Metallica - The Unforgiven II FULL Guitar Cover

Tuning is Eb Standard
Well, this is it guys...
One of the most asked for video on youtube, played on a normal electric guitar with no B-Bender. This song has been looming over my head for a very long time and I have tried multiple times to cover it, but that B-Bender is always in the way of me finishing it. So I tried again, but this time doing it a bit more creatively.
This song is so underrated that even Metallica themselves don't play it live. The only two times this happened was almost a decade apart from each other. I had to try and cover this as best I could, even if that meant that I had to improvise on the bending parts.
Lots of videos show an alternative way of playing the main clean riff, but I wanted to try and play it as close as possible to the original recording.
So, this is me, doing my best at one of the most beautiful songs written by the best band in the world...
Btw, notice how the first Unforgiven has a distorted verse part and a clean chorus part, where this one is just the opposite. Pretty clever I think.
Hope You Guys Enjoy This One
Cheers
\m/
#metallicacovers #theunforgiven2 #guitarcovers #

[@adrianpinder9897]

best cover you can find in the internet of unforgiven 2 is this 1, thank you

[@dreamendoza]

true. cant ever stop listening

[@ezramotz1995]

adrian pinder 100%

[@user-tf2lk4kt4s]

Согласен!

[@6oLsh0i6o0z3]

How the heck James playing these while singing? Fudge man, he's really good rhythm guitar player.

[@DOWNPOUR_]

best in metal 🤟🏼. although this song is fairy easy to play. there are parts that are difficult but with a little practice it’s easy to master

[@colton8143]

Watch your language partner!

[@rafsanjanyahmad1876]

well man,james is not good.he is God of rhythm guitar..

[@prometheustv6558]

Well if you never play it live you don’t have to sing while playing

[@arieffriedman4990]

This one is easy...bleeding me, thats hell of focus singing while playing that riff

[@sharperhawkeye5556]

I really like 2:41 to 3:30 it has these melodic dark vibes and get a little warmer and boom hits with that powerful riff.

[@stdarine]

++, favorite part :)

[@georgstecher4481]

The what i've felt, what i've known Part is delicious

[@akashmr007]

Lay beside me and tell me what they've done And speak the words I wanna hear to make my demons run The door is locked now but it's open if you're true If you can understand the me then I can understand the you Lay beside me, under wicked sky Through black of day, dark of night, we share this, paralyzed The door cracks open but there's no sun shining through Black heart scarring darker still but there's no sun shining through No there's no sun shining through, no there's no sun shining What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known Sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you Or are you unforgiven too? Come lay beside me, this won't hurt I swear She loves me not, she loves me still but she'll never love again She lay beside me but she'll be there when I'm gone Black hearts scarring darker still, yes she'll be there when I'm gone Yes she'll be there when I'm gone, dead sure she'll be there? What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known Sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you Or are you unforgiven too? Lay beside me, tell me what I've done The door is closed so are your eyes But now I see the sun, now I see the sun Yes now I see it What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known So sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits The one who waits for you Oh, what I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? (so I dub thee unforgiven) Oh, what I've felt Oh, what I've known I'll take this key and I'll bury it in you Because you're unforgiven too Never free, never me 'Cause you're unforgiven too, oh

[@thiago_akhe]

I did a little trick. In the chorus, the second chord 0-2-5-0, you also can do 0-2-X-0. The sound will be a liiiiiiiittle more open but it will be 99% identical.

[@mvgaming1108]

For not having B-bender guitar you did amazing my guy, keep it up

[@SkinNBonez-yz2dk]

Bro your B string bends gave me an eargasm

[@XleperXmessiahX]

Out of the years I’ve been watching, I still can’t believe there aren’t way more subs. This Channel has solid guitar videos

[@louisianaball]

That third verse is amazing. One of Metallica’s best musical moments, ever. Even James agrees ;)

[@douglas1982b]

Which part ? What time does it start?

[@skyenorwood3120]

My fav ever metallica song 🤘🏼

[@mrdfk9410]

My guy, you need more views, loving the effort! Keep it up!

[@IcedDemon666]

Amazing! First cover I've seen with the chorus played the correct way.

[@Somssj2]

Amazingly played man! Captured the full essence of the song. ❤️❤️🤘🤘

[@wagnerlucas8068]

This is the best cover that i hear of The Unforgiven 2. Nice!

[@nicobillis7223]

This was amazing, good job, sounded amazing too

[@malikibrahim4694]

So smooth

[@manus.208]

Great Cover man 👍👏! The best on KZbin! And Finally someone doing the Guitar Part Right and Sound correctly 👌🤘

[@shooterhno6211]

The was an awesome cover, loved it.

[@capitansolo6654]

Ваши каверы,просто огонь!!!

[@brockgunther3613]

That was amazing!

[@jameshetfield4037]

great tuning. great tone.

[@midelio]

que maestro. gracias.

[@felipecontreras3871]

Masterpiece

[@kuvet_]

I wanted to do same cover, but only in two guitars, as on live performances :) Awesome!!!

[@AnthraXFPS]

Awesome work dude

[@PedroRodriguesGuitarChannel]

How many guitars did you record? Excellent guitar cover! Metallica has great songs, make more covers of them.

[@FPGC]

Too many. LOL think I recorded 7/8 different guitars doing different things in this video. Metallica likes to fill the empty spaces with more subtle guitar stuff and I like finding them all and showing them in my videos.

[@melihaslan9509]

AMAZING!!

[@bobbyundercover4905]

Awesome cover

[@AntonioRockGP]

Nicely done man!

[@XleperXmessiahX]

I would love to see an instructional/tab video on how to play the chorus part. “What I’ve felt, what I’ve done”

[@songhye742]

One of my fav. Song of Metallica 🤘

[@hughesyplays]

Ill take my time on this one since I don't read tabs! Jus gona have to follow the groove and ad my vibe. Awesome video!!

[@isashadowsisashadows]

BEST COVER

[@VlaDuZa]

Excellent cover, really the best out there. And you did it without having a b bender.

[@melihaslan9509]

Amazing video... continue with this

[@free_thinker4958]

Masterpiece 💯🖤👏

[@ThePickingPythagorean]

Awesome cover. Impressive. And I love that Jackson.

[@CR-oo3cm]

Amazing Job man. I think the only thing that anyone could do better than this is playing the clean riff on a B-Bender Tele, but other than that...This is perfect!

[@amyn227]

Without b bender guitar, u rockin it! great job

[@MGM261]

Truly amazing. I've got unforgiven Part 1 and Part 3 on my set list. I need to add part 2 still...

[@henri.stach1208]

Dude that sounds better than actual metallica, respect

[@agustinnogues6779]

Epic!!!

[@baberahamlincoln3095]

Played it better than Metallica themselves in 98’ that’s for sure

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

How’s that? They play and sing. He’s only playing.

[@mrowch9640]

@@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures he's talking about when they played this at an award show and Kirk was really out of tune

[@michellina1987]

amazing!

[@amirhosseinheydarnejad]

great solo❤

[@batboyboy]

love it!

[@SteinG]

very nice job man! great tone and lovely guitar :) (i'm a sucker for white and black ^^ ) Keep it up! \m/

[@romanbugaev215]

Yes this very exxellent !!! i have plaing this all rigth! zaebis

[@pembalama8224]

Epic!!

[@Rumahinspirative]

awesome

[@davemichael5203]

Thanks

[@maurovvi]

Great!

[@juliocdbrito]

One more subscriber!!!! Great video...

[@TWISTEDisME]

The fact you're playing without a B bender like Hetfield used is more impressive than anything.

[@keinedymestredamagia3191]

Amo o Metallica Parabéns meu amigo, o melhor cover que já ouvi de ter unforgiven 2 Excelente ao extremo

[@albertinaoliveira4658]

Total razão! Esse homem fez um cover muito bom.... Very good Respect From Brazil

[@aparicio161095]

YOU ARE A GOD

[@emirpehlivanoglu6035]

GOAT \m/

[@albertinaoliveira4658]

RESPECT FROM BRAZIL AMAZING COVER I SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH

[@maxsuelandrade8201]

Hello ..sorry for bad English

[@landune3673]

hi sorry for bad english!

[@julianvigil2359]

@@landune3673 😂😂

[@OscarGomez-jz8ue]

Very Nice :)

[@ultimatezaro]

i want wonders at your feet cover plzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@panayiotisantoniou5095]

great cover sir! even without B-bender you went for bending instead sliding and that's great! Any advice for the bending part?? :)

i want to sing over this too... Very fucking well done!!!

[@FPGC]

No problem at all

[@mesutcu7650]

👍👍👍

[@harsh1822]

Underrated song from metallica

[@notcoolsuicide1599]

hi can i make videoke outa this? me and my friends want to sing this every drinking session LOL.

[@FPGC]

Sure thing, Go ahead.

[@kingnothing2161]

Do you have the drum track that you used? I've been interested in doing a cover for a long time, my favorite Metallica song!

[@kristianmalinovic50]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎸

[@Corifu22]

Please tell me the effects you used

[@ghostchuggers4398]

nice, didnt even need the b-bender

[@jimmywim]

Just a shredded ring finger I bet!

[@user-xx1gq2lz3d]

У вас лучшие каверы!!!! Я их как караоке смотрю и пою))))

[@Tomanista]

What I've known....

[@dovxrq1279]

amazing and inspiring job man well done , may i ask where did u get the backing track for the solo

[@FPGC]

Thank you. All my covers are created by myself which includes the backing tracks.

[@TheCrispySock]

What type of strings do you have to be bending them so easily? If anyone can help I’d appreciate it:) Ps for not having a b bender bro hats off to you! Amazing guitar play brother!

[@athenacalathea4435]

Just noticed that this song has the same chord progression as Fade to Black. Only a half step down

[@blackrose-je1lq]

I like the sound of finger picking.

[@frogtastic1000]

Great cover, would work as an instrumental imo.

[@davecervantes6210]

very nice, you have the tabs?

[@beaveittoleaver2327]

The studio version is played on a b-bender...

[@uraivan1976]

!!!!!!

[@user-ec6rv9sq7k]

respect from Russia

[@phantumgrey]

Nice job. Do you happen to have tabs? I came up with something close but it looks like you play slightly different as in I slide from B (third fret) to 5th then hammer on. I can’t get the bends right though

[@FPGC]

phantumgrey I don't have tabs at all. Figuring out those bends and getting them as close as possible to the right pitch was a nightmare to do, especially considering that James play variations of them throughout the song. . But if you use lighter gauge strings, like 9's, those bends become very easy. Alternatively, the slide from 3 to 5 will work just fine. You're just limited playing without the variations though.

[@phantumgrey]

@@FPGC see ive been doing the hammer ons in a way to "fake it" without a B bender.

[@hitbloodman]

please put some tabs, I just can't find proper tabs for this song and you're the closest I heard without the b bender.

[@vcl1339]

@@oyc7946 Even that one was wrong, since the chorus was played like this: A-0 D-2 G-2 B-3/1/0 I changed it after seeing james it play live It does sound kinda weird, but when you play it, it just sounds on point

[@ceeph36]

Nice try on James' country lick but it doesn't sound the same without the tele and the B bender. over all though awesome cover of a great song.

[@derekcarter3470]

I just learned this song and I can't figure why everyone feels like its impossible to make those bends at the 3rd fret, I do it on acoustic as well ( i know minds blown right? 🤯) wth is a bender anyway? Are we referring to a tremolo bar? Honestly the most difficult part of this song for me was the chorus riff it was just awkward the order of the inverted chords. Any way good job covering the song bro. I've found the best tabs at Songster for those of you looking for tabs.

[@TheHelix123]

Can you post a link I want to relearn the song.

[@derekcarter3470]

@@TheHelix123 Unfortunately my phone is busted but just search Songster Unforgiven 2. There is one that has James part transcribed and one with Kurt, they are labeled so and together you can get all the guitar parts and they are accurate.

[@TheHelix123]

@@derekcarter3470 I'll learn the James part. I can't solo to save my life.

[@derekcarter3470]

@@TheHelix123 Well one of the main rhythm parts is listed on Kirk's but no Jame's I think it's two different riffs both of them with distortion and honestly that lead is a good one to start with because it's just a bluesy relatively simple deal, you would be surprised. Goodluck bro, kill it!!🤘

[@TheHelix123]

@@derekcarter3470 thanks dude 🙏

[@JasonSmith-uo7br]

Says the video is private

[@FPGC]

Its marked for public. please check again.

[@JasonSmith-uo7br]

@@FPGC thanks. All good now

[@ghengisdong6714]

Tabs?

[@ansarizishan9164]

Dont mind me 2:40

[@Lucas_1208]

There are certain times that look like guns and roses

[@whatsup02]

If Metallica are playing at a concert and ask an audience member to come on stage to play guitar, only Franscois is worthy. Imagine playing this whole song without using a B bender. Ouch.

[@templarioaph]

any chance you're ever recording Unforgiven 3?

[@FPGC]

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[@izzhy6818]

Orang Indonesia Like :)

[@c_tyz3nn]

can you share tab? i wanna play this very much :D if you can, pls reply on here!!

[@FPGC]

Sorry I don't have any tabs made for this cover.

[@c_tyz3nn]

@@FPGC oh.. thanks for your reply

[@garbybaggy559]

This is not a cover. It's Metallica disguising as cover. :)

[@stevenaustin4591]

E MINOR!!!! NOT MAJOR!!!!

[@Alex_Short]

so boring without vocals

[@OrlovIV]

Lay beside me and tell me what they've done And speak the words I wanna hear to make my demons run The door is locked now but it's open if you're true If you can understand the me then I can understand the you Lay beside me, under wicked sky Through black of day, dark of night, we share this, paralyzed The door cracks open but there's no sun shining through Black heart scarring darker still but there's no sun shining through No there's no sun shining through, no there's no sun shining What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known Sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you Or are you unforgiven too? Come lay beside me, this won't hurt I swear She loves me not, she loves me still but she'll never love again She lay beside me but she'll be there when I'm gone Black hearts scarring darker still, yes she'll be there when I'm gone Yes she'll be there when I'm gone, dead sure she'll be there? What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known Sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits for you Or are you unforgiven too? Lay beside me, tell me what I've done The door is closed so are your eyes But now I see the sun, now I see the sun Yes now I see it What I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you Yeah, what I've felt, what I've known So sick and tired, I stand alone Could you be there 'Cause I'm the one who waits The one who waits for you Oh, what I've felt, what I've known Turn the pages, turn the stone Behind the door, should I open it for you? (so I dub thee unforgiven) Oh, what I've felt Oh, what I've known I'll take this key and I'll bury it in you Because you're unforgiven too Never free, never me 'Cause you're unforgiven too, oh oh