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DARK LIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by HIM
(From the 2005 Album DARK LIGHT)
Words and Music by Ville Valo
Transcribed by CUBErt
Gtr I (B E A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=80
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
||--0-------------------------------|-4--------------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-9-------------------------------o||
||--2-------------------------------|-6--------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E. E. E +H E. E. E. S S S S E. E. E. E +H +W
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|-5--5----------------|----------------|--------|
|-3--3--5-(5)----|-------3--3-3-3-3-2--|-3--3--5-(5)----|-(5)----|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
||--0-------------------------------|-4--------------------------------||
||o-5-------------------------------|-9-------------------------------o||
||--2-------------------------------|-6--------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
E. E. E +H E. E. E. S S S S E. E. E. E +H
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-5--5----------------|----------------|
|-3--3--5-(5)----|-------3--3-3-3-3-2--|-3--3--5-(5)----|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Breakdown
W W W W E. E. E. +Q E.
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-3--3--5--(5)--1----|
|-6--------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
E. S S S E. S S S S E. E. S S S E. T T S S T T S E
|----0-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-0--|----0-2-0-2--4h5p4---4h5p4---|
|------------------------|-------------------5-------5-|
|-0----------------------|-0---------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E. S S S E. S S S S E. E. E. E. +Q E.
|----0-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-0--|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-0----------------------|-3--3--5--(5)--1----|
|------------------------|--------------------|
E. E. E. +Q E. E. E. E +H +W
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|
|-3--/7--5--(5)--1--|-3--/7--5-(5)----|-(5)----|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------|
Out-Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Outro
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------||----------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------|
|-3--------||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|----------||----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(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
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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
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| - 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
Artist: Him
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