Metallica – Blackened (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

E5 in the chorus on the 7nd fret [Intro] no singing
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    4x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Verse]
   Blackened......Winter.......Throwing.....Into obscurity
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|
N.C. Blackened is the end Winter it will send Throwing all you see Into obscurity
   Death.........Never.........Evolution.....Never will it mend
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|
N.C. Death of mother earth Never a rebirth Evolution's end Never will it mend never
By the last "never" switch to 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|
[Chorus]
E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead

G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end

   D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead

Bb5
Color our world blackened

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Verse]
   Blistering....Terminate....Deadly........Kills what might have been
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|
N.C. Blistering of earth Terminate its worth Deadly nicotine Kills what might have been
   Callous.......Nothing.......Never.........Breathing nevermore 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|
N.C. Callous frigid chill Nothing left to kill Never seen before Breathing nevermore never
By the last "never" switch to
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|
[Chorus]
E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead

G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end

 D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead

Bb5
Color our world blackened
[Bridge] play
e|-----------0~---|
B|-------12*-0~---|
G|-----------2~---|
D|----12*----2~---|   4x no singing, 4x singing
A|-----------0~---|
E|-12*------------|
all the way through N.C. Opposition, contradiction premonition compromise Agitation violation mutilation, planet dies then
G5
Darkest color

Gb5
Blistered earth
G5 A5 back to bridge part True death of life
e|-----------0~---|
B|-------12*-0~---|
G|-----------2~---|
D|----12*----2~---|   4x no singing, 4x singing
A|-----------0~---|
E|-12*------------|
all the way through N.C. Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race Expectation, liberation, population, lay to waste then
G5  Gb5
See our mother put to death

G5      A5     E5
See our mother die

[solo],
rhythm guitar plays
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    8x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|
Exactly same things played through the rest of the song, i.e.
[Verse]
   Smoldering.....Take........Millions.......In minutes disappears
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|
N.C. Smoldering decay Take her breath away Millions of our years In minutes disappears
   Darkening.....Decadence....All............Never is the sun
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8--------| stop by the first "Never"
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6--------|
N.C. Darkening in vain Decadence remains All is said and done Never is the sun never
By the last "never" switch to
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|
[Chorus]
E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead

G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end

 D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead

Bb5
Color our world blackened

play this until the end
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    4x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|
N.C. Color our world blackened end on Bb5 Color our world ************************************ | * Natural harmonics | ~ Vibrato ************************************