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GUITAR & BASS CHORDS TAB/Ultimate Guitar ()

Blackened CHORDS

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CHORD PROGRESSION & TAB

GUITAR / BASS TAB
ORIGINAL TAB CONTENTSOURCE TAB ↗
Blackened 2020 acoustic version, based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_yeICLSDOQ, JH´s part
E5 in the chorus on the 7nd fret

[Intro]
no singing

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    4x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Verse]
   Blackened......Winter.......Throwing.....Into obscurity
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|

N.C.
Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity


   Death.........Never.........Evolution.....Never will it mend
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|

N.C.
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution's end
Never will it mend never

By the last "never" switch to 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Chorus]
E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end
   D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Verse]
   Blistering....Terminate....Deadly........Kills what might have been
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|

N.C.
Blistering of earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might have been

   Callous.......Nothing.......Never.........Breathing nevermore 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|

N.C.
Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore never

By the last "never" switch to
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Chorus]
E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end
 D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

[Bridge]

play

e|-----------0~---|
B|-------12*-0~---|
G|-----------2~---|
D|----12*----2~---|   4x no singing, 4x singing
A|-----------0~---|
E|-12*------------|

all the way through

N.C.
Opposition, contradiction premonition compromise
Agitation violation mutilation, planet dies

then
G5
Darkest color
Gb5
Blistered earth
G5   A5       back to bridge part
True death of life

e|-----------0~---|
B|-------12*-0~---|
G|-----------2~---|
D|----12*----2~---|   4x no singing, 4x singing
A|-----------0~---|
E|-12*------------|

all the way through

N.C.
Termination, expiration, cancellation, human race
Expectation, liberation, population, lay to waste

then
G5  Gb5
See our mother put to death
G5      A5     E5
See our mother die

[solo],
rhythm guitar plays
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    8x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

Exactly same things played through the rest of the song, i.e.

[Verse]
   Smoldering.....Take........Millions.......In minutes disappears
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------|

N.C.
Smoldering decay
Take her breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears

   Darkening.....Decadence....All............Never is the sun
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------8--------|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7--8--------| stop by the first "Never"
E|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---6--------|

N.C.
Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun never

By the last "never" switch to
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    2x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

[Chorus]

E5      D5             A5           E5
Fire to begin whipping dance of the dead
G5        D5     E5
Blackened is the end
 D5             A5           C5    G5
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Bb5
Color our world blackened

play this until the end
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|    4x
D|---------------9------8-8-8-8---|
A|--7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---|
E|-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0--6-6-6-6---|

N.C.
Color our world blackened

end on Bb5
Color our world




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| *   Natural harmonics
| ~   Vibrato

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