New blood joins this earth and quickly he's subdued
Thruogh constant painted disgrace the young boy learns their rules

With time the child draws in this whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts, the young man struggles on and on he's known
A vow unto his own that never this day, his will they'll take away

Chorus: What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown
Never be, never see, won't see what might have been
What I've felt, what I've known, never shined through in what I've shown
Never free, never me, so I dub thee unforgiven




They dedicated their lives to running all of his
He tries to please them all, this better 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 then prepares to die regretfully that old man here is me

Chorus: What I've felt...

You labeled me, I'll label you, so I dub the unforgiven





The Unforgiven Tab by Metallica, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Learn to play "The Unforgiven" with online video lessons
The Unforgiven
written by Hetfield, Ulrich & Hammett
Off the album "Metallica"
tab by Kristian Klock

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-----|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|

1:NA5ew blood joiC5ns thiE5s earth, Eand D5quickly he's subdA5ued.
2:They dedicate their......

TAhroA5ugh constant paC5in disgrE5ace, the younEg bD5oy learns their ruA5les.

WAithA5 time, the chilC5d draE5ws inE thD5is whipping boy dA5one wrong.

A   A5            C5   E5         E   D5               A5rythm 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             end rG5ythm figuE5re 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--.||
|------------------------------.||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||