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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 18:15:05 -0500
To: guitar@olga.net
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.

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

  --------|--------
  --------|--------
  --------|-3------
  --------|-1------
  ---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 bu345@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) and

Vassilis Tzerpos (bpatr@theseas.ntua.gr) respectively.
(addendum: In my second revision I tabbed my own version of
                the harmonies in the beginning of the solo.

       BLACKENED

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------------------2-------------x----|
A|-1-----------2---3-3-----2-------------x----|
E|-----2---3-----------1-----------------x----|
!      .   .   .   . . .

E||-----------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------|
G||*----------------------------------------------------------|
D||*-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A||------7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E||--0-------0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)-------|
!    .       .       .               .       .       ^
!                                                  2nd guitar play this
!                                                    2nd time only

E|----------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------*|| 3x
D|---------------------------------------------------------*||
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------||
E|-0-------0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----||
   .       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .

   4th time
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------8------------|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7--------|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)------0----|
!  .       .       .               .       .       ^       .
!                                                2nd gtr play this


E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-5---5-5-5-------5---5------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

A|-5---5-5-5-------5---5------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

E|-3---3-3-3---0---3---3------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|

   .   . . .   .   .                  .   . . .   .   .



E||-----------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------|
G||*----------------------------------------------------------|
D||*-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A||------7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E||--0-------0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)-------|
!    .       .       .               .       .       ^
!                                                   2nd gtr play this
!                                                   2nd and 4th time
only

 E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
 G|----------------------------------------------------------*|| 4x
 D|----------------------------------------------------------*||
 A|------7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------||
 E|--0-------0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----||
!    .       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .



E||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||*-------------------------------------------------*|| 4x
D||*-------------------------3-----------------------*||
A||--2---2---2---2---2---2---1-----------2---1--------||
E||--0---0---0---0---0---0-------2---3-----------3----||
!   (.)  .   .   .   .   .       .   .
!    ^
!    palm mute 1st time only


1st verse

E||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||*--------------------------------------------------|
D||*-------------------------3------------------------|
A||--2---2---2---2---2---2---1-----------2---1--------|
E||--0---0---0---0---0---0-------2---3-----------3----|
!        .   .   .   .   .       .   .

 E|---------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------|
 D|--------------------------3------------------------|
 A|--2---2---2---2---2---2---1-----------2---1--------|
 E|--0---0---0---0---0---0-------2---3-----------3----|
!        .   .   .   .   .       .   .

 E|---------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------|
 D|--------------------------3-----------------s------|
 A|--2---2---2---2---2---2---1-----------1---4-/-5----|
 E|--0---0---0---0---0---0-------2---3-------2-/-3----|
!        .   .   .   .   .       .   .

     1st ending
 E|---------------------------------------------------||
 B|---------------------------------------------------||
 G|--------------------------------------------------*||
 D|--------------------------3-----------------------*||
 A|--5---5---5---5---5---5---1-----------2---1--------||
 E|--3---3---3---3---3---3-------2---3-----------3----||
!    .   .   .   .   .   .       .   .

     2nd ending
 E|----------------------------------------------------||
 B|----------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------*||
 D|-------------------------3-------------s----s------*||
 A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---1-----------12\--12\-------||
 E|-3---3---3---3---3---3-------2---3---12\--12\-------||
!   .   .   .   .   .   .       .   .   ^    ^this slide done by a 2nd
gtr.
!                                       this slide done by 1st gtr and
!                                       is carried out over the 2nd one.

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0----------------|
!  .       .       .               .       .

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----|
!  .       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)-------|
!  .       .       .               .       .       ^
!                                                  2nd gtr

E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2----|
E|-0---0---0---0----|
!  .   .   .   .


  1st Chorus
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|-9--------------------------------|-7---------------5----------------|

D|-9-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5-------5---5----|

A|-7-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3-------5---5----|

E|-------------------------5---5----|---------3---3-----------3---3----|

!                          .   .              .   .           .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3-3-3-----------3-3-3------------|

!                                     . . .           . . .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-7---------------5----5-----------|

D|-2-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5----5----5------|

A|-2-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3----3----5------|

E|-0-----------------------5---5----|---------3---3-------------3------|

!                          .   .              .   .   .    .    .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|

!                                     .   . . .   .   .


E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0----------------|
!  .       .       .               .       .

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------|
E|--0-------0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----|
!   .       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .


2nd verse

(same as 1st verse)


2nd Chorus

(same as 1st chorus)

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|

!                                     .   . . .   .   .

E|------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
B|------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
G|------------------|--------------|-----Gtr1-------------------------|
D|-3---3------------|-2-----------^|(2)--let-ring-for-the-------------|
A|-3---3------------|-2-----------^|(2)--next-8-measures--------------|
E|-1---1------------|-0-----------^|(0)----------------------0---5----|
!  .                  1  2  3  4                             ^
!                                                            2nd Guitar

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

A|-----7----------------------------|-8---7----------------------------|

E|-6-------0---0---0---0---5---6----|---------0---0---0---0---0---5----|

!          .   .   .   .                      .   .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|

A|-----7------------------s----1---^|(1)-------------------------------|

E|-6-------0---0---0---0--/6--------|-------------------------0---5----|

!          .   .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|------------------------s---------|-8--------------------------------|

A|-----7------------------/7--------|-----7----------------------------|

E|-6-------0---0---0---0-------6----|---------0---0---0---0---0---5----|

!          .   .   .   .                      .   .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-3------*-----------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|-1-----s----s----s----s---------------|

A|-----7------------------s----1---^|(1)--12\--12\--12\--12\---------------|

E|-6-------0---0---0---0--/6--------|-----12---12---12---12-------0---5----|

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



E||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

A||------7----------------------------|-8---7----------------------------|

E||--6-------0---0---0---0---5---6----|---------0---0---0---0---0---5----|

!            .   .   .   .                      .   .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|

 A|-----7------------------s----1---^|(1)-------------------------------|

 E|-6-------0---0---0---0--/6--------|-------------------------0---5----|

!           .   .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|------------------------s---------|-8--------------------------------|

 A|-----7------------------/7--------|-----7----------------------------|

 E|-6-------0---0---0---0-------6----|---------0---0---0---0---0---5----|

!           .   .   .   .                      .   .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|

 A|-----7------------------s----1---^|(1)-----------------s-------s-----|

 E|-6-------0---0---0---0--/6--------|--------------------/6---0--/6----|

!           .   .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 A|-2-------2---2---2---2-----------^|(2)------2---2---2---2-----------^|

 E|-0-------0---0---0---0-----------^|(0)------0---0---0---0-----------^|

!           .   .   .                          .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|-8--------------------------------|

 A|(2)------2---2---2---2------s-----|-6--------------------------s-----|

 E|(0)------0---0---0---0------/6---^|(6)----------------------0--/6----|

!           .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 A|-2-------2---2---2---2-----------^|(2)------2---2---2---2-----------^|

 E|-0-------0---0---0---0-----------^|(0)------0---0---0---0-----------^|

!           .   .   .                          .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|-8--------------------------------|

 A|(2)------2---2---2---2------s-----|-6--------------------------s-----|

 E|(0)------0---0---0---0------/6---^|(6)----------------------0--/6----|

!           .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 A|-4-------4---4---4---4-----------^|(4)------4---4---4---4-----------^|

 E|-2-------2---2---2---2-----------^|(2)------2---2---2---2-----------^|

!           .   .   .                          .   .   .

 E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

 B|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

 G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------*||

 D|----------------------------------|-10-------------------------------*||

 A|(2)------4---4---4---4------s-----|-8------------------s--------------||

 E|(0)------2---2---2---2------/8---^|(8)---------------12\-----0---5----||

!           .   .   .
!                             play this second time--->
12\-----12\------||
!                                                         s       s

   1st time
E|----------------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------|
G|-9-----------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4------------|
D|-9-----------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4------------|
A|-7-----------5-----------3-------^|(3)--2------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------3---2----|
!                                             .   .

E|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4--------------------|
D|-2-----------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4--------------------|
A|-2-----------5-----------3-------^|(3)--2--------------------|
E|-0--------------------------------|-----------------3---2----|
!                                                     .   .

     2nd, 3rd and 4th times
E||-----------------------------------|------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------|
G||*-------------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4------------|
D||*-2-----------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4------------|
A||--2-----------5-----------3-------^|(3)--2------------|
E||--0--------------------------------|---------3---2----|
!                                               .   .

 E|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
 B|----------------------------------|--------------------------||
 G|-------------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4-------------------*||
 D|-2-----------7-----------5-------^|(5)--4-------------------*||
 A|-2-----------5-----------3-------^|(3)--2--------------------||
 E|-0--------------------------------|-----------------3---2----||
!                                                      .   .



     Solo                                                          6x
E||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

B||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

G||*----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||

D||*----------------------------------|----------------------------s----*||

A||--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2--/3----||

E||--0---3---0---2---0---3---0---2----|-0---3---0---2---0---3------------||

     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .      .   .   .   .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|-------------------------4---5----------|

A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3----------|

E|-0---3---0---2---0---3---0---2----|-0---3---0---2---0---3------------------|

   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .      .   .   .   .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

A|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|

E|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|

   .   . . .   .   .                  .   . . .   .   .

E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-3---3------------|
A|-3---3------------|
E|-1---1------------|
   .


E||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D||*----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

A||------7-------7-------7-------7----|-----5-------5-------5-------5----|

E||--0-------0-------0-------0--------|-0-------0-------0-------0--------|

     .       .       .       .          .       .       .       .

 E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

 B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

 G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||

 D|----------------------------------|---------------------------h-----*||

 A|-----8-------8-------8-------8----|-----7-------7-------7---5-^-7----||

 E|-0-------0-------0-------0--------|-0-------0-------0----------------||

    .       .       .       .          .       .       .


E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .



E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|-9--------------------------------|-7---------------5----------------|

D|-9-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5-------5---5----|

A|-7-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3-------5---5----|

E|-------------------------5---5----|---------3---3-----------3---3----|

!                          .   .              .   .           .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3-3-3-----------3-3-3------------|

!                                     . . .           . . .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|



B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-7---------------5----------------|

D|-2-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5-------5---5----|

A|-2-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3-------5---5----|

E|-0-----------------------5---5----|---------3---3-----------3---3----|

!                          .   .              .   .           .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4----|
A|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4----|
E|-2--------------------------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2----|
!                                     .   . . .   .   .


E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

A|-----7-------7-------7-------7----|-----7-------7-------7-------7----|

E|-0-------0-------0-------6--------|-5-------5-------5-------5--------|

   .       .       .       .          .       .       .       .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|-----5-------5--------------------|

A|-----5-------5-------5-------5----|-3-------3-----------5-------5----|

E|-3-------3-------3-------3--------|-----------------3-------3--------|

   .       .       .       .          .       .       .       .


E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

A|-----7-------7-------7-------7----|-----7-------7-------7-------7----|

E|-0-------0-------0-------6--------|-5-------5-------5-------5--------|

   .       .       .       .          .       .       .       .




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

B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|

A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5----|

E|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|-----------------3---3---3---3---3----|

!  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .      .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
!                It's easier to play this last note as an muted low-E ^

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------8------------|
A|-7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7--------|
E|-----0-------0---------------0-------0---------------0----|
       .       .               .       .               .

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3----------|
E|-----0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1---0----|
       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .   .

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------8------------|
A|-7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7--------|
E|-----0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)------0----|
       .       .               .       .               .

    (note this meas. is an 1/8 note short)
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------|
E|-----0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----|
       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .

E||-----------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------|
G||*----------------------------------------------------------|
D||*-------------------------------------------------8--------|
A||------7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------7----|
E||--0-------0-------0---------------0-------0------(6)-------|
!    .       .       .               .       .       ^
!                                                2nd guitar play this
!                                                  2nd time only

 E|----------------------------------------------------------||
 B|----------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------*||
 D|---------------------------------------------------------*||
 A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7---8-----------2---3-3------||
 E|-0-------0-------0---------------6---2---3-----------1----||
!   .       .       .                   .   .   .   . . .

3rd verse

(same as first)

3rd Chorus

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|-9--------------------------------|-7---------------5----------------|

D|-9-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5-------5---5----|

A|-7-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3-------5---5----|

E|-------------------------5---5----|---------3---3-----------3---3----|

!                          .   .              .   .           .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3-3-3-----------3-3-3------------|

!                                     . . .           . . .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-7---------------5----5-----------|

D|-2-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5----5----5------|

A|-2-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3----3----5------|

E|-0-----------------------5---5----|---------3---3-------------3------|

!                          .   .              .   .   .    .    .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------|----------------------|
A|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4----|
E|-2--------------------------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2----|
!                                     .   . . .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-7---------------5----------------|

D|-2-----------------------7---7----|-7-------5---5---5-------5---5----|

A|-2-----------------------7---7----|-5-------5---5---3-------5---5----|

E|-0-----------------------5---5----|---------3---3-----------3---3----|

!                          .   .              .   .           .   .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

D|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

A|-4--------------------------------|-5-5-5-----------5-5-5------------|

E|-2--------------------------------|-3-3-3-----------3-3-3------------|

!                                     . . .           . . .

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|-7---------------5----5-----------|

D|-2-----------------------5---5----|-7-------5---5---5----5----5------|

A|-2-----------------------5---5----|-5-------5---5---3----3----5------|

E|-0-----------------------3---3----|---------3---3-------------3------|

!                          .   .              .   .   .    .    .

E|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4----|
A|-4--------------------------------|-5---5-5-5-------4---4----|
E|-2--------------------------------|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2----|
!                                     .   . . .   .   .

E|----------------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------------|------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|-3---3------------|
A|-5---5-5-5-------4---4------------|-3---3------------|
E|-3---3-3-3---0---2---2------------|-1---1------------|
   .   . . .   .   .                  .

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------8---2----|
A|-----7-------7-------7---8---7-------7-------7-------2----|
E|-0-------0-------0---------------0-------0-----------0----|
   .       .       .               .       .


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


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: <1truer$ose@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
Reply-To: bu345@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Matt Holliman)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu



(Thanks to Vassilis Tzerpos, bpatr@theseas.ntua.gr, for typing up the
solo!  I think this is most of the song, more or less.)


Intro (two gtrs.):                      (Gtr. II shown on right)
E|-14-15h17p15-17b(18)r(17)-17b(18)r(17)-17\15-15-17\15-15-9\7-7------------|

B|-16-17h19p17-19b(20)r(19)-19b(20)r(19)-19\17-17-19\17-17-------12\10|7----|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------11\9-9------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-10|7-12-10|7\8|5-8|5-10|7\8|5-8|5-/12-12-12-12\10|7-8-10|7-12|8-|
G|-9-------9---------------------------------------------9-----------|
D|---------------------------------------9-10--9---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-10|7\8|5-8|5-10|7\8|5-8|5-\0-4-5h7p5-7-(7)b(8)r(7)-10|7\5-5-10|7\5-5-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

___________

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

Upper Harmony

E||-------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------------|
G||*------------------------------------h--p-p------------------|
D||*-----7--9------7--9------7--9--10--9^10^9^7-----------------|
A||--10--------10--------10-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------------|
     .         .         .


 E|------------------------------------------------------------||
 B|------------------------------------h--p-p------------------||
 G|---------------7--9------7--9--11--9^11^9^7----------------*||
 D|-----7--9------------10----------------------9--7----------*||
 A|-10--------10-----------------------------------------------||
 E|------------------------------------------------------------||
    .         .         .                       .

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------h--p-p------------------|
G|-----7--9------7--9------7--9--11--9^11^9^7-----------------|
D|-10--------10--------10-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .         .         .

E|-----------------------------------h--p-p-------------------|
B|---------------7--8-----7--8--10--8^10^8^7------------------|
G|-----7--9------------9----------------------9--7------------|
D|-10--------10-----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .         .         .                      .


E|---------------------------------h--p-p---------------------|
B|----7--8-----7--8-----7--8--10--8^10^8^7--------------------|
G|-9--------9--------9----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .        .        .


E|-------------------------------------h--p--p------------|------
B|----7--8-----7--12--8--10--12--13--12^13^12^10------10--|------
G|-9--------9-------------------------------------12------|-12---
D|--------------------------------------------------------|------
A|--------------------------------------------------------|------
E|--------------------------------------------------------|------
   .        .         .

Lower Harmony

E||-------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------------|
G||*------------------------------------------------------------|
D||*----------------------------------------h--p--p-------------|
A||------9--10------9--10------9--10--12--10^12^10^9------------|
E||--12---------12---------12-----------------------------------|
     .          .          .


E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------h--p--p------------*||
D|----------------9--10------9--10--12--10^12^10^9-----------*||
A|-----9--10-------------12-------------------------10--9-----||
E|-12---------12----------------------------------------------||
   .          .          .                          .

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------h--p--p-------------|
D|-----9--10------9--10------9--10--12--10^12^10^9------------|
A|-12---------12---------12-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .          .          .


E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------h--p------------------|
G|----------------7--9------7--9--11--9^11^9^7----------------|
D|-----9--10------------10----------------------10--9---------|
A|-12---------12----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .          .         .                       .


E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------h--p-p------------------|
G|-----7--9------7--9------7--9--11--9^11^9^7-----------------|
D|-10--------10--------10-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
   .         .         .


E|------------------------------------h--p-p----------|-----
B|----------------7--8-----7--8--10--8^10^8^7-----7---|-----
G|-----7--9-------------9----------------------9------|-9---
D|-10--------10---------------------------------------|-----
A|----------------------------------------------------|-----
E|----------------------------------------------------|-----
   .         .          .

_______________

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

|-----------------------------7-8-8-7----7---------------------------------|

|---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7---------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7---7-------------|

|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------------------------------9---9-7-9-7-6-7-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------7-9-7h9p7----7-9-10-12-12|10-9-7----7-|

|--------------------7-8-7h8p7---7-8-11-----------11---------------------11---|

|6-----6h7p6---6-7-9-----------9----------------------------------------------|

|--7-9-------9----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-9-10-12-9-t19p12-t19p10-t19p10p9-t18p10-t18p8-t18p8p7----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

|-12^-12^-12^-rp10-12-10h12p10-9-10-9|10-9-7-6-19^-19^-r-18-15-14-15-15p14---|

|-10^-10^-10^-rp8--10--8h10p8--7-8--7|8--7-----17^-17^-r-16-13-12-13-13p12---|

|------------------------------------------9-8-------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----15p14----s12-14-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-|

|-17-13p12-15----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-14-------12----------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-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---------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------10^-10^-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-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-----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------7--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------10p8-7-<5>-\/------------------------------------------|
|-9-7--7-5-----------<5>-\/--12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-11p0-11p0-|
|-9-7--7-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-14p0-14p0-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-2p0-2p0-2h4p0-4p0-5p0-5p0-4p0-4p0--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5p0-5p0-7p0-7p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-(5)-\/--\/--\/---|
|---------------------------------(5)-\/--\/--\/---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


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

Matt Holliman, slayer@imsa.edu 

___________________


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