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The Unforgiven (chromatic)

by Metallica · posted by morbius

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
To play on diatonic just move everything one hole down. 

Guitar intro:
-5  6 -6 -6 6 -5 
-5  6 -6 -6 -5 
-5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 
-5 6 -6 -6 -5
-5 6 -6 -6 6 -6 6 5
6 5 5 -5 6 -5 
-5 6 -6 -7 -7 -7 7 6 
6 5 5 6 5 -5 6 -5 


7 -6 6 -6 6
New blood joins this earth
8 8 -8 -8 -6 -6 
And quickly he's subdued
7 7 -6 6 -6 6
Through constant pained disgrace
5 5 -5 -5 6 -5 
The young boy learns their rules

7 7 -6 6 -6 6
With time the child draws in
8 8 -8 -8 -6 -6
This whipping boy done wrong
7 7 -6 6 -6 6
Deprived of all his thoughts
5 5 -5 -5 6 -5 6 -6 7 -5 
The young man struggles on and on, he's known

-6 -6 6 -5 6 6 
A vow unto his own
-7 -7 7 7 -6 -6 
That never from this day
6 -6 6 -5 6 6 
His will they'll take away

-6 6 -6 -6 6 6
What I've felt, what I've known
6 6 6 5 -5 6 -5
Never shined through in what I've shown
-6 6 -6 -6 6 6
Never be, never see
6 5 5 -5 6 -5 
Won't see what might have been

-6 6 -6 -6 6 6
What I've felt, what I've known
6 6 7 7 7 7 6 -5 
Never shined through in what I've shown
-6 6 -6 -6 6 6
Never free, never me
6 6 5 5 -5 6 6 -5
So I dub thee unforgiven

The rest of the song is mostly repetition. When repeating chorus near the end add (5 5 6 5) to the last line.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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