Blackened Acoustic Live Tab

by Metallica
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Fabulous chill out acoustic version of the original (~184 beats per minute) riff tornado.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author Grynx [a] 353. Last edit on May 7, 2020
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METALLICA - Blackened 2020
Acoustic Covid-19 Quarantine Version
 
[Intro]
Eb|--------|
Bb|--------|
Gb|--------|
Db|--------|
Ab|-X--X-X-|
Eb|-X--X-X-|
 
[Main Riff] James
    E                                            Bb5
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9~-----------------------|
Ab|-7----7~---7---8~-7--7----7------7--7----7----8--8--8--|
Eb|-0~-0----0---0-------0~-0---0-------0~-0---0--6~-6~-6~-|
 
Kirk (+Ultra evil face/hand gesture pose mode: On)
    Em
Eb|------|
Bb|-8----|
Gb|-9----|
Db|-9----|
Ab|-7----|
Eb|------|
 
[Verses 1-3]
    E                                   E
Eb|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9~---|------------------------------9~----|
Ab|-7----7~---7---8~-7--7----7------7-|-7----7~---7---8~-7--7----7------7~-|
Eb|-0~-0----0---0-------0~-0---0------|-0~-0----0---0-------0~-0---0-------|
 
    E                              Bb5       G5
Eb|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|------------------------------|-----------12--12--12--|
Ab|-7----7~---7---8~-7--7----7---|-8--8~-8---10~-10~-10~-|
Eb|-0~-0----0---0-------0~-0---0-|-6~-6~-6~--------------|
 
[Verse 1]                                       [Verse 2]
Blackened is the end. Winter it will send       Blistering of earth terminate its worth
Throwing all you see into obscurity             Deadly nicotine kills what might have been
Death of mother earth. Never a rebirth          Callous frigid chill. Nothing left to kill
Evolution's end. Never will it mend             Never seen before. Breathing nevermore
 
[Verse 3]
Smoldering decay take her breath away
Millions of our years in minutes disappears
Darkening in vain. Decadence remains
                      [Break]
All is said and done. Never is the sun
 
[Pre-Chorus]
    E                                            Bb5
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9~-----------------------|
Ab|-7----7~---7---8~-7--7----7------7--7----7----8--8--8--|
Eb|-0~-0----0---0-------0~-0---0-------0~-0---0--6~-6~-6~-|
    Ohh, never...
    No, never...
 
[Chorus]
    E5            D5           A5           E5
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-9---9---9--9--7---7--7-------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---9---9--9--7---7--7-----7-----7--7---2---2---2--2---2---2-----|
Ab|-7~~-7~~-7~-7~-5~--5~-5~----7-----7--7---2---2---2--2---2---2-----|
Eb|----------------------------5~----5~-5~--0~~-0~~-0~-0~--0~~-0~~-0-|
    Fire... To be-gin whipping dance of the dead
 
    G5             A5         E5
Eb|----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------9---9---9--9---9---9-----|
Db|-5---5---5--5---7--7---7---9---9---9--9---9---9-----|
Ab|-5---5---5--5---7--7---7---7~~-7~~-7~-7~--7~~-7~~---|
Eb|-3~~-3~~-3~-3~--5~-5~--5~-------------------------0-|
    Blackened      is the     end.               To  be-
 
    D5           A5           G5
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7---7--7-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-7---7--7-----7-----7--7---5---5---5--5---5---5---5--5--|
Ab|-5~--5~-5~----7-----7--7---5---5---5--5---5---5---5--5--|
Eb|--------------5~----5~-5~--3~~-3~~-3~-3~--3~~-3~~-3~-3~-|
    gin whipping dance of the dead
 
    G5        G5 (play Bb5 instead of last G5 on 2nd chorus)
Eb|-------------|
Bb|-------------|
Gb|-------------|
Db|-5--5--5---5-|
Ab|-5--5--5---5-|
Eb|-3~-3~-3~--3-|
              Color my world blackened !
 
[Bridge] James                                                   Em
Eb|-----------------------------------------------|--------------0---|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|--------------0---|
Gb|-----------12+-----------------------------12+-|--------------0---|
Db|--------12+-----------------------------12+----|--------------2---|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------|--------------2---|
Eb|-----12+-----------------------------12+-------|--------------0---|
1.  Opposition... Contradiction... Premonition...          Compromise
     Agitation... Violation...      Mutilation...         Planet dies
 
2. Termination... Expiration...    Cancellation... True death of life
   Expectation... Liberation...     Population...         Lay to waste
 
    G5                A5                       C5        D5       E5
Eb|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|-5-5--5----7--7--7--9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|
Db|-5--5----5-5--5-5--7---7-----7----7--7--7-|-5-5--5----7--7--7--9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|
Ab|-5--5----5-5--5-5--7---7-----7----7--7--7-|-3-3--3----5--5--5--7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|
Eb|-3--3----3-3--3-3--5---5-----5----5--5--5-|------------------------------------|
1.  Darkest color.    Blistered earth.              True death of life
2.  See our mother.   Put to    death.         See  our  mother   die !
 
Kirk (+Evil quarantine face mode still: On)
Eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|-2h3p2p0h2h3p2p0...-|
Db|--------------------|
Ab|--------------------|
Eb|--------------------|
 
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h   Hammer-on
p   Pull-off
~   Vibrato
X   Dead note
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X
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4 comments
blackjacke13
on the verse its just 7 8 there's no 9 on D strings. watch the video u will understand. BUT thanks for the TAB!
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aguitarrista
Hi! There are quite a few things not correct in this version. I would recommend watching this tutorial. https://youtu.be/NhICsLOScFY Hope it's okay to include a link. Cheers!
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