Blackened (tab) — Metallica

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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 18:15:05 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Davis" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: TAB: Blackened by Metallica

Blackened by Metallica Transcription by Jeff Davis (4th revision)

Notation: . - palm mute h - hammer on p - pull off ! - I used these to glue the dots to the page. Huh? (just ignore them). s/ - slide up these are used for normal s and ghost slides - slide down

In general I tried to keep one dash `-` equal to a thirty-second note. Thus, |-0---0---0---0--- are eight notes and

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- are sixteenth notes.

G||*- These mark the beginning and the *|| D||*- end of a section to be repeated. *||

---1---^|(1)----- <--- this means the 1 should ring out in to the --------|-------- next measure while the 1 and 3 are played

My transcription strictly notates the rhythm guitar for this song. The intro and solo are tabbed below my transcription. They were tabbed below by Matt Holliman [email protected]) and

Vassilis Tzerpos ([email protected]) respectively. (addendum: In my second revision I tabbed my own version of the harmonies in the beginning of the solo.

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4th time ! . . . . . ^ . ! 2nd gtr play this

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! . . . . . ^ ! 2nd gtr play this ! 2nd and 4th time only

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! (.) . . . . . . . ! ^ ! palm mute 1st time only

1st verse

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2nd ending ! . . . . . . . . ^ ^this slide done by a 2nd gtr. ! this slide done by 1st gtr and ! is carried out over the 2nd one.

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1st Chorus

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2nd verse

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2nd Chorus

(same as 1st chorus)

B|----(last-line-of-the-chorus)-----|----------------------------------|

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! . 1 2 3 4 ^ ! 2nd Guitar

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! . . . . 2 3 4 ! * slides actually done by ! 4 different guitars

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Solo 6x

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(note the extra 1/8 note in this meas.)

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(note this meas. is an 1/8 note short) . . . . . . . .

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3rd verse

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3rd Chorus

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--------- This ends my tab. Thanks for reading

From: [email protected] (Matt Holliman) Subject: TAB: Blackened by Metallica Date: 25 May 1993 01:57:47 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 230 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] (Matt Holliman) NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu

(Thanks to Vassilis Tzerpos, [email protected], for typing up the solo! I think this is most of the song, more or less.)

Intro (two gtrs.): (Gtr. II shown on right)

Harmonies done by Jeff Davis (I made no attmept at showing the rhythm stucture here)

Upper Harmony

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Lower Harmony

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Solo: (by Matt Holliman) t = tap ^ = bend /= use tremolo bar <>= harmonics

|-t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5-t17p8p7-t17p8p7-t17p8p7p5s3s5-|

I`d love to see the Four Horsemen solo too... is anyone willing to type that up? Thanks...

Matt Holliman, [email protected]

Lyrics

Blackened is the end Winter it will send throwing all you see into obscurity

Death of Mother Earth Never a rebirth Evolution`s end Never will it mend

Never

Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color of our world Blackened

Blistering of Earth Terminate its worth Deadly Nicotine Kills what might have been

Callous frigid chill Nothing left to kill Never seen before Breathing nevermore

Never

Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color of our world Blackened

Blackened

Opposition Contradiction Premonition Compromise Agitation Violation Mutilation Planet Dies Darkest Color Blistered Earth True death of life

Termination Expiration Cancellation Human Race Expectation Liberation Population Lay to waste See our Mother Put to death See our Mother die.

Smouldering decay Take her breath away Millions of our years In minutes disappears

Darkening in vain Decadence remains All is said and done Never is the sun

Never

Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Fire Is the outcome of hypocrisy Darkest potency In the exit of humanity Color our world Blackened

Blackened