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		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

... And Justice For All Tabs:

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                            Blackened - Metallica
                             And Justice For All
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Tabbed By : Nick Prosper
E-mail: nick_prosper@nf.sympatico.ca
MSN Messenger: newfie_bassist@hotmail.com

Equipment: Schecter Diamond Series 5 String Elite Bass w/EMG-HZ Active Pickups 
1 X 15" Peavey Cab, 2 X 10" Peavey Cab, Peavey Classic series 120/120 Power 
Trace Elliot GP12-SMX 12 Band Graphic EQ Pre-Amplification System.

This is the Blackened bass tab which is off the And Justice For All album. I 
play this song with a pick as I do with every MetallicA song. This tab may not 
be exactly how it is played from a book you may buy for Metallica bass tabs. But 
this is how I play it. If you would like to have the sound files which I recorded 
for this song which is only bass, please feel free to email me.

If You have any suggestions/changes or coments, please feel free email them on 
as well.

Tuning : Standard

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--FADE IN-------------7-------------------7----9-10---------------7|
E|----(7)-----8----10-------7----8----10----------------7--8--10-----|

G|-------------------------------------------------|--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|--------------------7-----1-----2-333-----------|-GUITARS ONLY-|
E|----7----8----10-------------2-3-------1-0----0--|--------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|333333-0--22-333333-0--22--|

[Main Riff 1]
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

[Main Riff 2]
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------0--3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------8---|
A|-----7---7---787---7--7--7-|
E|--0---0---0------0---0-----|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------4---4-----------|
A|--------------7------5h7-----3h5------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2----2---3333-2222-|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-------------------4---4-----------------|
A|7-5h7---7---5h7-----3h5-------------------------|
E|0--------5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2---2---33333-0-22-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------0--3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------0--3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8----------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7---7---7---787---1------2-333---|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0----0----0--0----------2-3-------1-|

G|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------8---|
A|-----7---7---787---7--7--7-|
E|--0---0---0------0---0-----|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------4---4-----------|
A|--------------7------5h7-----3h5------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2----2---3333-2222-|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-------------------4---4-----------------|
A|7-5h7---7---5h7-----3h5-------------------------|
E|0--------5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2---2---33333-0-22-|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|--33333-0-22---33333-0-22----0-0--|

[With Bass Drum}
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-------0--------0-------0----|--0-------0--------0-------0----|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-------0--------0-------0----|--0-------0--------0-------0----|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------5h72----------|
E|--0-------0--------0-------0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------5h72---|------------------------5h72---|
E|--0-------0--------0------------|--0-------0--------0------------|

G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-------|
A|------------------------5h7----77-5-7|
E|--0-------0--------0-----------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------6h8---|
A|---------8-7-------------8-7---------------7----------------6--------|
E|-----5-6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-7----0-0-0-0-0-5-6----------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------8-----------------------------------6h8-6h8-|
A|-----------7---------7-----7---------------7----------------6---6----|
E|-----5-6-7---0-0-0-0---6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-7----0-0-0-0-0-5-6----------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------8-----|
D|-----------------------5---5h7-5---5---------5---5h7-5---6h8---8---|
A|--7---7-7-5h7-5--5-6-7---7-------7---7---5h7---7-------6---------6-|
E|----0----------7-----------------------0---------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------8---------|
D|-------------------5---5h7-5---5---------5---5h7-5---6h8---8-------|
A|--7---5h7-5--5-6-7---7-------7---7---5h7---7-------6---------6----|
E|----0------7-----------------------0---------------------------2--|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------4-------3-----------|
A|--------------2--------------2h3p2------------------------------|
E|---2--2-2-2-3---3-2--2-2-2-3-------2--2-2-2---2-0-1---1-1-1-1-1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------6h8---|
A|---------8-7-------------8-7---------------7----------------6--------|
E|-----5-6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-7----0-0-0-0-0-5-6----------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------8-----------------------------------6h8-6h8-|
A|-----------7---------7-----7---------------7----------------6---6----|
E|-----5-6-7---0-0-0-0---6-----0-0-0-0-5-6-7----0-0-0-0-0-5-6----------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------8-----|
D|-----------------------5---5h7-5---5---------5---5h7-5---6h8---8---|
A|--7---7-7-5h7-5--5-6-7---7-------7---7---5h7---7-------6---------6-|
E|----0----------7-----------------------0---------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------8---------|
D|-------------------5---5h7-5---5---------5---5h7-5---6h8---8-------|
A|--7---5h7-5--5-6-7---7-------7---7---5h7---7-------6---------6----|
E|----0------7-----------------------0---------------------------2--|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------4-------3-----------|
A|--------------2--------------2h3p2------------------------------|
E|---2--2-2-2-3---3-2--2-2-2-3-------2--2-2-2---2-0-1---1-1-1-1-1-|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---------5---3-2------------5---3-2-2-2----|
E|--0--0-0---0-----3-2-0--0-0---0---------3-2|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---------5---3-2------------5---3-2-2-2----|
E|--0--0-0---0-----3-2-0--0-0---0---------3-2|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---------5---3-2------------5---3-2-2-2----|
E|--0--0-0---0-----3-2-0--0-0---0---------3-2|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---------5---3-2------------5---3-2-2-2----|
E|--0--0-0---0-----3-2-0--0-0---0---------3-2|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------PAUSE------------------------------PAUSE-|
E|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-3-0-3-2-0-3-2--------0-3-2-0-3-2-0-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------PAUSE------------------------------PAUSE-|
E|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-3-0-3-2-0-3-2--------0-3-2-0-3-2-0-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------PAUSE------------------------------PAUSE-|
E|0-2-3-0-2-3-0-3-0-3-2-0-3-2--------0-3-2-0-3-2-0-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------PAUSE-------------------------------|
E|0-3-2-0-3-2-0-2-0-3-2-0-3-2--------333333-0-1-1-333333-0-1-1-0-0|

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7----------------72-|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4---4-----------|
A|------5h7-----3h5------------------------|
E|--5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2----2---3333-2222-|

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|------5-------------------------4---4-------|
A|7-5h7---7-----5h7-----3h5-------------------|
E|0---------5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2---2---33333-|

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------8-------------------------------|
A|----7---7---787----7---7---7--7---7---7--787---1----2-333----|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0--------0--0--0--------2-3-------1-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------8-------------------------------|
A|----7---7---787----7---7---7--7---7---7--787---1----2-333----|
E|--0---0---0------0---0---0--------0--0--0--------2-3-------1-|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8--------------------------------------|
A|----7---7.--7-8-7---7.--7---7---7---7.--7-8-7---1-----2-333------|
E|--0---0------------0-----------0---0---------------2-3-------1---|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8--------------------------------------|
A|----7---7.--7-8-7---7.--7---7---7---7.--7-8-7---1-----2-333------|
E|--0---0------------0-----------0---0---------------2-3-------1---|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------0--3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------3--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-------3----|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------1---0-1-2-----------------1---0-1-2------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-------0--3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3----|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8--------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7--7---7---7--787---1----2-333-----|
E|--0---0---0------0---0--------0--0--0--------2-3-------1---|

G|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------8---|
A|-----7---7---787---7--7--7-|
E|--0---0---0------0---0-----|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------4---4-----------|
A|--------------7------5h7-----3h5------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2----2---3333-2222-|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-------------------4---4-----------------|
A|7-5h7---7---5h7-----3h5-------------------------|
E|0--------5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2---2---33333-0-22-|

G|------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------4---4-----------|
A|7------5h7-----3h5------------------------|
E|0--5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2----2---3333-2222-|

G|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|
D|------7------------------------4---4-||--------------------------|
A|7-5h7---7---5h7-----3h5--------------||--------------------------|
E|0--------5-5-----3-3-----3-3-2---2---||33333-0-22-33333-0-22--0-0|

G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-----7---7---787----7---7---7--|
E|--0---0---0------0---0----6-0--|

| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x or .  Mute note
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Taken from the BassMasta ~ http://www.bassmasta.net

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture lee michael Wanna Be	#1 by lee michael turner II at Nov 25, 1973 at 8:42 PM EST
	amzing song,the best one on ...And justice for all. Jasons bass playing is kick ass.

No Picture matthew Rhythm Player	#2 by matthew robinson at Mar 16, 1976 at 1:04 AM EST
	Maybe its about humanity killing itself, and that if we dont take care of the earth, were only going to end up killing every living thing on it "Darkest color, blistered earth"

No Picture Tyler Rhythm Player	#3 by Tyler Explains Cuntainment at Feb 8, 1978 at 11:04 PM EST
	good fuckin' song, fuck metallica are the fuckin' best!

No Picture John Wanna Be	#4 by John at Jun 30, 1990 at 2:07 PM EST
	Best concert intro ever.

No Picture Nick Average	#5 by Nick L at Jan 26, 1991 at 5:28 AM EST
	Again, song meaning, rather obvious. This is another song that deals a crushing blow, there's just not really much to say except for DAYUM!!!! Fuckin' awesome!!!!!

No Picture Nicky Rhythm Player	#6 by Nicky Ramone at Nov 25, 1991 at 6:23 PM EST
	Similar theme to "Fight Fire with Fire", It's about the end of the world caused by nuclear war. It's about how humans will cause the end of the world if we don't better ourselves.

No Picture jeremie Wanna Be	#7 by jeremie legault at Jul 5, 1993 at 10:25 PM EST
	well, nuclear war seems to be one common interpretation of the song. however, there is also a second one. And thats the human race is slowly killing the planet with pollution, war, etc. The line "Never Seen Before, Breathing Nevermore" is about species that have gone instinct before we even noticed that they were there. Hence also the line "see our mother die" as in mother nature. and the words "planet dies" as in nature dies. just another interpretation of a kickass song

No Picture John Rhythm Player	#8 by John McElyea at Feb 3, 2000 at 8:27 PM EST
	One of my all-time favourite songs by any band, however one line continues to stump me, "To begin whipping dance of the dead." Does anyone know what the hell this particular line refers to?

No Picture Tom Average	#9 by Tom Someguy at Feb 26, 2005 at 11:04 AM EST
	I agree with king nothing. By the way, nice comments of SOAD also. I believe this song is inspired by the 50's and 60's when the cold war took place.

No Picture ... Badass	#10 by ... ... at Oct 5, 2006 at 5:14 PM EST
	ALLRIGHT! This song fucking ownz. I love the intro to the song, along with it's actual meaning.....which is touched upon in earlier posts...but never thouroughly explained...so here goes. The above posts talk about nuclear winter, apocalypse, and humans killing the Earth....who is right? The Answer: All of you. There is obvious evidence that points to thermonuclear weapons: 'Blackened is the end Winter will it send... ...Fire' If anyone was ever a Nuclear weapons afficianado like I am, and if you have seen pictures of nuclear devastation, you will notice that human bodies are litterally charred 'blackened' due to the intense heat of a nuclear blast. Considering that the heat generated but a nuclear bomb compared to the surface temperature of the sun is greater by a factor of 100, blackened indeed is the end.' If you are familiar with the apocalyptic book 'Alas, Babylon', then the statement of an apocalypse caused directly by nuclear war is correct. Lastly, humans, by using nuclear weapons will indeed kill the earth and all carbon based life. Nuclear Fallout or Black Rain will saturate the atmosphere with deadly radiation. Other radioactive constituents would promote genetic mutation NOT on a natural level 'Evolutions end...Never will it mend'. The amount of particles in the air would most likely be in a great enough concentration to severely limit the heating effects of the sun, thus initiating nuclear winter. The desolation would kill virtually all life. Needless to say....a song that perhaps may not be far from the truth.. considering how things are going right now.. Population lay to waste....an excellent verse. SO....we have nukes causing much apocalyptic havoc, which thus hitherfore kill the earth...which is already dying anyways. Good job human race, for being big dum-dums...

No Picture J Wanna Be	#11 by J kennedy at Jan 12, 2007 at 11:50 PM EST
	2 the ppl above like way up there @ the top, metallica is duz bass most of there songs on war look @ "one" and like lost of other songs