beware of darkness
by balzac
tabbed by mike cortez
this the song that made this band a freakin' legend in my book...
i try to make this as easy as i can...this is how i play this song..listen well..
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A strum chord once
A~ rest
A_ strum chord with up and down strokes, listen to the song to get the rhythm
A* play chord one octave higher e.g: (0-2-2-x) --> (x-7-5-5)
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Bar = tremolo Bar action
15b17 = bend 2 steps
15b = bend
(15b) = hit after prebend or previous bend and hold
15b17===17==17 = holdbend and hit
13h14p13 = hammer on/pull off
~~ = hold note
15t= tremolo picking
15v = vibrato
intro:(fast)......then this the part where the bassist is screaming his head off..e:---------------|----------------------------------------|b:---------------|----------------------------------------|g:-------5-------|--------------------55555---------------|d:-3-0-3-5-5-7---|-777777-33333-55555-55555-99999--77777--|a:-3-0-3-3-5-7---|-777777-33333-55555-33333-99999--77777--|E:-1-0-1---3-5---|-555555-11111-33333-------77777--55555--|
e:------------------------|b:------------------------|g:------------------------|d:-77777-3333-5:-5:-7~----| |7|a:-77777-3333-5:-5:-7~----| |7|E:-55555-1111-3:-3:-5~----|after the|5|chord the solo kicks in..listen..
solo:(play the intro while the solo is in motion..)e:---------------------------------------12p15p12-12h14-12--12--------------b:-15b17~~-13h15-------------12h14h15-15b---------------15--15-14-12-14b-12|g:---------------15v~---14h15-----------------------------------------------d:--------------------------------------------------------------------------a:--------------------------------------------------------------------------E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(still the solo runs on and on and on....)e:-----------------------------------|b:-14-12-----------------------------|g:-------15-14-12h14-12h14-12h14b~~~-|d:-----------------------------------|a:-----------------------------------|E:-----------------------------------|
still the solo:here there should be tremplo picking on just about everythinge:--------------------------------12—15~-16~-15-14-12---------------------|b:-------15-17b-(17b)-(17b)-(17b)---------------------15-14-12------------|g:-15s17-------------------------------------------------------15-14-12v~-|d:------------------------------------------------------------------------|a:------------------------------------------------------------------------|E:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
solo:still going....:this just the intro solo..the real one is longer..e:----15-17-17br-17v-15-17-20-19-17-15-17-15-----------------------------|b:-/17----------------------------------------18-17-15h17-15h17-15-17bv~-|g:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|d:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|a:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
do this 6 times( tremplo picking)e:----| |---------|b:-/17|and|-19br--17|g:----| |---------|
and finally cut off with..e:------|b:-17\1-|g:------|
now that the solo's out of the way.here's the verse and everything else...--------------------------------------------------------------------------after solo play this...(fast)e:--------------------|b:--------------------|g:--555---------------|d:--555-555-777-7:~---|a:--333-555-777-7:~---|E:------333-555-5:~---|go!!
verse:e:----------------------------------------------|b:----------------------------------------------|g:-------------------------555555---------------|d:-7777777-3333333-5555555-555555-999999-777777-|a:-7777777-3333333-5555555-333333-999999-777777-|E:-5555555-1111111-3333333--------777777-555555-|
"close your eyes...........whoa,oh,oh<--(if you know the song then youre'in luck.)e:---------------------------------|b:---------------------------------|g:---------------------------------|d:-7777777-33333333-55555555-5:~-7-|a:-7777777-33333333-55555555-5:~-7-|E:-5555555-11111111-33333333-3:~-5-|(do both these riffs twice)
"i send a prayer out to you..."prechorus:or some other part to the verse..you decide.e:-------------------------|b:-------------------------|g:----7:-55555-------------|d:-7:-7:-55555-99999-77777-|a:-7:-5:-33333-99999-77777-|E:-5:----------77777-55555-|
"oh,oh.......e:-------------------------------------|b:-------------------------------------|g:-77777-------------55555-------------|d:-77777-33333-55555-55555-99999-77777-|a:-55555-33333-55555-33333-99999-77777-|E:-------11111-33333-------77777-55555-|
then this part....e:-------------|b:-------------|g:-7:----------|d:-7:-3:-5:----|a:-5:-3:-5:----|E:----1:-3:----|this goes back to the verse.....
verse2:(same lyrics..remeber!!)e:-------------------------------------------------|b:-------------------------------------------------|g:-------------------------5555555-----------------|d:-7777777-3333333-5555555-5555555-9999999-7777777-|a:-7777777-3333333-5555555-3333333-9999999-7777777-|E:-5555555-1111111-3333333---------7777777-5555555-|
e:----------------------------------|b:----------------------------------|g:----------------------------------|d:-7777777-3333333-5555555-5:~-7:~--|a:-7777777-3333333-5555555-5:~-7:~--|E:-5555555-1111111-3333333-3:~-5:~--|
prechorus or whatever it is..!!e:--------------------------|b:--------------------------|g:----7~--55555-------------|d:-7~-7~--55555-99999-77777-|a:-7~-5~--33333-99999-77777-|E:-5~-----------77777-55555-|
"oh,oh....e:-------------------------------------------|b:-------------------------------------------|g:-777777---------------555555---------------|d:-777777-333333-555555-555555-999999-777777-|a:-555555-333333-555555-333333-999999-777777-|E:--------111111-333333--------777777-555555-|
im not sure how many times you play the D-chord..but play it howevere:-------------|b:-------------|g:-7:~---------|d:-7:~-3:~-5:~-|a:-5:~-3:~-5:~-|E:-----1:~-3:~-|
chorus:finally!!!e:-------------------------|b:-------------------------|g:-55555-99999-------------|d:-55555-99999-77777-99999-|a:-33333-77777-77777-99999-|E:-------------55555-77777-|
e:----------------------|b:----------------------|g:-77777-1111111111-----|d:-77777-1111111111-9:--|a:-55555-9-9-9-9-9--9:--|E:------------------7:--|
then play then intro before kicking into the solo.e:-------------|b:-------------|g:-------5-----|d:-3-0-3-5-5-7-|a:-3-0-3-3-5-7-|E:-1-0-1---3-5-|and then...
repeat the chorus(x2)then end on..e:-------|b:-------|g:-------|d:-5:----|a:-5:----|E:-3:----|there you have it...beware of darkness by Balzac...this took me a week and a half tofinish...i'll be tabbing more of they're songs.later-mike.
