Nothing Else Matters by Metallica | Lyrics with Guitar Chords

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica was released in 1992 as a single. James Hetfield never intended it to be a Metallica song, and Kirk Hammett didn’t even play on the studio recording of the song. The orchestral arrangements were written by Michael Kamen, who would go on to help the band produce the live album S&M.

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Key of the Song:

The key of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica is E minor.

Guitar Chords for Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

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Nothing Else Matters by Metallica – Lyrics with Chords

[Intro]
(all 6/8 except for the one short bar which is 3/8)
| Em    |   %   |   %   |   %   |
| Em    |   %   | Em |
 
| Am    |   %   | C     | D     |
| Em    |   %   |   %   |   %   |
 
| Em    | D  C  |
| Em    | D  C  |
| Em    | D  C  | G  B7 |
| Em    |   %   |
 
[Verse]
Em                    D     C
   So close no matter how far
Em                       D          C
   Couldn't be much more from the heart
Em                  D       C
   Forever trusting who we are
G      B7           Em
   and nothing else matters
 
Em                D          C
   Never opened myself this way
Em                          D     C
   Life is ours, we live it our way
Em                         D      C
   All these words I don't just say
G      B7           Em
   and nothing else matters
 
Em                    D         C
   Trust I seek and I find in you
Em                  D           C
   Every day for us something new
Em                 D           C
   Open mind for a different view
G      B7           Em      C  A
   and nothing else matters
 
[Chorus]
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they do
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they know
D       Em
  But I know
 
[Verse]
Em                    D     C
   So close no matter how far
Em                       D          C
   Couldn't be much more from the heart
Em                  D       C
   Forever trusting who we are
G      B7           Em      C  A
   and nothing else matters
 
[Chorus]
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they do
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they know
D       Em
  But I know
 
[Instrumental]
| Em    |   %   | Am    |   %   |
| C     | D     | Em    |   %   |
 
| Em    |   %   | Am    |   %   |
| C     | D     | Em    |   %   |
 
[Verse]
Em                D          C
   Never opened myself this way
Em                          D     C
   Life is ours, we live it our way
Em                         D      C
   All these words I don't just say
G      B7           Em
   and nothing else matters
 
Em                    D         C
   Trust I seek and I find in you
Em                  D           C
   Every day for us something new
Em                 D           C
   Open mind for a different view
G      B7           Em     C   A
   and nothing else matter-ers
 
[Chorus]
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they say
D                            C  A
  Never cared for games they play
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they do
D                           C  A
  Never cared for what they know
D       Em
  And I know
 
[Solo]
| Em    | D  C  |
| Em    | D  C  |
| Em    | D  C  | G  B7 |
| Em    |   %   |   %   |   %   |
 
[Verse]
Em                    D     C
   So close no matter how far
Em                       D          C
   Couldn't be much more from the heart
Em                  D       C
   Forever trusting who we are
G      B7           Em
   No, nothing else matters
 
[Outro]
(6/8 except short 3/8 bar)
| Em    |   %   | Em | Em    |   %   | x3
| Em    |   %   | Em |
(fade out)

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