Rockschool Grade Pieces Metallica ‘The Unforgiven’ Metallica | The Unforgiven SONG TITLE: THE UNFORGIVEN ALBUM: METALLICA 69 LABEL: ELEKTRA q = A5 GENRE: HEAVY METAL WRITTEN BY: JAMES HETFIELD, KIRK HAMMET AND 4 &4 w w LARS ULRICH w w GUITAR: JAMES HETFIELD AND w w KIRK HAMMET T 2 2 PRODUCER: BOB ROCK, A 2 2 0 0 JAMES HETFIELD AND B LARS ULRICH UK PEAK CHART: 15 ‘The Unforgiven’ is featured in Metallica’s fifth & w w album, Metallica startedw to explore influences other than metal in their w , also known as The Black Album, released in 1991. The song is a power ballad. Its lyrics compositions.w Their sound remained powerful and w are about the struggle of an individual trying to fight T direct and their live shows became hugely popular. the efforts of those who want to subjugate him. The Metallica2 are a stadium phenomenon worldwide. 2 song has been followed by two other versions dealing AThey2 have received nine Grammy awards to date. 2 0 0 with the same theme but different musical content. B The horn intro is played in reverse and it is taken [3] from the classic western The Unforgiven. The Black Album is regarded as a classic in the Am metal genre and it cemented Metallica’s reputation, and launched the band into a stadium career. ‘The Unforgiven’ was covered by Vernon Reid, Frankie œ œ œ œ Banali and Tony Franklin. & Œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ. Metallica are, arguably, heavy metal’s biggest band. Their brand of thrash metal and heavy rock is highly T 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 acclaimed and hugely popular the world over. The 2 2 2 2 band formed in 1981 and has released nine albums to A date. Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll B Hall of Fame in 2009. Their early releases contained many fast tempos and long instrumental passages [5] underpinned by a precise delivery of complex rhythms and syncopation. This approach, as well as their lyrical approach, was changed when producer Bob Rock started working with the band in 1990. Their songs and lyrics became more streamlined and œ œ œ œ available to a wider audience as a result. Metallica also & Œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ. Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 T 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 A 2 7 2 2 2 B [7] C G Em Œ œ œ. œ & œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ T 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 A 2 B [9] Am C G E G œ. œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ nœ œ œ 0 0 0 T 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 A 2 2 1 0 2 B [11] The Unforgiven Metallica Arranged by Carl Orr 69 q = A5 &4 w w w w T 2 2 A 2 2 B 0 0 & w w w w T 2 2 A 2 2 B 0 0 [3] Am & Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ. T 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 A 2 2 2 2 B [5] & Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ. T 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 A 2 2 2 2 B [7] C G Em œ œ. œ & Œ œ œ ≈ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ T 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 A 2 B [9] Am C G E G œ. œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ nœ œ œ 0 0 0 T 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 A 2 2 1 0 2 Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Grade Guitar Acoustic B [11] Words & Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett 8 © Copyright 1991 Creeping Death Music, USA. Universal Music Publishing Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Am & w w T A 2 B [13] Am Em D Am œ œ #œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ. J œ ˙ 3 3 2 2 T 3 1 0 1 1 1 A 0 B [15] Am Em D œ œ #œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ. J 42 œ 4 3 3 2 2 T 3 1 0 1 1 A 0 B [17] Am C G5 4 œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ &4 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ 0 T 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 A 2 0 3 B 3 [19] Am C G5 œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ 0 3 0 T 1 3 1 3 0 0 A 0 3 B 3 [21] E Am w w & #w w w w w0 0 T 0 1 1 2 A 2 2 2 0 B 0 1 Grade Guitar Acoustic [23] 9.