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Fade To Black

Metallica

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Fade To Black

Year: 1984 - Album: Ride the Lightning

Written by Clifford Lee Burton/Kirk L Hammett/James Alan Hetfield/Lars Ulrich

Key:  Bm More
Fade To Black Key F#mF#m
Fade To Black Key GmGm
Fade To Black Key G#mG#m
Fade To Black Key AmAm(one step down)
Fade To Black Key A#mA#m(half step down)
Fade To Black Key BmBm(original key)
Fade To Black Key CmCm(half step up)
Fade To Black Key C#mC#m(one step up)
Fade To Black Key DmDm
Fade To Black Key D#mD#m
Fade To Black Key EmEm
Fade To Black Key FmFm 
	  		with distortion 
                
G-|-------11-|- 
D-|----12----|- 
A-|-14-------|- 
E-|----------|- 
 
                              .---.    .----------------. 
G-|---11-12/14-12-14-|-16-14-12--14-|-14-16-14-12\11-12-11----11-|- 
D-|------------------|--------------|----------------------14----|- 
A-|14----------------|--------------|----------------------------|- 
E-|------------------|--------------|----------------------------|- 
 
                               .---. 
G-|-11-12-11----11-------|-----------------|----------12-|-11-----12/-|- 
D-|----------14----14-12-|--------------12\|-11-12-11----|------------|- 
A-|----------------------|-12-14--(14)\----|-------------|------------|- 
E-|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------|- 
 
                                                           full 
                                                           / \ 
 
G-|-14~~~~-|-------|-16-------------------------------------|-----------|- 
D-|--------|----16-|----16-------17-16----------------------|-----------|- 
A-|--------|-18----|-------17----------17----19-17-16-------|-----------|- 
E-|--------|-------|----------19----------17----------19-17-|-(17)~~~~~-|- 
 
G-|---------------------|----------------------------------|- 
D-|---------------------|-------11-12-11-12h-11p----11-12h-|- 
A-|-12-14h--------------|-12-14------------------14--------|- 
E-|--------12~~~-12-14h-|----------------------------------|- 
 
G-|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------------|- 
D-|-11p--21-19-17---17-19-|-16-------16-17-|-16-------16-17-16----19----|- 
A-|-----------------------|----17----------|----17-------------17-------|- 
E-|-----------------------|-------19-------|-------17-------------------|- 
 
G-|------------|-------------------------16-17-19-21-22-24-22-24h-22p----|- 
D-|-17-16~~~---|-------------------17-19-----------------------------19~~|- 
A-|------------|----------17-19-20---------------------------------------|- 
E-|------------|-17-19-20------------------------------------------------|- 
 
 
Interlude solo: 
 
G-|-14~~~--14-16-|-17~~~-17/19-17-16-|-------------|-------------------|- 
D-|--------------|-------------------|-17~~~-17/19-|-14~~~-14/16-16/17-|- 
A-|--------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|- 
E-|--------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|- 
 
         
 
                             full 
                             / \         /  /  /  / \ 
G-|-------------16-|-17~~~--19-----17-|-19-19-19-19-(19)~~~~--|- 
D-|-17/19~~~-19----|------------------|-----------------------|- 
A-|----------------|------------------|-----------------------|- 
E-|----------------|------------------|-----------------------|- 
 
 
                   F A D E   T O   B L A C K - Metallica 
                   ------------------------------------- 
 
Transscribed by Wilbert Pol 
 
 
synth. 116 bpm 
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------|---|---|---|-------|---|---|---|-------|---|---|---|-------|---| 
        W   W   W   Q.. e   w   W   W   Q.. e   w   W   W   Q.. e   w 
                       very softly------------------------------------- 
 
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|---|---|-----4-|-2-|---|---|---------|-----------|------7-|| 
|---|---|-------|---|---|---|-----(0)-|-1--0-4--0-|-7--7---|| 
  W   W   Q.. e   w   W   W   Q..  e    q. e q. e   q. e h 
-------------------------------------| 
 
|---|---|---|-----------|---|---|---|-----------|---------|-----------| 
|---|---|---|-----------|---|---|---|-----------|---------|-----------| 
|-0-|---|---|---7---7---|-0-|---|---|-----------|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-| 
|---|---|---|---0---0---|---|---|---|---0---0---|---------|-----------| 
  w   W   W   H e E e E   w   W   W   H e E e E   h q e e   h q s s e 
 
|---------|----------|---------|-----------|---------|--------|| 
|---------|----------|---------|-----------|---------|--------|| 
|-----5-3-|-------7\-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|---------|---7\---|| 
|-3-3-----|-0-0------|---------|-----------|-3-3-5-3-|-0----0-|| 
  h q e e   h e E q    h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h q  q 
 
verse 1 
|---------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|---------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|-----5-3-|---7\-7\-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|---------| 
|---------|-----------|-3-3-----|-0-------|---------|-----------|-3-3-5-3-| 
  h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h q  q    h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e 
 
|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|---7---7---|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|-----5-3-|---7---7---|-0-0-0-2-| 
|-0---------|---------|-----------|-3-3-----|-0---------|---------| 
  h e E e E   h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h e E e E   h q e e 
 
|---------------|--------------|-----------------||------------------| 
|-----------7-7-|-9---7--------|-----------------||-o----------------| 
|-3-3/-7h10-----|-------7h10-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-o--------------5-| 
|---------------|--------------|-----------------||---5--5-5-0-0-3---| 
  h q  s s  s s   h+e e s s  e   e e e e e e e e      q. e e s s e e 
 
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------| 
|-3--3-3-------5-|----------5---|-7--7-7-----3-2-|--------------5-| 
|--------0-0-3---|-5--5-5-------|--------0-0-----|-5--5-5-0-0-3---| 
  q. e e s s e e   q. e e E e E   q. e e s s e e   q. e e s s e e 
 
                                  2x  interlude I 
|----------------|------------|-----||---------|-----------|---------| 
|----------------|------------|---o-||---------|-----------|---------| 
|-3--3-3-------5-|------------|---o-||-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|-----5-3-| 
|--------0-0-3---|-5--5-5-3-2-|-0---||---------|-----------|-3-3-----| 
  q. e e s s e e   q. e q e e   w      h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e 
 
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|| 
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|| 
|-------7\-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|---------|---7-------|| 
|-0-0------|---------|-----------|-3-3-5-3-|-0-----0---|| 
  h e E q    h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h e E e E 
 
verse 2 
|---------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|---------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|---------| 
|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|-----5-3-|-------7/-|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|---------| 
|---------|-----------|-3-3-----|-0-0------|---------|-----------|-3-3-5-3-| 
  h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h e E q    h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e 
 
|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------|---------| 
|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------|---------| 
|---7---7---|-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3h5-3-|-----5-3-|-----7-|-0-0-0-2-| 
|-0---------|---------|-----------|-3-3-----|-0-7---|---------| 
  h e E e E   h q e e   h q s s e   h q e e   h q q   h q e e 
 
|---------------|---------|-----------------||----------------| 
|-----------7-7-|-9--(9)\-|-----------------||----------------| 
|-3-3/-7h10-----|---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--------------5-| 
|---------------|---------|-----------------||-5--5-5-0-0-3---| 
  h q  s s  s s   h.  q     e e e e e e e e    q. e e s s e e 
 
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------| 
|-3--3-3-------5-|----------5---|-7--7-7-----3-2-|--------------5-| 
|--------0-0-3---|-5--5-5-------|--------0-0-----|-5--5-5-0-0-3---| 
  q. e e s s e e   q. e e E e E   q. e e s s e e   q. e e s s e e 
 
|----------------|------------|---|----------------|----------------| 
|----------------|------------|---|----------------|----------------| 
|-3--3-3-------5-|------------|---|--------------5-|-3--3-3-------5-| 
|--------0-0-3---|-5--5-5-3-2-|-0-|-5--5-5-0-0-3---|--------0-0-3---| 
  q. e e s s e e   q. e q e e   w   q. e e s s e e   q. e e s s e e 
 
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|----------5---|-7--7-7-----3-2-|--------------5-|-3--3-3-------5-| 
|-5--5-5-------|--------0-0-----|-5--5-5-0-0-3---|--------0-0-3---| 
  q. e e E e E   q. e e s s e e   q. e e s s e e   q. e e s s e e 
 
               144 bpm 
|------------||---|-----|-----|-----|---|-----|-----------| 
|------------||-9-|-(9)-|-(9)-|-(9)-|-9-|-(9)-|-(9)---9-9-| 
|------------||-7-|-(7)-|-(7)-|-(7)-|-7-|-(7)-|-(7)-------| 
|-5--5-5-3-2-||-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|-(0)-|-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-------| 
  q. e q e e    w   (w)   (w)   (w)   w   (w)   (h..) s s 
 
                         bridge 1, interlude 2, bridge 2 
|-----------------------||-----------|-----------|----------------| 
|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-||-o---------|-------5-4-|-(4)--------9-9-| 
|-----------------------||-o-5-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-----|-----5-5-5------| 
|-----------------------||-----------|-----------|----------------| 
  e s s e s s e s s e e      e q e h   e q e e q.  (e) q e q. s s 
 
                          6x 
|--------------------------|||----------------|--------------| 
|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5--o-|||-o--------------|--------------| 
|------------------------o-|||-o---------7--7-|--------------| 
|--------------------------|||---0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-3-2--| 
  e s s e s s e s s e e          e e e e q. e   e e e e e q. 
 
                                           2x 
|----------------|--------------------------|| 
|------------9-9-|-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4-5--o-|| 
|---------5------|------------------------o-|| 
|-0-0-0-0--------|--------------------------|| 
  e e e e q. s s   e s s e s s e s s e e 
 
    B                         A 
||-----------|----------------|---------|----------------| 
||-o---------|----------------|---------|----------------| 
||-o----9--7-|-(7)-5--3-2-0---|----9--7-|-(7)-5--3-2-0---| 
||---7-------|--------------2-|-5-------|--------------2-| 
     q. q. q   (e) q. e e e e   q. q. q   (e) q. e e e e 
 
  G                        A                      8x and fade 
|---------|----------------|---------|------------------|| 
|---------|----------------|---------|----------------o-|| 
|----9--7-|-(7)-5--3-2-0---|----9--7-|-(7)-5--3-2-0---o-|| 
|-3-------|--------------2-|-5-------|--------------2---|| 
  q. q. q   (e) q. e e e e   q. q. q   (e) q. e e e e

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