Track 02 Of 12 · Dark At Noon
Dark At Noon
Track 2 of twelve on Dark At Noon. The words are below, and the full arrangement sits behind the second tab.
The Song
Lyrics
Verse
D5 G5 F5 E5 Eb5Woke up and the sun was blackF5 E5 Eb5Hung up there and it won't come backThe fields lie down, the birds don't singF5 E5 Eb5Cold is coming over everything(Later verses: same changes.)
Pre-Chorus
Bb5 C5Bb5And it burnsAnd it burns
Chorus
Dm C Dm CDm C Bb ADm CBlack sun, black sunDm CShine on what I've doneDm CBlack sun, black sunBb AThere's nowhere left to run
Bridge
Gm Dm Gm AGm Dm Gm AGmOhhh, it's dark at noonDmOhhh, it's coming soonGm AOhhh, it's dark at noon
Written to fit the song rather than transcribed off the recording. Strings run low to high on the staves below.
Legend: h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide up, \ = slide down, x = muted chuck, ~ = let ring, PM = palm mute. Strings top to bottom: e B G D A D (low).
CHORD SHAPES (fret numbers, low D string at bottom)
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F5 E5 D5 G5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 Dm C Bb A Gm
e|--------------------------------------------1-----0-----6-----0-----3-----|
B|--------------------------------------------3-----1-----6-----2-----3-----|
G|--------------------------------------------2-----0-----7-----2-----3-----|
D|-3-----2-----0-----5-----1-----8-----10-----0-----2-----8-----2-----5-----|
A|-3-----2-----0-----5-----1-----8-----10-----0-----3-----8-----0-----5-----|
D|-3-----2-----0-----5-----1-----8-----10-----0-----------8-----------5-----|
[INTRO]
Open D pulse while the toms roll in, then main riff.
e|-----------------|-----------------| x2
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
[MAIN RIFF]
F5 E5
e|-----0-----1-----|-----0-----------| x4
B|-----2-----3-----|-----2-----------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------3---2---|
A|-----------------|---------3---2---|
D|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-0---0-3---2---|
[VERSE]
e|-----------------|-----------------| x4
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-------5-------|-3-------2---1---|
A|-0-------5-------|-3-------2---1---|
D|-0---0-0-5---0-0-|-3---0-0-2---1---|
D5 G5
D5 G5
[PRE-CHORUS]
e|-----------------|---------------------| x2
B|-----------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-8---8---8---8---|-10---10---10---10---|
A|-8---8---8---8---|-10---10---10---10---|
D|-8---8---8---8---|-10---10---10---10---|
D D D D D D D D
C5
[CHORUS]
e|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
B|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
D|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------|
D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U
e|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-6---6-6-6---6-6-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
B|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-6---6-6-6---6-6-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-7---7-7-7---7-7-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
D|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-8---8-8-8---8-8-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-8---8-8-8---8-8-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------|-8---8-8-8---8-8-|-----------------|
D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U D D U
[BRIDGE]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------2---|
G|---------3-------|---------2-------|---------3-------|---------2-------|
D|-----5-----------|-----0-----------|-----5-----------|-----2-----------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
D|-5---------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------2---|
G|---------3-------|---------2-------|---------3-------|---------2-------|
D|-----5-----------|-----0-----------|-----5-----------|-----2-----------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
D|-5---------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
[OUTRO]
Main riff x2 fading, end on D5.
D5
e|-----0-----1-----|-----------------|
B|-----2-----3-----|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|-0---------------|
D|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0---------------|
Keep Going
The Rest Of The Record
Twelve songs in running order. Every title opens its own words.