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Darkness l'immoraliste - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim
Email: ax3v1ct1m@gmail.com
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Tuning: EADGBe
From the Axe Victim album, just a basic sketch of the song for you
to interpret.
Intro:
__Csus4__C______________Csus4__C____Bb____Am_______________________
e|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-1-----0-0----------------------|
B|-1-----1-1---------------1---1--|-3-----1-1----------------------|
G|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-3-----2-2----------------------|
D|-3-----2-2---------------3---2--|-3-----2-2----------------------|
A|-3-----3-3---------------3---3--|-1-----0-0----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___G________________________________F______________________________
e|-3-----------------------0---3--|-1------------------------------|
B|-0-----------------------1---0--|-1------------------------------|
G|-0-----------------------2---0--|-2------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------2---0--|-3-------------------------0-2-3-
A|-x-----------------------0---x--|-3-------------------0-1-3------|
E|-3---------------------------3--|-1---------------1-3------------|
__Csus4__C______________Csus4__C____Bb____Am_______________________
e|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-1-----0-0----------------------|
B|-1-----1-1---------------1---1--|-3-----1-1----------------------|
G|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-3-----2-2----------------------|
D|-3-----2-2---------------3---2--|-3-----2-2----------------------|
A|-3-----3-3---------------3---3--|-1-----0-0----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___G________________________________F______________________________
e|-3-----------------------0---3--|-1------------------------------|
B|-0-----------------------1---0--|-1------------------------------|
G|-0-----------------------2---0--|-2------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------2---0--|-3------------------------------|
A|-x-----------------------0---x--|-3------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------3--|-1------------------------------|
Verse: ( strum freely, this is just a rough guide... )
___Csus2___C________________________F/C___________Fadd2/C__________
" Dark - ness, you are my Priestess... "
e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0---0--|-2-------2-----0-0---0---0------|
D|-0-------2-------2-------2-3----|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___Csus2___C________________________F/C_____________Fadd2/C________
" Dark - ness, you are my pride... "
e|-0-------0-----0-0-------0------|-1-------1-------1---1-1-1------|
B|-1-------1-----1-1-------1------|-1-------1-------1---1-1-1------|
G|-0-------0-----0-0-------0---0--|-2-------2-------0---0-0-0------|
D|-0-------2-----2-2-------2-3----|-3-------3-------3---3-3-3------|
A|-3-------3-----3-3-------3------|-3-------3-------3---3-3-3------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Am______________G________________F_______________Dm_____________
" My Knight in shining armour, Disarmer of every tide... that... "
e|-0-------0-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
B|-1-------1-------0-------0------|-1-------1-------3-------3------|
G|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------0-------0------|
A|-0-------0-------x-------x------|-3-------3----------------------|
E|-----------------3-------3------|-1-------1----------------------|
___Am______________G________________F_______________Dm_____________
" swept the beaches clean of starfish, a death-wish to my kind... "
e|-0-------0-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
B|-1-------1-------0-------0------|-1-------1-------3-------3------|
G|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------0-------0------|
A|-0-------0-------x-------x------|-3-------3----------------------|
E|-----------------3-------3------|-1-------1----------------------|
___Em______________F________________G______________________________
" Helpless, heedless, selfish, needless to say, it's no surprise, you're... "
e|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------|
B|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------|
G|-0-------0-------2-------2------|-0---0---0---0---0-------0------|
D|-2-------2-------3-------3------|-0---0---0---0---0-------0------|
A|-2-------2-------3-------3------|-x---x---x---x---x-------x------|
E|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___Csus4___C_______Cadd2___C________G5_____________________________
" with me most every night... you're... "
e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------|
E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
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___Csus4___C_______Cadd2___C________G5_____________________________
" with me most every night... "
e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------|
E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
Instrumental section:
___F#sus4___________________________F#_____________________________
e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
___C#_______________________________Dm_____________________________
e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|
B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0------|
A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F______________________________
e|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
G|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
D|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
E|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1------|
Repeat verse, more or less the same:
Darkness, you are my true love
Darkness, you are my bride
My consummated passion, no fashionable disguise
A sleeping kiss and my demon twin lays dreaming by my side
Screaming, grinning,
Beating pinioned wings against the skies...
___Csus4___C_______Cadd2___C________G5_____________________________
" I sail with you most every night... "
e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------|
E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
___F#sus4___________________________F#_____________________________
" I know the truth, the secrets of a soul, I know, I know, but no-one... "
e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
2
___C#_______________________________Dm_____________________________
" listens no, no-one hears... "
e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|
B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0------|
A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F#sus4___________________________F#_____________________________
"I've seen the light, the poets bright and distant mirror, they are... "
e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
___C#_______________________________F#_____________________________
" searching there I have seen them there, and they are... "
e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|
A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|
E|--------------------------------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
___C#_______________________________F#_____________________________
" searching there for I have travelled there and they are... "
e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|
D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|
A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|
E|--------------------------------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|
___C#_______________________________Bb_____________________________
" searching there for a home... "
e|-1-------1-------1--------------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
B|-2-------2-------2--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|-1-------1-------1--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
D|-3-------3-------3--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------|
A|-4-------4-------4--------------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Bb______________________________________________________________
e|-1-------1-------1--------------|--------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------|
G|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------|
A|-1-------1-------1--------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Words & Music by Bill Nelson
