{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1088998,"song":"Darkness Descends","artist":"Laura Marling","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11241433-darkness-descends-chords-by-laura-marling/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1088998?type=chord","rating":4.08415,"votes":19,"content":"One of her best songs, and there's no tab for it! Thought I had to figure out the chords \r\nat least. This isn't the way she plays it, but it works.\r\n\r\nChords used:\r\n[ch]G[/ch]:                     334553\r\n[ch]D7[/ch] 2nd invertion:      575755\r\n[ch]Bm7[/ch] with b9 variation: 877797\r\n[ch]A7sus4[/ch] 2nd inversion:  030200\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch] 2nd inversion:   002200\r\nNo idea of the name:   000200 (let's call it Em-)[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] 2nd inversion:      020200\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]:                    000220\r\n[ch]D[/ch]:                     232000\r\n\r\nShe picks the chords at the beginnig and then strums softly. You can figure out the \r\npicking, it isn't that difficult, you just have to listen\r\n\r\nLaura Marling - Darkness Descends\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're holding bits of Styrofoam with your face painted on to your friends[/tab]\r\nYou listen to them whine and moan about everything you can't understand\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]-      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nCan I just say I don't fear the light?[/tab]\r\nBut darkness descends once more into my life\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Bm7[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd suddenly we're all alone in silence so I take a step away[/tab]\r\nI look up to the falling snow as it makes its home upon my face\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]                  [ch]Asus2[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]-        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell I wouldn't want to ruin something I couldn't save[/tab]\r\nThe gap will keep us safe, the gap will keep us safe\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nStep away, get me when I'm down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAaaaaaaaah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd suddenly I'm 5 years old and I'm just so cold I want to cry[/tab]\r\nI haul up on my gentlemen who have always been there in hard times\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]            [ch]Asus2[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]-    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nThey're just not like that man of mine[/tab]\r\nWho visits me from time to time\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nMy love, I treasure you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAaaaaaaaah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bm7[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]                      \r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hear that summer's coming back so I stretch out my back and travel on[/tab]\r\nThe winter though it darkens me it is pure and clean and all I want\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]-    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI'll apologise to the ones I love[/tab]\r\nFor leaving them when the sun comes up\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nToo bright for me, darkens descends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAaaaaaaaah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh well, I'm not well again and once more darkness it descends[/tab]\r\nThe ground is falling under me and I can't find the means to leave\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nConvinced that I am going mad oh I bury my head into his hands[/tab]\r\nSo sure that I am losing faith oh I clear a space in his father's land\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]-     [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nYou deal with God far too young,     D[/tab]\r\nBefore you know it your life has run away\r\n\r\n\r\nThis happens to be my very first tab, but I don't need your pity, so feel free to tell \r\nme that it is completely wrong and that I suck!\r\ncheers,\r\nMarlene","plain_text":"One of her best songs, and there's no tab for it! Thought I had to figure out the chords \nat least. This isn't the way she plays it, but it works.\n\nChords used:\nG:                     334553\nD7 2nd invertion:      575755\nBm7 with b9 variation: 877797\nA7sus4 2nd inversion:  030200\n\nA7 2nd inversion:      020200\nEm:                    000220\nD:                     232000\n\nShe picks the chords at the beginnig and then strums softly. You can figure out the \npicking, it isn't that difficult, you just have to listen\n\nLaura Marling - Darkness Descends\n\n\nYou listen to them whine and moan about everything you can't understand\n\n\nBut darkness descends once more into my life\n\n\nI look up to the falling snow as it makes its home upon my face\n\n\nThe gap will keep us safe, the gap will keep us safe\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI haul up on my gentlemen who have always been there in hard times\n\n\nWho visits me from time to time\n\n\n\n\n\nG                    Bm7              D7                      \n\nThe winter though it darkens me it is pure and clean and all I want\n\n\nFor leaving them when the sun comes up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe ground is falling under me and I can't find the means to leave\n\n\nSo sure that I am losing faith oh I clear a space in his father's land\n\n\nBefore you know it your life has run away\n\n\nThis happens to be my very first tab, but I don't need your pity, so feel free to tell \nme that it is completely wrong and that I suck!\ncheers,\nMarlene","chords":["G","D7","Bm7","A7sus4","Asus2","Em","A7","D","Asus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}