Metallica - Blackened (Acoustic)

[Intro]
no singing

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[Verse]
Blackened……Winter…….Throwing…..Into obscurity
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6-6-6-6–3-3-3-3——–|

N.C.
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity

Death………Never………Evolution…..Never will it mend
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6-6-6-6–3-3-3-3——–|

N.C.
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution’s end
Never will it mend never

By the last “never” switch to
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[Chorus]
E5 D5 A5 E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5 D5 E5
Blackened is the end
D5 A5 C5 G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

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A|–7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8—|
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[Verse]
Blistering….Terminate….Deadly……..Kills what might have been
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A|–7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7–8-8-8-8–5-5-5-5——–|
E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6-6-6-6–3-3-3-3——–|

N.C.
Blistering of earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might have been

Callous…….Nothing…….Never………Breathing nevermore
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6-6-6-6–3-3-3-3——–|

N.C.
Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore never

By the last “never” switch to
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A|–7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8—|
E|-0-0-0—–0-0—0-0–6-6-6-6—|

[Chorus]
E5 D5 A5 E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5 D5 E5
Blackened is the end
D5 A5 C5 G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

[Bridge]

play

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D|—-12*—-2~—| 4x no singing, 4x singing
A|———–0~—|
E|-12*————|

all the way through

N.C.
Opposition, contradiction premonition compromise
Agitation violation mutilation, planet dies

then
G5
Darkest color
Gb5
Blistered earth
G5 A5 back to bridge part
True death of life

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B|——-12*-0~—|
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D|—-12*—-2~—| 4x no singing, 4x singing
A|———–0~—|
E|-12*————|

all the way through

N.C.
Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race
Expectation, liberation, population, lay to waste

then
G5 Gb5
See our mother put to death
G5 A5 E5
See our mother die

[solo],
rhythm guitar plays
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Exactly same things played through the rest of the song, i.e.

[Verse]
Smoldering…..Take……..Millions…….In minutes disappears
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6-6-6-6–3-3-3-3——–|

N.C.
Smoldering decay
Take her breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears

Darkening…..Decadence….All…………Never is the sun
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-0—0-0—6——–|

N.C.
Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun never

By the last “never” switch to
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D|—————9——8-8-8-8—|
A|–7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8—|
E|-0-0-0—–0-0—0-0–6-6-6-6—|

[Chorus]

E5 D5 A5 E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5 D5 E5
Blackened is the end
D5 A5 C5 G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

play this until the end
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E|-0-0-0—–0-0—0-0–6-6-6-6—|

N.C.
Color our world blackened

end on Bb5
Color our world