The Unforgiven by Metallica

Metallica

Chords

Intro

Am

Am C G Em

Am C G E Am

Verse 1

Am                   Em

New blood joins this earth

    D                Am

And quickly heʼs sub-dued.

        Am               Em

Through constant pain disgrace

    D                      Am

The young boy learns their rules.

     Am                   Em

With time the child draws in

     D                 Am

This whipping boy done wrong.

  Am                Em

Deprived of all his thoughts

    D                   Am

The young man struggles on and on, heʼs known

      C        G

A vow unto his own

    Am

That never from this day

   C                  G Em

His will theyʼll take away


Chorus

Am        C               G

What Iʼve felt, what Iʼve known

      Em                          Am

Never shined through in what Iʼve shown.

      C         G

Never be. Never see.

      E                   Am

Wonʼt see what might have been.

          C               G

What Iʼve felt, what Iʼve known

      Em                          Am

Never shined through in what Iʼve shown.

      C           G

Never free. Never me.

    E            Am

So I dub the unforgiven.


Verse 2

     Am             Em They dedicate their lives

   D              Am

To running all of his

   Am                   Em

He tries to please them all

     D             Am

This bitter man he is

     Am                 Em

Throughout the life the same

     D               Am

Heʼs battled constantly

     Am              Em

This fight he cannot win.

  D              Am

A tired man they see no longer cares.

    C            G

The old man then prepares

   Am

To die regretfully

     C               G Em

That old man here is me.


Chorus

Am        C               G

What Iʼve felt, what Iʼve known

      Em                          Am

Never shined through in what Iʼve shown.

      C         G

Never be. Never see.

      E                   Am

Wonʼt see what might have been.

          C               G

What Iʼve felt, what Iʼve known

      Em                          Am

Never shined through in what Iʼve shown.

      C           G

Never free. Never me.

    E            Am

So I dub the unforgiven.


Fingerstyle adaptation