Fade to Black - Metallica (studio version w/ lyrics, tabs and PICTURES!!!) BEST QUALITY

Fan made video of Metallica's Fade to black off of their album Ride the Lightning.
Metallica:
James Hetfield (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Kirk Hammett (lead guitar)
Lars Ulrich (drums)
Robert Trujillo (bass)

Tabs (guitar): http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/m/metallica/fade_to_black_tab.htm

Lyrics:
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else

I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Can not stand this hell I feel

Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone

No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye, *Goodbye*

Background:

"Fade to Black" is a song by thrash metal band Metallica from their second album, Ride the Lightning (1984). It was the first musical ballad released by the band, and is considered to be the precursor to "One" and "The Day That Never Comes" due to strong similarity in sound, structure, and subject matter. It was ranked as having the 24th best guitar solo ever by Guitar World magazine readers.[1] It is one of Metallica's most famous songs.
In an interview with drummer Lars Ulrich on the set of the production "MTV Icon: Metallica" in 2005, he recalls how he and bandmate James Hetfield were obsessed with death at the time the album and song were produced. It was written after almost all of their equipment, including a very rare amplifier, given to singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield by his mother just before she died, was stolen in Boston, MA, following a gig at the Channel Club on 14th January 1984. This event forced Metallica to borrow equipment from fellow tour band and friends, Anthrax, for the remainder of the tour. The lyrics suggest a man contemplating, then eventually committing, suicide. It begins with an acoustic guitar introduction and becomes progressively heavier as the song goes on.

Since its release, "Fade to Black" has been a fixture in Metallica's live performances. It was also the last song that Metallica performed live with former bassist Jason Newsted. Jason's last gig was at the VH1 Music Awards on November 30, 2000. It was one of Newsted's favorite Metallica songs, and was said to be of great sentimental value to him, although it had been written before he had joined the band. Jason Newsted's previous band, Flotsam And Jetsam, performed a song called "Fade To Black" on their 1986 album Doomsday For The Deceiver before Jason left to join Metallica, although it bears no resemblance to the Metallica version.

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[ozzfest247]

sorry bout that thanx i found the tabs

[billytalentrocks10]

no problem

[ozzfest247]

where r the tabs dammit

[billytalentrocks10]

the link is in the description

[MetalMonsterRomania]

Metallica, Iced Earth, Manowar, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Pantera and so many more lived and still live through us, those who really feel the lyrics and the riffs. As they live through us, they can only die through us. But that's not going to happen. This is a promise we all have to make.

[masterstephis]

This song literally brings tears to my eyes from how beutiful it is. Kirk Hammit makes that guitar sing and with James as rythm and his amazing voice it just goes to prove that we metal heads aren't all just head bangers.

Metallica will live on forever

[MrElliottMaslow]

@jojopower123 READ THE DESCRIPTION!

[jojopower123]

damn no tabs

[Raku21297]

Hello metalheads, emo's, goths, scene, punks.

Instead of a Metal rebellion i propose a new plan.

1. Don't bash other metal artists, we must unite! We cant fight against pop music if we arent even together

2. Watch more and more metal videos to get it to the top of the youtube vid list

If you like this idea, thumbs it up JUST so people can see it, and also spread it around if you like this idea

Copy this text in every Metalvideo you watch and we´re getting the power

[chressman100]

awesome pics

[MrTOXICxTACO]

any body else notice how in the 70 and 80s everybody had there own sound? bands in thebig4, zepplin, sabbath, van halen, aerosmtih, maiden, any rock, hard rock, metal band had the own sound, now all the singers sound the same, and the rap sounds the same, the alternative sounds the same, and its all computer or keyboard, but here u got kirk and lars and cliff and jamez makin MUSIC \m/ metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrTOXICxTACO]

i think cliff is the best bassist ever, anybody agree??

[krystilmist]

nice vid. i love the pic of hetfield at 1:10

[SuperSayanIII]

Cliff <3

[kubak551]

hahhahahahahhahahahhah in the description is written that robert trujillo played on 'ride the lightning' xDD