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FOR HOMHE ELLOLLSET LLIC
WORDSAND MUSICBYJamesHetfield,LarsUlrich and Cliff Burton TRANSCRIBED YJeff Jacobson nd SteveGorenberg
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FOR HOMHE ELLOLLSET LLIC
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FOR HOMHE ELLOLLS
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