Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "For Whom The Bell Tolls" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn For Whom The Bell Tolls Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Metallica

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "For Whom The Bell Tolls" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em
Make his fight on the hill in the early day
G
Constant chill deep inside
Em
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey
G                           C                A
On they fight, for they're right, yes, but who's to say?
Em
For a hill, men would kill, why? They do not know
G
Stiffened wounds test their pride
Em
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow
G                     C              A
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know

Chorus:
E G E A E G    A#   F#
          For whom the bell tolls
E G E A E G A# F#   F
              Time marches on
E G E A E G    A#   F#
          For whom the bell tolls

Take a look to the sky just before you die
It's the last time you will
Blackened roar, massive roar fills the crumbling sky
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry
Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery
Hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "For Whom The Bell Tolls" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Metallica.