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The unforgiven

Metallica

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Chords used in song
| A5  | C5  | E5  | Am  |  C  |  G  | Em  |  E  |
|-----|-----|-----|--0--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
|-----|-----|-----|--1--|--1--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
|-----|-----|-----|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--1--|
|--2--|--5--|-----|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|
|--0--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
|-----|-----|--0--|-----|-----|--3--|--0--|--0--|

Tab key
h	=hammer on
p	=pull off
b	=bend
r	=release bend
{10}	=Artificial harmonic (add edge off thumb or
                              tip of finger to pick attack)
/	=slide
\	=slide 

 Intro-Clean  -guitar 1
||------------------------------------------||4x
||--0-------0-------0-------0-------1-------||
||.---2-------2-------2-------2-------2----.||
||.-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2--.||
||--0---------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------||

 guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-------0-------1-------1-------|
|----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
|--0---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|guitar 2 
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------2--4--4h5---5--4--2~~~-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
 
 guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-------1-------1-------1-------|
|----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
|--0---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|guitar 2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------------2--4--4h5----------5--2~~~--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

 guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-------0-------1-------1-------|
|----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
|--0---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|guitar 2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2--4--4h5---------5--4--2~~~~---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

 guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|--0-------0-------1-------1-------1-------|
|----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
|--0---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|guitar 2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------2--4--5----------5--2~~~~~---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

 Rythm figure 1
 guitar 1
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------0--1-------1-----1--|-------------------------------|
|------2---------------------|-------0----0--------2-2h4-2~~-|
|----2-----------2-----2-----|-----0--------2--2-2-----------|
|--0-----------3-------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--3-------3--------------------|
|guitar 2
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------2--4--4h5--4h5--5--|--5--4-----4-----2--2h4----2~~-|
|----------------------------|--------5----2-----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|


 guitar 1                                  end rythm figure 1
|----------------------0---0-|-------------------------------|
|-----------0--1----------1--|--1--3--0-----3----------------|
|---------2------------------|----------------1--1--4--1-2h4-|
|------2------------2--------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------3----------|-------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------|-----------3-------------------|
|guitar 2                                           
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------3s5--5----|--5--3-------------------------|
|------2--4---4h5------------|--------4~~---4\-1--/4--1--2s4-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|

 Rythm figure 2                            end Rythm figure 2
 guitar 1
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------0------0-----1-----|--0-----0-----0-----0----1-----|
|-----2-----2------2-----2---|----2-----2-----2-----2----2---|
|-------2-----2------2-----2-|------2-----2-----2-----2----2-|
|--0-------------------------|--0----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|guitar 2
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|

1st, 2nd Verses

Note:One guitar playes the chords and the other 
     guitar plays Riff A.
    
Riff A-1  taken from Phil Boyle's tab
||-----------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|
||.----------------------|--12--12--11--11----------|
||.-12--10--9--9h10------|---0---0---0---0--10--10--|
||---0---0--0--0h-0--10--|-------------------0---0--|
||--------------------0--|--------------------------|

Riff A-2 
||-----------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|---8--8--7--7-------------|
||.---7--5--4--4h5-------|--------------5--5--7-----|
||.----------------5-----|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|

   A5          C5    E5       E   D5               A5
1:New blood joins this earth, and quickly he's subdued.
2:They dedicate their......
 
 A  A5             C5      E5           E  D5                A5
Through constant pain disgrace, the young boy learns their rules.

 A  A5             C5   E5   E  D5               A5
With time, the child draws in this whipping boy done wrong.

A  A5           C5  E5        E  D5              A5
                                                 rythm figure 4
|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------8--|--8--7--7-----------|-----------------|
|--7--5--4--4h5-------------|------------5-------|-5-------4-------|
|---------------5~~~--------|--------------------|---0-------0-----|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
 deprived of all his thoughts, the young man struggles on and on.

                     C5            G5
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------0--------|----------------------|-5-------4-------2-------|
|---0-------0------|--5-------------------|---0-------0-------0-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0--|--3---5--3--0--5------|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
|------------------|---------------3------|-------------------------|
     He' known, oo, a vow unto his own that never from this day

                C5                 G5       E5
                              end rythm figure 4
|----------------------------------------|------|
|----------------------------------------|------|
|--0-------------------------------------|------|
|----0----------5------------------------|------|
|------0-0------3--------5--3--0---5-----|--2---|
|----------------------------------3-----|--0---|
          his will they'll take away.

Chorus-with rythm figure 1
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--4--5~--5--------------5--|--5--4----4---------------|
|------------------------------|--------5---\2------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
 What I've felt, what I've known never shined throught in

|---------|---------------------------|
|---------|-----------------5---5-----|
|-2--2h4--|-2~~---2--4--5~~-----------|
|---------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------------------------|
 what I've shown. Never be Never see.

|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-3----------------|---------------------------|
|----4~~-4--/4-1-2h4-|-2~~--2-----4-----5~~~~----|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
 Won't see what might have been. What I've felt,

|-----|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5--|-5-4-----4---------------------2-------2h4--------|
|-----|-----5~~---\2-------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------------------|
 what I've known never shined through in what I've shown.


                                             to coda
                                         with rythm figure 2
|---------------------|-----------------------------   -----
|-------------5--5----|-3---------------------------   -----
|-2~-2--4-5~----------|---4~~--4\--1--/4--1--2h4----   -2~~-
|---------------------|-----------------------------   -----
|---------------------|-----------------------------   -----
|---------------------|-----------------------------   -----
 Never free. Never me.         So I dub the unforgiv -  en

  ______1.__________    __________________2._______________
 /                  \  /                                   \
|--------------------||-------------------------------------|
|--------------------||--0-----0-----0-----0------1---------|
|--------------------||----2-----2-----2-----2------2-------|
|--------------------||------2-----2-----2-----2------2-----|
|--------------------||--0----------------------------------|
|--------------------||-------------------------------------|
 2:They dedicate...    Rythm figure 5     end rythm figure 5

Interlude - clean - with rythm figure 5
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----4--5--7---5--4h5p4-------4--------------|
|--7---------------------7------5--5h7~~~----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
|--0--1--3--5--3--1-----1h3~~~~~-------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--8/10\8---7---3h5--3-------3---------------|
|--7/-9\7---7----------5--4----4-------------|
|--------------------------------5~~~~-------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5---------------------|
|------------------5-----5---5h7~~~~~--------|
|-------3/5--6--7----------------------------|
|--3--5--------------------------------------|

|----------------------7------7~~----10------|
|--8--7h8p7----7-8--10---8~~----8--8----8~~~-|
|-----------9--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|-------12~----------14~----------15--17~~~~-|
|--8/10----10--10/12----12--12/14---14-------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 Rythm fill 1 
 *This fill and rythm figure
  3 and 4 is played during guitar solo*
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----------------4b5r4b5r4-----|
|--7--7--7--2---------------2--|
|--5--5--5--0--0------------0--|
|------------------------------|
                               

Guitar solo- with rythm figure 3
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--7b8--7b8----------------------------------------|
|--7b9--7b9----------------------------------------|
|------------5--------7b9--r7--5-------------------|
|--------------7~~~~-------------7--5\3-5-3--------|
|-------------------------------------------5-3-5--|

|---------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------7---7--8--7h8---|
|----------5~~--|-7--57--7/9---7-9---9-------------|
|-------/7------|----------------------------------|
|--3b5----------|----------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------|

                               
|-------10----------8---------|
|--{10}----{10}--10---10~~~---|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
                              
 with Rythm fill 1
|-----10-------------------------------------|
|--10----10~~~--20b22--20b22--20b22--r20~~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 with rythm figure 3
|------------------20b23--20b23--r20--20b23r20--|
|--20b22--r20--17-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|--17--17--20p17----17----------------------|
|----------------20-----20b22~~~------------|
|-------------------------------------/9----|
|---------------------------------17\-------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|--10p9--7--9-----7------------------------------------|
|-------------10-----8--7---7--------------------------|
|-------------------------9---9--7\5--7-5\4--5-4-2~~~--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------12---------12---------12---------12--------|
|--------13----13---------13---------13---------13-----|
|--/14------------14---------14---------14---------14--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

                                         w/Rhytm figure 4
|--12---------12---------12-------------|-----------------------|
|-----13---------13---------13----------|-----------------------|
|--------14---------14---------14~~~~---|--19b21--19b21r19--17--|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------17--19--20-19-17-19-17-19-17----------------|
|--20b22--20b22~~~--------------------------------20b22---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|--17-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----20-17--------20-17----------------------------------------|
|-----------19b21--------19--19b21-r19p17--19b21-r19p17---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                    D.S. al coda
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------20~~~~---18h20p18---|--17~~~--18-17~~~~-|
|--19b21--19b21-r19--17---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|

Coda
|---------------|------------------------------3--3s5~~--7------|
|---------------|------------------3--3s5---5--3--3s5~~--3------|
|---------------|--2--2s4--2--5----4--4s5---5-------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 en.      Woh.

Outro -Rhytm figure 6                      end Rhytm figure 6
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||.-2~~---2--4-4s5~~---5--5--|--5--4-------4\-1--1---2--2s4--|
||.--------------------------|-------5~~~--------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
       Never free. Never me.           So I dub the unforgiv-

|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------3s5----5--|--5--3---------4\-1--1--2--2s4--|
|--2~~---2--4-4s5-----------|-------4~~~---------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
 en.

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--2~~--2--2--4-4s5~~~-----5-----5------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
        You labeled me.  I'll label you. 

|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------3s5--5--|
|--5-4------4\-1--1--2-2s4---|--2~~~-2--4-4s5---------|
|------5~~~------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
              So I dub the unforgiven.

                 Repeat and fade
|-------------------------------||
|--5-3--------------------------||
|------4~~~--4\--1--1--2--2s4--.||
|------------------------------.||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||

2nd Verse

They dedicate their lives to running all of his.
He tries to pleas them all, this bitter man he is.
Throughout his life the same, he's battled constantly.
This fight he cannot win. A tired man they see no longer cares.
The old man prepares to die regretfully.
That old man he is me.

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden en tab van The unforgiven van Metallica op Gitaartabs. Dit metalklassieke nummer uit 1991 is vanaf het eerste moment toegankelijk en een perfecte keuze als je net begint met gitaar spelen. Met zijn herkenbare melodieën en stevige riffstructuur kom je snel in je groove.

Dit nummer staat op beginner-niveau en je volgt het via een heldere tab. De kernakkoorden A5, C5, E5, E, D5 en A vormen het fundament van het nummer — niet veel, dus je kunt je volledig concentreren op ritme en timing. Pak je gitaar en speel mee met een van de grootste namen uit de metal.

How to practise this song

  1. 1

    Practise the change: A5 ↔ A

    Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.

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  2. 2

    Great first song

    Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.

Exercise: Akkoord-wisseltrainer (G-D-Em-C)8 min · drill this on its own and this song gets easier by itself

Video

Tab door axel. Songtekst en akkoorden worden gepubliceerd onder afdracht aan Stichting FEMU. Zie onze voorwaarden.

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