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Hardwired
Metallica
Produced By Greg Fidelman
Album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
Standard Tuning
No Capo
[INTRO]
E Bb E Bb E Bb E Bb A E A E
[Verse 1]
E
In the name of desperation
E
In the name of wretched pain
E
In the name of all creation
A
Gone insane
[Chorus]
A               Bb
We're so fucked
A               Bb
Shit outta luck
A            C
Hardwired to self-destruct
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A E
[Verse 2]
E
On the way to paranoia
E
On the crooked borderline
E
On the way to great destroyer
A
Doom design
[Chorus]
A              Bb
We're so fucked
A              Bb
Shit outta luck
A                         E
Hardwired to self-destruct
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A E Bb E A E Bb E Gm E A E
[Verse 3]
E
Once upon a planet burning
E
Once upon a flame
E
Once upon a fear returning
E
All in vain
E
Do you feel that hope is fading?
       C
Do you comprehend?
E
Do you feel it terminating?
E      A   Gm E A Bb
In the end
[Chorus]
A              Bb
We're so fucked
A              Bb
Shit outta luck
A            C             E
Hardwired to self-destruct 
E            Bb            E
Hardwired to self-destruct
E
Self-destruct
E
Self-destruct
E
Self-destruct
[OUTRO] 
 AEAE
     ....

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Hardwired
Metallica
Produced By Greg Fidelman
Album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
Standard Tuning
No Capo
[INTRO]
E Bb E Bb E Bb E Bb A E A E
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A E
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A E Bb E A E Bb E Gm E A E
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[OUTRO] 
 A E A E ....

Hardwired Chords by Metallica

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