DARKNESS
As recorded by Rage Against The Machine
(From the 1996 Album LIVE AND RARE & the Crow Soundtrack)
Words by Zack de la Rocha
Music by Tom Morello and Tim Commerford
Arranged by Rage Against The Machine
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=88(16=s16)
Esus2
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
W E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E
|------||-----7----7----|-------------------||------||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-||------||-9-----9-------|-------------------||------||---------------|-------------------||------||---------------|-------------------||------||---------------|-------------------|
E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----2-0--2----|--------------------||---2---------2-|-(2)------(2)-(2)/--||-4-------------|--------------------||---------------|--------------------||---------------|--------------------||---------------|--------------------|
E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----7------7----|-------------------||---7-----------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-||-9-----(9)-------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
\1 E E E Q Q E +Q. +E +Q +E +E|-----2-0--2----|-------------------------||---2---------2-|-(2)---(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)/-||-4-------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------------|
E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|-------------------|||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)------(2)-(2)/-|||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
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| Gtr II| <| W W W W|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--4----------------||
Chorus D5E5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5 D5 Gtr II S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S E. S E.||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------0--|||o-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x------x-0--|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-/14\-x-0--|
E5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5
|---6---| |3|
S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------------o|||----------------------------|-------------------/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\--|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------------------o|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------||
Verse Esus2 Gtr I E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|-------------------||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)------(2)-(2)/-||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
\1 E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +Q. +E +Q +E +E|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|-------------------------||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)---(2)-(2)--(2)-(2)/-||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------------|
E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|--------------------|||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)-------(2)-(2)/-|||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
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| Gtr II| <| W W W H. Q|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--4-------/16\------||
Chorus E5D5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5 D5 Gtr II S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S E. S E.||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------0--|||o-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x------x-0--|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-/14\-x-0--|
1.,2.
E5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5
|---6---| |3|
S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------------o|||----------------------------|-------------------/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\--|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------------------o|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------||
3. D5E5 F5E5 D5 F5 F5 |-3-| S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S H|----------------------------|------------------------|||----------------------------|------------------------|||----------------------------|------------------------|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-x----|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-3-3-3----|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------||
Guitar Solo
N.C. N.C.
Gtr II
|--3--|
Wx8 S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S|------------||---------14-15-14----------------------------14-15-||------------||---^-15-----------15-14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15-------||------------||---^(16)-------------------------------------------||------------||---------------------------------------------------||------------||---------------------------------------------------||------------||---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S +e E. Q|-14-15-14-----------------------------||----------15-14-15-17-(17)b20---------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
S Q S S S T T T T T T T T T T E S S S|---17pb19r=17-15-14-15-17-15-14-------------------------------||--------------------------------17-16-15-14-------------------||--------------------------------------------16-15-14-14-15-16-||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S S S S S e Q +S S E a S|----------14-15-17-19-17b19===(17)r=======15-||-14-15-17----------------------------3s15----||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
|--------7--------|
S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T|-17-16-15----------16-15-14----------15-14-13-14-15-14-13----------------------------------15-||----------17-16-15----------16-15-14----------------------15-14-13-------------12-13-14-15----||-------------------------------------------------------------------15-14-13-14----------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+E S S S e e e e e S +E e S e S +E e S E S|-(15)\-5s15-17-17-17-17-17-17-17pb19==|=(17)r17-15-17-17pb19==(17)r17-15-17\---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
2:2| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E|-----------22----22----------22----22----22-22\---|||-----------------------22-------------------------|||-/18-19-19----19----19----19----19----19----------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------||
Out-Chorus D5E5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5 D5 S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S E. S E.||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------0--|||o-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x------x-0--|||--0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-/14\-x-0--|
E5 F5E5 D5 E5 F5E5
|---6---| |3|
S S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. 3x|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------------o|||----------------------------|-------------------/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\--|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-----x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-------------------o|||-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x-14\-x-0--|-0-2-x-x-x-x-3-2-x--------------------||
Outro Esus2 Gtr I E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|-------------------||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)------(2)-(2)\-||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E E E Q Q E +H. +E +E E E E Q Q E +W|-----7----7----|-------------------|-----2-0--2----|--------*||---7---------7-|-(7)------(7)-(7)\-|---2---------2-|-(2)----*||-9-----9-------|-------------------|-4-------------|--------*||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*||---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
