Fade to Black (Intro)

by Metallica

🔥 Metal
Difficulty ★★★☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

The beautiful clean arpeggiated intro from Ride the Lightning (1984). Kirk Hammett's melancholic picking pattern over Am and C chords. One of metal's most emotional moments.

  Am                           C
e|---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1-|-----1-----1-----1-----1-|
G|-------2-----2-----2-----|-------0-----0-----0-----|
D|--------------------------|--2-----------2----------|
A|--0-----------0-----------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

  G                           Em
e|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
G|-------0-----0-----0-----|-------0-----0-----0-----|
D|--------------------------|--2-----------2----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--3-----------3-----------|--0-----------0----------|