Song: In the Dark (track 7)
Artist: Flyleaf
Album: Memento Mori (2009)
[I wanted to preserve the rhythm markings, so when there is a section with a
repeating note that is two digits (10, 14, etc.) a comma (,) means repeat
that note. If this is too confusing, please offer a suggestion.]
Gtr I (E A D G B e) - 'Lead Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (D A D G B e) drop D- 'Rhythm Electric Guitar'
Gtr III? (E A D G B e) - 'Other Lead Electric Guitar'?
INTRO a [Only Gtr 1 plays. Play four times.]
Start(s) = 0:00 // 0:06 // 0:12 // 0:19
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 2 2 |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 3 2 |
INTRO b [Only Gtr 1 plays. Play once with pause.]
Start = 0:26
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 3 2 |
INTRO c [Play once. Ends with rhythm buildup.]
Start = 0:33
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 0 |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
PM-----------------------|
VERSE 1 a
Start = 0:39
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 99999999999999999999999977777777777714,,,,,,,,,,, |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
PM------------------------------------------------|(?)
VERSE 1 b [Same as 1 a, but Gtr 1 part changes.]
Start = 0:46
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 999999999999999999999999777777777777444444444444 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
PM(?)
VERSE 1 c
Start = 0:53
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 , , , , , 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | |
VERSE 1 d
Start = 0:59
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 , , , , , , , , , , , |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 , , , , , , , , , , , |
VERSE 1 e
Start = 1:05
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9\7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4(4) |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4(4) |
PM(?)
CHORUS 1 a [Play twice.]
Start(s) = 1:12 // 1:18
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 99999999999999999999999977777777777714,,,,,,,,,,, |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 2 0 5 2 0 8 7 5 |
| A | 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 7777777777777777775555558 7 5 |
| D | 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 7777777777777777775555558 7 5 |
PM-----| PM-----| (light PM?)
CHORUS 1 b
Start = 1:24
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | 7 7 |
| B | 7h10 7 7 10 7h10 7 |
| G | 7h9 7 9 7h9 |
| D | 7h9 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
CHORUS 1 c
Start = 1:31
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | 7 |
| B | 7h10 h7 h7h10p7777777777777777777777777777777777777\\\\0 |
| G | 7h9 9 7 9 |
| D | 9 |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 2 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 2222 25 2 0 2 |
PM-----| PM-----| PM-----| (mute strings?)
VERSE 2 a
Start = 1:40
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
VERSE 2 b [Same as 2 a, but Gtr 1 part changes.]
Start = 1:47
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
VERSE 2 c [Same as 2 a, but with Gtr 3 part added(?).]
Start = 1:53
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
Guitar 3
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | 12 10 10 |
| G | 11 9h11 11 |
| D | 12(,)9 12(,) 9h12 |
| A | |
| E | |
VERSE 2 d [Same as 2 b, but with Gtr 3 part added(?).]
Start = 2:00
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 222222222222222222222222555555555555999999999999 |
Guitar 3
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | 12 10 10 |
| G | 11 9h11 11 |
| D | 12(,)9 12(,) 9h12 |
| A | |
| E | |
VERSE 2 e
Start = 2:06
Guitar 1
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
VERSE 2 f [Only Gtr 2 plays.]
Start = 2:13
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 , , , , , , , , , , , |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 , , , , , , , , , , , |
CHORUS 2 a [Play twice.]
Start(s) = 2:19 // 2:25
[Same as CHORUS 1 a]
CHORUS 2 b
Start = 2:32
[Same as CHORUS 1 b]
CHORUS 2 c
Start = 2:38
[Same as CHORUS 1 c]
VERSE 3 a [Only Gtr 2 plays.]
Start = 2:48
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 5/7 7 7 7 7/9 9 9 9 |
| D | |
VERSE 3 b [Only Gtr 2 plays.]
Start = 2:55
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 9h10 10 10 10 10h12 12 12 12 |
| D | 7 9 |
VERSE 3 c [Only Gtr 2 plays.]
Start = 3:01
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 10 , , , , , , , , , , , 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
VERSE 3 d [Only Gtr 2 plays.]
Start = 3:07
Guitar 2
1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1 . . | . . | . . | . . 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 8 7 5 |
| A | 10 , , , , , , , , , , , 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 5 |
| D | 10 , , , , , , , , , , , 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 5 |
CHORUS 3 a [Play twice.]
Start(s) = 3:14 // 3:20
[Same as CHORUS 1 a]
CHORUS 3 b
Start = 3:26
[Same as CHORUS 1 b]
CHORUS 3 c
Start = 3:33
[Same as CHORUS 1 c]
Known issues:
The INTRO might not be exact. The guitar/amp settings made things fuzzy, so
it was hard to pick out the exact order of the strummed/picked notes.
Basically, Gtr 1 plays an E minor shape and moves the root up to G, and then
F#.
In VERSE 2 a-d, the 1st, 7th, 13th, and 19th notes are hard to hear over the
bass, which plays a note similar to an open Dropped D string. I still
think, however, that Gtr 2 is not playing 0 on that string, but 2.
In VERSE 2 c-d, Gtr 3 might not be a guitar at all, but some other stringed
instrument. I do not know, it sounds different to me, but I tabbed it
anyway.
Verse 2 e is not completely clear to me. Gtr 1 might be playing one
note or two notes. The guitar/amp settings are muddled to me. Help?
Also in Verse 2 e, the Gtr 2 part might actually be played by a bass, but I
am not sure. I have included the tab anyway.
The hammer-ons in CHORUS b & c are debatable...
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off