Metallica
Blackened
...And Justice For All (1988)

B5  (fade in)

B5  C5  D5  E5  x 4  fin 2e: f♯ g   w/ eidolém

D --3-----------2--
A --1-----2-33--2--  !
E ----2-3-----1-0--

D --------------------------8-------------------3------------
A ----7---7---7-8-7---7---7---7---7---7---7-8-7-1-----2-33---  x 3.5  [1]  3e: ' embarque
E --0---0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0---------2-3-----1--

G5 E5G5G5!  G5 E5F♯5F♯5!  

[1]  x 4  (embarque à fond)

    E5
D --------------3------------
A --------------1-----2-1----  x 4  [2]
E --0-0-0-0-0-0---2-3-----3--

[2]
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see  fin: B♭5 f♯ g b♭ F♯5 G5
  G5           B♭5 f♯ g b b♭ g
Into obscurity             

Death of Mother Earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend  fin: B♭5 f♯ g b \

[1]  x 1.5  E5E5E5E5

  E5    A5A5D5   G5  G5   C5    G5 G5  F♯5 (r)
  Fire, to begin whipping dance of the dead
  G5G5G5!   G5G5G5!
  Blackened is the 
  E5   A5A5D5   G5  G5   C5    C5 G5  F♯5 (r)
  End, to begin whipping dance of the dead

  G5                 F♯5!F♯5!  
  Color of our world blackened  

[1]

Blistering of Earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might have been

Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore

[1]  x 1.5  w/ Never  E5E5E5E5

  Refrain

  G5 F♯5!F♯5! F5!F5!    E5 (reste) ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 
              blackened

    E5                                                  E♭5           
G ------------------------------------------------------8--            
D ------------------------------------------------------8--
A --------7-------------8-7---------------7-------------6--       
E --0-5-6---0-0-0-0-5-6-----0-0-0-0-0-5-6---0-0-0-0-/6-----       
                                                              x 2  [3]  2e: fin \\\
G -------------------------------------------------------8--            3e: embarque
D -----------------------8-------------------------------8-- 
A --------7---------/7-----7---------------7-------------6--            
E --0-5-6---0-0-0-0----6-----0-0-0-0-0-5-6---0-0-0-0-/6----- 

e a♯\ E5 (r)                                                  [E5!E5!E5 (r) E5 (r)]                                       
Opposition (opposition) contradiction (contradiction)
                                E♭5 (reste) 
Premonition (premonition) compromise
Agitation (agitation) violation (violation) 
Mutilation (mutilation) planet dies

e a♯\ F♯5                                               E5F5 (reste) \
          Darkest color, blistered earth, true death of life

[3]  (Termination, termination)

(Termination) termination (expiration) expiration 
(Cancellation) cancellation human race
(Expectation) expectation (liberation) liberation
(Population) population lay to waste

See our mother, put to death, see our mother die

E5 D5 C5 gf♯ E5 D5 C5 B5 gf♯  x 4 
                                                  w/ solo
e f♯ g e f♯ g e f♯ g e f♯ g e f♯ b~  x 7  (P.M.)

G5 F♯5!F♯5!  G5 F♯5!F♯5!  F5!F5!   

e  d  f  e  x 2  E5 <
                                                                  w/ solo
  E5 \ A5A5D5 G5G5C5 G5G5F♯5 (r) G5G5G5! G5G5G5!  x 2  2e: w/o \

A5   G5 F5 G5  x 2  (V-I)  w/ solo

[1]  x 4

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

Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun

[1]  x 1.5  w/ Never  E5E5E5E5

  Fire, to begin whipping dance of the dead
  Blackened is the end
  To begin whipping dance of the dead         fin: G5G5G5! G5G5

  Fire, is the outcome of hypocrisy
  Darkest potency
  In the exit of humanity

  Color our world blackened

  G5 F♯5!F♯5! F5!F5!     
              blackened

[1]/2 E5!


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