6 Chords used in the song: Am, C, G, Em, E, D

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From: Johan Englund
The Unforgiven - Metallica
[Intro]Am
Am
C
G
Em
Am
C
G
E
Am
[Verse]Am
Em
D
Am
New blood joins this earth and quickly he's sub-dued.
Em
D
Am
Through constant pain disgrace, the young boy learns their rules.
Em
D
Am
With time the child draws in this whipping boy done wrong.
Em
D
Am
Deprived of all his thoughts, the young man struggles on and on.
C
G
Am
He knows, oo, a vow unto his own that never from this day
C
G
E
his will they'll take a - way.
[Chorus]
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiven.
[Verse]
Am
Em
D
Am
They dedicate their lives to running all of his
Em
D
Am
He tries to please them all, this bitter man he is
Em
D
Am
Throughout the life the same, he's battled constantly
Em
D
Am
This fight he cannot win.A tired man they see no longer cares.
C
G
Am
The old man then prepares to die regretfully
C
G
E
That old man here is me.
[Chorus]
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiven.
[Solo]Am
Am
Em
D
Am
Em
D
Am
Em
D
Am
Em
D
Am
Em
Am
D
C
G
Am
C
G
E
[Chorus]
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.
Am
C
G
Em
Am
What I've felt, what I've known,never shined through in what I've shown.
Am
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeen ohoh.
[Interlude]Em
Am
C
G
Em
Am
[Outro]
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Em
Am
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Em
Am
You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Em
Am
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Em
Am
You label me. I label you. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
C
G
E
Am
C
G
Em
Am
Never free. Never me. So I dub the unforgiveeeeeeeeen.
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About this song: The Unforgiven
"The Unforgiven" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third single from their fifth album Metallica. Though one of the slower tracks on the album, its chord progression is distinctly one of the heavier.The Unforgiven Songfacts says: On the show Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album, James Hetfield explained that the intro was taken from the score of a Western movie, and reversed so it would not be identifiable. Read more on Last.fm.