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-------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|
| 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-------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|
| 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--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/darkness_tab_ver_2.html ]
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
