Blackened - Metallica

1a)
e----------------------------3--3-5-3--3-5-6-5-3-7-----3--3-5-3--3-5-6-5-3-2--
B--5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-----5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-----5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-4
G------------------------4---------------------------------------------------4
D--------------------------------------------------5-4------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------5-4------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------3-2------------------------

1b) 1a continued
e--15--15-17-15--15-17-18-17-15-14....
B--17--17-19-17--17-19-20-19-17-12.... fade out
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------

1c)
G---------7------5-----4------------7-----5----4-------------7------5-----4
D--2------7------5-----4------2-----7-----5----4--5-4-2------7------5-----4
A--2------5------3-----2------2-----5-----3----2--5-4-2------5------3-----2
E--0--------------------------0-------------------3-2-0--------------------

1d) 1c continued
G------------7---------5--------4...
D--2---------7---------5--------4... fade out
A--2---------5---------3--------2...
E--0--------------------------------


When you hear the intro to this song on the album, you're actually hearing what the
band played backwards.  To hear it how the band actually recorded it, put the CD into
your CD drive and use a sound recording software (Sound Recorder, Cool Edit, Sound Forge,
whatever you have on your computer) to record just the beginning.  Then you can find the
reverse function and hear it how they recorded it!

In this tab, riffs 1a through 1d is the tab for how they recorded it.  Riff 1b is a continuation
of 1a which is the "lead guitar" (actually recorded as 2 seperate tracks), and riffs 1c and 1d
are the "rythm guitar" the chords under it.  Riffs 1e through 1h (below) is the tab for the
album version and it works the same way.


1e)
e--...14-15-17-18-17-15--15-17-15--15
B--...12-17-19-20-19-17--17-19-17--17
G------------------------------------
D------------------------------------
A------------------------------------
E------------------------------------

1f) 1e continued
e----2-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3-----7-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3--------------------------
B--4-4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5
G--4---------------------------------------------------4----------------------
D--------------------------4-5------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------4-5------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------2-3------------------------------------------------

1g)
G--...4--------5---------7----------
D--...4--------5---------7---------2
A--...2--------3---------5---------2
E----------------------------------0

1h)
G--4-----5------7-------------4----5-----7------------4-----5------7-------
D--4-----5------7------2-4-5--4----5-----7-----2------4-----5------7------2
A--2-----3------5------2-4-5--2----3-----5-----2------2-----3------5------2
E----------------------0-2-3-------------------0--------------------------0


2)
G-----------------
D--3-------------2
A--1-------2-2---2
E----0-2-3-----3-0


3a)
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------8--------------------3-------------2
A----7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2
E--0---0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0

3b)
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------3-------------2-2
A----7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-2
E--0---0---0-------0---0---7---0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-0


4)
G-------------------------       ------------------------
D------------------------- three ------------------------
A--------------1-----2-1-- times -------------1-----2-1--
E--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3       -3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3
"Blackened is the end..."


5)
G----------9-------7-----5-------------------------------7-----5-5-5--
D--2-2-2-2-9-------7-----5-----4---5-5-5--5-5-5--2-------7-----5-5-5-4
A--2-2-2-2-7-------5-----3-----4---5-5-5--5-5-5--2-------5-----3-3-3-4
E--0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-2---3-3-3--3-3-3--0---0-0---0-0-------2
  pm......     ...   ...   ...                       ...
"Fire                            Blackened is the                     dead"


6)
G-----------                 ----
D--5-----4-4                 -3-3
A--5-----4-4                 -3-3
E--3-0-0-2-2                 -1-1
"Color our world blackened    blackened" (before riff 7)


7a)
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--2-----------2-------------3-2---------------2-------------8
A--2-------0-1-----------0-1---------------0-1-----------8-8-6
E--0-----0-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-6-6--
                pm......         .......         .......

7b)
G----------------------3--------------------------------
D--------2---------2-----2---------------2-------------8
A----0-1-------------1---------------0-1-----------8-8-6
E--0-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-6-6--
          pm......         .......         .......


8)
G-----------------------------------------
D--2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------2-1
A--2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------2-1
E------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0----
      pm......     .......     .......
"Opposition..."


9)
G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
A----3-4---------4-4---------4-4---------4-3
E--0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1
  pm.    .......     .......     .......
"Darkest color..."


10)
G------7--5--------
D--2---7--5---5-4-2
A--2---5--3---5-4-2
E--0----------3-2-0
during pre solo


11)
G---------------------------
D--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2
A--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2
E--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0
  pm........................
solo part 1

to 6)

12)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A----7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7 twice
E--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
solo part 2

to 5)

13)
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3-- 1.5 times
E----7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3
solo part 3

__________________________
solo by Marnix Maas
t = tap ^ = bend        \/= use tremolo bar     = harmonics

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|*--------------------------------------------|
|------7-9-------7-9-------7-9--10/7--9h10p9--|
|-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10------10h12p10-|
|---------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------7-9-------7-9--11--9h11p9-------*|
|------7-9-------9-10-10/7-9-10-12-10h12p10-9--7--|
|-10/7-9-10-10/7----------------------------10-9--|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
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|------7-9-------7-9-------7-9--11--9h11p9--|
|-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-12-10h12p10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

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|----------------7-8----7-8-10-8h10p8-7----|
|------7-9-------7-9-9--7-9-11-9h11p9-7-9--|
|-10/7-9-10-10/7-----10-----------------10-|
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|----7-8----7-8----7-8-10-8h10p8----7-8----10/7-8-8-10/7-8-10-8h10p8-8-10/7--|
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|-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7---------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7---7-------------|
|-9/9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------------------------------9---9-7-9-7-6-7-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------7-8-7h8p7---7-8-11-----------11---------------------11---|
|6-----6h7p6---6-7-9-----------9----------------------------------------------|
|--7-9-------9----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5--|
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|-t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5-t17p8p7-t17p8p7-t17p8p7p5s3s5-|
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|----15p14----s12-14-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-|
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|-14-------12----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12--19----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--5-5-5---4-4--5--5-5-5---4-4--|
|------------------------------------------5--5-5-5---4-4--5--5-5-5---4-4--|
|------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-0-2-2--3--3-3-3-0-2-2--|

|------------s18-19-24-22-20-19-23-21-19-17-20-19-17-15-19-17-15-14-14-17--|
|-------13^----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------13^----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17p15-14-12-11-12-15-14-12-10-9-10-9-10-14-12-10-9-8-9-12-10-8-7---------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10-8-7---7-8-7---7-----------7---------0---0---------0-\/--12---------|
|-----------9-------9---9-7-9---7---9-7---9---7---2-------------12---------|
|---------------------------------------9-----------4-2-0-------12---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------7h8p7----7-8-8h10h12-12-10-8-7--|
|-----------------------------7-8-7---7-8-10-------10------------------------|
|-7h9-7----5h7-5-4-5-4-----s9-------9----------------------------------------|
|-------10-------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----------7--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------10p8-7--\/------------------------------------------|
|-9-7--7-5------------\/--12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-9-7--7-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
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|-5p0-5p0-7p0-7p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-(5)-\/--\/--\/---|
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