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Dark Days Away

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1/39

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 39Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

I wrote out the lyrics by myself too since there are no complete lyrics of this song online.
There are still some words missing – I'll gladly accept suggestions on what the words are :-).
I believe that Will plays the song with a capo on the 7th fret in the key of G so he can play the C/G easily.
He picks the song playing the bass notes of with his thumb in constant eight-notes.
I also tried to tab out the intro for you. That's basically how he plays the chords the throughout the song.
                G  C/G*           G  
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----1-------|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|-0h2-----2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
   |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |
The little C/G* thing at the end of the verses goes something like this.
It's very similar to the intro but the hammer-on is on the B string and starts a bit later.
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----0h1-----|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|---------2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
   |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |
The chords are really simple and repeat themselves - so I have just written them out for the first time of
each new part for readability's sake.
Will
Will Varley – Dark Days Away
[Intro]
        G  C/G*     G  
[Verse]
                                                     C/G       G  C/G*    G  
She could be my gas and water, she could be my electricity
                                                        C/G      G  C/G*    G  
She could be my son and daughter, she could be my daytime TV
                              C/G       G  C/G*    G  
She'd be my 17, 39, 48, 25 and more
                               D                               C      G  C/G*   G  
She'd be my last glass of wine, she could be my drunken phone calls
Well, she could be my sun and moon and the light thats fills the room at dawn
She'd be my hadron collider, my broken typewriter and more
Well she'd be my whiskey and my gin, she could be my Marilyn Monroe
She'd be the day that I left, she could be the day the day that I came home
[Chorus]
And Gshe Am7could G/Btake Cadd9these
Ddark G/Bdays D/AawaCadd9y
[Verse]
(from now on, you may add the 9 instead of just playing a C/G)
She'd be my now and then, she could be my future and my long-lost past
She'd be my lover and my friend, she'd be the answer when the question's asked
She'd be my monday morning, tuesday night, saturday, thursday afternoon
She'd be my "how have you been?", my "I'm alright" and my "see you soon"
She could be my October winds and my november rain
She'd be my brand new diamond ring and my rusty old chain
Well she could be middle street half an hour before the sunrise
Well she could be my war and peace she could be the one that keeps me up all night
[Chorus]
And she could take these
dark days away
[Bridge]
She'd be the Cadd9air that I breathe and the wind that takes my ashes 'cross the Dmountain
She'd be the Cadd9colors that I see, the black holes, the stars and their Dsurrounding
She'd be my Cadd9dreams and what I'm dreaming, she'd be what I remember beinD' awake
She'd be my Cadd9first memG/Bories, my D7/Awinin' rose in mGy dyiC/Gn' dayGs
[Chorus 2x]
And she could take these
dark days away
dark days away
dark days away
(end on Cadd9)

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Dark Days Away

by Will Varley

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Am7

G/B

Cadd9

D/A

D7/A

I wrote out the lyrics by myself too since there are no complete lyrics of this song online.

There are still some words missing – I'll gladly accept suggestions on what the words are :-).

I believe that Will plays the song with a capo on the 7th fret in the key of G so he can play the C/G easily.

He picks the song playing the bass notes of with his thumb in constant eight-notes.

I also tried to tab out the intro for you. That's basically how he plays the chords the throughout the song.

G C/G G

E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|

B|-----0--------|-----1-------|-----0--------|--------------|

G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|

D|--------------|-0h2-----2---|--------------|--------------|

A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|

E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The little C/G* thing at the end of the verses goes something like this.

It's very similar to the intro but the hammer-on is on the B string and starts a bit later.

E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|

B|-----0--------|-----0h1-----|-----0--------|--------------|

G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|

D|--------------|---------2---|--------------|--------------|

A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|

E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The chords are really simple and repeat themselves - so I have just written them out for the first time of

each new part for readability's sake.

Will

Will Varley – Dark Days Away

[Intro]

G C/G G

[Verse]

C/G G C/G G

She could be my gas and water, she could be my electricity

C/G G C/G G

She could be my son and daughter, she could be my daytime TV

C/G G C/G G

She'd be my 17, 39, 48, 25 and more

D C G C/G G

She'd be my last glass of wine, she could be my drunken phone calls

Well, she could be my sun and moon and the light thats fills the room at dawn

She'd be my hadron collider, my broken typewriter and more

Well she'd be my whiskey and my gin, she could be my Marilyn Monroe

She'd be the day that I left, she could be the day the day that I came home

[Chorus]

G Am7 G/B Cadd9

And she could take these

D G/B D/A Cadd9

dark days away

[Verse]

(from now on, you may add the 9 instead of just playing a C/G)

She'd be my now and then, she could be my future and my long-lost past

She'd be my lover and my friend, she'd be the answer when the question's asked

She'd be my monday morning, tuesday night, saturday, thursday afternoon

She'd be my "how have you been?", my "I'm alright" and my "see you soon"

She could be my October winds and my november rain

She'd be my brand new diamond ring and my rusty old chain

Well she could be middle street half an hour before the sunrise

Well she could be my war and peace she could be the one that keeps me up all night

[Chorus]

And she could take these

dark days away

[Bridge]

Cadd9 D

She'd be the air that I breathe and the wind that takes my ashes 'cross the mountain

Cadd9 D

She'd be the colors that I see, the black holes, the stars and their surrounding

Cadd9 D

She'd be my dreams and what I'm dreaming, she'd be what I remember bein' awake

Cadd9 G/B D7/A G C/G G

She'd be my first memories, my winin' rose in my dyin' days

[Chorus 2x]

And she could take these

dark days away

(end on Cadd9)

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