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BLACKENED - Metallica - 1988 Tabbed by: McNuggets100 Email: mcnuggets100@optusnet.com.au Tuning: Standard (eBGDAE) This is a great song. I reckon Metallica's 5th best, after Master of Puppets, One, Fade to Black & Enter Sandman. The Main Riff is very fast picked and the open E is barely audible. I have not marked the palm-mutes, but it is pretty obvious where they are. The solo is super hard and you almost need to as good as Kirk to play it ;) The main reason I tabbed this song is because I checked almost EVERY tab of Blackened on this AND other sites and the tabs were fairly inaccurate and corner-cut. I know mine is THE BEST Blackened tab. Please rate. Intro: e|............14-15-17-18-17-15--15-17-15--15----2-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3-----| B|............12-17-19-20-19-17--17-19-17--17--4-4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----| G|---------------------------------------------4---------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-5-| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------4-5-| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------2-3-| e|-7-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3----------------------------------------------| B|-4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5--------------------| G|-------------------------4--------------------------3---------------| D|----------------------------------------------------3-------------2-| A|----------------------------------------------------1-------2-2---2-| E|------------------------------------------------------0-2-3-----3-0-| Riff 1: e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------3---------------| X3 D|-------------------------8--------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd Time) Riff 2: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------3-------------------3-----------------| D|------------------------------3-------------2-2---3-------------2-2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7--1-------2-2---2-2---1-------2-2---2-2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0---7------0-2-3-----3-0-0-----0-2-3-----3-0-0-| Riff 3: e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------3---------------| X4 D|-------------------------8--------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd & 4th Time) Verse 1: e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X7 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X3 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| Pre Chorus: e|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------||------------------3---------------| X1.5 D|-------------------------8---||------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7-||---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--||-0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd Time) 1st Chorus: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------9-----7----5--------------------------7-----5-5-5----------------| D|-2-2-2-2-9-----7----5----4---555--555--2-------7-----5-5-5-4~~--5-----4-4-| A|-2-2-2-2-7-----5----3----4---555--555--2-------5-----3-3-3-4~~--5-----4-4-| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-2---333--333--0---0-0---0-0-------2~~--3-0-0-2-2-| e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------3---------------| X1 D|-------------------------8--------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| Verse 2: e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X3 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X3 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| Pre Chorus: e|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------||------------------3---------------| X1.5 D|-------------------------8---||------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7-||---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--||-0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd Time) 2nd Chorus: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------9-----7----5--------------------------7-----5-5-5----------------| D|-2-2-2-2-9-----7----5----4---555--555--2-------7-----5-5-5-4~~--5-----4-4-| A|-2-2-2-2-7-----5----3----4---555--555--2-------5-----3-3-3-4~~--5-----4-4-| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-2---333--333--0---0-0---0-0-------2~~--3-0-0-2-2-| e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-5-----4-4---3-3----2~~~~| A|-5-----4-4---3-3----2~~~~| E|-3-0-0-2-2---1-1----0~~~~| Riff 4: e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------3-------------------------------8----| X4 D|--------2---------2-----2---------------2---------8-8-8----| A|----0-1-------------1---------------0-1-----------8-8-6----| E|--0-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-6-6------| Riff 5: e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------| X2 D|--2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------2-1----| A|--2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------2-1----| E|------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--------| Riff 6: e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| X1 D|-----------------------------------------------| A|----3-4---------4-4---------4-4---------4-3----| E|--0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1----| Riff 7: e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------3-------------------------------8----| X4 D|--------2---------2-----2---------------2---------8-8-8----| A|----0-1-------------1---------------0-1-----------8-8-6----| E|--0-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-6-6------| Riff 8: e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| X1 D|-----------------------------------------------| A|----3-4---------4-4---------4-4---------4-3----| E|--0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1----| Solo: e|----------------------------------------------\ B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|------7-9-------7-9-------7-9--10/7--9h10p9---| A|-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10------10h12p10--| E|----------------------------------------------\ \ X2 e|------------------------------------------------\ B|------------------------------------------------| G|----------------7-9-------7-9--11--9h11p9-------| D|------7-9-------9-10-10/7-9-10-12-10h12p10-9--7-| A|-10/7-9-10-10/7----------------------------10-9-| E|------------------------------------------------/ e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------7-8----7-8-10-8h10p8-7-| G|------7-9-------7-9-------7-9--11--9h11p9-------7-9-------7-9-9--7-9-11-9h11p9-7-| D|-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-10/7-9-10-12-10h12p10-10/7-9-10-10/7-----10-----------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------7--------7-8--7h8p7----------| B|-------7-8----7-8----7-8-10-8h10p8----7-8----10/7-8-8-10/7-8-10-8h10p8-8-10/7--| G|-9--9--7-9-9--7-9-9--7-9-11-9h11p9-9--7-9-9---------9------------------9-------| D|-10-10-----10-----10---------------10-----10-----------------------------------| A E e|-------------------------------7-8-8-7----7---------------------------------| B|-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7-8---7---------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7---7-------------| G|-9/9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------------------------------9---9-7-9-7-6-7-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------7-9-7h9p7----7-9-10-12-12-10-9-7----7-| B|--------------------7-8-7h8p7---7-8-11-----------11---------------------11---| G|6-----6h7p6---6-7-9-----------9----------------------------------------------| D|--7-9-------9----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-9-10-12-9--t19p12-t19p10-t19p10p9-t18p10-t18p8-t18p8p7--------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5-| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-t17p8-t17p7-t17p7p5-t17p8p7-t17p8p7-t17p8p7p5\3/5-| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| e|-12^-12^-12^-p10-12-10h12p10-9-10-9-10-9-7-6-19^-19^--18-15-14-15-15p14-| B|-10^-10^-10^-p8--10--8h10p8--7-8--7-8--7-----17^-17^--16-13-12-13-13p12-| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----15p14----12-14-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-| B|-17-13p12-15-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-14-------12-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-18-14-12-19----------------------------------| 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|--------------19-24-22-20-19-23-21-19-17-20-19-17-15-19-17-15-14-14-17-| B|-------13^-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------13^-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-1-1-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-17p15-14-12-11-12-15-14-12-10-9-10-9-10-14-12-10-9-8-9-12-10-8-7---------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------10^-10^-| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p10-8-7---7-8-7---7-----------7---------0---0---------0-\/\/\--12------| G|-----------9-------9---9-7-9---7---9-7---9---7---2----------------12------| D|---------------------------------------9-----------4-2-0----------12------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------7h8p7----7-8-8h10h12-12-10-8-7--| B|----------------------------7-8-7---7-8-10-------10------------------------| G|-7h9-7----5h7-5-4-5-4----/9-------9----------------------------------------| D|-------10-------------4----------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------7--------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10p8-7--5////------------------------------------------| G|-9-7--7-5------------5////--12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-11p0-11p0-| D|-9-7--7-5-----------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-16p0-14p0-14p0-| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-2p0-2p0-2h4p0-4p0-5p0-5p0-4p0-4p0--| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-5p0-5p0-7p0-7p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-9p0-5^-\/\/\/\/\--| D|---------------------------------5^-\/\/\/\/\--| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Riff 9: e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------3---------------| X4 D|-------------------------8--------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd & 4th Time) Verse 3: e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X3 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| e|---------------------------| |--------------------------| B|---------------------------| |--------------------------| G|---------------------------| X3 |--------------------------| X1 D|---------------------------| |--------------------------| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-1----| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-1-5-5-2-1---| E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-| Pre Chorus: e|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------||----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------||------------------3---------------| X1.5 D|-------------------------8---||------------------3-------------2-| A|---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7-||---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-| E|-0---0---0-------0---0--(7)--||-0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-| (Only 2nd Time) 3rd Chorus: e|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------|-9-----7----5--------------------------7-----5-5-5----------------| X2 D|-2-2-2-2--|-9-----7----5----4---555--555--2-------7-----5-5-5-4~~--5-----4-4-| A|-2-2-2-2--|-7-----5----3----4---555--555--2-------5-----3-3-3-4~~--5-----4-4-| E|-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-2---333--333--0---0-0---0-0-------2~~--3-0-0-2-2-| (Only 1st Time) Outro: e|-----------------| |--------------------------------| B|-----------------| |--------------------------------| G|-----------------| |---------------------------9----| D|-5-----4-4---3-3-| |---------------------------9----| A|-5-----4-4---3-3-| |---7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7----| E|-3-0-0-2-2---1-1-| |-0---0---0-------0---0---7-0----| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ let ring | + harmonic | x mute note | t tap | ^ bend ===============================================================================