"Sad but True" is a heavy metal song recorded by Metallica for their fifth studio album, Metallica. The song was released as the album's fifth single in mid-1992. It is one of Metallica's first attempts at tuning down guitars, in this case, tuning down to D standard. They would use this tuning later on their cover of "Whiskey in the Jar" from Garage Inc, and would utilise drop C tuning (D standard with the bottom string tuned another full step) on St. Anger. In 2004, Guitar Player listed James H...