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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Artist: 
Year:  1984
Difficulty: 
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. :)
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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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About this song: Fade To Black

The first musical ballad released by the band. It was ranked as having the 24th best guitar solo ever by Guitar World magazine readers. It was written after almost all of their equipment, including a very rare amplifier, given to singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield by his mother just before she died, was stolen in Boston, MA, following a gig at the Channel Club on 14th January 1984. This event forced Metallica to borrow equipment from fellow tour band and friends, Anthrax, for the remainder of the tour.

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