Wah effects	   Full-------|  Full		 	    Full---------|
E-------------------|-----15-----15-15---|---------------|-------------------------|
B------x------------|-16^----16-----16^--|---------------|--18^-18--18-------------|
G------x------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
D-------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
A-------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
E-------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
												(vocal:Go!)

 Guitars I&II												repeat |
E----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
B----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
G----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
D------2----2--2--2--2-|------2----2--2--2--2-|------2----2--2--2--2-|-7\6--5----5\4--3----|-3--3--3--------|
A-2h5--2----2--2--2--2-|-2h5--2----2--2--2--2-|-2h5--2----2--2--2--2-|-7\6--5----5\4--3----|-3--3--3--------|
E-0h3--0----0--0--0--0-|-0h3--0----0--0--0--0-|-0h3--0----0--0--0--0-|-5\4--3----3\2--1----|-1--1--1--------|
	     PM---------|           PM---------|           PM---------|                      | PM-----|

3rd verse
w/Rhy.Fig 3

	Reaching out for something you've got  to feel
	While clutching to what you had thought was real

w/Rhy.Fig 4

	What the hell? ,What is it you think you're gonna find?
	Hypocrite ,Boredom sets into the boring mind

Half Time Feel
w/Rhy.Figs 5A&5B

Chorus 
w/Rhy.Fig 6 (4 times)

	(Struggle within) ,It suits you fine	
	(Struggle within) ,Your ruin			
	(Struggle Within) ,Your seal your own coffin
	(struggle within) ,Struggling within

  G5			| F5			| G5			| F5			|

Guitar I 
w/Fill 2					  (end Half Time Feel)  *Fdbk.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
E----------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
B----------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
G----------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
D------2------2--------|-(2)------------|-(2)------------|--(2)---------|-(2)-----------|	*Let Fdbk.ring as chord decays
A------2------2--------|-(2)------------|-(2)------------|--(2)---------|-(2)-----------|
E------0------0--------|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|--(0)---------|-(0)-----------|
									    a tempo    				

E---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----------||
B---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----------||
G---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----------||
D------(2)------------|------(2)------------|-2--2------2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2------2--|-2--------||
A------(2)------------|------(2)------------|-2--2------2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2------2--|-2--------||
E------(0)------------|------(0)------------|-0--0------0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0------0--|-0--------||
							   PM---------------------------------------|