SONG TITLE: FADE TO BLACK
ARTIST: METALLICA
TABBED BY: DANIEL ACE - A SPADES NIST (lead vocalist, songwriter,
primary lead guitarist, secondary rhythm guitarist and bassist of the
band Lethal Truth)
h = HAMMER ONE
p = PULL OFF
s = SLIDE
v = VIBRATO
x = MUTE
Hey everyone! This is the correct way to play Fade to Black.
I regret to say that I have only tabbed up to the bridge. Other than
that knock yourselves out. Keep your guitar in standard tuning.
-Ace-
INTRODUCTION I
GUITARS ONE AND TWO PLAY THIS
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-----0---------------0---------------0-----------
4|---4---4---4-0-4---4---4---4-0-4---4---4---4-0-4-
5|-2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-----2-------------------------------------------
4|---2---2---2-------------------------------------
5|-4-------4---0-4---------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
GUITAR ONE STARTS TO PLAY INTRO SOLO AFTER PLAYING THE
ABOVE ONCE.
GUITAR TWO KEEPS PLAYING INTRODUCTION I.
INTRO SOLO
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-----7s8s10v-10h12-12-10-8h10-10v-12p10-10-8-10-8
3|-------------------------------------------------
4|-7s9v--------------------------------------------
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-7-88-7---7---------------------8s7v-8s10v-------
3|--------9---9-7-------7s6v--7s6------------------
4|----------------7h9-9v---------------------------
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|----14-19p14----15p14----------------------------
2|-15---------15-------15--17p15p14----------------
3|--------------16-------14--------16-14v-14h16----
4|---------------------------------------------14v-
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|----------------------------19-17-15-15h17p15----
2|-----------14-14h15p14-15p14---------------------
3|------14-16--------------------------------------
4|-14-16-------------------------------------------
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|-14----14-15-14----14-15-14---17-15-14v----------
2|---15----------15----------15--------------------
3|-----16----------14------------------------------
4|-------------------------------------------------
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
GUITAR TWO NOW PLAYS THIS
1|---------------------0-1-3-3-1-0h1p0-0-----------
2|----------------0-1-3----------------------------
3|------------0-2----------------------------------
4|------0-2-3--------------------------------------
5|-0-2-3-------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
GUITAR ONE PLAYS
1|-------------------------------12-13-15-15-------
2|----------------------12-13-15-------------------
3|-----------------12-14---------------------------
4|---------12-14-15--------------------------------
5|-12-14-15----------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|-13-12h13p12-12----------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------
4|-------------------------------------------------
5|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
INTRODUCTION II AND VERSE
GUITARS ONE AND TWO PLAY THIS FOUR TIMES FOR INTRO.
AND FOUR TIMES DURING THE VERSE.
1|---------0-----------------0-----------------3---
2|-----0-----0-----------1-----1-----------3-----3-
3|-2-2---2-----------0-0---0-----------0-0---0-----
4|-2-----------------2-----------------0-----------
5|-0-----------0h2p0-3-----------------2-----------
6|-------------------------------0h2p0-3-----------
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|---3-----0-----1---------------------------------
3|-0-----0---0-0-0---------------------------------
4|-----2-------2-2---------------------------------
5|-----2-------2-3---------------------------------
6|-----0-------0-----------------------------------
INTERLUDE:
BETWEEN VERSES GUITARS ONE AND TWO PLAY THIS ONCE.
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|--------------------------------7-9-9-x-x-9------
4|-7-7-x-x-9-10-10-x-x-10-7-7-x-x-7-9-9-x-x-9-7-7--
5|-7-7-x-x-9-10-10-x-x-10-7-7-x-x-5-7-7-x-x-7-7-7--
6|-5-5-x-x-7-8--8--x-x-8--5-5-x-x-------------5-5--
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------
4|-x-x-9-10-10-x-x-10-7-7-x-x-7-2-2-x-x------------
5|-x-x-9-10-10-x-x-10-7-7-x-x-7-2-2-x-x------------
6|-x-x-7-8--8--x-x-8--5-5-x-x-5-0-0-x-x------------
THEN PLAY VERSE PART TWICE
VERSE TWO - SAME AS VERSE ONE
INTERLUDE - SAME AS ABOVE
BRIDGE:
AFTER THE SECOND INTERLUDE GUITARS ONE AND TWO PLAY
THIS EIGHT TIMES
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-7s9-x-9-7s9-x-12-11-x-x-7-77--------------------
4|-7s9-x-9-7s9-x-12-11-x-x-7-77---(MUTE DURING THIS
5|-5s7-x-7-5s7-x-10-9--x-x-5-55--14-14-14-12-12-12-
6|-------------------------------------------------
1|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------
4|---PART)-----------------------------------------
5|-10-10-10--9-9-9---------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------------------
THAT`S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. I WILL GET THE SOLO AND OTHER STUFF DOWN
LATER. JUST WORK ON THE MAIN PART FOR NOW.
