"Blackened" Blackened written by Hetfield and Ulrich as performed on ...And Justice For All tab by Phil Boyle; phil@encycmet.com 1a) e----------------------------3--3-5-3--3-5-6-5-3-7-----3--3-5-3--3-5-6-5-3-2-- B--5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-----5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-----5--5-7-5--5-7-8-7-5-4-4 G------------------------4---------------------------------------------------4 D--------------------------------------------------5-4------------------------ A--------------------------------------------------5-4------------------------ E--------------------------------------------------3-2------------------------ 1b) 1a continued e--15--15-17-15--15-17-18-17-15-14.... B--17--17-19-17--17-19-20-19-17-12.... fade out G------------------------------------- D------------------------------------- A------------------------------------- E------------------------------------- Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 1c) G---------7------5-----4------------7-----5----4-------------7------5-----4 D--2------7------5-----4------2-----7-----5----4--5-4-2------7------5-----4 A--2------5------3-----2------2-----5-----3----2--5-4-2------5------3-----2 E--0--------------------------0-------------------3-2-0-------------------- 1d) 1c continued G------------7---------5--------4... D--2---------7---------5--------4... fade out A--2---------5---------3--------2... E--0-------------------------------- Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. When you hear the intro to this song on the album, you're actually hearing what the band played backwards. To hear it how the band actually recorded it, put the CD into your CD drive and use a sound recording software (Sound Recorder, Cool Edit, Sound Forge, whatever you have on your computer) to record just the beginning. Then you can find the reverse function and hear it how they recorded it! In this tab, riffs 1a through 1d is the tab for how they recorded it. Riff 1b is a continuation of 1a which is the "lead guitar" (actually recorded as 2 seperate tracks), and riffs 1c and 1d are the "rythm guitar" the chords under it. Riffs 1e through 1h (below) is the tab for the album version and it works the same way. 1e) e--...14-15-17-18-17-15--15-17-15--15 B--...12-17-19-20-19-17--17-19-17--17 G------------------------------------ D------------------------------------ A------------------------------------ E------------------------------------ 1f) 1e continued e----2-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3-----7-3-5-6-5-3--3-5-3--3-------------------------- B--4-4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5-----4-5-7-8-7-5--5-7-5--5 G--4---------------------------------------------------4---------------------- D--------------------------4-5------------------------------------------------ A--------------------------4-5------------------------------------------------ E--------------------------2-3------------------------------------------------ Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 1g) G--...4--------5---------7---------- D--...4--------5---------7---------2 A--...2--------3---------5---------2 E----------------------------------0 1h) G--4-----5------7-------------4----5-----7------------4-----5------7------- D--4-----5------7------2-4-5--4----5-----7-----2------4-----5------7------2 A--2-----3------5------2-4-5--2----3-----5-----2------2-----3------5------2 E----------------------0-2-3-------------------0--------------------------0 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 2) G----------------- D--3-------------2 A--1-------2-2---2 E----0-2-3-----3-0 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 3a) G-------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3b) continued G---------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------------------------------------3-------------2-2 A----7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7--1-------2-2---2-2 E--0---0---0-------0---0---7---0---0---0----------0-2-3-----3-0-0 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 4) G------------------------- ------------------------ D------------------------- three ------------------------ A--------------1-----2-1-- times -------------1-----2-1-- E--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----3 -3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3 "Blackened is the end..." Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 5) G----------9-------7-----5-------------------------------7-----5-5-5-- D--2-2-2-2-9-------7-----5-----4---5-5-5--5-5-5--2-------7-----5-5-5-4 A--2-2-2-2-7-------5-----3-----4---5-5-5--5-5-5--2-------5-----3-3-3-4 E--0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-2---3-3-3--3-3-3--0---0-0---0-0-------2 pm...... ... ... ... ... "Fire Blackened is the dead" Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 6) G----------- ---- D--5-----4-4 -3-3 A--5-----4-4 -3-3 E--3-0-0-2-2 -1-1 "Color our world blackened blackened" (before riff 7) Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 7a) G------------------------------------------------------------- D--2-----------2-------------3-2---------------2-------------8 A--2-------0-1-----------0-1---------------0-1-----------8-8-6 E--0-----0-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-6-6-- pm...... ....... ....... 7b) G----------------------3-------------------------------- D--------2---------2-----2---------------2-------------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-- pm...... ....... ....... Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 8) G----------------------------------------- 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---- pm...... ....... ....... "Opposition..." Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 9) G------------------------------------------- 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 pm. ....... ....... ....... "Darkest color..." Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 10) G------7--5-------- D--2---7--5---5-4-2 A--2---5--3---5-4-2 E--0----------3-2-0 during pre solo Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. 11) G--------------------------- D--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2 A--2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-5-4-3-2 E--0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0-3-2-1-0 pm........................ solo part 1 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. to 6) 12) G----------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------- A----7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7 twice E--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-- solo part 2 Click here to hear a real audio example of this riff. to 5) 13) G----------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------- A--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3-- 1.5 times 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