Band : Metallica
Song : Blackened
Album : ...And justice for all


Intro

e |--14--15h17p15--17-17-17--17-17-17--|--17/15--15---17/15--15--|
B |------------------------------------|-------------------------|

e |--9/7---7--------------------------|--------------------------|
B |------------12/10---8---10---12----|---10/8---8----10/8--8----|

e |----------------------------------|---------------------------|
B |---12~~~~--12--12/10---8--10--12--|---10/8---8-----10/8---8---|


e |----------------------------------|---------------------------|
B |-------4---5h7p5-----7--7--7--7---|--10~~~~----10~~~~---------|
G |---4------------------------------|---------------------------|

Riff 1

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

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

Verse
     
        to ob-scur-i-ty                                     Death of Moth-er Earth   
                                              |-------P.M.-------| 
G |--------------3-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
D |-----5~~~~~---3-----------------------|--2------------------------------------|
A |-----5~~~~~---1-----------2---1-------|--2-----------------------1------2--1--|
E |-----3~~~~~--------2---3-----------3--|--0---0---0---0---0---0---2--3------3--|

Pre-Chorus

Just do all of Riff 1 and at the end add this. Then begin the Chorus.

       |------P.M.------|
G |-----------------------------|
D |-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|
E |-----0---0-----0---0---------|

Chorus

        Fire          To be-         -gin  whip-ing dance of the      dead 
                      |-P.M.-|             |-P.M.-|    |-P.M.-|
G |-----9~~~---------------------|------7-----------5--------------|-------------|
D |-----9~~~-------------7-------|------7-----5-----5------5-------|---4~~~------|
A |-----7~~~-------------7-------|------5-----5-----3------5-------|---4~~~------|
E |----------------------5-------|------------3------------3-------|---2~~~------|

 Black-ened is the    end.     Col-or our    world blackened.        Black-ened
     |--P.M.--|                 |---------P.M.---------|
G |--------------------9-----|------------------------------------|--------------|
D |---5-----4----------9-----|-----5---------------4--------------|-----3--------|
A |---5-----4----------7-----|-----5---------------4--------------|-----3--------|
E |---3-----2----------------|-----3-----------0---2--------------|-----1--------|

Riff 2
                       |---------P.M.---------|          |---------P.M.---------|            
G |--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-------------------7------------------------|---8---7-------------------------|
E |---X---0---5---6-----0---0---0---0---5---6--|-----------0---0---0---0--0---5--|

          |-----P.M.----|
G |-----------------------------|---8~~~~~----------------------|
D |-----------------------------|---8~~~~~----------------------|
A |------7----------------------|---6~~~~~----------------------|
E |--6-----0---0---0---0-----6--|-------------------------------|

Riff 3

      Op-pos-i-tion            Con-tra-dic-tion             Com-pro-mise

G |---------------------------|-----------------------|---------------8~~~~~--|
D |--------------2------------|------------2----------|---------------8~~~~~--|
A |--------------2------------|------------2----------|---------------6~~~~~--|
E |---6---0---6--0------------|---0--0--0--0----------|-----6-----------------|

Riff 4

 Dark-est col-or         Blistered Earth           True death  of    life           
                     |---P.M.---|                     |---P.M.---|
G |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |-----4----------------------4-----|-------------------4-------------3---------|
A |-----4----------------------4-----|-------------------4-------------3---------|
E |-----2-------2---2---2------2-----|----2---2---2------2-----0-------1---------|


~~~ = let ring              
P.M. = palm mute        
h = hammer on
p = pull off
 / = slide


This is all I can give you now... If you want the solo and the rest of the song e-mail me at [email protected]