9 Chords used in the song: Am, C, G, Em, E, A, D, F#, F
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# This is a tab of how I play it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZxXW4_UTPw
This intro is very simplified.
A||----0-4-0---0---0----|
E||--2-------2---0------|
C||---------------------
G||---------------------|
A||----0-4-0---0---0----|
E||--0-------0---2------|
C||---------------------|
G||---------------------|
# Then,
Am, C, G Em fingerpicked. On the Em, strum it once, then do:
A||--2s5-5-------------|
E||--3s5-5-------------|
C||--------------------|
G||--------------------|
^^Repeat that at least twice. Then go in to the singing part.
Am C G Em
Life it seems will fade away, drifting further every day.
Am C G Em
Getting lost within myself, nothing matters, no one else.
Am C G Em
I have lost the will to live, simply nothing more to give.
Am C G
There is nothing more for me. Need the end to set
E
me free
Then there's the heavy instrumental. I do it like this.
# A, C, A, D, E
# I use these shapes for D and E:
A||---5----7--------|
E||---5----8--------|
C||---6----9--------|
G||---7----9--------|
# Then A, C, A, G, F#, E
Do the G to F# then E like this:
A||---2----1----2---|
E||---3----2----4---|
C||---2----1----4---|
G||---3----2----4---|
Repeat that instrumental twice. Then the next verse.
Am C G Em
Things not what they used to be, missing one inside of me.
Am C G Em
Deathly lost, this can't be real, cannot stand this hell I feel.
Am C G Em
Emptiness is filling me, to the point of agony.
Am C G
Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me, but
E
now he's gone
Instrumental again. Repeat.
Then the bridge. I've simplified it very much:
D F
No one but me can save myself but it's too late
D F
Now I can't think, think why I should even try.
D F
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
D F
Death greats me warm, now I will just say goodbye.
# At this point, I just repeat the Am, C, G, Em fingerpicking part of the
# intro. I'm no Kirk Hammet.
# Hope you found this helpful.
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Ukulelemkt
(Lexington)
Your right, the intro is wrong, i posted a tab on it, check mine out!
15 Jul 2011
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About this song: Fade To Black
The first musical ballad released by the band. It was ranked as having the 24th best guitar solo ever by Guitar World magazine readers. It was written after almost all of their equipment, including a very rare amplifier, given to singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield by his mother just before she died, was stolen in Boston, MA, following a gig at the Channel Club on 14th January 1984. This event forced Metallica to borrow equipment from fellow tour band and friends, Anthrax, for the remainder of the tour.