Blackened (acoustic) chords by Metallica

Chords with lyrics

Intro: E MajorE

verse 1:

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

E MajorE          G+G
Never
E MajorE          G+G
E MajorE          G+G
E MajorE          G+G

Chorus 1:

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

verse 2:

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

Chorus 2:

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

Bridge:

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

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


verse 3:

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

Chorus 3:

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

Chorus 4:

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


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