Darkness Descends Lyrics

Copyright (c) 1986 Combat
(c) 1998 Century Media (re-release)
Version 1.1 - 05-08-2005
Email: LRubek@msn.com
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 2'
Q=65
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|----------||o--------o||
|----0--4--6--|-3--------||o-(3)----o||
Q=120
PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM-----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E
| Gtr II
| W H. S S E
PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E
||o---------------------|-----------------------|
||o---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----7-|
PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E W +W
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------|--------o||
|---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----7-|-2--------|-(2)----o||
PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~ PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E W +W
Q=230
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o||
PM--------| PM------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E 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-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
||o------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------5S4-1--|-----------------5S4-5---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-3----||
PM--------| PM------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E 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-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
||o------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------5S4-1--|-----------------5S4-5---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-3----||
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------3-5-6--|-----------------3-5-6--|
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------o||
PM------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q E H E Q H
PM--------| PM------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S E 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-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o||
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o||
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o||
E H E Q H
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths