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Song

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--|

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

---------------

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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