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The Unforgiven Chords

Music by: Metallica · 1991
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][C][G][Em]
[Am][C][G][E]
[Am][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]New blood joins [Em]this earth
[D]And quickly he's [Am]sub dued
Through constant pained [Em]disgrace
[D]The young boy learns [Am]their rules
With time the child [Em]draws in
[D]This whipping boy [Am]done wrong
Deprived of all [Em]his thoughts
[D]The young man strug[Am]gles
on and on, he's known

[Pre-chorus 1]
Ooh, a [C]vow unto he's [G]own
That [Am]never from this day
His [C]will they'll take a[G]way[E]

[Chorus 1]
[Am]What I've felt[C], what I've know[G]n
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]be, never [G]see
Won't [E]see what might have [Am]been
What I've [C]felt, what I've [G]known
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]free, never [G]me
So I [E]dub thee unforgiven
[Am][Am]

[Verse 2]
They [Am]de dicate t[Em]heir lives
[D]To running all [Am]of his
He tries to please [Em]them all
[D]This bitter man [Am]he is
Throughout his life [Em]the same
[D]He's battled con[Am]stantly
This fight he can[Em]not win
[D]A tired man t[Am]hey
see no longer cares

[Pre-chorus 2]
The [C]old man then pre[G]pares
To [Am]die regretfully
That [C]old man here is [G]me[E]

[Chorus 2]
[Am]What I've felt[C], what I've know[G]n
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]be, never [G]see
Won't [E]see what might have [Am]been
What I've [C]felt, what I've [G]known
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]free, never [G]me
So I [E]dub thee unforgiven

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]
[Am][Am]

[Solo 1]
[Am][Em][D][Am]
[Am][Em][D][Am]
[Am][Em][D][Am]
[Am][Em][D][Am]
[C][G][Am]
[C][G][Em][E]

[Chorus 3]
[Am]What I've felt[C], what I've know[G]n
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]be, never [G]see
Won't [E]see what might have [Am]been
What I've [C]felt, what I've [G]known
Never [Em]shined through in what I've [Am]shown
Never [C]free, never [G]me
So I [E]dub thee unforgiven
[Am][C][G][Em]
[Am][C][G][E]

[Outro 1]
[Am]Never free[C], never me[G]
So I [E]dub thee unforgiven
[Am][C][G][E]
[Am]You labeled me, [C]I'll label you[G]
So I [E]dub thee unforgiven
[Am][C][G][E]
[Repeat and fade]
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