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FADE TO BLACK- Metallica

Full credit to HaMsTr, but as his tab was quite hard to understand (although it's correct) i made it easier to learn, as I had a bit of trouble at first.

Intro- Play this when the drums hit
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|----------|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|------|

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|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|
|----------|-----------5-|-7----------|

|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|---------5--|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-7--------|---------5--|-7----|

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|----------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-----------5-|-7--------|----------|----------|------|

Build up to acoustic part
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|---------------|-2----2------||-0--------|
|-1----1-4----4-|--------0----||----------|

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|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|------3--/7----|

Acoustic part
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|-0--------|----------|----------|----------|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-2--|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|

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|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------3-2-|--------2--/7--|-0-------0-2-|
|-3-----------|-0--------------|-------------|

|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|-3-----------5-|-------------|------7-------||
|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0--------0----||

1st Verse ‘Life it seems to fade away….’
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|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|-------------|-----------5-7---|
|-------------|-----------------|-3-------5-3-|-0--0-0-/7-------|

‘Getting lost within myself…’
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|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0----3--/7---|

‘I have lost the will to live…’
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|-0-------0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------3-2-|------7--7---|
|-------------|-----------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|
‘There is nothing more for me..’     ‘Need the end to set me free……’
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|-------------|-------------5h7p5---|-5----(5)-----5h7-5-|-----------------||
|-0-------0-2-|-3----(3)-/7-------7-|----------5h7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------||

First Distortion part x2 (Distortion played on guitar)
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|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0-----||

Interlude (electric Guitar in background)
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|-0-------0-2-|-3-----------5-|-------------|---------/7---|
|-------------|---------5s7---|-3-------5-3-|-0-------------|

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|-0-------0-2-|----------------|--------------|--------------||
|-------------|-3--3--3--0-3-5-|-3--3--3--5-3-|-0-------/7---||

2nd Verse
‘Thing’s aren’t what they used to be….’
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|-0----0-0--0-3h5-|-3----3-3--5---|-------------|-----------2/---|
|-----------------|-------------7-|-3----3-5--3-|-0----0-0-------|

‘Deathly lost, this can’t be real…’
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|-0-------0-2-|-3-------3-5-|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--(3)-3-5-3-|-0----0--5s7---|

‘Emptiness is filling me….’
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|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3--2h3-2-|---------------|----7---7-------|
|-------------|-----------------|-3----3-3--5-3-|-0----0----5s7--|

‘Growing darkness, taking dawn….’     ‘I was me, but now he’s gone…’
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|-------------|--------------5h7p5---|-5-------5h7p5-|-----------------|
|-0----0--0-2-|-3----3-3-5h7-------7-|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|

Second Distortion Part
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|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|-----------3-2-|-0----|

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|----------0-0-3---|----------0-0-3---|--------------|------0-0-0-0------|
                                                       
                                                       ‘Let ring’
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                          ‘Let ring’
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|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-0----------|-(0)--------|

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|------------|------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5----||
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|-(0)--------|-(0)------------|--------------------------||

Bridge
‘No one but me, can save myself 
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||o-5-7-----7------|-5-7------------|
||------0-0----0-0-|-----0-0--------|

   it’s too late…’
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|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4----|
|---5---5-5--------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|

‘Now I can’t think, think why I should even try…’
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|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|

 {------------------------------No singing------------------------------------}
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|----------------|---------5-4-/12--|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|

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|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|

|------------------|---------------------4--||
|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---o||
|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------o||
|------------------|------------------------||

‘Yesterday seems, as though it never existed…’
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|----------------|---------5-4--/12-|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|

‘Death greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye…’
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|----------------|---------5-4-/12--|--------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4---|
|-5-7-----7------|-5-7--------------|---5---5-5--------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0----0-0-|-----0-0----------|------------------|-----------------------|

-No more singing, song speeds up from here on
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|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------|

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|---------7----|----------------|---------5--------|-----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-0----------|-----------------------||

-This is the part played under the guitar solo
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|-3----3-(3)--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------------------||

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|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||

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|------------------|----------------|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0------o||
|-3-3-3-3-(3)--3-3-|-3-3----3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
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