Metallica - Fade To Black Acoustic Version Chords & Tabs

FADE TO BLACK
(acoustic)
by: METALLICA

tabbed by: -Brian-

symbols used:
\= slide up
/= slide down
h= hammer on
~= let ring
*= tremolo picking

This bass tab is based on Metallica's acoustic version of Fade to Black.  This bass tab is almost similar to the album version except for the slight variations and the different tuning.  The bass in this version of the song is tuned one whole step down.

Tuning:
whole step down
(D, G, C, F)


Fig 1.
 ----------
 ----------
 --2--2----
 ----------

Fig 2.
 -------------------------
 -------------------------
 --------------------7--7-
 --1--1--4--4--7--7-------

Fig 3.
 ----------------------------
 ----------------------------
 --0--0\-15--0\-10-----------
 -------------------12/-0--0-

Fig 4.
 ------------------------------
 ------------------------------
 --0--2--3--3\-10--10/-7-------
 -------------------------0--0-

Fig 5. 
 ------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------
 --0--0--0--2--3--3--3--2--0--------------0h2--0-
 -----------------------------3--3--0--0---------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metallica/fade_to_black_acoustic_version_btab.html ]
Fig 6.
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------5--3--3--3--3-------5--------------------
 --5--5--5--0h3-----------------0h3-----5--5\12-12--8--7--

 -----------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------5--3--3--3--3-------5----------------------
 --5--5--5--0h3-----------------0h3-----5--5--3--2--0--0--0-

Fig 7.
 -------------*4*2*0---
 --2~---------------*4-
 ----------------------
 ----------------------

Fig 8.                             
 ---------------------------------*4*2*0---
 --0h2--2--2--0h2\-5--4--0--0--0--------*4-
 ------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------

Fig 9.
 -----------------------------------------*4*2*0---
 --0h2-2-2-2--0h2-2-2\-5--4-4-4--0--0--0--------*4-
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------

Fig 10.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 --2-2-2-2-5-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-5-4-2-0---------5-4-2-0-0-0-0-5-4-2-0-
 ----------------------------------3-3-3-3-----------------------

Here is the song progression:
Fig 1.= 4x
Fig 2.= 1x
Fig 3.= 1x
Fig 4.= 1x
Fig 5.= 6x
Fig 6.= 2x
Fig 5.= 6x
Fig 6.= 2x
Fig 7.= 1x
Fig 8.= 6x
Fig 9.= 2x
Fig 10.= Till fade.