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Dark Road

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1/83

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 83Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning: standard
This is a pretty straight forward song to play. The other tab has got the chord 
Main riff (arranged for single guitarist):
             Bm(1 bar)  E(1 bar)    A(2 bars)
e|-----------2---------0-----------0---------|
B|-----------3---------0-----------2---------|
G|-----------4---------1-----------2---------|
D|-----------4---------2-----------2---------|
A|-------0-2-2---------2-4-2-0-2-4-0---------|
E|-0-0-2---------------0----------------|
N/C              Bm  
It’s a long dark road
EThat I call my Ahome
(A)              Bm  
It’s a long dark road
EThat I’m cursed to rAoam
These Bmmany nights I’ve been Ebanished here
                   A   Dmaj7(xx0222)
My companion is the stars
With a Bmbed-roll and a Eblanket
And just the Arocks to lay my Dmaj7bones
One Bmday from the Edarkness
I’ll come Arapping at your Dmaj7door
And I’ll Bmnever walk this Eroad any Amore
Solo (I've tabbed it out in an easy-to-play format, but I suspect Richard Hawley 
         Bm             E   A(2 bars)         Bm             E   A(2 bars)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-2---4p2-0-2s4------------------0-2---4p2-0-2s4---------|
E|-0-0-2----------------------------0-0-2-------------------------|
e|-Bm------E----------A--------Dmaj7-------------Bm------E----------A--------Dmaj7------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-1---------------1------------------2-1---------------1-----|
D|-2-4-4-----2-2---2---2-----4----------2-4-4-----2-2---2---2-----4---|
A|---------------4---4---4----------------------------4---4---4-------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
         Bm           E       A      Dmaj7        Bm     E   A(1 bar, then pause)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2--------------------------------2------------------------|
A|-0-2-2-4---4-4-0h2-4-4-0----------0-2-2-4---4-0h2p0----------------|
E|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
N/              C  Bm  
It’s a long dark road
EThat I call my Ahome
(A)              Bm  
It’s a long dark road
EThat I’m cursed to rAoam
These Bmmany nights I’ve been Ebanished here
                   A   Dmaj7(xx0222)
My companion is the stars
With a Bmbed-roll and a Eblanket
And just the Arocks to lay my Dmaj7bones
One Bmday from the Edarkness
I’ll come Arapping at your Dmaj7door
And I’ll Bmnever walk this Eroad any Amore
No I’ll nBmever walk this rEoad any mAore
No I’ll nBmever leave this Ehome any Amore
Outro:
 Bm   E   A   Ax4 (fades out on the album)
And that's all there is to it. I'm not 100% certain about that Dmaj7 chord, but 
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off

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Dark Road

by Richard Hawley

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Dmaj7

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Tuning: standard

This is a pretty straight forward song to play. The other tab has got the chord

Main riff (arranged for single guitarist):

Bm E A

(1 bar) (1 bar) (2 bars)

e|-----------2---------0-----------0---------|

B|-----------3---------0-----------2---------|

G|-----------4---------1-----------2---------|

D|-----------4---------2-----------2---------|

A|-------0-2-2---------2-4-2-0-2-4-0---------|

E|-0-0-2---------------0----------------|

N/C

It’s a long dark road

E A

That I call my home

A Bm

()

It’s a long dark road

E A

That I’m cursed to roam

Bm E

These many nights I’ve been banished here

A Dmaj7

(xx0222)

My companion is the stars

Bm E

With a bed-roll and a blanket

A Dmaj7

And just the rocks to lay my bones

Bm E

One day from the darkness

A Dmaj7

I’ll come rapping at your door

Bm E A

And I’ll never walk this road any more

Solo (I've tabbed it out in an easy-to-play format, but I suspect Richard Hawley

Bm E A Bm E A

(2 bars) (2 bars)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------0-2---4p2-0-2s4------------------0-2---4p2-0-2s4---------|

E|-0-0-2----------------------------0-0-2-------------------------|

Bm E A Dmaj7 Bm E A Dmaj7

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------2-1---------------1------------------2-1---------------1-----|

D|-2-4-4-----2-2---2---2-----4----------2-4-4-----2-2---2---2-----4---|

A|---------------4---4---4----------------------------4---4---4-------|

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

Bm E A Dmaj7 Bm E A

(1 bar, then pause)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

A|-0-2-2-4---4-4-0h2-4-4-0----------0-2-2-4---4-0h2p0----------------|

E|-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|

C Bm

It’s a long dark road

E A

That I call my home

A Bm

()

It’s a long dark road

E A

That I’m cursed to roam

Bm E

These many nights I’ve been banished here

A Dmaj7

(xx0222)

My companion is the stars

Bm E

With a bed-roll and a blanket

A Dmaj7

And just the rocks to lay my bones

Bm E

One day from the darkness

A Dmaj7

I’ll come rapping at your door

Bm E A

And I’ll never walk this road any more

Bm E A

No I’ll never walk this road any more

Bm E A

No I’ll never leave this home any more

Outro:

Bm E A A

x4 (fades out on the album)

And that's all there is to it. I'm not 100% certain about that Dmaj7 chord, but

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

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