Fade To Black Uke tab by Metallica

9 Chords used in the song: Am, C, G, Em, E, A, D, F#, F

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Year:  1984
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4.06
(Intermediate)
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# This is a tab of how I play it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZxXW4_UTPw

This intro is very simplified.


A||----0-4-0---0---0----|
E||--2-------2---0------|
C||---------------------
G||---------------------|

A||----0-4-0---0---0----|
E||--0-------0---2------|
C||---------------------|
G||---------------------|

# Then,

Am Am, C C, G G Em Em fingerpicked. On the Em Em, strum it once, then do:

A||--2s5-5-------------|
E||--3s5-5-------------|
C||--------------------|
G||--------------------|

^^Repeat that at least twice. Then go in to the singing part.


Am Am C C G G Em Em
Life it seems will fade away, drifting further every day.
Am Am C C G G Em Em
Getting lost within myself, nothing matters, no one else.
Am Am C C G G Em Em
I have lost the will to live, simply nothing more to give.
Am Am C C G G
There is nothing more for me. Need the end to set
E E
me free

Then there's the heavy instrumental. I do it like this.

# A A, C C, A A, D D, E E

# I use these shapes for D D and E E:

A||---5----7--------|
E||---5----8--------|
C||---6----9--------|
G||---7----9--------|

# Then A A, C C, A A, G G, F# F#, E E

Do the G G to F# F# then E E like this:

A||---2----1----2---|
E||---3----2----4---|
C||---2----1----4---|
G||---3----2----4---|

Repeat that instrumental twice. Then the next verse.

Am Am C C G G Em Em
Things not what they used to be, missing one inside of me.
Am Am C C G G Em Em
Deathly lost, this can't be real, cannot stand this hell I feel.
Am Am C C G G Em Em
Emptiness is filling me, to the point of agony.
Am Am C C G G
Growing darkness taking dawn, I was me, but
E E
now he's gone

Instrumental again. Repeat.

Then the bridge. I've simplified it very much:

D D F F
No one but me can save myself but it's too late
D D F F
Now I can't think, think why I should even try.
D D F F
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
D D F F
Death greats me warm, now I will just say goodbye.

# At this point, I just repeat the Am Am, C C, G G, Em Em fingerpicking part of the
# intro. I'm no Kirk Hammet.


# Hope you found this helpful.

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Erudieth avatar
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Intro is bad, but chords are really good and easy. :)
21 Jan 2016
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b0$$ avatar
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i hope some day i will be good enough to play this song
15 Feb 2012
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alexemarley avatar
you deleted your video.. -__-
08 Dec 2011
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Ukulelemkt avatar
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Your right, the intro is wrong, i posted a tab on it, check mine out!
15 Jul 2011
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Abdrew avatar
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The intro sounds weird :(
25 May 2011
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UkuleleHill avatar
Dead on!
20 Sep 2009
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