Band: Birds Of Tokyo
Album: Birds Of Tokyo
Song: The Dark Side Of Love (track 3)
Tuning: Standard
Legend: h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
// = glissando
This tab is far from perfect, but close enough. I did not include the rhythms, but you
should be able to figure it out pretty easily.
Piano intro (0:00-0:09)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9--11--9-------------------------9--11--9--------------9------|
|--8--11---------------11--8--------8--11---------------11--8--11-----11--|
|------------------------------11-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 intro (0:00-0:09)
|------------------------------|
|------16----------------------|
|---(sustained through intro)--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
VERSE 1
Gtr 2, clean (0:10-0:31)
|-------------------------------------------|(x2)
|--7-----4------6------4-----7-----6---6----|
|----8------8------8-----8-----8-----8---8--|
|--(x7)---------(x7)--------(x6)------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 continued, add distortion (0:31-0:41)
|---6----------6-----------6-----------6----|
|---7----------6-----------7-----------6----|
|---8----------8-----------8-----------8----|
|-(x16)------(x16)-------(x8)---------(x8)--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 (0:31-0:41)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----11---------11----------------11-11---9-9----7--|
|--8-----------8-----------------8-------8------8----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 (0:41-0:52)
|---6----------6----------6------------6----------|
|---7----------6----------7------------6----(-16--|sustained-)
|---8----------8----------8------------8----------|
|-(x16)------(x16)-------(x8)---------(x8)--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 (0:41-0:52)
|----------------------------------------|
|--7-----4------6------4-----7-----6-----|
|----8------8-----8------8-----8-----8---|
|--(x7)--------(x7)----------(x4)--(x4)--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
PRE CHORUS 1
Gtr 1 (0:53-0:59)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15------13-------15----15-16-15------13----13-13\11-11\9-9\8--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13------11-------13----13-14-13------11----11-11\-9--9\7-7\6--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 (0:53-0:59)
|--7--
|--7--
|--9--
|--9--
|--7--
|--0--
CHORUS 1
Gtr 1 (1:00-1:13)(1st end)(2nd end) (3rd & 4th end) (1:14-1:27)
|------------------------|----- --------------------(x2)----|
|------------------------|----- ----------------------------|
|-----------6------------|--9-- --11-----15-----11-------9--|
|--9---6----6--8-h9-p8---|--9-- ----------------------------|
|--9---6----4----------9-|--7-- ---9-----13------9-------7--|
|--7---4-----------------|----- ----------------------------|
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Gtr 2 (1:00-1:13) (1:14-1:27)
|--------------------------(x2) --------------------------|(x2)
|-------------------------- -----------------------------|
|----------------8------9-- ----------------8------9------|
|--9------6------8------9-- --9------8------8------9------|
|--9------6------6------7-- --9------6------6------7------|
|--7------4---------------- --7------4--------------------|
VERSE 2
Gtr 1 (1:27-1:48)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6------\4------/7------\6-------------------/7-----\6---------|
|----------------------------------4------2--------------------4--|
Gtr 2 (1:27-1:48)
|-------------------------------------|(x2)
|--16//----14-----/17------16-----\9--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 (1:49-2:09) (not sure on this part)
|-----11-11----9-9-----7--------------------------11---------|
|--9---------9-------9------------9--------9--------------9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 (1:49-2:09)
|----7--------6--------7--------6----|(x2)
|----9--------9--------9--------9----|
|----8--------8--------8--------8----|
|--(x16)----(x16)-----(x8)-----(x8)--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
PRE CHORUS 2
Gtr 1 (2:10-2:16)
|--11------9--------12-----11---11/12\11----9-------7--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---8------6---------9------8----8/-9-\8----6-------4--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 (2:10-2:16)
|--0--
|--0--
|--2--
|--2--
|--0--
|-----
CHORUS 2
Gtr 1 (2:17-2:44) (1st end)(2nd end) (3rd & 4th end)
|---------------------------|----- ------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----- ------------------------------|
|-------6--------8-h9-p8----|----- --4----8----4----4----8-------|
|--2----6----6-----------9--|--7-- ---------------------------6--|
|--2----4----6--------------|--7-- --2----6----2----2----6-------|
|--0---------4--------------|--5-- ---------------------------4--|
Gtr 2 (2:17-2:44)
|--------------------|(x4)
|--------------------|
|-------6------------|
|--2----6----6----7--|
|--2----4----6----7--|
|--0---------4----5--|
BRIDGE
Gtr 1 (2:45-2:51)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--8-/9-/11-/13-/15-/16-/20--| trem pick last note
|----------------------------|
|--6-/7-/-9-/11-/13-/14-/18--|
|----------------------------|
Gtr 2 (2:45-2:51)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------------20--| trem pick last note
|--19------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
CHORUS 3
Gtr 1 (2:52-3:33) (x3) (x2)
|---------------------------|----- -----------------------|
|---------------------------|----- -----------------------|
|------------6--------------|--9-- --11-----15-----11---|
|--9----6----6----8-h9-p8---|--9-- -----------------------|
|--9----6----4------------9-|--7-- ---9-----13------9-----|
|--7----4-------------------|----- ---------------------|
Gtr 2 (2:52-3:33)
|--------------------(x4) ----------------------|(x2)
|-------------------- ---------------------|
|------------8----9-- ------------8----9---|
|--9----6----8----9-- --9----8----8----9----|
|--9----6----6----7-- --9----6----6----7---|
|--7----4------------ --7----4-------------|
Both end on 3:34 with:
|--4--
|--4--
|--4--
|--6--
|--6--
|--4--
Thank you for reading, hope this was useful!
