Up In The Dark Chords & Tabs
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Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Together
Song: Up in the Dark
tabber: John Baer (eddiebauerman16@aol.com)
tabbed on 7/13/2010
F#/G: 2x0033
Intro chords/riff(x2)
Guitar 1 (acoustic):
D D D Em Em Em D D D Em Em Em D D D Em Em B B B A
E-x-x-x-x-x---x-|-----|x-x-x-x-x---x-|-------|x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-|
B-3-3-3-0-0---0-|-----|3-3-3-0-0---0-|-------|3-3-3-0-0--0-x-x-x-x-|
G-2-2-2-0-0---0-|-x-x-|2-2-2-0-0---0-|-x-x-x-|2-2-2-0-0--0-4-4-4-2-| (x2)
D-0-0-0-2-2---2-|-x-x-|0-0-0-2-2---2-|-x-x-x-|0-0-0-2-2--2-4-4-4-2-|
A-0-0-0-2-2---2-|-x-x-|0-0-0-2-2---2-|-x-x-x-|0-0-0-2-2--2-2-2-2-0-|
E-x-x-x-0-0---0-|-x-x-|x-x-x-0-0---0-|-x-x-x-|x-x-x-0-0--0-x-x-x-x-|
Guitar 2 (electric and acoustic):
E---------------|-----|--------------|-------|---------------------|
B-------4\5-5---|-----|------4\5-5---|-------|---4\5-5------3-3-2-2|
G-------------4-|-4-4-|------------4-|-4--4--|--------4-4-4--------|(x2)
D---------------|-----|--------------|-------|---------------------|
A---------------|-----|--------------|-------|---------------------|
E---------------|-----|--------------|-------|---------------------|
Verse 1: (0:22)
D Em D
It's no secret why we're here
D Em D
You can't keep it from it
D Em B A
In another moonless minute it's open wide
D Em D
You hide secrets from them
D Em D
You hide secrets but they're spent
D Em B A
All that kept the lights on when the power went
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/new_pornographers/up_in_the_dark_crd.html ]
Chorus 1:
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
D Em
What turns up in the dark
D Em
What turns up in the dark
(Repeat intro riffs x1)
Verse 2: (played same as before)
D Em D
You can't see them in it
D Em D
It gets weaker, watch it go
D Em B A
Wrap yourself around me in the shadow show
D Em D
You hide secrets from them
D Em D
They were the weakest ones we heard
D Em B A
Only when the lights were killed they sang that verse
Chorus 2:
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
D Em
What turns up in the dark
D Em
What turns up in the dark
(Repeat intro riffs under solo x2)
Outro chorus:
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G F#/G
What's love?
G D
But what turns up in the dark?
D Em
What turns up in the dark
D Em
What turns up in the dark
D Em
What turns up in the dark
D Em
What turns up in the dark
Outro: (Repeat intro x1)
End on: A
Cheers, and Buy Mass Romantic, Electric Version, Twin Cinema, Challengers
And TOGETHER!
www.thenewpornographers.com
-John Baer