Blackened (acoustic) chords by Metallica

Standard Tuning EADGBe


Intro: E

verse 1:

E          G
Blackened is the end
E          G
Winter it will send
E          G
Throwing all you see
E          G
Into obscurity
E          G
Death of Mother Earth
E          G
Never a rebirth
E          G
Evolution's end
E          G
Never will it mend

E          G
Never
E          G
E          G
E          G

Chorus 1:

E
Fire
  D       C       F#   G    F#  E
To begin whipping dance of the dead blackened is the end
  D       C       F#   G    F#
To begin whipping dance of the dead color our world blackened

verse 2:

E          G
Bustering of earth
E          G
Terminate its worth
E          G
Deadly nicotine
E          G
Kills what might have been
E          G
Callous frigid chill
E          G
Nothing left to kill
E          G
Never seen before
E          G
Breathing nevermore
E          G
Never
E          G
E          G
E          G

Chorus 2:

E
Fire
  D       C       F#   G    F#  E
To begin whipping dance of the dead blackened is the end
  D       C       F#   G    F#
To begin whipping dance of the dead color our world blackened


Bridge:

E
Opposition (opposition)
E
Contradiction (contradiction)
E
Premonition (premonition)
Eb
Compromise (compromise)
E
Agitation (agitation)
E
Violation (violation)
E
Mutilation (mutilation)
Eb
Planet dies
E
Darkest color
E
Blistered earth
Eb
True death of life
E
Termination, termination,
E
Termination! (termination)
E
Expiration (expiration)
Eb
Cancellation, human race
E
Expectation (expectation)
E
Liberation (liberation)
E
Population,
Eb
Laid to waste

F#                     F
See our mother put to death see our mother die


verse 3:

E          G
Smoldering decay
E          G
Take her breath away
E          G
Millions of our years
E          G
In minutes disappears
E          G
Darkening in vain
E          G
Decadence remains
E          G
All is said and done
E          G
Never Is the sun
E          G
Never
E          G
E          G
E          G

Chorus 3:

E
Fire
  D       C       F#   G    F#  E
To begin whipping dance of the dead blackened is the end
  D       C       F#   G    F#
To begin whipping dance of the dead color our world blackened

Chorus 4:

E
Fire
  D       C       F#   G    F#  E
Is the outcome of hypocrisy darkest potency
  D       C       F#   G    F#
In the exit of humanity color our world blackened
 E
Blackened


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