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Fade to Black Guitar Tablature
Fade To Black by MetallicA
Guitarist: James Hetfield
Album: Ride The Lightning
Dif.: 8
Tabbed by Twiggy 5

NOTE: This is only the rhythm guitar part. I’m way to ***ing lazy to tab the lead guitar and the lead guitar part would probably be like 10 pages.

Intro
G|-----0----------|-----0---------------|-----0----------|-----2------------|
D|---4---4--4---4-|---4---4---4---4---4-|---4---4--4---4-|---2---2---2---2--|
A|-2-------2---5--|-0-------0---0---5---|-2------2---5---|-4-------4---0----|

Fill
B|------------------------------|----------------------0----3----|
G|------------------------------|--------1---------1-------------|
D|------0----------------2------|-----2---------2----------------|
A|----3--------------2------2---|--2---------2-------------------|
E|--1-------1----4--------------|--------------------------------|

Verse
E|--------------0--------------|------------0-------------|-----------3----------|
B|-0h1---------------------1---|-----1-----------------0--|-----3----------------|
G|-2----2-------------0h2------|-0----------------0h2-----|-----------------2--0-|
D|-2-------2--------2----------|-2------2------2----------|--------0----0--------|
A|-0---------------------------|-3------------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------|--3-------------------|

B|-------------------------1/3--|
G|-----------------0-------2/4--|
D|------2-----------------------|
A|-----------2------------------|
E|--0---------------------------|

Bridge (w/dist.)
G|--2-----2-2------------|-5-----5-5----------|--2-----2-2---7---9---9-9--------|
D|--2-----2-2------------|-5-----5-5----------|--2-----2-2---7---9---9-9----5-4-|
A|--0-----0-0---------5--|-3-----3-3-------5--|--0-----0-0---5---7---7-7----3-2-|
E|--------------0-0-3----|-----------0-0-3----|---------------------------------|
	           pm-------|	           pm-------|			               pm--|

G|--2-----2-2------------|-5-----5-5-----------|--2-----2-2---------|-----|
D|--2-----2-2------------|-5-----5-5-----------|--2-----2-2---------|-----|
A|--0-----0-0---------5--|-3-----3-3--------5--|--0-----0-0--5--4---|--2--|
E|--------------0-0-3----|-----------0-0-3-----|-------------3--2---|--0--|
                pm------|           pm-------|               pm---|

Bridge 2 (faster)
G|--7/9---9---9--|--7/9---9--12-11-7---7--7--|
D|--7/9---9---9--|--7/9---9--12-11-7---7--7--|
A|--5/7---7---7--|--5/7---7--10--9-5---5--5--|

G|-------------------------4--|
D|-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4----|
  pm--------------------------|

G|--7/9---9---9--|--7/9---9--12-11-7---7--7--|
D|--7/9---9---9--|--7/9---9--12-11-7---7--7--|
A|--5/7---7---7--|--5/7---7--10--9-5---5--5--|

D|-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4--5--|
  pm--------------------------|

Bridge 3
G|------------9----|-------------12-11-|-----------7--|----------------------------|
D|------------9----|-------------12-11-|-----------7--|-------------------------4--|
A|------------7----|-------------10--9-|-----------5--|-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4----|
E|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------------------|
   pm------|	      pm-------|	       pm------|

G|------------9-----|------------12-11-|-----------7--|----------------------------|
D|------------9-----|------------12-11-|-----------7--|----------------------------|
A|------------7-----|------------10--9-|-----------5--|-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4--5-|
E|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------------------|
   pm------|	     pm-------|	        pm------|

Solo
D|-----4--5--4--2----------|-----4--5--4--2-------|----4--2-----------|
A|--5---------------5--4---|-4---------------5-4--|-2-------5-4-2-----|
E|-----------------------5-|--------------------5-|---------------5-2-|

Solo (cont.)
D|---4-2-----------|
A|-------5-4-2-----|
E|-5-----------5-2-|

Structure
Intro
Fill
Verse (w/o lyrics)
Verse (w/lyrics)
Bridge 1
Verse (w/o lyrics)
Verse (w/lyrics)
Bridge 1
Bridge 2
Bridge 2 (w/lyrics) (“No one but me...”)
Bridge 3
Solo

This song is very fun to play, especially Bridge 2. It’s not a super hard song once you get the hang of it, it’s awseome.
Any comments, corrections or suggestions email me at [email protected]
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